Political Silly Season In Icebox Iowa Reveals The "Hoax" Of Climate Change

Esteemed climatologist Lauren Boebert added her two cents
to the climate debate recently. As usual, not exactly brilliant

It's wicked cold in Iowa at the moment. 

And it comes at a moment when all media eyes are on Iowa as the Presidential Caucus is today.  

The low this morning in Des Moines was around 17 below and it was supposed to get all the way up to minus 1 for a high.

Politicians and pundits, never shy from taking advantage of a situation have seized the moment.

 To the far right wing that are running things in the GOP these days, the frigid Iowa winter air proves the climate change doesn't exist.

Yeah, yeah, I know, this is pretty much a run of the mill Midwestern winter cold blast. But the right wing ranging from, ahem, noted climatologist/Fox Business host Larry Kudlow to extreme Beetlejuice fan Lauren Boebert set us straight. 

The ever-reliable Fox Business host Larry Kudlow starts it out for us.  

"Why hasn't there been front page stories," he whines about the Iowa cold snap, ignoring the legions of network reporters freezing their tushes off in Des Moines to cover the caucuses.  

But never mind. Kudlow plows on:

"I mean, every time you get a little heat wave or every time you get a bad rainstorm, everyone runs with these crazy stores about global warming global warming, global warming and climate change."

Repeat that phrase enough, Larry and people will just hang on your every word? I dunno. Kudlow keeps digging his hole:

"How about global freezing? Alright, not just in Iowa, but throughout the whole Midwest of the country and maybe more. The whole thing is a hoax. The idea that it's some kind of emergency is a complete and utter hoax. And the socialist green new deal is hoax also."

Then it was Boebert's turn.  On X, formerly Twitter, she offered us this climatological analysis:

"You've got to appreciate the irony of climate protestors trudging through a foot of snow and -30 degree wind chills to yell about how the planet is warming. They just don't see it, do they?"

Oh, those climate demonstrators get it all right. It's just Boebert and her ilk that are terminally clueless. Or at least duplicitous.  Hoaxers like Kudlow and Boebert have played this game as long as I can remember. It's winter. It gets cold, even with climate change, as we well know.  

But apparently, if it's cold in Iowa, that means climate change was just a mirage. Thank goodness!

Meanwhile, in the past few days  parts of Chile, did set record high temperatures by a wide margin .  Within the last few days record heat also hit Dominica, Australia, the Canary Islands, ,Morocco and Thailand. And maybe some other places.

But that doesn't matter.   Because it's cold in Iowa.  Therefore climate change doesn't exist. Or something  like that. 

 Sure, Iowa is ridiculously frigid today,  but not nearly as bad as it can get in an Iowa January. Des Moines this morning missed tying the record low for the date by a full 10 degrees.  Let's face it. Winter in Iowa sucks. 

Plus one week from today, the expected high temperature in Des Moines is 34 degrees. Above zero.

So anyway, I'm being Captain Obvious here about the difference between weather and climate, and the difference between winter and climate.

The likes of Kudlow understand it too, no doubt. But they are just part of Team Fossil Fuel who continually wish to fool the public and delay the day when oil is no longer king. And at that point we can actually start dealing with climate change.  

And no, the transition won't tank the economy or take away your freedoms. 

 It's nice to see more pushback on these climate deniers than I used to.

Our smarmy GOP candidate Vivek "Why The Hell Am I Still Running" Ramaswamy had a bit of a disagreement with some climate activist  who crashed a campaign event.. Ramaswamy credit, he didn't have a hissy fit when the climate activists confronted him. 

Ramaswamy's campaign has droned on and on about climate change is  hoax that threatens liberty. Yeah, that same old trope again. 

Rhonda Santis, as I call the GOP presidential candidate from Florida, also gets pushback from climate activists. Which he deserves. 

And don't get me started on Donald Trump.  

In any event, I hope Iowa caucus goers manage to stay warm today and tonight in this frigid weather, and I  hope they make wise decisions.