Is the Climate issue a dodge like the oil crisis of the early 70's?

It seems that way sometimes, but early recognition of the environmental problems leading to the first "earth day" was championed by the same folks that stood against Vietnam.

The oil crisis had more to do with an awakening of the mainly Middle Eastern countries to their position in the world market, and the maturation of the OPEC oil cartel.

It's true that these movements were distractions from the war, but they were no less pressing, as we can see by the results of our earlier neglect today.

If the dollars spent in 'Nam had been used to develop alternative energy resources when the recommendations were originally made, we'd have saved three wars, thousands of lives, prevented the so-called "energy crisis," and greatly reduced our role in the global warming trend.

Your question, though, relates to the convenient appearance of various crises to distract national attention from incompetent foreign policy decisions.

Orwell's famous quote that "he who controls the past controls the future, and he who controls the present controls the past" is just as relevant today as it was 60 years ago.

We should add, that he who controls the media controls them all. Media is controlled by those who have the most to lose when faced with "inconvenient truth," which might be those who keep media in business - politicians and the petrochemical companies who own them.

good question, but wrong subject, i think the illegal immigration problem, is the soap box the the politicians are using right now, and after elections we will never hear another word of it....

examples....

bill clinton and universal health care

george bush and the social security issue

it's a hoax