Global Warming Deniers
Gee, I almost feel sorry for the people I know (and could be related to) who have their heads stuck in the sand over global warming. I try not to discuss politics since I’m passionate enough to make self look pretty extreme, but I think now seems like a fine time to point something out.
So, not long ago I was pretty disturbed to receive an email extolling the wisdom of the completely untrained, and basically insane, Inhofe and his moronic position on global warming. The point of the email was to share this gem from Inhofe. Some people, mostly Republicans, want to believe some right-wing extremist politicians and a few pseudo-scientists paid to lie about global warming. The email argued that there is no scientific consensus about either global warming or the human factors contributing to it. Gee, I’d trust them over the National Academies of Science. But why trust the National Academies? After all, maybe they’re a bunch of liberal tree-huggers, right? We could ask the Environmental Protection Agency (whom Bush has been silencing), or the the national science academies of the G8 nations and Brazil, China and India. Wait, they could all be lefty, communist sympathizers, right? Well, maybe we should ask an organization we know is pretty far to the right. How about the U.S. Pentagon?
It’s pretty tragic that people are so wrapped up in their political dogma that they cannot or will not consider the gravity of the situation. It makes me really wonder how long life on Earth as we know it can be sustained. We’re all so stupid and selfish and petty.
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March 6th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Unfortunately, it’s going to have to get a lot worse until “they” will admit the truth here.
And I think the time it takes for them to realize what is happening to the planet is yet another burden on the poor. Many of the poor currently suffer from aliments, such as asthma, that could very well be climate/pollution related. They bear the brunt of these illnesses as they can’t afford healthcare, medicines, or missing work. The rich can stave off some of the ill effects of global warming with their money. While money can give them clean drinking water and healthcare, it can’t change the air their kids and grandkids will breathe or the soil they€™ll play on (until they start living in biospheres or on the moon). I think that means we all are going to have to suffer, health-wise, a lot more before the rich global warming deniers wake up and smell the smog!