Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about polar bears. I get a new mailing or email with pictures of cute polar bears almost every week and sometimes two or three times a week for the past year. The latest were from the Wildlife Federation and a Sierra Club mailing to an old address. The threats to human beings if nothing is done about global warming are numerous including more severe natural disasters and disease epidemics. The Union of Concerned Scientists issued a report saying that in future decades Illinois farm land could look more like Oklahoma if nothing is done.
Despite all the threats to humans what I keep seeing highlighted in these mailings is the polar bear. You know something about polar bears? They eat people! That's right. They're one of the few animals that sees a human and thinks "lunch." Think about that the next time you see a stuffed polar bear toy.
(This animal will eat you)
There's actually a smart legal rationale behind focusing on the polar bear. If global warming threatens polar bear extinction then the Endangered Species Act becomes another avenue to get the government to take action to reduce global warming emissions.
After being ordered by a judge to stop dragging their feet, the Interior Department finally added the polar bear to the endangered species list today, but there are questions about how serious they are about protection.
Ok, I don't actually want polar bears to drown. I just think its time for environmental groups to find something new to mail me about. Enough with the polar bears already!
I'm using the free return address labels and I'm not sending them money. And while we're on the topic, why are environmental groups sending me so much paper in the mail? Yes, its all on recycled paper but if I respond to anything it will be an email, not a 20th century snail mail. I feel better now that I got that off my chest.