| Beating a dead horse? Certainly not. Here's Paul Krugman on the climate change bill. Do you remember the days when Bush administration officials claimed that terrorism posed an “existential threat” to America, a threat in whose face normal rules no longer applied? That was hyperbole — but the existential threat from climate change is all too real. Yet the deniers are choosing, willfully, to ignore that threat, placing future generations of Americans in grave danger, simply because it’s in their political interest to pretend that there’s nothing to worry about. If that’s not betrayal, I don’t know what is.
Those are the last two paragraphs. All the ones leading up to it are likewise worth reading. It's a reminder, among other things, why Vern Ehlers' "no" vote was such a disappointment. Unlike most of his Republican colleagues, Ehlers isn't just some run-of-the-mill denialist. Based on things he's said, he actually believes this is a serious problem. |
