Wayne County Young Republicans' "Childish" Event

Since they are the Wayne County Young Republicans, we'll cut them a little bit of slack, but an event they are hosting on March 16, 2010, is childish even for a "young" political group. They are hosting a "Green but not enviro-weenie green" Social.

What this social is about is unclear, but the title of the event is obviously intended to be a sarcastic jab at those who care about the environment. Or in other words, those that actually care about something outside themselves.

Putting aside for a moment that global warming is a scientific fact and that a new study says there is a 95% chance that man is responsible for the warming, is this all that Republicans have? Mocking an idea that everyone should embrace? Even if you are for some reason not convinced there is a global environmental crisis on our hands, you are presented with two options:

1) Take a chance that what humans do has no impact on the earth, and if you turn out to be wrong, the only habitable place that we know of in the universe is forever damaged.

2) Take logical steps that are proven to at least mitigate the problem. If the problem proves to be natural, then all the better. But if we are the problem, we would have taken steps to stop a catastrophe that does not allow second chances.

The second option makes a heck of a lot more sense than option one. It's like your doctor telling you to change your diet to prevent a heart attack, but you ignore it, since you believe your heart condition is purely a result of natural causes and will not result in any problems. Or you can change your eating habits to lessen the chances of a heart attack. Maybe changing the diet won't do anything. But you sure are going to try, aren't you?

To get a sense of which organizations believe in the danger of human-caused climate change and which don't, review this list.