The weather, or climate change
It's been hot the last couple of days, even had a day that reached 30 degrees. Which for a september day is unusual. The month of july saw record high temperatures while august showed record precipitation levels. So, extremes. Experts say there's nothing wrong, these are just the normal fluctuations weather always shows. And they dive into the past and come up with statistical data and other info to back up there point of view. Among those experts we find President Bush. Now, he is not a very smart man, research recently learned that he 's the second dumbest American President ever (only President Harding scored higher or lower, I should say). Other experts tell us that the extreme weather conditions are the result of the changing climate. It's warming up, pole ice is melting which will have nasty effects. Sealevel will rise, hurricanes will be more severe and frequent to name a few. The warming up is a result of the levels of carbon dioxide humanity emits (mostly done by the western world but China is doing its best to catch up with us). I'm no expert, I have to go by what experts tell me and I go by what the latter bunch is telling. It's kind of scary. Among important world players there doesn't seem to be a sense of urgency, they're still downplaying things. The environment should be much higher on the agenda of politicians. They will have to take action and that action will not fall on favorable ground. In other words, it might cost them votes. So, they sit tight. Priority should be though that there's only one earth. Our children and grandchildren will be grateful to us if we take the right measures now. We owe it to them. Big Thunder (Bedagi) Wabanaki Algonquin said: "The Great Spirit is in all things, he is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us, that which we put into the ground she returns to us...." He seems to me to be a very wise man. To paraphrase President Clinton: It's the environment, stupid.