Doubting Global Warming Could Be Treason

Robert Kennedy Jr. Opens His Mouth and Inserts His Foot

At the Live Earth Concert at Giants Stadium, one of the non musical acts, Robert Kennedy Jr., shouted himself hoarse. He called those people who doubt either that global warming exists or that it is man-made or that it matters traitors and that they should be dealt with as such.

"Get rid of all these rotten politicians that we have in Washington, who are nothing more than corporate toadies for companies like Exxon and Southern Company. ," shouted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "These villainous companies that consistently put their private financial interest ahead of American interest and ahead of the interest of all of humanity. This is treason. And we need to start treating them as traitors." Kennedy went on to attack John Stossel, a journalist working for ABC news, as well as radio talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glen Beck for being "flat earthers", "corporate toadies", and "liars." Kennedy is the president of Waterkeeper Alliance and Robert F. Kennedy's son.

It may be useful at this point to understand what treason actually is and how traitors are dealt with. Treason is actually defined in the United States Constitution in Article III, Section 3.

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

It is pretty certain that the United States has not declared war on global warming or even authorized the use of force against it. One supposes that if there was a real war against global warming that it would mean that the military would start bombing fossil fuel burning power plants, not only in this country, but overseas. Since China has recently become the biggest polluting nation, due to their adherence to coal fired power plants, such a war against global warming would have serious consequences. The United States would be at war with China and any other country that insists on using fossil fuel burning power plants.