Sen. To Wife: "Don't Wake Kids" While House Is On Fire!!!!
by Kenny Luna, North Babylon, NY on 02.18.07
At least that’s part of a conversation I can only imagine between Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma and his wife as their house is burning down around them with the kids upstairs sleeping! The Senator, who is considered by many to be a front-runner in the race to become this country’s “Ostrich-in-Chief” on the subject of global warming has loudly decried the news that none other than Laurie David should have the audacity to write a book describing the global catastrophe in terms that even children can understand. According to Inhofe, it’s simply an attempt by some to “fill the minds of children with 'sky-is-falling' global warming hysteria”.
So bear in mind that this is not a book to be filled with doom and gloom, but instead takes a rather irreverent and entertaining look at the process… Its’ title alone bears nothing of the outlandish hyperbole Inhofe himself has proffered up in protest, as it’s appropriately named ‘The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming’. Written for ages 8 and up, it’s sure to be packed with facts and essential information on what kids of all ages can do to help slow down the single greatest threat to our existence. Expected to be released in September, it promises to be a great addition to any classroom when kids head back to school.
It's sad, but blue states are the ones that will suffer most from rising sea levels and bad storms. However, the Great Plains are not immune. There is such a thing called a drought, and I've heard that droughts make it kind of difficult for plains-staters to make a living, so much so that they often have to give up living in Oklahoma and move to the coasts. A guy named Steinbeck wrote a book about it, I think, but that was long ago. Can't be relevant NOW...
I think it's pretty clear Sen. Inhofe doesn't base any of his opinions on facts, just his born-again, dumb-always fairy tales. It's too bad we can only impeach elected officials for corruption, not reckless stupidity.
"A guy named Steinbeck wrote a book about it, I think, but that was long ago. Can't be relevant NOW..."
Of course not. Global Warming hadn't been invented in the 1930's, so the dustbowl didn't really happen.
(Actually, global warming was first theorized in 1896, by Svante Arhennius in PHILOSPHICAL MAGAZINE,vol. 41, p.276. The Dust Bowl, of course, was mostly an ordinary cyclical drought. Unless you are proposing that global warming has ended the phenomenon of ordinary cyclical drought, it is safe to conclude that the next Dust Bowl will be far worse. Thank you for helping me further to make my point.)
" it is safe to conclude that the next Dust Bowl will be far worse."
Oh, absolutely. Completely safe to conclude that. Al Gore even said so. Case closed.
Let's not pretend that droughts as recently experienced in Missouri and in the Rockies, and floods as experienced in Iowa and Louisiana, will not play havoc with the economy of the central states. Everyone is in the same boat, so we should all work together, even if someone tries to drill a hole in the bottom.
Actually Al Gore is running around saying the house is on fire and Inhofe is one of the few people who have said uhhh no it isn't. Yes he has looked at the evidence and no there is no proof. Even the IPCC down graded their predictions of mass flooding to approx. 14 inches over the next 100 years?
So Inhofe asked a legitimate question where's the fire? and of course for that we should kill him. We MUST continue to run around screaming "The house is on fire! The house is on fire!"
When you really look at the evidence, there is no fire.
The Midwest of course is already benefitting from a post-petroleum economy. Ethanol and wind power are begining to be big parts of the economic landscape, (wind power more so because its not subject to drought) so there is real hope that the local politicians will get on board. They're just behind the curve on risk analysis, because after all they're not accountable. There are also great opportunities for large solar emplacements because the real estate costs are manageable. Regardless of temporary roadblocks, we all know there is strong reason to hope.
Hey Jim, didn't we before? I'm sure of it - you were playing a mean fiddle as me and my mates struggled with the lifeboats. Survivor, SS Titanic
"Ethanol and wind power are begining to be big parts of the economic landscape, (wind power more so because its not subject to drought) so there is real hope that the local politicians will get on board. They're just behind the curve on risk analysis, because after all they're not accountable."
So, to whom is Al Gore accountable?
Nobody. And neither are you. Hence the smug certitudes and laughable hyperbole.
So, to whom is Al Gore accountable?
Nobody. And neither are you. Hence the smug certitudes and laughable hyperbole.
The people to whom we and Al Gore are accountable haven't been born yet. I for one would like to be as hyperbolic as possible now, so as to fathom a chance at being understated later. We're not going to have to be accountable for your progeny too, now are we?
Zing!