I’ve been writing about my mom’s cancer for so many days–and thinking about this just about every single second, too–that it is a pleasure to remember that there’s a lot of other things going on in the world.

Global warming, for instance.

And crazy people.

Today my friend Nancy sent me the text of a letter that was printed in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, on April 16, 2007. As Dave Barry would say, I am not making this up.

You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. The trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas, when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two.

This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they?

Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next time there should be serious studies performed before Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.

 

 

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