Don't Shoot the Messenger! A Message From John Kerry.

Gentle readers within this American Chronicle, hard evidence is impossible to dispute. For example, it is a proven fact there exists a large pool of plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean. This pool is known as a Gyre and is composed of tiny pieces of Plastic which unhappily, are often ingested by fish. It is a proven fact that Fish are caught by Net fishing Trawlers and Long liner fishing boats, and then sold in your favorite super markets. If Republicans and members of the right-wing Media eat fish caught near the Gyres, it could be a reason Politicians and the Media give the impression they are slighly Plastic.

Here is another fact. Take a large piece of clear Plastic and ask Rush Limbaugh to place it over his head and then sit in the hot Sun. What happens? Will Rush Limbaugh become warmer? Would you become warmer and feel the heat? May I suggest that our Oceans which are polluted with Oil and covered in Plastic, do become warmer! The proven fact that Carbon from millions and millions of automobile tail pipes, Airplane Jet exhaust, industrial smoke stacks and home heating from Oil and Coal, does float up into the Clouds and creates a blanket of CO2 pollution which stops heat from rising and floating out into space. Carbon covered Clouds act like tiny mirrors and effectively keep the heat trapped near the Planet's surface, warming both the Earth and the Ocean. Now for the sake of argument let's call it global warming but I would humbly suggest, for the sake of accuracy, we call it global baking. A good question for a journalist is how foolish do you have to be to ignore the fact of global warming? Lets all ask Rush Limbaugh that question?...>

Hello Joseph,

Don't shoot the messenger. It's an old cliche, but it's true.

Unfortunately, shooting the messenger has become the main strategy of the people trying to stop us from taking action on climate change. And it needs to stop.

Just a couple of days ago, a columnist excoriated my friend Vice President Al Gore, insinuating that his warnings about the crisis of climate change were somehow self-interested -- ignoring his lifetime of dedication to this issue.

And maybe even worse, the last months have seen a sustained attack on scientists. Rush Limbaugh called them "liars" and "skunks" and said that they should be "named and fired, drawn and quartered."

And all of this to create an atmosphere in the media that there's some broad dispute over whether climate change is real, let alone worsened by man-made emissions.

Well, we have to defeat the campaign tactics of distract, divide, and distort -- we need to stand up and say, "Enough!" Tell the media that you demand honest reporting about what's really going on.

Take a moment, go to TruthFightsBack, and write a letter to your local newspaper demanding real, probing, and fact-based coverage of the science of climate change.

I know something about people taking lies and distortions to attack someone personally. I chose a life in the public eye, and I can take it. But scientists are just doing their jobs. They don't deserve to be the targets of campaigns to distract from reality.

And that reality is - simply - that every major scientific body that has looked at the evidence has come to the same conclusion. They all conclude that the climate is changing in dangerous ways, and human activity - our pollution, our emissions - is pulling us in a dangerous direction. This is simply not in doubt anymore.

So, take a moment to raise your voice for the truth. Follow this link to send a letter to your local paper and tell them that you want reporting on real debates, not phony attacks:

http://www.truthfightsback.com/StepUpForScience

We started TruthFightsBack.com to fight for the truth, and that's what we're going to do. I hope you can join us.

Thank you,

John Kerry

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