Democrat Fruits

So what has come of the Democrats securing congress in the previous elections? Well, they've pushed forward an attempt to "de-authorize" the war in Iraq, a move for which there appears not only to be little support, but more importantly has no constitutional foundation. They pushed forward a non-binding resolution to withdraw from Iraq. They're proposing a no-confidence vote on AG Gonzales. They've unashamedly attempted war funding bills that presume to take over responsibilities to prosecute war which are exclusively granted to the President as Commander-in-Chief --unconstitutional. And now they're preparing an Immigration Bill that Speaker Pelosi says she won't bring forward unless she has supporting commitment by 70 members from the other side of the isle --far more than is necessary to exceed opposition.

So, what have the Dems done with their hard-fought return to power? A lot of things that are unconstitutional, or mean nothing, and one thing that would only count if it's something the opposition agrees to. Now that's leadership.

Weather Isn't Climate...

...unless the tempurature is going up, apparently.

Whenever anyone suggests that unusual snows and/or cold temps support an argument against global warming, members of the pro-GW crowd will quickly chastise that weather is not the same thing as climate. They'll explain that global warming doesn't mean we won't have harsh winters or unusual cold spells. They'll explain that it's the Earth's climates that are at risk of being changed, not the weather, per se. ...That is, unless the weather turns decidedly hot, to which these same will be the first to cite the weather as further evidence that GW is true.

Maturity

A young person is like a fruit tree in spring, blooming with many answers...and with proper care and time, those can eventually mature into good, ripe questions.

Put Your Green Where Your Mouth Is

OK, so the GW advocates --especially the Anthropogenic GW wing-- believe that we're all hurtling towards calamity, or worse, and that drastic steps must be taken now, by governmental mandate, if we're to have any hope of surviving the inevitability that looms before us. Then there are those who do not subscribe to any of it. Both sides claim the truth while chastizing the other. One problem is that there's no accountability, on either side. So, what if the members of both extremes were required to formally record their predictions regarding specific, measurable events? (Actually, many already have.) And what if the losers had to forfeit certain societal privileges, like free-speech or voting rights, as the cost of being wrong? What if there was a tangible risk to taking a position in the debate? ...What if?