Recent opinion polls have indicated that the American public has apparently decided that all this “global” warming stuff is pure hokum. Given the scientific illiteracy of the general public, I guess it’s no surprise that while climate scientists – you know, professionals who actually know something about the topic – remain firmly convinced that the Earth is warming and that anthropogenic CO2 is contributing; the sort of folks who find “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader” challenging are all certain that the theory is rank bullshit. Guess that’s what happens when the RNC’s talk machine (aka Focked-up News) gets a free ride.
In truth, I could smell this coming months ago. You see, my sole sibling and all her family members are slavishly devoted to the FNN talking heads in all their many guises: bogus books, reactionary radio, and tawdry television. When last I saw Sis late this past summer, at least two of that arm of the family tried pretty hard to convince me that global warming was obviously not happening. Their evidence was simple and surprisingly clear: after all, it was unseasonably cool in the upper Midwest this summer…
I guess it shouldn’t come as a surprise that people whose worldview is limited to the street outside their windows just can’t seem to understand that global means the WHOLE DAMNED WORLD and not just their hometowns – and it doesn’t help much that the pro-business community (aka the GOP) and its mouthpieces kept on sniping even while fomenting revolution with those tea parties of theirs.
I say let ‘em have Florida… and make certain they don't have any SCUBA gear.
