Earlier today at the first hearing of a special committee on greenhouse gases and climate change, some Republicans made their stance (and stupidity) crystal clear.

"Unfortunately, this debate hasn't been characterized by common sense. It's been characterized by extremism," said Wisconsin Rep. James Sensenbrenner, in an associated press alert. "While this extremism hasn't done anything to produce effective solutions, it has created a lot of hot air, which hasn't been good for Congress' carbon footprint."

I think the hot air is being generated by backpedaling politicians following their noble leader who seems to think sticking his head in the sand is an appropriate response.

The Republicans can't seem to figure out why defense is suddenly in an issue. I wonder if they missed the United Nations Security Council debate on climate change where Britain claims it's getting so hot in here that rising temperatures could ignite global conflicts.

The republican stance would be funny if it wasn't so damn sad.

Thankfully, some people do get it. Earlier this week a national security think tank alerted Americans that global warming does pose a serious threat to everyone's security. The CNA report forecasts increasing international terrorism over quickly disappearing natural resources.

At the hearing today Gordon Sullivan, a retired general who was the Army's chief of staff from 1991 to 1995, spoke about climate change and predicted "a significant threat to our national security and in a larger sense to life on earth as we know it to be."

Doesn't sound like alarmism to me...

Julia Rosien,
Nomadik Editor