I almost punched through my computer screen after reading the following response from John Boehner in regard to a letter I sent urging him to address the global warming crisis.
Dear XXXXXX :
Thank you for contacting me regarding global climate change. It is good
to hear from you.
Over the past two decades the concept of human activities affecting the atmosphere has gained momentum. Many believe that human activities (burning fossil fuels, industrial production, deforestation, etc.) are affecting the energy-exchange balance between the Earth, the atmosphere and space. Some scientists believe with the energy-exchange balance uneven and Earth's natural heat-trapping capability, gases in the atmosphere will continue to accumulate causing a greenhouse effect: global climate change. The global climate has increased by 0.6 degrees Celsius (0.9 degrees Fahrenheit) over the past century. This change in temperature is minuscule on such a large scale. Scientists are now looking ahead to predict the possible temperature increase over the next one hundred years. The current prediction asserts the climate will increase between 1.8 to 7.1 degrees Celsius (2.7 to 10.7 degrees
Fahrenheit). Yet, climate scientists admit they cannot accurately predict what temperatures will be in one hundred years. Nor can they provide evidence
that determines whether the climate changes are manmade or natural. I do not deny the global climate is changing, but it appears global warming owes as much to natural causes than manmade emissions. Manmade CO 2 emissions total about ten billion metric tons per year, whereas volcanoes and natural events release 200 billion metric tons of CO 2 emissions. It is a fact the global climate is slowly increasing; it has since the day it was first created. As your representative, I can assure you I will continue to fight vigorously against a questionable big-government approach to this hypothesis. I will not support legislative plans to hold carbon emissions at a
level that will unfairly increase energy costs putting our families and farms
in jeopardy.
On the international level, the Kyoto Protocol was set up in 1997 as an international treaty on climate change. Its objective is "the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the
climate change." The treaty targets CO 2 emissions and other greenhouse gases, and encourages "emissions trading." While the U.S. and 155 other countries have signed the Kyoto Protocol, the U.S. has not ratified the treaty at this time due to the lack of enforcement of China and other
non-Annex-1 countries. China is the second largest emitter of greenhouse
gases, and it is the opinion of the U. S. government that they should be
held accountable. This is an objective that needs 100% participation to be effective. I look forward to hearing what changes will be made to the treaty at this year's United Nations Convention on Climate Change in
Montreal, Canada, in December.
Again, thank you for contacting me about this issue. Please
keep me informed of the issues of interest to you.
Sincerely,
John A. Boehner
.....So the logic in this letter is laughable. I'm sure it was crafted by a staffer or intern but it no doubt represents the views of our majority leader. In response, Instead of going through step by step and trashing his inane talking points, I had a little fun.
Majority leader Boehner! I am completely and totally impressed. Not only are you the majority leader of the US House of Representatives, you're also a scientist smarter than the over 900 who have researched global warming and who conclude that global warming is a major problem and we are the cause. Sir, I can only say that it is an honor having such a great mind weigh in on this subject. I'm just curious, did you conceive your thoughts on global warming while working to maintain the lowest handicap in the House (And the most handsome tan I might add)? Until I read your denial of the science and natural explanation for the planet's warming, I truly thought we might have a catastrophe on our hands. But it's natural causes, right? Phew. Ya know, I just saw a piece of data in that silly liberal, ha!, Al Gore's movie...An ice core was taken from Antartica that represents 650,000 years on the planet Earth. CO2 levels were derived from the core and show that througout the Earth's history, temperature has followed the level of CO2 in the atmosphere like a hand fits in a glove. In the last 100 years majority leader, the CO2 levels have spiked to never before seen levels, far higher than what they've ever been in the last 650,000 years. And what is our temperature doing? You know the answer oh great one. But John, you're right, this is all the result of natural causes. All those active volcanoes out there and hidden fissures in the ground releasing ridiculous amounts of CO2 (Your golfing buddies lose their balls in the fissures all the time!:) What else could possibly have happened in the last 100 years to cause all this?! It's not as if every American drives a car that releases CO2 or we get energy from coal burning power plants or people are burning down the rainforests at staggering rates or that we're addicted to fossil fuels in general. That's all liberal claptrap. Stupid liberals. Humans couldn't possibly affect the planet.
So thank you Congressman. I am now at ease. Every scientist who has studied global warming is wrong. You are right, and so are the hack phds paid off by Exxon. Phew.... Well, false alarm. All I can say is... Keep that handicap down majority leader! And good job with your science hobby. Where did you go to school?
Very Sincerely,
XXXXXXX
--- Congressman John Boehner <oh08ima@mail.house.gov> wrote:
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