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."
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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…