Next jackass I hear who says global warning is a media myth gets a boot to the head. I keep finding increasingly frightening things about the severity of global warming. Hell, even the pentagon has released statements saying the climate changes are going to cause disorder and war.
Unfortunately big business refuses to believe it, or chooses to ignore it (probably a little of both) in favor of higher profits. And this little gem really makes me feel better about the whole thing. Global warming actually has the possibility of improving oil company profits because receding ice and warmer waters are making undersea drilling spots easier to access.
And then you get these assholes who claim to be doing well for the nation by "dispelling the myths of global warming." Because apparently this "myth" is bad for the world because anything except a pure free market economy is bad for the world. Damn, libertarians.
Plus the environment is an ignored issue now in politics and the media. I was having a debate online with someone about presidential candidates, and when I mentioned the environment, he claimed it wasn't important because "it was boring and nobody cares about the environment anymore." Like he thought that this made it a non-issue. The environment is one of the biggest reasons I despise Bush and the far right. I think with proper responsibility a low tax low spending policy can work. I think that the taking of civil liberties is only a temporary problem that, when it gets to extreme, will be righted by the people. I think that in all these situations where the far right is typically attacked, Kerry couldn't have done much better. However Kerry could have, and would have at least prevented further loosening of environmental regulations, and may have created more. The damage done to the environment is already probably irreversible, and that to continue ignoring it will be fatal. Bush and the far right have undone what they could from the Clinton administration’s environmental policies. Clinton fucked up a lot, he supported the disastrous NAFTA, he considered "don't ask, don't tell" a solution, he ignored and avoided topics about the Rwandan genocide, and he ordered cruise missiles to be fired at a medicine factory in Sudan. However, when it came to the environment, Clinton was a saint. Bush managed to undo his two greatest legacies, the record surplus and his environmental protection actions.
What the world needs is a president who cares about the environment. He doesn't need to be a liberal, but what I think is most needed now, or as soon as possible, is environmental protection. The president who fixes the environment can ruin US reputation, they can fight unnecessary wars, they can ruin the economy, they can do whatever they want as long as they defend the environment and find a way to keep it defended, because none of those other topics are any way near as permanent as this constant and steady environmental damage is.
-Brandon
