The Mayan’s predicted the world’s end in 2012. But how will the world end? Or maybe it is not a question of how, but of whom? RICK SANTORUM… dun dun dun… but, seriously this guy is a little imbalanced.
Beside from Santorum general craziness and love of sweater vest, one particular issue that is worrisome is his views about the environment. Santorum firmly denies man-contributed climate change, supports oil drilling in the Arctic, and wants to get rid of energy subsidies.
One of Santorum’s more infamous quotes, “We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth, to use it wisely and steward it wisely, but for our benefit, not for the Earth’s benefit.”
This quote reminds me of Pride Rock during Scar’s reign as king; a barren wasteland, littered with corpses, dead grass, dried up rivers, and overrun with hyenas. I wonder what Santorum’s evil laugh would sound like.
But the bigger problem I have with Santorum and other republican politicians is making environmental issues a partisan issue, which can only be seen as red or blue. Santorum said about global warming, there is a “lack of real scientific evidence” and it’s “not climate science but political science.”
Why can’t it just be science? So many issues over the economy, social rights, and the environment are all so polarized. As I recall it was a republican president, Richard Nixon, who passed the Clean Air Act, and who established the heavily criticized Environmental Protection Agency.
We are at a point in time when environmental concerns don’t just effect republicans or democrats, but everyone and everywhere. So please politicians don’t make this just another debate topic.
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