Giving The Left a chance

I'm feeling bad for The Left ... they've had a rough go of it recently.

Successful elections in Afghanistan; Kerry's loss; more successful elections, this time in Iraq; a well-delivered, inspiring SOTU address by Bush outlining a bold second term agenda; the confirmation of Rice as Secretary of State and the all but assured confirmation of Gonzales for Attorney General after a failed Democrat filibuster ... it just goes on and on.

Democrats have been holding the short end of the stick for some time now. They don't have an issue to call their own anymore ... even Social Security has been taken by the Republicans!

So, in the spirit of fair play, I've decided to help ... Left, it's time to go back to that old faithful: the destruction of the environment.

An article in NewScientist.com last week may give hope: "The massive west Antarctic ice sheet, previously assumed to be stable, is starting to collapse, scientists warned on Tuesday..." begins the article.

"Antarctica contains more than 90% of the world's ice and the loss of any significant part of it would cause a substantial sea level rise. Scientists used to view Antarctica as a 'slumbering giant', said Chris Rapley, from the British Antarctic Survey, but now he sees it as an 'awakened giant'."

That's good stuff. Gripping.

Cue pretty picture.




So there it is Left... run with it.

Of course, there's that "other end of the stick", summed up further down in the article:

"Whether the loss of mass by the glaciers is due to natural variation or is caused by human-influenced warming of the oceans is not known for sure."

You know the saying ... there's never a quasi-scientist with a political agenda around when you need one.