Prediction: 'Global Warming' and 'Carbon Footprint'

Prediction: The terms 'Global Warming' and 'Carbon Footprint' will be the new subterranean raison d'etre for an assault on personal freedoms and liberty, and will be used by a variety of liberal and conservative pundits to push their private agendas. The Government will use these buzz words to ratchet down a more stringent control over the movement and activities of the governed, who will be fed a steady diet of fear and loathing to make them get in line. As if the world would be a better place if we all just stayed home and tuned into the media for the latest update. What is the origin of this bleak prediction and assertion? Yesterday on a talk radio program, I heard the following statement, "The upcoming Super Bowl has a large Carbon Footprint." And? So? One can follow that statement to a variety of conclusions, and easily find something there to dislike.