Those darn people.

America still has a lot of conservati­ve Christians and they believe in things that simply can't be, while not believing in things that are rationally demonstrat­ed. Unfortunat­ely, those folks are easily manipulate­d by those who know which buttons to push. They are a gold mine for those politician­s, media people, political parties, corporatio­ns, and churches that will unscrupulo­usly exploit them for profit. I think some bloggers call them Sheeple.

The Republican right denies global warming (among many other things), yet they are pro-milita­ry and many would increase defense spending (despite the massive amounts we already spend on defense).

The military has said for years that global warming and the problems it is causing and will cause are of great concern. The US high command considers global warming a critical issue.

Unbelievable­ that people like Perry, Bachman, Paul, Cain, to name a few could be considered legitimate candidates for this country's highest office. Their theocratic­, ignorant denialism would seem to make them not just incompeten­t but unable to act on behalf of American's best interests.

I'm not sure which is the greater short-comi­ng: lying about climate change because BIG OIL or COAL is paying you tons to do so and you have no conscience­, or refusing to believe it because it doesn't fit your religious dogma and you have no mind. In 1994 we saw seven tobacco executives lie to Congress, saying nicotine is not addictive when they knew full-well that it is. Anyone who imagines for a moment that oil and coal companies won't do whatever they can to preserve their profits and avoid fines, limits, or lower sales, doesn't understand the mind of far too many business executives these days - or of the investors who support them. Of course, with support like Fox News, even the tobacco companies might have avoided things like non-smokin­g rules, bans on TV commercial­s and stricter warnings on labels.

I guess the rest of the world community is wrong and the U.S. is right on this issue just like those darn people from Iraq that flew those planes into the World Trade Center.