Sink the Bismarck; Guns of Navarone; Longest Day; Battleground; Battle of the Bulge; Patton; Saving Private Ryan. One cannot help but be dazzled by the villainous Germans, and their ruthless efficiency. 

They wore slick uniforms; fought with unbelievable weaponry; they had an intense, precisely-organized Prussian approach to war - compared to the "laid back," improvisational method of the Americans.

The Nazis had all the best armaments. The renowned Bismarck...Tiger tanks...the 88mm cannon...the M42 machine gun...ME 262 jet fighters; V-2 rockets. Yet they lost to the Americans, with their flimsy Sherman tanks, and lumbering B-17 bombers.

Obviously then, it begs the question: How did the Americans manage to win?  

But to those who had lived through that era, they would reply, "We out-produced 'em".

Indeed; immediately after Pearl Harbor, the incredible wartime economic shift in the USA took place with amazing rapidity:

Ford and GM quickly changed over their assembly lines to producing tens of thousands of jeeps, trucks, and tanks. Arsenals in the Midwest manufactured shells and cartridges by the millions.

Boeing, North American, Douglass, Curtiss, Grumman, et al. hired hundreds of thousands of aviation workers; and by mid-1943, were turning out thousands of warplanes every month to be shipped to the ports of departure on our two coasts.

No less impressive was the remarkable wartime re-organization of the railroads, instrumental in shipping the weapons of war - plus the oil and gasoline to fuel them - running on precise wartime schedules.

But the key to it all was STEEL; and the workers who labored on 12-hour shifts - seven days a week - in the booming mills that produced it.

The Germans had their gigantic Krupp works in the Ruhr Valley. We had Pittsburgh, Gary Indiana, and Youngstown.

If one had been living in any of three major steel towns during the war, they would recall the smokey, orange-hazed night sky. Crashing noises from the mills. Train whistles blaring at night.

15 to 20 minute waits at railroad crossings were commonplace during the 1940's.

Now, trains are a rare sight; you might hear one at night. 

Nowadays, because of the scrap metal boom, most traces of the old steel mills have literally vanished. The air around Pittsburgh, Gary and Youngstown is pristine, compared to the days of steel prosperity, before the major manufacturers began shutting down.

But why - for the most part - the absence of steel making in America? Were we to fight another prolonged war, what then?

First came the incompetent Jimmy Carter of the late 1970's, who's lack of foresight started our steel-manufacturing demise.

It was he, plus his fool Attorney General, Griffin Bell, who had denied the lawsuits of the fired steelworkers, who were suing the major steel companies on the premise that by closing down their plants, it would bring not only local economic calamity, but also risk our national security (in the event of war).  

Then came Reagan...Bush...Clinton. Need we go on? 

Promises, promises. All initially promised they'd bring manufacturing and steel jobs back to those distressed rust belt towns; but after their elections, they were probably just too darn busy to get around to it...but they sure meant well.

Of course, over the past few decades, it’s been cheaper to import steel manufactured in foreign countries. 

But that doesn’t mean that America's steel industry is doomed. Many mills are actively producing high-quality specialty steels for specific markets requiring it. Demand for seamless pipe for the oil drillers has remained especially strong.

On the contrary, in the coming months & years, many economists predict heavy manufacturing is going to make a comeback in America; although nowhere near the heydays of the 40's, 50's and 60's.

But it all remains contingent on the availability of cheap energy.

Today, moderately strong world steel demand, higher global prices, a weak dollar, high ocean freight rates- all are acting as a disincentive for steel imports, with a concomitant rise in strength of our slowly-recovering domestic steel industry.

Hence, once the economy improves, an expected rise in demand portends good times ahead for US steel makers...except for one "X-factor" now ominously looming on the horizon: the bizarre environmentalism of the Obama administration - and the green fanatics looming within both halls of Congress.

And what do they have in store for us? Prosperity? Another Great Depression? Who can even explain their motives, other than ruin?

In a time of severe recession; a real unemployment rate hovering around 16%, with no end to the job losses in sight, and ever more families seeking food stamps, Barack Obama and the Senate democrats have chosen "climate change" as their priority.

Never mind that polls reveal less than 10% of Americans even care about climate change, or the bizarre premise that the earth is warming. They feel otherwise. They don't believe it; nor can find evidence of it in their daily lives.

But those same polls reveal that the vast majority are DEEPLY worried about the economy: 

They DO see the suffering that's evident around them, as wave-after-wave of job losses keep rippling through the nation, with no end in sight.

But Barack Lunatic Obama seems to feel otherwise:

Incredibly, this vainglorious man is encouraging the Senate put “Cap-and-Trade” on a fast track to passage, so he can go to Copenhagen this December and crow heroically (to the European socialists) that the United States is now the leader in the green energy revolution- saving the world from the non-existent threat of global warming!

But as they say...misery loves company.

The European nations have ruined their own socialist economies after adopting the insipid, job-destroying, "green energy revolution" - and are mired in deep recession. So naturally, they're exerting enormous pressure on Obama to do likewise.

Hence, he is quite bound and determined to please them. He seeks glory in Copenhagen. He wants to arrive there, triumphantly waving his victorious Climate Change law to the world, proclaiming the damnation of fossil fuels for all time!

And if it sparks an inevitable downward slide of the US economy - so be it.

But we know Cap 'n Trade has nothing to do with the climate; in reality it will be the fast track to economic ruin.

Cap and Trade will tax all energy use in America, spelling disaster for the energy-intensive steel industry, let alone how it will destroy another 30-50% of what remains of our manufacturing base.

But liar Obama remains in full campaign mode, running around the country, happily proclaiming his favorite mantra about how his plan (scam) "will generate millions of new green jobs."

Sure it will.

In reality, it will generate millions of newly-unemployeds, now dependent on their monthly Obama check for survival.

Cap and trade will inevitably destroy the coal industry. It will all but level the budding recovery in our steel industry. It will put people who work as drillers and refiners on the unemployment lines.

But it will produce a great spike in the economy- in China.

As the cost of manufacturing gradually rises over this next decade, we'll witness millions of jobs fleeing offshore in the inexorable search of higher profits. The laws of economics cannot be repealed. Those countries offering the lowest production costs (energy-taxation) always emerge the victors. 

Meanwhile, the entire United States gradually becomes a massive, California-like disaster, as the radical environmentalism of the1980's that ruined that state is foisted upon the rest of the country, by none other than the mean-spirited diminutive weasel from San Francisco, Barbara Boxer- proud sponsor of the Senate climate bill.

Obama's insistence of switching to higher cost wind/solar generated electricity (and other alternatives) is less than a zero-sum game. Any green jobs created are more than offset by the loss of conventional energy jobs- hurting the US manufacturing sector which requires reasonably-priced energy to compete in the global marketplace.

Higher energy prices literally ruin the economies of scale in every facet of our lives.

Look for the doubling and trebling of our electric bills; five dollar-a-gallon gasoline; and keeping our houses at a shivering, European-like 59* at night.

And what about the inevitable spike in food prices? Or the fact that school after school will be forced to close down - or seek higher tax levies - as their energy costs skyrocket, and teachers are laid off en masse. Has anyone considered that?

And for what? Because of preventing too much carbon dioxide - a gas humans exhale  -from "poisoning" the air?

Meanwhle, what's the first thing Mr. Obama will do after returning from Copenhagen next December 19, having accepting the world's accolades for pushing through his destructive plan?

Of course; he'll go to his oval office; crank up the heat to 80*, roll up his shirtsleeves, put his feet up on the desk; light a cigarette and think..."what a country!" 

Meanwhile, millions of the newly unemployed, and millions more miners, blue collar workers, and others worried about their futures, will think..."What a president- aarrgh!"

Thanks Mr. Obama; have a Merry Christmas.

Two things you cannot deny:

1) liberals are immensely astute about obtaining positions of power.

2) liberals extend their political power by clever inversion of language- lying openly by stating everything as polar opposite of what they actually attempt to accomplish, or believe themselves. 

For example, when liberals say they want a Public Option "to increase competiton among private insurers," what are they REALLY saying? It means they want the government to be able to drive them all bankrupt!

Which begs the question: "What if liberals actually knew climate change/global warming was baloney, but are using it to make "useful idiots" out of the Right? 

That's correct: to all you so-called brilliant conservatives...you've been had. You're a bunch of gullible dolts. Stop playing into these liberals' slimy, power-hungry hands! 

We know damn well there is NO climate change, nor global warming; but so do the liberals! They're using both terms irresponsibly (and interchangeably) to covertly extend their POLITICAL POWER, painting the conservatives as the ones preventing progress. 

If libs are smart enough to garner political majorities, are they not able to realize that man-made global warming IS sheer scientific folly, yet cleverly use it for the obfuscation of their real agenda - wealth transfer, via the consolidation of everyone into "one world" government?

Let's begin with Carol Browner, Obama's proud choice for Climate Czar, who's been "unearthed" as a member of the radical organization known as "Socialist International"(SI); not exactly your local rotary club, but a hardball group of leftists, with their avowed goal: forcing a radical environmental agenda upon the ENTIRE world.

Socialist International purports all the shop-worn liberal mantras: peak oil; CO2 is a pollutant; we're on the verge of irreversible climate devastation; the U.S. is poisoning the atmosphere. And all this can only be "counteracted" by cap-n-trade.

S.I. calls for the, "redesign of the international rules on intellectual property," i.e. more twisted liberal lingo for compelling all U.S. inventors to surrender their advancements, in order to "share" technologies with less-developed countries.

Socialist International holds that America - being the world's largest energy user- must shrink its economic output (energy usage) in conjunction with the lesser countries increasing theirs, and strive for "world equality." 

Does anyone smell a rat?  Is America being set up for a massive economic fall?

An in-depth look at Socialist International reveals the organization has been pushing hard for "global governance," meaning that "dangerous" climate change is caused by America emitting far too much Co2, in comparison to smaller nations, which emit little greenhouse gas - therefore, they must be rewarded for their good climatic behavior.  

Hence, America owes a "climate debt" to the world: and the Copenhagen Conference will be SI's ultimate payback for their concerted efforts, as the other socialist countries of the world gather to divvy up the spoils, and make America pay for its horrendous, environmental sins of the past. 

NOTHING!

First it was the economic/stimulus "crisis", then the budget "crisis ; then the health-care crisis; and now it's the climate crisis. Each crisis designed to further sink our country into debt, and take our individual choices away.

This perfidious COP treaty sets up a global governing body, with the power to demand massive transfers of wealth FROM the "developed" world (US and Europe), TO the rest of the world (third world).

Such a deal! Obama signs this 180-page global travesty, and the American economy plummets accordingly.

(Page 127): Developed country Parties shall provide financial resources and transfer technology to developing country Parties, to make full and effective repayment of climate debt, including adaptation debt, taking responsibility for their historical cumulative emissions, and current high per capita emissions.

(Page 128): The financial mechanism shall be fully accountable to the COP, which shall decide on its policies, program priorities and eligibility criteria, and allocation of resources for adaptation, mitigation, technology and capacity-building, and any other function that may be determined by the COP 

(Page 169): Define non-compliance parameters, penalties and fines as appropriate, and implement parameters and procedures defined by the COP to retrieve funds derived from fines and penalties (enforcement)

(Page 171): Impose financial penalties, at a minimum of ten times the market price of carbon, for any emissions in excess of the level implied by the emissions reduction commitment.

This barbaric treaty arrangement - coupled with cap 'n trade legislation- is akin to economic rape; a phony excuse to tax energy users and providers, and send the money to the UN - then to be distributed to third world dictators abroad.

The goal? Increasing the political power of the Obama administration to all continents.

Barack Obama- president of the world!

So is it all falling into place now? Obama gets his stupid Nobel Prize, in return for promising to sign the Copenhagen Climate Change treaty - a classic international quid -pro-quo. 

Socialist International, Carol Browner, Obama, the UN, and all the other enviro-marxists, actually hide within a "smokescreen", under the guise of saving the environment; a Machiavellian masquerade to take their power to all corners of the earth. 

And the key? The hoodwinking of the conservative Right, who have foolishly convinced themselves that liberals ARE fools, believing that man can change the climate. 

But herein lies the brilliance--who are the ones ACTUALLY being fooled? 

It's almost like a plot from the old "Batman" TV series from the mid 60's:

"We Leftists - in our fictional determination to save the world- feign stupidity about global warming, thereby outsmarting the Right, who think WE are the idiots." HAH!

"So go ahead and oppose us, gullible conservatives; we liberals have outfoxed all of you. We have the media on OUR side; we have the school children on OUR side; we have conned the moral majority - the ignorant American electorate - over to OUR side..."

"And we'll eventually get our way. Domination of the earth!"

So are the wonderful objectives of these so-called, "dumb liberals" sounding clearer now, or do we need further explanation?

The Obama administration will tax the coal companies, power plants, steel companies, and all of heavy industry according to their usage of fossil fuels; they will be required to buy carbon credits, and trade with nations that produce no energy or emissions .

This is all part of an even more hidden agenda-- an undeclared war on capitalism; 

It will be the U.S. who will be funding all these payments to 3rd world countries - wealth redistribution on a GLOBAL scale. And the American People will have no SAY in the matter; none at all. 

Petrified of Congress? Who isn't?

In all of our lifetimes - not since the threat of a Soviet atomic attack in the late 1950's - has the average US citizen lived his/her life in such overriding fear- in trepidation of our own Congress.

Can you think of anything more fright-inducing (politically) than cap 'n trade energy taxation, or government-controlled healthcare?

What could be more un-American, more unconstitutional (or more anti-competitive) than a useless tax on energy, or a welfare-supporting, wealth-transferring government insurance policy - just because our corrupt Congress wants it?

Who are these desperados anyway? Under which geological rock formation did these slimy reptiles emerge? And what can be done about them?

Such irony! Such disgrace! And such hubris! The 111th Congress has declared war on America's economy, and is taking no prisoners! 

(Quote) "In my many years I have come to a conclusion...That one useless man is a 
shame; two is a law firm; and three or more is a Congress.  John Adams (circa 1815).

(Quote) "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is 
in session" - Mark Twain (1866)

Our constitutional Founders designed checks and balances as a safeguard - to limit power in any one branch of government. And the branch they feared most was the legislature.

Now the worst fears of the Founders have come to pass. 

On 9-12 we declared war on Islamic terrorists - but they only succeeded in destroying two skyscrapers.

While the enemy within -our Democratic Congress- has all but destroyed the entire US economy, starting from the day Speaker Nazi Pelosi grabbed the gavel, and declared "war" on America's $14 trillion annual economy- determined to whittle it down to its "proper size."

America's 111th Congress is moving at the speed of rampant socialism, out to rid taxpayers of their livelihoods, thus rendering them powerless to oppose them.

But where to begin? 

Initially, Pelosi and her Democratic allies in the House rammed through a massive, $787 billion dollar stimulus bill, without one Representative reading it.

Majority Leader Harry Reid forced it through the Senate, and anti-President Obama signed the travesty into law. To date, it has had no positive effect on the economy, and many economists predict grievous damage to the national debt over the long run.

Then the House passed a corrupt, bizarre, cap-and-trade law based solely on disputed "climate change" junk science, that will send energy prices soaring - costing the nation TRILLIONS of wasted dollars by 2020- and well beyond.

Again, not one Representative read the bill before it was voted on.

Congress now has both the young and old tossing & turning at night, worried about buying health insurance they do not either need, or WANT - all because of some marxist President's ideological whim.

Perhaps we should hire al-Quida to plant roadside bombs on Capitol Hill, before its too late: 

But all levity aside, the fundamental character of our 235 year old representative republic is about to be irreparably destroyed.

The actions of these mindless, far-left "progressive leaders" (closet communists)  represent the extreme antithesis of how the Founding Fathers wanted our country's legislature to operate.

Speaker Pelosi presents us with nothing less than irrational and nightmarish mob rule.

And on top of it all, ACORN may manage to steal the 2010 midterm elections, funded with 8 BILLION hidden dollars, courtesy of legislative amendments inserted by our greatest patriot, Barney Frank.

How much more will we take—how much more should we take—before we declare..."You've done ENOUGH harm!"

But the naive (e.g. the uninformed) still murmur in the dark, asking..."Why would  democrats do dis? Aren't dey da party of the workin' man? Why would congress pass laws to destroy our wunnerful country?

Well just read between the lines of your coloring book, simpleton.

The Capitol Hill democrats all march in lock fascist step-  they're plotting multi-decade control of all levers of government. But first - tax the rich to ruin, then kill the remaining economy; then once on their government breadlines, everyone's opposition quickly fades.

But not to worry; there's ready jobs available in Americorps- ACORN's new subdivision.

Just keep in mind Washington DC's first commandment..."Thou shalt not steal, until you've been elected to public office." Then it becomes acceptable to take money from hard-working, successful citizens, and give it to the spongers- illegal immigrants, or those unmotivated to better their own lives.

Plus there's the gerrymandering of congressional districts (and biased media), generating  an entitled class of politicians, whose only attribute is pandering to every special interest group inside the Beltway - while skillfully lying to constituents back home.

Now add Congress' refusal to enforce election laws, then encourage ACORN's scheming fraudulent voter registrations: this equals a constant erosion of individual liberty, and the aggrandizement of power to those whose only virtue is either an ability to be elected - or the ability to corrupt those newly-elected.

And through all of this, our economy is being destroyed (e.g. bail-out money committed from all federal agencies now equals 24 TRILLION dollars) in order to create a failed, top-down economic system, benefiting the elite in government, while impoverishing everyone else.

"We the People" deserve who we vote for and elect. Congress’ average seat retention rate since 1955 is 95.4 PERCENT! By 2004, the retention rate stood at 96.3 percent. The dumbing-down of America via revisionist history - and lowered educational standards - is working beautifully.

Unfortunately, the common refrain is..."we keep re-electing these idiots."

But who are the real idiots?

The bulk of the American electorate has degenerated into idio-pathological stupidity. How else can we explain how Congress, with a 9% approval rating, is re-elected a 95% of the time. What could possibly be more imbecilic?

Basically, these democrats have a bulletproof re-election process, passed down from their unconscionable "ancestors."

All incumbents maintain an office (of propaganda) in home districts, staffed by liberal volunteers. But the incumbents are seldom around - out pocketing campaign funds from lobbyists; which buys airtime for the bi-annual media blitz.

Of course, they all enjoy a highly-supportive relationship with the local (liberal) newspaper, downplaying stories that profoundly impact constituent's lives (cap 'n trade), but printing front page stories about how local congressman Bandido is..."fighting for auto worker's pensions"...or..."is bringing home a $600,000 federal grant for park restoration," or some other insipid project, which creates zero jobs, but wields maximum PR effect.

Then - on the Sunday preceding every election - the local paper supports them with a ringing half-page endorsement in its editorial section.

Meanwhile, for the previous month on television, unrestricted, blatantly-negative campaign ads (mostly lies) are bought en-masse against any republican challenger, building up in intensity to Tuesday morning of election day.

Works every time. 

Now try these stats: Senate: As of 2008, of one hundred Senators, 39 (39%) have been re-elected for 18 yrs or more; and four, over 40 years. 

House: As of 2008, of 435 members, 143 (33%) were re-elected for fourteen years or more; and there were five others re-elected again over thirty-six years (18 consecutive terms). 

And the longer these sellouts are in office, the more of them run unopposed in future elections, since nobody will bother to challenge them. Unopposed House races have doubled in the last 20 years, from 40 to 80 seats. 

And the ever-increasing taxes we send to Washington basically assures we'll continue to fund our own economic undermining, courtesy of ..."The System."

Yep; just keep putting the same ol' liars back in Congress, where they can continue to get rich; then - as they get chauffeured to the bank - laugh about "all those stupid taxpayers in my home district."

But how much longer will America allow this to continue? We can do one of two things:

1) Shrug and say, "you can't fight city hall."

2) Organize a massive Washington tea party rally, ala Martin Luther King.

That's right all you patriots; ride busses together into DC on August 28th, the 46th anniversary of King's 1963 Freedom March on Washington, and declare; "We have a new dream...we will judge our congresspeople, not by the earmarks they deliver to our district, but by the content of their character!  No more dishonesty in our Halls of Congress!"

A nation whose people continually choose to forfeit honor in their nation's government, for the sake of earmarked projects in home districts, gets what it deserves- the most corrupt legislative body ever in world history.

Well, just keep rummaging through the closet; in much of the USA, July has been April, and were still anxiously a-waitin' summer - if it EVER arrives. 

Yep;  those oh-so-clever liberals had it right all along...the climate IS actually changing - our precious planet is getting COLDER.

Indeed, it was the first July Fourth in memory where bonfires (rather than fireworks) were the order of the day, to ward off perhaps the coldest 4th in our nation's history:

In the Midwest that same night, the low temperature dropped to 47 degrees. Meanwhile, you couldn't have located Al Gore with a search warrant.

Forever hereafter, it shall be known as the "Freezing 4th." In much of the Midwest and East, the weather was cloudy, drizzling, with a stiff wind out of the North - near jacket/sweatshirt temperature.

It was the coldest 4th of July on record at Norfolk, Virginia: the recorded daytime high was a searing 69 degrees; the previous record (70) was set in 1915.

It was the second-coldest 4th of July ever in Omaha...Fourth coldest in Lincoln, Nebraska. And in the cold, rainy Northwest, summer has been long overdue.

July 4th, 2009: Midwestern temperatures recorded at 2 PM were as follows...

-Chicago, Illinois: 66° F (and raining)

-Indianapolis, Indiana: 63° F (and raining)

-Erie, Pennsylvania: 69° F (sunny)

-Minneapolis, Minnesota: 69° F (partly sunny)

Yes, it was supposedly high summer. But liberals are cautioning..."extreme weather swings" are just part of the "uptrend" in global warming. 

In most areas of the country- despite the so-called 'danger' of CO2 emissions - summer temperatures are well BELOW average (according to the National Climate Data Center/NOAA); thereby confirming the fact the earth is cooling.

Conclusion? Global climate change is not as dependent on "rising CO2" as has been postulated. In fact, it's an outright fabrication, "supported" by liberal scientists at the IPCC (international panel on climate change) from the UN. 

But as the party in power, the liberals remain dangerous:

When fanaticism mixes with politics -plus scientific ignorance- it spells "problem"...climate change legislation - taxing CO2.

The answer? Fight back with knowledge. Embarrass all climate cretins! If they won't listen to common sense, use the "Socratic Method" (asking questions), thereby arriving at the truth.

QUESTION #1- What exactly, is climate change? Definition please.

QUESTION #2-  Is it CO2 accumulation? Greenhouse gas? Global warming? Climate change? Which is it? Please specify problem.

QUESTION #3 -The mystery of melting/reforming polar ice; if not global warming...what then?  

QUESTION #4- Whatever happened to the, "North Pole will disappear-within-5-years" prediction?  

Since liberals act confused by facts (and the suck-up leftist media won't reveal evidence to the contrary) just keep inquiring of them why every shred of new science around the globe predicts earth's cooling.

And who can we trust to verify global cooling? Just consult the experts - the most reliable source of all- the glaciers.

FACT: sea ice is expanding at the fastest pace ever by modern records. 

FACT: Alaskan glaciers are advancing for the first time in 250 years.

FACT: 90% of earth's glaciers are growing - 10% continue melting.

Naval physicists- studying sunspot trends- are predicting several decades of global cooling. And century-low levels of sunspots portend "little ice ages" may be around the corner, threatening shorter growing seasons, and possible food shortages.

Okay liberals; ready for some more "silly" facts? Try this head-scratcher...CO2 is HEAVIER than air.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a natural component of air (approximately 0.03%). It's colorless & odorless, and therefore, does NOT pollute.

Now let's play second grade science teacher: "If CO2 is heavier than air, it CANNOT accumulate (rise) in the upper atmosphere!" Any questions? Raise your hands." 

At the most technical level, REAL scientists find that no valid mechanism exists near earth's surface enabling CO2 to affect warming. Being heavier than air, CO2 absorbs all heat radiation available to it just above the ground.

Ergo, the major reason why "greenhouse gasses" do NOT create significant global warming is because this "relevant radiation" can interact with earth ONLY within the first few meters (10 actual meters for CO2).

Above that, heat radiation disperses equally, therefore not affecting the amount of warmth in the upper atmosphere.

Actually, the real problem with heavier-than-air CO2 is it collects in mine shafts. It also becomes dissolved in the oceans, forming a harmful acid to coral reefs (carbonic acid).

But as CO2 becomes dissolved in the sea, it does NOT warm it.

Recall when noted anti-scientist, John Holdren (a member of the Obama cabinet) said, (quote) "Drastic measures should not be off the table, in discussions on how best to tackle climate change."

Mr. Fanatic (Holdren) was proposing everything from placing mirrors in space (that reflect sunlight), to fertilizing the oceans with iron to encourage the growth of algae (to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide).

Mr. Holdren's most crazed option was to "seed" clouds; thereby, bouncing the sun's rays back into space, so as to not warm earth's surface- certainly an idea that merited consideration for the Noble Prize for Lunacy. 

But why not actually reverse Holden's wild idea, and employ it in a way that would actually eliminate all of carbon dioxide's ecological harm? Seed the oceans!

Instead of taxing CO2 emissions via cap 'n trade laws, why not just purchase massive amounts of calcium hydroxide? (i.e. the substance used to keep aquariums clean)

Calcium hydroxide mixed with carbonic acid is a base reacting with an acid; therefore, a harmless salt (calcium carbonate) is formed- a "neutralization" reaction, thereby preventing the dissolving away of the beneficial ocean coral.

More specifically, when calcium hydroxide solution (the commercial product is known as Kalkwasser) is added to saltwater, it neutralizes the free carbon dioxide present, and converts carbonic acid to harmless bicarbonate ions, which combine to form solid calcium carbonate -- the same "white stuff" that forms coral in the first place.

"VIOLA" - problem solved. No more disappearing coral reefs.

Instead of using cap 'n trade laws to take trillions out of the economy, just tell all the looney libs to visit their friendly local aquarium shop, purchase some calcium hydroxide solution (which cleans fish tanks), and do their part to save the coral reefs - then shut up once and for all about global warming.