conveniently incongruous

I just watched "An Inconvenient Truth" (good title, by the way) and I kind of just want to "extinct" myself. Why have kids if they're facing such adversity? Al Gore tried to make us all feel better at the end of the movie by suggesting that if we all made small changes in our lives we could reverse the effects of global warming. But I, ever a nihilist, have read otherwise--that we fucked it up so badly already that making changes won't have an effect for decades after most of the damage is done. Not that that should excuse any of us from trying--I know there are always people who look for any excuse not to follow through with their moral obligations.

Last week I had CNN on in the background one morning (I know--shameful, right?) and the newscaster kept interrupting a guest speaker who was talking about global warming. Every time the speaker would say "global warming" she'd jump in and say "Well, that's what you think...many people don't believe in global warming", and "Remember, many people consider it only a theory", and "You're speaking as if it's a fact--many people would disagree". How sick is it that a "news" channel can argue such important facts and imply it's a political stance, rather than a scientific truth? I just can't believe that after the complecency with which the media dealt with all the Bush calamities that they haven't learned their lesson. "The most trusted name in news"? Hell no.