Chicken Little Still Lives Among Washington’s Liberal Elite

The hysteria on the Left and among so called mainstream media generated by President Trump’s from the “Paris Accord on climate change” reminded the Sensible Conservative of the folk tale about Chicken Little.  Chicken Little caused panic in the chicken coop.  An acorn fell on his head and the hysterical fowl cried “the sky is falling, the sky is falling”.  The flock took the bird at its word and they all ran around (forgive the cliché) like chickens with their heads cut off.

Sound familiar?

In fact, the voluntary agreement, even if complied with by the entire world, would have had a nominal effect on the climate in the long term.

In the short term, the main cost would have been incurred by the U.S.  which would pay billions to third world countries in their emission control efforts and impose environmental policies which would be a drag on the American economy.

Here’s a sampling of the hostile reaction to the White House pronouncement.  John Kerry, in a feverish commentary, warned that the U.S. withdrawal would cause increased episodes of asthma, among other calamities.  NBC’s Andrea Mitchell declared that America had thereby abandoned its leadership role in the world.  Keeping with that theme, CNN’s Fareed Zakaria said, by this act:  “the U.S. resigned as the leader of the free world.”  And so on.

Giving the frantic reaction, one could be forgiven for looking skyward to see if it was still there.