Friday, December 31, 2010

Slaying the Green Dragon...

Religion is an irrational passtime, so it should not surprise anyone that the religious wackos oppose science-based "environmentalism". But it is sad...
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/an-evangelical-backlash-against-environmentalism/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Actually, rather than "irrational" I should probably say "anti-rational"... Funny video though.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

What chance for democracy to deal with global biodiversity meltdown or climate change?

From Harper's Index December 2010:
** Chances that an American believes that Jesus Christ will return to earth by 2050: 2 in 5
** Chance that a U.S. Protestant knows who Martin Luther was: 1 in 2
** Chance that an American believes Ramadan is the Jewish day of atonement: 1 in 10

From earlier Harper's Index:
** Percentage of Americans that cannot name a country that borders on the Pacific: 32

Never mind that 32 percent of Americans live in a state that borders on the Pacific... (Thor exaggerates sometimes)


Harper's Index December 2010