| Follow This Fable - After All, Its Only A Fable | | | | foolhardy and a waste of money. Dreams of |
| Our international instantaneous information flow | | | | strange inventions are absolutely forbidden. New |
| lets us see mining collapses, earthquakes, floods, | | | | taxes for governments are levied because of the |
| wars, disasters of all kinds, and really scary | | | | tremendous cost that accommodating the |
| weather in the present moment. The idea of | | | | freezing population is going to mean to the |
| global warming gets media help by showing | | | | government. There are even speeches made by |
| glaciers and lonely polar bears. | | | | government officials that psychics have said that |
| But what if we had TV back in the 1600's? What | | | | if we pay enough taxes that the divine will see |
| would the coverage be like then? The world | | | | our willingness to listen to supernatural messages. |
| experienced the "Maunder Minimum" back then, a | | | | The message is that these taxes will turn away |
| "little ice age", for lack of a better term, that | | | | the coming Ice Age. |
| lasted until about 1715, beginning in around 1645, | | | | A Senator from a southern country in Europe has |
| but with strong cold snaps even earlier. But back | | | | declared that if people pay enough taxes to his |
| then, they did not know it was the Maunder | | | | government that he will let anyone who wants to |
| Minimum. They did not know it would end in 1715. | | | | come to his country because it is "so darned |
| Imagine how the world might be affected if we | | | | warm here that we can take anybody who is |
| had had nightly TV and weather reports from | | | | willing to pay". He lives in a big white mansion and |
| around the world. Imagine modern forecasts with | | | | says that the people coming to his country will |
| little headlines displayed on the screen as you | | | | not be able to have big white warm mansions, |
| watched in cold comfort. Read this short fable | | | | but they will be able to live in big white warm |
| and follow all the news that was fit to print at the | | | | projects. |
| time. | | | | A Real Nut Prophecies an Age of Warming That |
| "The Rhine has been frozen until July, this year..." | | | | Ends in an Ice Age in the 21st Century |
| "In 1622, the Bosporus froze over in the winter..." | | | | One philosopher scientist, a woman, is called a |
| "Sled rides across the frozen Baltic have enabled | | | | Real Nut by practically everyone who is smart. |
| travelers to cross over from Poland to Sweden | | | | These people say they are smart because they |
| with seasonal inns along the way..." | | | | are smart. And smart people know if they are |
| "The first colony in the Massachusetts area is | | | | smart. She sees the current activity as the height |
| suffering from the intense cold, poor farming | | | | of the Cold, and that a new coming 300 year |
| characteristics. Local Indians show Pilgrims how to | | | | period of warm comfortable weather is going to |
| bury fish in the sand to get crops to grow..." | | | | bring on an age of invention, agricultural innovation, |
| "Northwest Germany is so devastated that tens | | | | population growth, culminating in an age of air |
| of thousands try to emigrate to England to try to | | | | travel and a trip to the Moon. She is widely |
| resettle..." | | | | criticized as a crank and a hopeless optimist. She |
| "Inuit peoples approach Scotland on trips around | | | | even lives in a really cold place, just to make her |
| ice in Northern Atlantic..." | | | | point. When she finally declares that a new low |
| "Growing glaciers force Swiss villages into | | | | period of sun spot activity will make the 21st |
| depopulation..." | | | | century a much colder place, she is accused of |
| "Lake Superior has ice into the summer..." | | | | being demon possessed and brought up on |
| "Famine and hardship affect populations in all the | | | | charges for being a False Prophet. So not only is |
| continents..." | | | | she not smart, but she has no virtue whatsoever |
| The weekly and nightly headlines from around the | | | | as a False Prophet. Somehow she is not |
| world put the people of the 1600's into apoplexy. | | | | discouraged, but the smart people eventually jail |
| Because they are aware of all of the news from | | | | her. Everyone praised the smart people for jailing |
| around the globe, they develop powerful opinions | | | | her. There were no people who claimed to be |
| about the future. Most see a New Ice Age | | | | smart who thought that she had any good |
| coming in the 17 and 1800s. Many question | | | | qualities. Her family goes into the jail with her to |
| whether this is a punishment. Many say they don't | | | | keep her company. |
| think the coming Ice Age is imminent. | | | | A Wise King Makes A Proclamation |
| The Fear of a New Ice Age Builds in International | | | | The world's population is a continuing state of real |
| Frenzy | | | | unrest. Leaders are fearing revolutions. Then, a |
| These would be fantastic headlines for the media | | | | Wise King from one country cuts off all the TV |
| weary populace. End of the world scenarios would | | | | broadcasts. People begin to cease fearing the |
| be drawn as authorities and scientists form | | | | New Ice Age. They only observe their weather |
| coalitions trying to predict just how bad our | | | | and realize things are not as bad as they thought |
| winters are going to get and whether we are | | | | they were. The Wise King is assassinated by TV |
| going to go into a New Ice Age. | | | | Power Brokers, but the Wise King's brothers are |
| Religious Authors print books about the New Ice | | | | re-elected, in a sudden move toward a "royal |
| Age and the theological implications of such a | | | | democracy". The Media Power Brokers write new |
| state. 80 year old preachers rise to their pulpits | | | | resumes and move "out of Dodge". |
| and declare with stentorian thunder about how | | | | A New Preacher |
| this New Ice Age is a warning from God and that | | | | However, as the 1600's progress, a new religious |
| everyone who is not in their Church should | | | | prophet comes on the scene and he gets |
| promptly repent. Special super-heated promises of | | | | broadcast on the remaining TV channels that are |
| angelic rapture are laid out through new visions | | | | still talking about the bad weather in different |
| from frightened theologians. The Pope declares | | | | cities. Because he has such a New Positive Gospel, |
| that Catholics should feel free to move to the | | | | he is endorsed by the governments, as civil |
| southern climes, as there is no need to fear a | | | | unrest is increasing and people are crying out for |
| collapse of their church because so many Roman | | | | new taxes that will certainly solve the weather |
| Catholics already live in the southern and tropical | | | | problem. The new taxes that people are crying |
| regions. | | | | out for are causing the government problems |
| New Age authors and writers channel statements | | | | because no one really believes that paying taxes |
| which outline how many will perish during the New | | | | is going to stop the New Ice Age. They want |
| Ice Age, but then it will reverse itself with new | | | | some real answers fast! |
| sun spot activity and the human population will be | | | | The new preacher says that someday this period |
| preserved, renewed through special insight, as | | | | will be called "The Maunder Minimum". This will be a |
| more and more people are channeling agent spirits | | | | period of low sun spot activity and that a new |
| who have been through these things before. | | | | Ice Age is not on our doorstep. Like the Real Nut, |
| Governments begin to make preparations for | | | | from a few years ago, he sees a period of |
| moving populations from the North to the South. | | | | warming coming. In fact he makes an astounding |
| New crops and methods begin to be proposed. | | | | prophetic pronouncement. He declares before the |
| Hunters are commissioned to go an kill all the | | | | world: |
| bears in the wild to make warmer clothing. Plans | | | | "It is going to be so warm and comfortable in the |
| for increasing the sheep population are | | | | next 300 years that people will forget that ice |
| accelerated for greater sources of wool. Plans | | | | ages are even possible. Everyone will think that it |
| concerning moving to North America are | | | | is so warm that mankind himself actually causes |
| prohibited because people will probably die in | | | | the warmth. Isn't that funny? Anyway, we will |
| transit or perish from famine and hardship if they | | | | have very wealthy economies and vast power |
| get there. The New World is a costly and harsh | | | | and industry will mean that incredible amounts of |
| world. People decide to prepare to huddle | | | | money will be able to be wasted. It is just when |
| together during the long winters and short | | | | people are about to spend billions on changing their |
| summers that are feared to come. Plans to move | | | | economies and paying taxes to the authorities, |
| to the South of each country are formalized. War | | | | that a new Minimum will come upon us. But this |
| plans are secretly drawn up by countries in the | | | | time they won't name it after Mr. Maunder, they |
| northern climes to invade the South. | | | | will name it after some other scientist. Then, |
| New Taxes No Dreams | | | | things will get cold again. Then, people will start to |
| Expansive economic activity is not encouraged, | | | | fear a New Ice Age, but not until they overcome |
| and marginal innovation is discouraged as being | | | | their delusion about their "New Hot Age". |