Hot
Flashes
 Every
now and then some ancient codger makes
the news just because the Actuarial
Fairies lost
their address somewhere along the way. Becoming
the oldest person on Earth, a one-in-a-seven
billion
chance, is only an accomplishment in
the same way as is getting struck by lightning
while being eaten by a shark... in your
bath tub. Celebrate THAT.
Through lack of inspiration or, more likely,
at the behest of a features editor who's
just
punching
the clock while waiting for his pension
to mature, inevitably
the reporter asks the same dumb questions
about
the fortunate fossil's
rules
for
life,
as
though a Dr. Pepper for lunch, a cigar
every New Year's Day, and "the blessin's
of the Lawd" is the secret of buttressing
a notoriously treacherous
cardiovascular system.
And yet, I'm in decent shape and there's
little evidence of fatal hereditary diseases
on
the male side of my family, apart from
occasional lead
poisoning,
so it's not outside the realm of possibility
that I could become the oldest living human
on Earth someday. Except for one minor
detail...
The human race is totally fucked as a species.
The ice cap of this planet, which reflects
up to 80% of the suns heat, is melting.
Really, really fast. And when it's gone mankind's
cradle is going to rapidly transition to
mankind's Easy-Bake
oven.
The culprit is excess CO2 in the atmosphere, a by-product
of conspicuous consumerism, and there's no concrete
plan in motion designed to stem the flood. If
the entire world made a moon-shot effort
and immediately invested all resources
into transitioning to solar
and wind
power, plus reforested the Amazon, we could
slow the process, maybe even reverse it,
but that's not going to happen. It's too expensive,
especially if it involves, Zeus help us,
increasing taxes. Most of those who voted
for Romney, including the CO2 magnates
who backed his candidacy, would rather
that you
die. (When the world is
a boiling cauldron presumably the rich
will just install more powerful air conditioning.)
Make no mistake about, climate-change deniers
are not just foolish tools of the
fossil fuel industry, they
have literally become a threat to life
as we
know it. The answer, strangely enough,
is to change life as we know it. Now.
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 My latest 'toon created especially for
the fine folks at friendlyatheist.com has
been posted. By agreement it can only be
viewed at their site so click
here or the
tiny teaser to your left
for the whole, blasphemous thing. And remember,
every view is a vote for Raging Pencils.
Technical Note: I've had
reports that some visitors are unable to
access this site through the home page.
From what I can tell an anti-virus program
called Avast thinks a commom Refresh I
use on the home page is a scammy function
when, in reality, it's just the kludgy
way I make my Comment sections work.
Sigh.
The obvious solution is to buy a Mac but for the rest of you poor, trojan-besotted
bastards I suggest clicking here for
instructions on fixing the problem.
=Lefty=
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