Living inside the Beltway for over 3 years I learned a valuable lesson. Sometimes you really do have to find a way to laugh so that you don't cry. Thankfully while working on and getting depressed by the George W. Administration's environmentally "protective" activities, I had the Daily Show and Colbert Report to keep me laughing. And that was before Congress made doing nothing the most electable trait.
So I've long been an admirer of folks who can be pithy and funny about climate change. It's a talent I will never possess. Especially when it comes to fitting it all into 140 characters or less, like Stephen Colbert did in my favorite tweet ever...
So I've long been an admirer of folks who can be pithy and funny about climate change. It's a talent I will never possess. Especially when it comes to fitting it all into 140 characters or less, like Stephen Colbert did in my favorite tweet ever...
"Global warming isn't real because I was cold today! Also great news: World hunger is over because I just ate"
That right there, boom. Makes you see the absurdity of what people say about this issue. Bless satire for this power.
And here's a shiny new best example, the comedic viral video geniuses behind Funny or Die partnered with celebrities to make this spoof on 1985's "We Are The World"...now titled "The Earth's Not Getting Warmer" and brought to you by the Koch Brothers. Having seen "Green Team" from many years ago, which is funny but unnecessarily off-color, I had my reservations. But this thing is 110% enviro(ish) approved.
Keep us laughing comedians. We simply have to laugh so as not to cry. That's been my motto for this past decade, but I might have to rethink it. With an international climate accord for the first time ever...maybe The Force Awakens is on trend beyond the box office (Harrison Ford! Love that guy. Bless)...it's time for A New Hope that things are looking up for once. There is hope for humanity (and our planet) after all.
And here's a shiny new best example, the comedic viral video geniuses behind Funny or Die partnered with celebrities to make this spoof on 1985's "We Are The World"...now titled "The Earth's Not Getting Warmer" and brought to you by the Koch Brothers. Having seen "Green Team" from many years ago, which is funny but unnecessarily off-color, I had my reservations. But this thing is 110% enviro(ish) approved.
Keep us laughing comedians. We simply have to laugh so as not to cry. That's been my motto for this past decade, but I might have to rethink it. With an international climate accord for the first time ever...maybe The Force Awakens is on trend beyond the box office (Harrison Ford! Love that guy. Bless)...it's time for A New Hope that things are looking up for once. There is hope for humanity (and our planet) after all.
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