good news and...

The presidunce has recently been under pressure to take steps to try to halt the progress of global warming caused by human activities. The administration seems to think that the tactic of telling us that because they have done enough to slow the rate of increase of carbon emissions that it somehow constitutes praiseworthy and adequate results, sufficient enough to not take any further steps.

It's kind of like having the doctor tell you that there is good news and that your terminal cancer is not growing quite as fast as it was.



Of course, the downside of having those extra few weeks or months to live is that they only extend your agony. Your fate is no less inevitable by being somewhat delayed.