As it turns out, I was wrong for not believing in global warming. I found this out when an alleged scientist commented on my original article, "The Globe is Warming...It's Hot Outside." He wrote his thoughts attacking my position by trying to insult my intelligence, then conveniently ended his argument by stating that he would not speak any further on the subject. Well, I will. So this one's dedicated to you, Les Porter.

First of all, you need to read or review my posting, "Here's What I Think of Your Stupid Comments" and pay special attention to what I wrote about ad-hominem attacks. You're not going to prove your point by stating or suggesting that people who disagree with you are stupid, retarded, or close-minded, then linking some of your favorite websites and excusing yourself from any challenges or counterpoints. You are not the final authority on global warming. Also, where exactly in my articles do I always talk about "me, me, me"? If someone offers their opinion about a subject, does that mean they are talking about themselves? Can I say that the comments you people leave are all about "you, you, you"? You have the nerve to suggest that I'M vain while at the same time, being completely condescending telling me you think YOU have the capability to destroy a planet.

To the main point - my challenge was for someone to show that we, as humans, are the direct and primary cause of global warming, not that the world's climate is actually getting warmer. I would expect the average temperatures to rise, seeing as we have come out of a mini-ice age over the last couple hundred years. Grass grows on my property all the time, but that doesn't mean that I'm causing it to grow. As many websites as you show that support your personal views on this subject, I can give just as many to support my own. That's the beauty of having conflicting opinions. The difference is, I will not call people stupid or retarded and I am not vain, unlike these so-called scientists that believe humans are more powerful than nature. If you conduct research already knowing or expecting a certain outcome, then you will only find or use facts that support such a conclusion.

We see natural disasters all the time. What makes them noteworthy in this case is the fact that HUMANS and THEIR creations are the things being destroyed. The Earth is constantly changing. It will make a mess of itself, and also clean itself up. The 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo is a good example of this. When this volcano erupted, it blasted 20 to 30 million tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere where it mixed with water and became sulfuric acid. What happened next? You guessed it, ozone depletion. The hole over Antarctica grew. In addition, the cloud that spread over the planet caused a decrease in global temperatures for a couple of years by an average of over one-half degree Celsius. But I thought humans were responsible for climate change. Nope, one volcanic eruption did all of that. Not to mention the fact that many of the villages surrounding Mt. Pinatubo are still uninhabitable today...by humans. Now I'm not quite sure, did we cause that eruption?

Let's stop pretending that ALL environmentalists are really concerned about global warming and the environment. I'm sure there are some who truly are worried about protecting nature. I'm not sure on which side Les Porter falls, but many of them are displaced socialists or communists who can no longer promote these political philosophies publicly due to their failures. It is sad, but they hide behind dooms-day prophecies and fake science to get people to listen to their arguments. They can't honestly admit their true intentions so they disguise themselves as protectors of the Earth in order to influence governments and stifle economies. They use scare tactics to strike fear into the uneducated masses who actually believe the world is going to end. "In ten years, the oceans will be dead." "In ten years, we'll be entering another ice age." We've been hearing such prophecies for a few decades now and none of them have come true. But they will. If we don't stop doing this or that, we will ruin the world. Have you ever noticed that these "environmentalists" try to stop the things that contribute to economic growth and improve our quality of life?

So we're told about these poor polar bears (whose global population has been sustained and even increased in areas around the Beaufort Sea), and we're told that our children will be living in frozen wastelands. The sad part is, there are so many ignorant people in the world, that a lot of them fall for it. When the climate does change, it won't be a result of driving your SUV. If this dooms-day does eventually happen, then the Earth's population decreases or is wiped out completely - and Earth wins. You would think that true environmentalists would welcome this event. In the meantime, they will keep fighting to pass laws that try to prevent us from drilling, driving, or raising cow farms. After a few more decades of ominous warnings that produce no results, they will feel a public backlash and be forced to transfer their extreme political philosophies into some other meaningless cause or career.

But for now, I have a question, Les Porter. Do you fly in airplanes? Do you go shopping? Get coffee at Starbuck's? Drive a car? Whether you get 100 miles per gallon or have an electric car, you still have rubber tires and the car's parts are made in earth-polluting factories. So, unless all of you global warming proponents live in a mud hut, cook on an open fire with wood that nature itself had chopped down, have no electricity or running water, walk to all of your destinations barefoot and naked, don't use any form of money, don't eat meat or drink milk, and drink out of and eat from stone or ceramic, then shut the hell up about saving the planet because you're all a bunch of damn hypocrites!

As for me, I'm going to watch my big-screen T.V., drive my 15 MPG truck, use paper money at the grocery store while they fill my plastic bags with food delivered by gas-guzzling 18-wheelers, and I'm going to cook thick and juicy steaks every night on my gas grill while freon leaks from my air conditioner that's cooling the neighborhood because I left the back door wide open. And I'm not going to feel bad about it. Why not? Because I'm a selfish, retarded, arrogant, capitalist pig and I'm damn proud of it! If Mother Nature wants to do something about it, she knows where to find me.