I don't believe climate on this planet has ever been static, and it's always warming or cooling - often in wild vacillations. This is the way it's going to be until a large meteor hits us or we're enveloped by the sun in about 5 billion years.

Remember that Ma Earth is 4.5 billion years old!

One way to get a sense of geologic time is to compare it to a motion picture. A movie is projected at a rate of 32 frames per second - each image is flashed on the screen for only 1/32 of a second, giving the illusion of continuous motion. But suppose that each frame represented 100 years...

If we were able to show the movie on a standard projector, each 100 years would flash by in 1/32 of a second. It would take only 1/16 of a second to go back to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The 2,000-year-old Christian era would be on screen for ¾ of a second. A section showing all time back to the last major ice age would only be less than seven seconds long... And to view a movie entitled "The Complete Story of Earth, from Its Birth to Modern Civilization" you would have to spend sixteen days in the theater, without even a popcorn break between reels.

Chill out, everyone.

But how will the celebrity set make it to the next DNC?

For eight years, we've been subjected to incessant wailing from the left concerning human rights, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, etc. The most popular, albeit vacuous sneer has dubbed our government the "American Taliban".

As a Bushitlerneoconrepugnicant, let me suggest that we obviously haven't been as successful as Leftists claim if schmucks like Juan Cole keep pumping out such tripe with no fear of retribution.