Damn those crazy nut jobs who don't believe in global warming. Those irrational folks who think of "An Inconvenient Truth" as a hatchet job. The last thing they need is ammo to use in their effort to minimize the complicated and sinister realities of global warming. Yet here we are, awash in an undeniable shitstorm of unusually crappy, cold, unseasonably nasty weather. As Jon Stewart would say, "Why God, why?"
In the Pacific Northwest, the weather has been brutally, uncommonly, perversely cruel. Accustomed to a winter of rain and persistent cloudiness, this year's weather featured more snow, hail and subnormal temperatures than the Northwest has seen in a looooong time. For example, on the weekend just before April Fool's Day, Portland experienced its latest snow in 57 years.
Those who deny global warming delight in our misery. What's not to love about weather phenomena that runs contrary to the seemingly undeniable deluge of evidence that global warming is real and terrifying? For those who deny, these strange occurrences in our climatic band are touted as proof positive that global warming is bullshit.
Luckily, spring finally arrived in the Northwest today. April 11 seemed like the perfect time for that whimsical flighty bitch Mother Nature. I can't help but think she's either a dimwit or that she has a seriously messed up sense of humor.
For most normal folks, accepting that the planet is getting dangerously warmer while they, personally, experience absurdly cold and uncomfortable temperatures when things are supposed to be warming up is a contradiction not easily explained to the less lucid types that sometimes seem to dominate our population. So come on Mother Nature, get with the program. Surely even you have noticed that the ice caps are melting, greenhouse gases are accumulating at record levels and if we don't make some radical changes fast, we're in deep fecal doodoo.
The Beatles had a song, "Mother Nature's Son", a Paul McCartney number, that was all sweetness and light about the wonders of a simple, natural life. Lately, many artists have given voice to dangers of harsh environmental practices and the impact they have on the planet, so from a musical standpoint, it seems that we're making progress. I think I have a solution to the global warming fake-out we've been experiencing. Let's get Kenny Chesney or one of his Nashville colleagues (colleagues seems to too uppity of a term in this context, I gotta admit) to sing a song about global warming. "You gotta believe, you gotta believe, you gotta believe.......even though it's snowing outside, that the planet is getting warmer....and if we don't fix it...we're all gonna die". Some kinda country drivel like that just might set things right.
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