Climate change will do more than make life on Earth a bit warmer. Even a 5th-grader can tell you that. The problem with people like James Inhofe is that they are not smarter than 5th-graders.

If things don’t change (for the better) quickly, we are looking at major die-off of the world’s trees. If the trees go, we are not far behind.

From the ultra-liberal hippies at NASA:

Underlying Cause of Massive Pinyon Pine Die-Off Revealed
October 10, 2005

The high heat that accompanied the recent drought was the underlying cause of death for millions of pinyon pines throughout the Southwest, according to new research.

The resulting landscape change will affect the ecosystem for decades. Hotter temperatures coupled with drought are the type of event predicted by global climate change models. The new finding suggests big, fast changes in ecosystems may result from global climate change.

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I don’t understand all the whining about The Who’s halftime show. I really don’t. Most of the gripes were general “They are teh suck” comments, with a few “he can’t hit the notes” jabs. Let’s hear you do better after 50 years of belting out those notes.

Some even espoused the hilarious hyperbolic notion that it was “Teh Worst EVAH.” To him (and those who agreed) I replied, and I ask all of you: Where the heck were you for the first 38 Super Bowls?

The Simpsons even had an entire episode about Super Bowl halftime shows wherein Homer, notorious super genius, agreed that “every halftime show has been great!” Unless your snark-o-meter is broken, this was clearly meant to ridicule the incredible lameness of halftime shows. They historically were worse than unwatchable, which is why so many other channels designed their own shows (a la “Puppy Bowl”) to draw people away.

Coincidentally, The Who also appeared on The Simpsons with hilarious results. They lip-synced there, BTW. But I digress…

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