Bringing More Bad News

ONCE AGAIN, there's bad news. This time, it appears that songbirds are decreasing in numbers, disappearing, which means that if something doesn't change, they will become extinct. We have known for a long time that this is happening to frogs and butterflies, as well as many other species, due primarily to climate change. animals start to move their habitat to cooler areas, and run into survival problems, getting enough food, escaping predators, etc.. So, whenever you happen to be fortunate enough to see a bluebird, cardinal, or yellow warbler, or to have some living in your yard, be sure to be thankful, and to remember the event. If possible, take some pictures. It seems weird to be living through what looks like the final stages of human life on Earth, maybe all life on Earth, as the effects of climate change begin to show up for real, and we extrapolate into the future. It is beginning to look bleak, like those of us whoa re alive right now, even old fogies like me, may actually live to see catastrophic damage to life on Earth. Back in the nineteen sixties and seventies I grew up immersed in apocalyptic fantasy; aliens invading, the sun going nova...various scenarios regarding the end of the world in science fiction. Basically, it always seemed like fiction. But in my back yard, where spring now begins in February and summer lasts through October, climate change is not fiction, its noticeable. Somehow I sense a slight decrease in annual rainfall, and I notice the increasing frequency and severity of droughts, and the fact that it never snows anymore where I live, and, to be honest, it makes me paranoid. Obviously, climate change is happening. Most of the world's population is noticing it in their daily lives. Now, the deniers are retreating to their default position: climate change is happening, but its natural, its not the result of human activity. For the climate change deniers, who are always conservative Republicans, anything except the truth is good enough, as usual. President Trump now admits that global warming is not a hoax, liberal nor Chinese. That in itself is quite a turnabout for our president. now he says climate change is real, but that its entirely natural, cyclical, and, get this..he says that it is going to change back to what it used to be. So, its no problem. he also says that he doesn't want to spend the money it would take to reverse climate change, trillions of dollars. Trump chooses not to believe in climate change because he hates to spend money. Most conservatives refuse to believe in it because doing so would force them to admit the need for change in American and all over the world, economic, political, and social change, which they, being conservative, abhor.