Environmental Talk

Both from Maine. One has eyes that move independently, the other goes good with melted butter

The only thing I know about Maine is that it’s famous for lobsters and Stephen King. They’re both creepy, but there’s another eerie story coming out of the Pine Tree State today that’s creating a bit of a stir…

It seems that some fourth graders were given an assignment to do a project about global warming. Well, maybe not given an assignment so much as directed to produce a report that repeated some of the most extreme assertions made by climate change doom sayers.

There seems to be some question as to whether these children of the con actually wrote the report they are claimed to have authored.

Decide for yourself if the following excerpts are indicative of a fourth-grader’s grasp of the issues and a 10-year-old’s writing style:

“The United States is the leading contributor to the global-warming crisis, producing one-third of the total greenhouse gases in the world, more than South America, Africa, Asia and Australia combined.”

“Greenland and the Arctic ice shelf are melting faster each year and will disappear in our lifetime if our fossil fuel usage continues unchecked.”

“Because the United States contributes one-third of the carbon dioxide emissions worldwide, here are seven sensible ways to save our seven beautiful continents”

“All the facts we have presented are true, real, and will shape our future unless decisive action is taken.”

In fourth grade I very clearly remember telling my homeroom teacher, Mrs. Caulder, “If Bobby’s hostilities toward me remain unchecked, I will be compelled to take decisive action.”

Jesus! Even Charles Dickens didn’t write like that in fourth grade.

I have to be honest, I hate these situations where kids are force-fed some dogma whether it’s global warming, intelligent design or that the purple Teletubby is a homosexual.

Elementary school should not be used to groom kids to be platform-spouting Democrats or Republicans.

How about teaching kids the basic skills they need in order to be able to think? Then, let them make up their own minds as they get older, acquire more knowledge and make the mistake of adding their names to a political fund raising mailing list.

While we’re at it, let’s leave scaring children to the experts - the people who make anti-drug ads.

Scared bi-curious

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