black humour

Most of you will have heard by now of Mitt Romney's convention chuckle at the expense of the global biosphere, of which you and your family are of a part: "President Obama promised to slow the rise of the oceans and to heal the planet. My promise is to help you and your family." (Full text is here) Bill McKibben's tweet in response is pretty perfect: "On some other planet, apparently".  Planet3.0 has a lengthier and very good exposition on what underlies the success of such a mockery. My only thought on what Dan has written is that all us concerned individuals in the greater blogosphere…