| Even before the latest round of BS, the U.S. was already beyond stupid in its climate policy. We are already to blame for 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, despite having nowhere near 25 percent of the world's population. We turned our backs on Kyoto and then showed up only to make trouble in Copenhagen last year, and any "mainstream" or "feasible" bill in Congress is utterly crap. But that was just the first act, it seems.
Check this out. Virginia's climate crisis denying Attorney General is pursuing legal action against a climate scientist, alleging fraud for using government grants to do his climate crisis research. (This is, of course, not unusual behavior for current Republican Governor-AG team in Virginia, who also rescinded the state's protections against discrimination for gays and lesbians.)
And, remember about a year ago when the House passed a cap and trade climate bill? (One that left agriculture entirely out of it, I might add.) Well, lame and watered down as it was, 44 Democrats voted against it anyway. Now, many of their Republican opponents are attacking them for supporting cap and trade, even though they didn't. Moral of the story for Democrats: Vote the right way, because the Republicans will just make up whatever they want to say about you anyway.
I hate politics. |
