Earth--Still Kinda Melty

With most of the nation under a blanket of snow, I'm sure the last thing anyone wants to hear about is global warming. Well, after an inadequate accord in Copenhagen, and polling that shows this issue sliding out of the national consciousness, this country clearly needs a wake up call.

It's too bad we don't have some kind of a trusted voice on this matter to sound the alarm. Someone with some real gravitas, like a former lifetime public servant who ascended to high office. Someone with international recognition--like a Nobel Prize winner or, if you want to get showy, a Nobel Prize winner who also won an Oscar and several dozen other awards. Someone with widespread credibility that comes from being both Harvard educated and a Vietnam veteran. Such a man would surely be trusted with such an important message.

What? We do have that guy? And at least half of America hates him like poison and won't believe a word he says? Interesting. They hate him and will never trust what he says despite reports like this that are published roughly every couple of minutes? They even accuse him of promoting a new religion when it is they who ignore the science and spread wild conspiracy theories? Hmm...

It's enough to make me go back to pretending I live in Antarctica.