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The
European Union has recently undergone significant changes. French
President Nicolas Sarkozy chaired his last European Council. On January
1st the Czech Republic claimed the seat with Václav Klaus, the Czech
President, becomming the new European Council chairmen.
At the
World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Mr. Klaus remarked, “I
don’t think there is any global warming, environmentalism and
global-warming alarmism are challenging our freedom.” Mr. Klaus
asserted that Mr. Gore, the jet-setting global warming champion, refuses to
listen to competing theories and was probably referring to a U.S. Senate
report including opinions from over 650 scientists who debunked claims of
scientific consensus on global warming.
Mr.
Klaus’s remarks sparked extreme public outrage in pristine Canada and
bastion of the green movement. This photograph from the ground reveals
the extreme displeasure over these controversial remarks. It appears
the Canadians may have too much time on their hands.
James
M. Taylor, senior fellow at the 25-year old non-profit The Heartland Institute
said, “President Klaus is a human rights warrior and a true champion of
basic human freedoms. His insight into the negative correlation between
heavy-handed greenhouse gas restrictions and basic human freedoms will
provide a sensational addition to the 2009 International Conference on
Climate Change.”
Joseph
Bast, president of The Heartland Institute said, “In the past nine
months, the science has grown even more convincing that global warming is not
a crisis. The crisis has been cancelled by sound science and common
sense.”
THE
REAL POLLUTERS
The
doctrine of sovereign immunity is that the sovereign or state cannot commit a
legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution. The
United States operates hundreds of military bases employing millions of
people throughout the world with one purpose: to destroy things.
December 8th in San Diego a jet fighter crashed
obliterating a residential home and slaughtering the family inside.
After invading Nye county, Nevada against their will and inflicting nuclear weapon tests does the federal
government pay damages? Of course not. Does it assert the
sovereign immunity doctrine? Of course.
The
violation of property rights is a serious issue. Taking care of the
environment is a serious issue. Providing for causes of action against
and prosecution of polluters is important. But the
largest polluter of all are governments. Why give governments
more power? When you subsidize something you get more of it.
Polluting governments are heavily subsidized and therefore
the world gets more pollution.
THE
REAL SOLUTION
Gold
and silver are not mere commodities but essential checks and balances in America’s
political machinery. The monetary powers and disabilities, found in
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 5 and Article 1 Section 10 Clause 1, protect
against despotic inroads by government. They prevent confiscation
through inflation which is a form of taxation without representation or due
process of law.
If a
sound money system were practiced then the fruits of the labor of individuals
could not be confiscated through inflation to fund nuclear weapon tests on
pristine land along with thousands of other examples.
Tortious actors would more likely be held to account for
their infringements of property rights and therefore be financially
deterred from polluting. This would likely result in a decrease in
pollution.
Mr.
Gore’s assertion that more government is the solution is completely
false. Government is not the solution; government is the problem.
More government involvement will only result in more assertions of
sovereign immunity and when privileged entities cause severe environmental
damage they will be ‘bailed out’. Union
Carbide’s Bhopal disaster is a stark example [Note:
Union Carbide was purchased in 2002 by Dow Chemical.]. Under the current fiat currency
monetary system, in opposition to the US Constitution, the government and
other factions financially benefit from causing pollution.
The
current state of environmental damage has been primarily caused because of
government’s interference in the currency market through legal tender
laws. If the markets were free of government interference and if
property rights were protected then the world be a much cleaner and greener
place. As the great credit contraction relentlessly grinds the result may be
a cleaner and greener world.
Trace Mayer
RuntoGold.com
Trace Mayer,
J.D., holds a degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University, a law
degree from California Western School of Law and studies the Austrian school
of economics. He works as an entrepreneur, investor, journalist and monetary
scientist. He is a strong advocate of the freedom of speech, a member of the
Society of Professional Journalists and the San Diego County Bar Association.
He has appeared on ABC, NBC, BNN, many radio shows and presented at many
investment conferences throughout the world.
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