This article cracks me up! Paul is a super smart guy who, for whatever reason, masquerades as an idiot sometimes. His formula: 1. select common issue; 2. assert it never existed before Obama; 3. proclaim the end of civilization. The goal is to elevate emotion and fear above reason.

I'm not particularly emotional or fearful, so I  know this is much ado about nothing.  In high school, 40 years ago, I learned all governments attempt to influence public opinion via the press.  Their tactics range from total control to selectively providing information. Then I recalled a pesky little issue of the Bush Administration actually paying reporters to write and publish their PR as actual news.  Here's one of many links:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_administration_payment_of_columnists. 

Here's an idea for your next column, Paul.  Obama breathes oxygen!  Why aren't liberals pouncing on his respiratory CO2 production as global warming hypocrisy?