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[asterroc]

Letter to the Editor, Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Daylight exacerbates warning

You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two. This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they ? Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next time there should be serious studies performed before Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.

CONNIE M. MESKIMEN / Hot Springs

Yoinked from someone on my friendslist, but now I can't figure out who! meig.

Comments

[tiurin.livejournal.com]

That's got to be satire. Pleasepleasepleaseplease....

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that too, but it really just seems too stupid to even be satire. I think it's a case of a little bit of information being dangerous.

[oh-chris.livejournal.com]

now, i hate DST like the plague it is, but OMG the libruls? seriously? (especially since this idiotic legislature was passed last year, before the omg libruls took over.)
(ps al gore is rich)

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

But don't you see? If the Republicrats had did done it, they'd've made DST happen a month *later* to help stop the global warming caused by the Demublicans outgassing. Plus we should all use nucyular clocks so to reduce our dependence upon foreign oil.

[spazzy444.livejournal.com]

wait...the US government can control the amount of sunlight the earth gets? Damn liberals rotating our Earth a month earlier!

[spazzy444.livejournal.com]

..that didn't sound right at all...
But I'm sure you get what I mean!

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Hah! I'd been trying to figure out what you meant in that last sentence since the first one sounded like you clearly knew what you were saying. :-P

Oh man, I'm really tempted now to give this text to my astronomy class and see what they make of it. I'm afraid some of them won't get it.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

BTW, your icon just reminded me, I had students write reviews of the science in popular movies, and Finding Nemo was a favorite. Despite my hints though, a few of them missed the mistakes in clownfish reproduction. :-P

[rubicat.livejournal.com]

It took me a couple reads to get it, because my brain can't quite process this level of stupid.

[meig.livejournal.com]

Me, me, me!

Yeah, I was utterly enthralled by the level of stupid in that letter.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'd lost track. :-P Will update.