No, I'm not going to start and end with the fact we've had the coldest winter or most snow in decades in various parts of the world.

I'm going to go where no human secularist would ever go.

That's right: God

I believe He will have more say in what happens to Earth than all of us combined.

Should we be actively polluting? No. Should we be good stewards of the earth. Yes. Should we use things in moderation and avoid excesses? Of course.

For just as many claims that humans are responsible for global warming, there are studies where the facts point towards the sun. There is just as much evidence we might be in a cooling period as there is saying we're in an ongoing warming period.

In other words, real scientists are in disagreement. The argument isn't over.

As it is, it's moot. If the relatively small amount of carbon dioxide we produce is truly enough to push everything out of whack, then we would have to reduce all of it in order to bring it back into whack--and no one is proposing we get rid of all our carbon dioxide emissions.

I've seen the video where the guy comes to the inescapable conclusion that we should go ahead and spend money on saving the planet, human-induced global warming or not, because of the fact that the other options are just too horrible to contemplate.

So, I wonder if India and China got the memo and what their plans are, considering they both have a few times more the people than we do. Who's going to make them reverse course on burgeoning economies while we essentially lay waste to ours? All in the name of being responsible?

Again, I don't think we should lay waste to entire forests for the sake of profit, and I don't think we should use up all our resources. I think there should be alternative forms of energy developed. Energy consumption isn't going to solve our entire dependency on foreign oil, nor would it solve a global warming threat, because we still rely on plastic derivatives and rubber products too much--all of which are petroleum based products. What's going to be the plastic substitute? Hardened air?

God has plans for the planet, and our polluting and our wars will pale in comparison. We should be good stewards for our own sakes, not because the planet will die if we don't. God won't let that happen. As I said, He has his own plans. Our job is to know the plan and follow it. Not get hyped up and freaked out about something we're not causing and couldn't control, anyway.

Unless someone out there has a way of combating weather systems and climate changes. Maybe they can put it to good use, then, the next time a blizzard paralyzes the northeast or the midwest, or a hurricane pummels Florida and the Gulf Coast.

Otherwise, I think we should be considering how we stop funding global jihad with any of our oil money going to the Middle East--even Saudi Arabia--and we come up with cheaper ways to produce more energy so we can out compete in the global economy.

While the Democrat presidential candidates had their last debate yesterday, the Republican presidential candidates, those still in the race and a couple who are not, have been making news, but not necessarily in a positive way.

While the flap over the New York Times John McCain article is dying down somewhat, there is speculation that the Times does indeed have more and for whatever reasons is waiting to reveal it.

Meanwhile, coverage of McCain on the campaign trail is waning, because he doesn't have a viable contender. Supposedly, Huckabee is supposed to be doing that, but his coverage is also disappearing despite his reoccurring appearances on television. The debate of who made Huckabee between spoof artist Stephen Colbert and late late night talk show host Conan O'Brien may have been settled, but he was most recently on Saturday Night Live where, in the sketch, he didn't know when it was time to leave. Apparently, he's spending the money which finally started coming in, because as a sparring partner, he hasn't been much of one.

Then there was the interview with Josh Romney, who is contemplating a run for US Congress. He was asked if his father, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would rejoin the race if somehow McCain's campaign crashed and burned over the allegations of sex and corruption with a Washington lobbyist. The younger Romney said it was possible, but unlikely, his father would come back, but then stories emerged everywhere talking about the "possibility" of the elder Romney's return. More responsible journalism, I suppose.

There is a need to keep this exciting and at the forefront, apparently. With the surge working in Iraq, with Iran out of the news for the time being, and no other major threat on the horizon (remember all of the plagues from a year or so go--what's happened to Bird Flu and Mad Cow?) except for global warming, trying to spice up the nearly determined Republican primary and the clarifying Democrat primary would seem to be what some find newsworthy.

Don't know how many other people know this, but I just found out Janet Huckabee's maiden name is McCain. I haven't found anything that suggests that she and Senator McCain are somehow related, but boy, would that explain things. Even when trying to contrast himself with Senator McCain, Huckabee was nothing but congenial. Such couldn't be said with regards to Romney, who seemed to draw the ire of everyone, not just Huckabee.

Things have been downright tame over the last couple of weeks for the Republicans, whereas the Democrats have been all over the map as the Hillary Clinton campaign does everything they can to derail the Barack Obama express. If something doesn't happen to change things, it will be a McCain vs. Obama in the general election.

While conservatives have their differences with McCain or a few fronts, they will be virtually opposite on every issue with Obama. The Democrats don't seem to care about substance or experience. They want someone they can like, who can win based on style. They want change, regardless of what it is.

Coming under Jihad rule would definitely be change. So would higher taxes. So would a liberal Supreme Court, which has been steadily becoming constructionist.

Can a 72-year old straight talker with 20-plus years in the US Senate defeat a 46-year old with charm and grace who has yet to finish his first term in the Senate?

You would think experience and substance would win out over style. What in this election cycle has gone exactly according to plan. The inevitability of McCain apparently was true. The inevitability of Clinton isn't as evident, but she and her husband are attributed with enough underhandedness that she might yet steal the day.