{"id":175,"date":"2009-04-09T07:29:56","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T12:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yuriar.com\/politics\/?p=175"},"modified":"2009-04-09T07:29:56","modified_gmt":"2009-04-09T12:29:56","slug":"its-like-the-plot-of-a-bad-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/conservakat\/its-like-the-plot-of-a-bad-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s like the plot of a bad movie."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In what sounds very much like the plot to a movie, the Obama Administration&#8217;s &#8220;science advisor&#8221; has decided to stop Global Warming by polluting the air.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One such extreme option includes shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun&#8217;s rays. Holdren said such an experimental measure would only be used as a last resort.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s got to be looked at,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We don&#8217;t have the luxury of taking any approach off the table.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/story\/0,2933,513242,00.html\">FOXNews.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wait.\u00a0 Did he just say they would intentionally pollute the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere if need be??<\/p>\n<p>First thought that popped in my head when I heard this &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Excuse me?\u00a0 Global warming?\u00a0 Oh yea, that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s in the freaking 30&#8217;s &amp; 40&#8217;s here on the southern East Coast &#8211; in APRIL!\u00a0 Geez&#8230;\u00a0 If this is &#8220;global warming&#8221; then it&#8217;s not warm enough yet.\u00a0 I want spring &amp; summer!<\/p>\n<p>Second thought &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Wasn&#8217;t this the plot to a movie? Wasn&#8217;t it something like Matrix 3 where it was discovered that humans had tried to block the sun to turn off the solar-powered machines?<\/p>\n<p>Third thought &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Wait, did he just say they would be purposefully polluting the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere?\u00a0 So&#8230;.\u00a0 SUVs and aerosol cans can&#8217;t be all that bad then, huh?<\/p>\n<p>Fourth thought &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Just who the hell do we think we are?\u00a0 Block the sun?\u00a0 Seriously?<\/p>\n<p>Fifth thought &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>What happens when another country says, &#8220;NO!\u00a0 We don&#8217;t want this!&#8221;\u00a0 Are we so arrogant that we would say &#8220;we don&#8217;t care what you think, we know what&#8217;s best, so screw you.&#8221;\u00a0 Sadly, I think the answer to that is, yes, we are the arrogant.<\/p>\n<p>Ugh.\u00a0 Hope-n-Change ya&#8217;ll!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what sounds very much like the plot to a movie, the Obama Administration&#8217;s &#8220;science advisor&#8221; has decided to stop Global Warming by polluting the air. 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