It's Official...Sorta

     If you rely on the political section of your newspaper for whats new in science, then you are way behind. The US Senate has voted and the results are in. The Senate the other day determined that Climate Change is real, overwhelmingly, according to the Los Angeles Times. At this rate, I'm sure the vote to determine if the Earth orbits the Sun will take place in the Fall. I suppose the vote to settle the whole "we need oxygen to breathe" debate will have to wait until next year.

     But alas, this story does not have a happy ending. While the Senate voted 98-1 that climate change is real, they failed to pass the follow up resolution, which would have acknowledged accepted that humans are having an impact on the Climate and it could prove disastrous. Senator Inhofe, who voted to accept that Climate Change was real, had this to say after the brief glimmer of hope:

     "Climate is changing. The hoax is that there are some people who are so arrogant to think they are so powerful they can change climate. Man can't change climate."

     The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away.

     I know I get all preachy and climb on my soapbox, but these are the people who we chose to lead. These types of actions paint our nation's leaders as out of touch, worried more about getting re-elected and pork barrel riders than doing the jobs they were put into position to do. Thank God we don't have to rely on them to "vote" on scientific discoveries every time there is one. We still live in the Dark Ages.

      Thanks US Senate! Proving once again that you are behind the times and too busy posturing to listen to the experts. Guess what, the majority of us already know that Anthropogenic Global Warming and Climate Change are real. Now its time to acknowledge how we are affecting it and, we want to know is what are you going to do about it?