Vegas Sculptor’s Blog

There’s a lot of talk these days about global warming. It seems that most scientists believe the earth is warming. The debate seems to be whether our burning of fossil fuels is to blame.

The argument that this warming is part of a natural cycle got a boost recently with the discovery of a third red spot on the planet Jupiter.

The Space.com article about the new spot included this, “The latest Hubble and Keck images also support the idea of Jupiter undergoing global climate change. Warming near the giant planet’s equator and cooling at the South Pole could be destabilizing the southern hemisphere, causing jet streams to go haywire and spawn new storms.”

Now unless there are a lot of cars driving around on Jupiter it would seem that whatever is warming Earth up is also warming Jupiter.

But even if the warming is natural, all the crap we are dumping into the atmosphere can’t be helping. I think that for health reasons, as well as global warming reasons, it just makes sense to try to cut back on the release of carbon dioxide and other warming gasses. It may not help with the warming, but it can’t hurt.

Some people though have gotten so militant about our “carbon footprint” that I think they are actually causing more harm than good. One example of this is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Register is reporting that ABC’s website has a new feature called “Planet Slayer”, aimed at children, that advises that the best way to leave a small carbon footprint is to die early!

“The site is aimed at 9-year olds. However even a ‘virtuous’ rating (e.g. not owning a car and recycling) is outweighed by eating meat, or spending an average Aussie income - with the result that many 9-year olds are being told they’ve already outstayed their environmentally-compliant stay on the planet.”

“(The) science blog Watts Up With That points out, the site clearly breaches Australian broadcasting guidelines on ‘harmful or disturbing’ content.”

The reporter for The Register visited the site and took the test. When he answered honestly he was told he should have died at age 3.9 years in order to save the planet. He went on to say, “After a couple of run-throughs, it appears that eating meat is a major factor. But this is overshadowed by claiming a) very low earnings and b) spending what remains of one’s pittance on organic food and ‘ethical investments’.”

“Whether that’s a life worth living is another question entirely. But the message from the Carbon Cult seems pretty clear: humans are a stain on the planet and should die; yet should they be permitted to live, they should live a life that’s as miserable as possible.”

You can take the test yourself here. According to my test, I should have died at age 4.4 years.

Do you think it’s appropriate to tell children that they should die to help the environment? Do messages like this create more hatred toward the “green movement” or do they help the cause? Did you find out anything about your lifestyle by taking the test that you might change? The test aside, are you doing anything to reduce your “carbon footprint”?

Today’s miscarriage of justice is brought to you by Orange County, Florida as reported by WFTV.

It seems that 22 year-old Morris Williams has been sentenced to one year in jail and 5 years probation for having sex with a 13 year-old girl.

Now I certainly don’t think guys in their 20’s should be having sex with 13 year-old girls, but you know what? Some girls lie about their age!

I know, it’s hard to believe, and I’m sure there hasn’t been a guy caught yet with an underage girl who didn’t say “She told me she was 18!” But we live in an online society now and it seems like almost everybody has a MySpace page these days.

The girl in question, Alisha Dean, was identified by WFTV since she has pictures of herself posted on her public MySpace page. The photo of Ms. Dean shows a very well developed young lady who certainly doesn’t look 13. As a matter of fact, on her MySpace page she claims to be a 19 year-old divorced woman.

Mr. Williams says Ms. Dean “picked him up” on the street and after a few conversations they had sex. When he found out that she was not 18 he went to the girls father and explained what had happened.

“‘He was like ‘well, she’s 13,’ Williams said of a conversation with Dean’s father.”

Dean’s father had Williams arrested and at trial the Judge decided that ignorance of the girl’s age was no excuse.

Now one would think that the girls family would come down hard on her after being involved in something like this, but of course one would be wrong. “Dean’s family admits Alisha still stays out late and has yet to delete her misleading MySpace page.”

Oh and just so you don’t start to feel too sorry for Ms. Dean, this is not the first time this has happened. 24 year-old Darwin Mills is serving his 5 year sentence after being convicted of having sex with Ms. Dean.

After Williams was sentenced his step father, Henry Smith said “ I guess we just sit back and count how many after this.”

It’s to the point now that you don’t dare sleep with someone without proof of a recent blood test for disease, but now apparently you need to see a birth certificate and two forms of ID too!

Shouldn’t both these guys be let out of jail and the girl locked up? Is there a way, other than abstinence, that a young man can avoid this situation? Is it fair to always base these cases on the actual age of the girl rather than her apparent age? If there is proof, such as the MySpace page in this case, that the girl is lying about her age shouldn’t she be punished? Shouldn’t the parents be punished if they aren’t doing anything to correct the girl’s behavior?