HOOEY

That 8.9 earthquake in Japan had not even finished its first rumble before Al Gore and his pals started hollering that the quake was caused by global warming. It never ceases to amaze me how these imbeciles can take an event, any event, and spin it around to fit their own agendas. Where I come from, up here on the mountain, we generally refer to such mutterings as “pure, unadulterated bullshit.”

Those voices are the same ones who blamed gun owners and right wing extremists for the Tucson shooting rampage. Just as they were trying to make hay with their agenda over that tragedy, they now seek to take advantage of the quake. Frankly, people who make such an open display of their ignorance do not belong on this planet.

That’s bad enough. But, their contemplation that we Americans are dumb enough to fall for their statements is an outrageous assault on our intelligence. Here in Burney, we’d just laugh them out of town. The folks over there in Hat Creek would string these guys up to the nearest telephone pole. On the other hand, up there in Wisconsin they’d probably be able to join the union.