Wednesday, June 20, 2012

"What are you going to do about the crying mountains?"- In Rio+20 Latin America must take action on climate change | Carolina Herrera's Blog | Switchboard, from NRDC

The urgency could not be greater and so it is fitting that this Earth Summit is held in Latin America – a region where climate change is already apparent: melting – or “crying” – glaciers, rising sea levels, increasing droughts and other extreme weather disruptions that are costing the region billions of dollars.

Humor:Jack Handey Quotes - Literary Quotes About Humor:Jack Handey and Practically Everything Else

If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What I notice from the alarmists is that they not only anthromorphise the climate - they anthropomorhise everything.
In this case mountains that cry.
They are literal morons who do not accept the simple premise that things without a mortal existence and without a functioning brain (except them) cannot feel sad, or angry or happy - although they never talk about how happy the trees are with all the extra CO2.
Lemon