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Cosmic Paradox

by Mark Jabo

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“I’ma gonna go this way onna issue of climactic change …”

Because I went to UCLA (University on the Corner of Lexington Avenue), I know stuff.

I know when a guy takes off his watch, he’s serious about kicking your ass. I know you always double down on eleven in blackjack. And I know if you want to get to heaven, you’ve got to raise a little hell.

As far as I understand it, there are only two immutable laws in the universe:
1) Everything bad that happens is due to global warming
2) George W. Bush is always wrong

Whenever I spill coffee on myself, pull a muscle or get called in for a tax audit, I know these things all can be traced back to global warming.

Likewise, I know that George Bush is never right about anything, ever, ever, ever. Ever. Hey, I watch the news.

So, as I see it, there must be some sort of glitch in the time-space continuum with the announcement today that the Bush Administration will “work with other nations to establish a new framework for greenhouse gas emissions …”

If Bush is always wrong and he’s trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming is bad, then George coming out in favor of doing something about climate change is actually the wrong thing to do.

But if global warming is bad and the President is trying to take steps to cut CO2, then he must be right about this issue. And we all know that’s just flat out impossible.

It’s all so confusing for those of us who went to public school.

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Posted in General on May 31st, 2007

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Environmental Talk is a blog that attempts to do the impossible . . . which is to have a reasoned and nuanced approach to the science and issues surrounding global warming. At the same time, we are not above taking the occasional potshot at the extremists and posers on both sides of the topic.

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