At this point, I don't care if Cheney guzzled three bottles of Old Crow before deciding to play a little William Tell with his good buddy Harry Whittington. After all, as captivating as this maelstrom about the Vice President is, there are much bigger stories breaking out there, ones that will affect our lives to more dramatic degree. So maybe we should calm down a bit about Dick "Mad Cow" Cheney and honestly start freaking out about the stories that are much bigger.
For instance: today scientists announced that glaciers melting in Greenland are now dumping twice as much ice into the ocean as they were five years ago.
Twice as much.
This, they say, could mean the oceans will rise considerably higher than they had already anticipated. And if the whole Greenland ice sheet melts, the ocean could rise as much as 22 feet....
Anyone want to guess how many people on this planet live at an altitude of 22 feet or lower? Anyone? I actually have no idea, but I'm guessing it's more than a few.
But is this "news"? Nope.
Apparently, "news" is the image of a kinda fat and woefully inept hunter lurching through the West Texas twilight, firing his gun at will.
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