Rants in the Pants, Episode 71-Shoot Yourself in the Foot

Created at: May 20, 2025

Some folks are going to read this or part of it and leave never to read my writing again because I’m a tinfoil hat wearer and because I’ve said something they don’t agree with they will never again listen to what I have to say. I hate to see you go, but I’ve got to write about the facts. The facts around this phrase, “shoot yourself in the foot,” are going to be disturbing to some. I have included the facts and only the facts here. If you don’t believe me, then look up what I’ve said and if you find I’m wrong, bring it to my attention and I will mend my ways.

The phrase, “shoot yourself in the foot,” originated because some folks were not smart enough to make sure the gun was unloaded before they started cleaning it resulting in a wound in their foot or elsewhere. With all the dunderheads we share genes with, I sometimes wonder how the human race got this far.

During WWI, the phrase took on a different meaning, It seems some soldiers wanted a break from the muddy, disease-infested trenches where they were bombed, gassed, and shot at night and day. In order to qualify for this vacation from battle that would be spent behind the lines in a tent where disease and infections were common and medical supplies sometimes lacking, a soldier would shoot themselves in the foot. Thus, the phrase moved needle toward the smart side of humanity- the ones who didn’t want to be blown up were willing to sacrifice their foot to stay alive. It also took on the meaning of cowardice, but we won’t talk about that at this time.

Over the years, the phrase reverted to its original implication of sheer stupidity by coming to mean someone who did something that hurt themselves in some way. I can tell you; I hear guns going off all the time. It makes me wonder how humanity has survived this long.

What? You don’t hear the guns firing? Let me give you an example. This is far from home so some of you won’t be outraged, but these people are still genetically related. Europe has gone renewable energy crazy. Wood heating and cooking stoves as well as gas have been set aside and, in some areas, banned outright. Nuclear power plants have been decommissioned. The replacement has been wind and solar power which has been a little spotty. The UK has been especially harsh on this. The result has been a shutdown of industry, power blackouts (blamed on solar flares, global warming, and sometimes the Russians), cold people in the winter and uncooked fish and chips for dinner. Doesn’t that deal sound tasty?

But it doesn’t stop there. In order to stop the global warming that they had to rename, “climate change,” because it was found that the southern ice cap was growing instead of receding, the Brits have vowed to block out the sun. Yes, that mean old sun that is needed to grow our food and run our solar panels (you know, the ones that replaced all the other energy sources). In order to do this, they have been dumping tons of chemicals into the atmosphere to block sunlight, as if the UK has so much sun they need to get rid of some of it. Now, isn’t this a classic example of shooting yourself in the foot? You make yourself dependent on solar energy then block out the sun to stop global warming. I really don’t know….

Well, we have one example right here at home that’s similar and has been going on for years. In the interests of all of the people, someone has decided to spread tons of chemicals in the air to block sunlight while on the ground, thousands of acres of solar panels are being installed to produce energy when our coal, hydroelectric, and nuclear power plants are fully decommissioned. Not only is the sun being blocked out, but the chemicals they are using, nano particles of barium and aluminum among other things, are poisonous to us, the soil we grow our food in and every living thing on the planet. Sometimes I wonder how the human race got this far.

There are some people who are really smart, at least in the short term. They include Barack Obama, George Clooney, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Richard Gere. Oh, I forgot to mention Al Gore. All of these people can be seen in the media hustling for the climate change crowd. So why would they buy ocean front property? Are they rescuing other potential buyers from making a mistake by spending a huge amount of money on a property that will certainly flood due to global warming, I mean climate change? I’ll leave that for you to figure out, but my bet is on they got a better price due to the perception of imminent flooding possibilities.

Some of the facts about climate change are listed below.

  1. The climate is always changing. That’s why they changed the term from global warming.
  2. The sun is responsible for more than 90% of our weather.
  3. The sun is also responsible for the food we need to grow and vitamin D, all to keep us healthy.
  4. If you block out the sun, it will affect the production of solar panels and wind farms as well. That, combined with mothballing or destroying all of our other energy sources, will leave us without energy. Whew! In the summer and brrrr in the winter,
  5. The more CO2, the greener Mother Earth gets. CO2 is plant food.
  6. CO2 makes up about .004% of the atmosphere. The CO2 added by humans is a small fraction of that. This tiny bit is incapable of affecting our world climate.
  7. There are people making money and consolidating power over people falling for this “climate change” hoax. Remember, the global warming crowd predicted that the state of Florida and New York City would be flooded by now. That clearly hasn’t happened.

Time to stop our whole world from shooting itself in the foot. Don’t just read about this hoax, actively pursue your representatives to make them stop spraying the skies, mandating elimination of certain appliances, and curtailing your freedom in the name of this crap.

Seriously, someone tell me how humans are still the dominant species on this planet?