Key line: "So, why don't we ever talk about the suns contribution to global warming? ...Well, because we can't regulate it, tax it, or make it feel guilty for what it's doing".
Got it in one there friend.
There's no profit, political gain, or power to be grabbed from acknowledging the real causes, and real effects of whatever global warming there actually is. So, the interested parties simply ignore all that, shout down anyone who disagrees with them, and go about seizing as much power as they can, in a disorderly fashion.
From "What You Oughta Know", a website with videos explaining an assortment of general, and sometimes esoteric knowledge.
Oh and here are the links he mentioned in the video:
Pacific Research Institute:
the documentary, more information
Reid A. Bryson - scroll down for ice cap article
Solar Activity: A dominant factor in climate dynamics - scroll down read sections in blue
BBC’s The Great Global Warming Swindle
Other possible causes for global warming
Oh and just for fun, here's the same sites take on "Liberals vs. Conservatives"... which is really a pretty solid explanation of the foundations of minarchist positions:
And a great take on the bailout:
