That Global Warming Thing

The game is on. Temperatures are rising and sooner or later everyone will be doing the opposite of rats scurrying away from a sinking ship. Weather patterns have already become more erratic this early out. This should not come as a surprise to any reality-based person, but it is still depressing. It took them long enough, but the bigwigs are finally starting to get their act together.

"The degradation of the global environment continues unabated ... and the
effects of climate change are being felt across the globe," Ban said in a
statement after last week's toughest warning yet mankind is to blame for global
warming.

In comments read on his behalf at the start of a week-long Nairobi
gathering, Ban said all countries would feel the adverse effect of climate
change.

"But it is the poor, in Africa and small island states, who will suffer
the most, even though they are the least responsible for global warming."

You can say that again. The poor are the least capable of helping themselves and will be hit hardest by food shortages - maybe we can stop burning our excess grains now - and natural disasters for which the rich bear most of the blame. They and their conservative surrogates will no doubt say things reminiscient of Katrina such as "Who would live in that kind of place anyway? They were asking for it" and "Why didn't they leave? They knew it was coming" without taking into account the harsh reality that they are incapable of doing so. This is akin to the rapist's excuse of "She was asking for it" or "She didn't say no."

That is exactly what these conservatives are. Rapists and psychopaths who have no empathy for their fellow man. Such people are the first who deserve to be thrown to the wolves, not those who happen to be victims of other people's circumstances.