It's getting hot in here...

... so take off all your...

Wait. Wrong blog... :)

Seriously, after a week which saw high humidity and triple-digit temperatures in St. Louis leave half a million people without power (only half of which has been restored) and similar conditions causing a blackout in the Astoria section of Queens (mostly restored, but most got it back late yesterday/early today) here in NYC, now central California is feeling the heat.

It seems 2006 is well on its way to being the warmest year on record, noting the remarkably mild winter we had in NYC this year.

Global warming is real, folks. Regardless of why it's happening, we should be leading the scientific community in studying it, not burying our heads in the sand, as the Bush administration would want us to.

I think they're afraid that they will have to give up their "Carbon dioxide - we call it life" bullshit line and get real in pushing for alternative energy sources (wind/water/solar). But, oh no! That's an idea espoused by the dirty, evil liberals...

-R.