Psychopolitics with Dr. Brian Russell

A little common sense. . .
As you know if you watch or read regularly, I’m big on logic — logical living, loving, and leading — which generally means using more intellect and less emotion in determining how to act in daily life, relationships, business, and politics. In keeping with that theme, I’m about to make observations that I know may upset some people but that I think are timely and necessary.

About the “cap and trade” legislation moving through Congress: This is environmental legislation, whereby American (and not our major global competitors’) businesses would be forced to reduce carbon emissions drastically or pay exorbitant fees (which would of course be passed on to consumers) to purchase pollution “credits” from other businesses that emit less than their legal limits. The ostensible purpose of this legislation is to reduce “global warming.” Now my Ph.D. is in psychology, not environmental science, but fortunately, it’s a well-functioning mind, not a Ph.D. in environmental science, that’s required in order to understand why “cap and trade” is an unnecessary burden on Americans’ productivity. The Earth has been warming up and cooling off since it’s been here. Remember seeing graphics of “ice ages” back in elementary school science? The world’s been a lot colder than this at various times, and it’s obviously warmed up a lot since the last ice age, right? It’s also been a lot hotter than this at various times, not just a few degrees, but many degrees. And all of that cooling off and warming up was happening long before humans were emitting any pollutants into the atmosphere. Even today, you could fit every single living human being on Earth onto the Hawaiian Islands! Compared to the primordial forces that have shaped the Earth for eons, any effect that we might possibly, maybe, in theory have on its climate is insignificant. The Earth will continue to warm up and cool off as long as it’s here, and anything we do to try to stop that will do nothing but make Americans’ lives unnecessarily more difficult.

Update #1:  Michael Jackson’s mother apparently has temporary guardianship of his three kids, and the Jackson parents also are apparently going to be the singer’s personal representatives in the disposition of his assets.  Jackson’s mother is near 80 years old, so there may yet be some legal wrangling over who’s in the best position to be the children’s permanent guardian.  The two older children’s mother normally would be the number-one candidate to raise her biological kids, but her claim is likely tainted by her apparent agreement to stay out of their lives up to now in exchange for money from Jackson.  Some sources have reported that the children have been heard asking for their nanny, who’s apparently the only real “mother figure” they’ve ever known, but at 11 and 12, even the older two are a little young to be given much of a say in the matter.  Stay tuned.

Dr. Brian Russell is a licensed psychologist, attorney at law and familiar national television pundit on psychological, legal and cultural issues.

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