Interesting read. Not sure if it will be this year, but I've noticed a lot of the same trends. The changes I want to see mostly involve your first part. I really want to see science decentralized. Yes, the biggest factor on our weather is the sun. In fact, outer space is the source of every element we have.
Have you ever heard of Jim McCanney? If not you should listen to his weekly radio show. I can send you a link. He's the scientist who conceived of the electric Universe theory.
I have not delved really deep into it, but I have watched some of the videos from the Thunderbolts project and read some of the blogs concerning the Electric Universe theory. I certainly believe that they are on the right track and I believe that the truth is we know very little about how things work in our Universe. I have a real problem with that part of science that tries to force their theories on others at the exclusion of all other theories. In my opinion, if you can't prove it as fact then my unproven theory is just as good as yours.
I agree completely. I would never promote a government-paid mouthpiece. Anyway, I appreciate a good, thought-provoking post.