Squat and Squabble

Conflicting viewpoints on topical subjects

A Primer on Global Warming

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(Using “rain” as an analogy to “heat”……..)

McGuffey’s Eclectic Primer

THE DEBATE OVER ITS EXISTENCE
Pro: It is raining harder than it ever did before!
Con: No, it has rained this hard many times in the past.

THE DEBATE OVER ITS CAUSE
Pro: The rain is caused by our burning of fossil fuels!
Con: That can’t be true because it rained before we started using fossil fuels.

THE DEBATE OVER HOW TO DEAL WITH IT
Pro: We can make it stop if we cripple the world economy and stop releasing carbon dioxide!
Con: Put on a slicker and start filling sandbags.

An argument so simple that a child could understand….

A republic, if you can keep it.

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It changed the world forever

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation……..”

Our Revolutionary War ended in 1785, and of the total 2.5 million people who lived in the thirteen colonies when the war started, approximately 33,000 had been killed, wounded or imprisoned by the British. (At that same ratio, it would represent over 4 million Americans out of our current population!)

In 1787, upon exiting the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin Franklin was approached by a group of citizens asking what sort of government the delegates had created. His answer was: “A republic, if you can keep it.”

It has been 241 years since we threw off the mantle of political oppression.

May God bless these United States of America.

You lie?

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A discussion between MSNBC and CNN

MSNBC: “That was a good hit piece you did on Donald Trump yesterday.”
CNN: “Thanks. Wait until you see what we’ve got coming next.””
MSNBC: “When will that be?”
CNN: “July First.”
MSNBC: “Yes, we did already. When is your piece coming out?”
CNN: “July First.”
MSNBC: “We did! We lied way back, but maybe we were not the first.  We were early, though.  We may have been second. Do you plan to hit Melania?”
CNN: “July Second.”
MSNBC: “Listen, I already told you we lied. First, second, what difference does it make? Are you going to hit Melania or do we have to do it for you?”
CNN: “Yes, we are going to hammer Melania. For a whole month, 24/7.”
MSNBC: “Wow. A whole month? You guys are terrific! When?”
CNN: “July.”
MSNBC: “Thank you. But so does everybody else.”

A tip of the Squabble hat to Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.

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