Regarding the Friday letter on climate change: “Definitely not settled science”: Cigarettes don’t cause lung cancer. We know that, right? A bunch of tobacco executives said it to Congress, so it’s true, despite all the science to the contrary. Same with that global warming thing, right? Yet another letter writer (haven’t we gotten to the legal limit?) tells us it’s a liberal plot, and even quotes a scientist who claims there’s no need for proof. Brilliant. Score another for Fox “news” and those who consider their profits more important than your grandkids’ lives.
That “we don’t need no stinkin’ proof” thing has been beaten to death by deniers, like they discovered a horse with his hand in the cookie jar out of the barn. If you want to understand the reality of the quote, and how science works, read this:http://tinyurl.com/SlateGW. But be warned: it takes some thought, which isn’t exactly the Foxolimbeckian thing.
Clearly, our political system is being bought and paid for by a couple of billionaires whose living (how much more money do they need?) depends on continued pollution; and, clearly, right-wing radio and TV is deeply in the bag for them. What’s not so clear — clear as the skies of Beijing — is how they’ve so easily convinced the masses to believe up is down, night is day. How easily they’ve gotten so many people to vote against their own futures, fueled by righteous anger at … something.
Sid Schwab
Everett
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