Today's Reading - Knowing Less Than A Fifth Grader About Earth Science

Timothy Egan:

You thought he was the smart Bush. You thought he was the reasonable one. You thought he was the Republican with one foot in the 21^st century, the man who wasn’t going to say crazy things to win the primary voter who believes in crazy things. But you haven’t been paying attention to Jeb Bush.  [snip]

...Bush the youngest believes the Earth is warming. No doubt, he’s willing to go further out on a limb and conclude that heat expands, cold contracts and a dolphin is not a fish.

That’s as far as he’ll go. He says the science is “convoluted,” even though the latest assessment from international climate scientists states with 95 percent confidence that humans are the cause of a sick planet. That obfuscation is also understandable. You simply cannot be a leader of the Republican Party without appearing to know less than a fifth grader about earth science.

Catastrophic Texas floods.  Historic California drought.  Polar ice melting.  Highest monthly temperatures on record.  But, they're not scientists.  Just fools and charlatans.