Brief Editorial Comment

Hmm. Posts are being written yet not appearing. In that case, I'll take this opportunity to tell the Bush Administration:

YOU GO TO HELL! YOU GO TO HELL AND YOU DIE!

You Tube Fun - Social Commentary Edition

I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats



Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore – John Prine



Fortunate Son – John Fogerty



I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag – Country Joe McDonald and the Fish

Snow and Global Warming

As Matt points out, snow at this time of year allows those who are so inclined to say “Global warming? See, there’s no such thing as global warming!” The problem is, at least with regards to this, is that global warming is the name of the phenomena, not the results of the phenomena. Global warming refers to the fact that the base temperature of the planet has gradually (or not so gradually, in the overall scheme of things) increasing over time.

Now, this is something that is not in dispute. The base temperature of the planet has been gradually (or not so gradually, in the overall scheme of things) increasing. Check out this graph.

Sorry. Let’s try that again. Check out this graph.

You can argue the cause of this increase, you can argue the results of this increase. But you can’t argue that the base temperature of the planet has been gradually (or not so gradually, in the overall scheme of things) increasing. Global warming is a given.

Still, because people want to ignore that we as humans could be the primary cause of the increase, or that we as humans can’t do anything to reverse the trend, people will pick up on the name of the phenomena and try to belittle any way they can. Snow in April? Guess that proves there’s no such thing as global warming! (Of course, to go that route one must ignore the fact that we didn’t get any measurable snow until the last week in January, and ignore the fact that there were days in April colder than it was on Christmas or New Year’s. But the ability to ignore facts is one of the strengths of the “there’s no such thing as global warming” crowd, so this shouldn’t be a problem.) But how do we get around this problem?

I propose a simple solution. Instead of referring to it by a name that is a description of the phenomena taking place, global warming, let’s call it Freaky-As-Shit Weather Patterns Caused By An Increase In The Planet’s Base Temperature! That way, we’re describing the result, not the phenomena, and we make it a lot tougher for the anti-science crowd to dismiss.

You’re welcome.

For Your Amusement

Dweeze Solves Problems

Apparently, VP Dick Cheney is making noises about taking steps to stop the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Well, we are Corn’O’Copia are always anxious to help. So here is my simple three step plan to stop the resurgence of the Taliban.

Step One: Get a functioning time machine, go back to the summer of 2002.

Step Two: Scrap plans for invasion of Iraq.

Step Three: Get her to open the box. Wait, that’s something else. Forget that.

Step Three: Ramp up U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

See how easy that was? And not only did I stop the resurgence of the Taliban, a group that actually helped attack us, but I prevented the worst foreign policy disaster in our nation’s history, the invasion of a country that had nothing to do with the attacks on us and which posed no threat whatsoever to us. Further, aside from the time machine thing, it’s so simple, a child could do it!

Things I Don't Understand

Had some errands to run today. They took me approximately three miles north of work and three miles south of work. As most of my travel time was spent on 965, I saw a lot of gas stations. The price per gallon for unleaded with Ethanol, my usual selection, varied from $2.02 to $2.03 to $2.09 to $2.15 to $2.18. Huh? Same product, more or less, right? Indeed, the $2.02, $2.09, and $2.15 were all at different BP stations. Let's add gas prices to the list of things Dweeze doesn't understand.