A Pat of melted butter

Here's the headline:

Heat makes Pat Robertson a global warming "convert" - Yahoo! News

We did not make our intern read the story, but we suspect that Pat's solution to the global warming problem he (and his God,) just discovered is a few of these cool treats.

All kidding aside, this could be an important development toward getting some action on climate from our head-in-the-sand congress. Unless of course you believe this, from Grist Magazine and WaPo:

Speaking of which, House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said recently that if Republicans retain control of Congress in November's election, continued inaction on climate can be expected. Said Blunt, "I think the information is not adequate yet for us to do anything meaningful." Meaningless gestures, though -- we can expect a lot more of those.

Hard not to feel for ol' Roy, because deep down us libs have always known that signing on to Kyoto and/or regulating carbon emissions is such a cold, meaningless act. And that's not how republicans roll. Here's a suggestion for the GOP going into the '06 elections: "Compassionate Countdown to Apocalypse"