Engage the Crazies

I was sitting there reading the New Yorker, when I came upon this article.

Climate-change legislation in the new Congress

I didn't so much come upon it, but rather it was the first article in the magazine.  It talks about the Republican and Tea Bag refusal to accept scientific evidence of global warming.

So you're clear on where I stand on this issue, I'm not asking for laws requiring everyone to drive hybrid cars.  I'm not asking for laws prohibiting all carbon emissions - or even severely limiting them (cap and trade makes some sense to me).  I am asking that you at least let scientists who can prove global warming say so.  And let them present evidence that might convince me to buy a hybrid car.  Not to villainize them for reasons beyond comprehension.

My favorite part of this article:

[Rep.] John Shimkus, of Illinois, is one of four members now vying for the chairmanship of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. At a congressional hearing in 2009, he dismissed the dangers of climate change by quoting Genesis 8:22: “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” He added, “I believe that’s the infallible word of God, and that’s the way it’s going to be for His creation.” 

I like Genesis.  My bar mitzvah portion was from Genesis.  This is absurd.

My prayer?  God help the US of A not destroy the world.