irreligious at best.

Am I the only one that caught the figures on the ball in New York? I'm sure everyone caught that it only required a power source equivalent to a kitchen stove, but I feel like everyone else missed that it cost five million dollars to build. Maybe it's just me, but this seems to be a dichotomy. Let me elaborate.

We as a nation are experiencing a rapid push of the environmentalist agenda. I have no issue with conserving energy and resources, quite the contrary. I believe as a Christian is it my job and duty to care for this planet as God commanded in Scripture. We are the caretakers of this world and must prove ourselves to be good stewards of his creation. This is not my issue. My issue is, as always, both political and philosophical.

The extreme left pushes an agenda of environmentalist protection that is entirely self serving and extremely insulting to people who truly wish to follow a conservationist lifestyle. For example, Al Gore, writer and so on of the smash hit that supposedly bolstered the environmentalist movement entitled An Inconvenient Truth. Perhaps it's just me, but if I lead a movement I would never rely on Al Gore for support. Even in the film, when he drives he drives a Cadillac. Cadillac did not make a hybrid at the time of the movie's filming and I do not know that it makes one now. He apparently, and I have no resources to back this up other than a poorly done research job on the internet that took five minutes, drives a Lexus SUV or a Hummer. I honestly couldn't care less, the point is it's not a hybrid or something with a reasonable gas mileage. Maybe this could be taken as an ad hominem attack since it's more about his character than his message, but as a Christian, I prefer to see someone shut up and do instead of preach and ignore. 

This is the kind of reasoning that is everywhere in the environmentalist movement. Maybe not when it comes to the grass roots, but in the upper echelons of society, this is how they think. It's good PR. They prey on the steadfastness of genuinely concerned people as power brokers in the new millennium. I know people who are "green". I know people who are conservationists. They back Al Gore, and I am always sorry to hear that because they put as their leader a hypocrite.

How does this relate to the ball in New York? It's simple: misdirection. This is the crux of the issue. Al Gore draws attention to his agenda by catering to a special interest group by deceiving them. I mean come on, the man buys carbon offsets, how does that help reduce your footprint? The ball cost five million dollars to build. Think of what you could do with five million dollars. Start a wind farm. Pay for the development of an electric car that doesn't need to be charged every two hours. 

The point I mean to make is no doubt becoming convoluted, so I will state it simply: by saying that the ball only runs on the power it takes to power a kitchen stove, we were all distracted from the fact that it cost five million dollars to build. Money that was spent on a trivial frivolity that we drop on a pole once and then never use again. Maybe I'm the only one that sees something wrong with that, but I sincerely hope not because I would like to believe better about our nation.

So happy new year everyone! Here's hoping that with the passing year we gain new wisdom to continue on in our journey.