It's snowing. Therefore, global warming is a sham.

I get my news from a variety of mostly liberal websites. But every other day or so, I log on to the Drudge Report to see what the conservatives are reading. Now, the wilful blindness of most conservatives is something that I've come to expect--as are the knee jerk reactions to certain stimuli. (Taxes? Grrr. Bad! Stimulus? Grrr. Wasteful spending! Liberal? Grrr. Tax-and-spend! Government health care? Grrr. Socialism!) And I get it: you are slaves to Friedman-esque laissez faire economics and that's your bag. But one thing I don't get is their ridiculous fight against the truth of global warming.

Today, Mr. Drudge slides in amongst actual news articles the following: Global Warming Prosted Frozen Out by Massive Snowfall, which is a "news" article from--where else?--Faux News. I am, by no means, an environmentalist. I recycle. I dislike litter. I generally give a mild damn. But still, it infuriates me when people with no scientific background like Mr. Drudge--or my favorite Glenn Beck--raise the battle cry against the veracity of global warming. Lurking in the background is this horribly obnoxious idea that the Earth is ours to destroy. It's very... "America, f*ck yeah!" I just envision Glenn Beck and Matt Drudge standing on a river bank... dumping barrels of oil into a river... with fat cigars dangling from their lips... laughing... while their matching his-and-his Hummers idle in the background. Because, hey, why not? Global warming is just a big joke, right?

I understand having an ideology. I even kind of understand sticking to it at all costs--even, say, when the economy is sinking because your ideology didn't quite pan out. But to deny something that scientists 'round the world have confirmed is happening and which will have devastating effects on your kids' lives is not merely sticking to your ideology. Well, unless your ideology is stupidity.

Honestly, people. Grow up. Yes, it snows. Even while the world is burning.