Denying Reailty, No matter What

EVER SINCE THE FIRST BUSH ADMINISTRATION, the Department of Defense has been warning us that man made climate change poses a national security risk to the United States. The Pentagon's Top military brass, like any high school chemistry teacher or anyone else with a modicum of common sense, acknowledges the reality of man made global warming. American conservatives alone do not. The military has a plan to deal with the problem, and Obama supports it, but the Republicans in Congress do not, because it costs money, money which could be better spent on weapons or tax breaks for the wealthy than repairing the damage already done to the environment. similarly, the Exxon corporation has been aware of and studying climate change for decades, according to recently revealed internal memos. Their corporate plan has been to profit as much as possible before humanity is forced go give up fossil fuels, and, in the meantime, to keep as quiet about the situation as possible. thus we have even more confirmation of our real circumstances from two of the most respected institutions among conservative circles: the military, and the fossil fuel industry. Then too, the Pope keeps warning us against the peril of ignoring what we have done and continue to do to Earth's environment. And yet, the deniers keep denying, even as temperatures keep climbing to record levels. If the Pope, the Pentagon, and the corporate community can't wake these people up, who can. For the moment, nobody.