Everywhere in Baltimore, we hear the sarcastic phrase, “Piles of Global Warming.” I just thought I’d clog up the internetz with the correct adage:
Piles of Climate Change.
Snow doesn’t disprove Global Warming. It proves (or at least works toward it — I realize that it does not constitute a real proof) Climate Change. Sorta.
The refusal to acknowledge the “new” popular terminology for how we’re fucking up the planet does go a long way toward proving that denials of Climate Change have nothing to do with science and a lot to do with habit, politics and curmudeonliness — maybe even frustration that this state and city lean to the left just a little, sometimes. But I think I’m overstepping myself there. Aside from spending a lot of money and our high taxes, you’d think we didn’t live in a blue state sometimes though.
I realize it sounds like I’m talking about someone in particular. I’m talking about crap I’ve heard on the radio and at the grocery store, certainly. And on “The Simpsons.”
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