The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Members of the Republican Party, especially when it comes to global-warming/climate-change, love to utter the following line - "I'm not a scientist..." Apparently, they feel this gives them the excuse to say something stupid. It reminds me of the following lines:  - "No offense, but... I'm about to say something while will likely offend you." - "With all due respect... I'm about to be disrespectful."  - "I'm not a racist, but... I'm going to say something which many people might see as racist." - "I don't normally get into people's personal matters, but... I'm definitely going to do that right now." - "I'm not a scientist, but... I'm about to say something which will make at least 97% of scientists cringe." While the GOP is at it, they might as well utter the following lines on their one and only, "I'm Not A 'But' Tour":  - "I'm n...

Even though 97% of climate scientists, whom responded on the matter, believe climate-change is happening, is at least partially due to humans, and poses a serious threat for all of us in both the near and distant future, and even though loads of evidence continually supports these very claims, it seems as if 97% of the GOP, while believing in climate-change to a certain degree, simply see it in the manner of former George Carlin stand-up character, the hippy-dippy weatherman. For those whom are unfamiliar with Carlin's character, the hippy-dippy weatherman needed to give just one forecast in his short career, where he said something like this: "Hey man. Que pasa? What was that? Que pasa? So, I'd bring out a map to show you the weather, but I don't have one. So here's your forecast. Tonight? Dark. Partially light in the morning, and the weather will be changing on and off for a very long period of time." So, that's it. According to the Republican Part...

While many men, especially among Congressional Republicans, seem to feel that the purported wage gap between men and women is just a myth, a new report illustrates otherwise. In an April report just released by the NWLC (National Women's Law Center), it showed that for a woman just to break even with a man when it comes to lifetime earnings, she'd have to work 12 more years than him. Over the course of 40 years, the average full-time working woman makes $443,360 less than the average full-time working man. This isn't fair and this isn't right. In order to try and equalize pay for equal work between men and women, please write your local Congressmen and women, sign petitions, and spread word. Two such petitions you can sign are at the following links: http://www.dccc.org/pages/equal-pay http://www.change.org/petitions/senator-durbin-we-stand-with-you-to-fight-for-equal-pay-for-women http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/09/gender-wage-gap_n_3245967.html