Bobert.... I have have long maintained that the American public would never start to embrace an acceptance of global warming until it was something presented by a trusted figure in an impartial manner.

- after all, it means the rejection of the comfortable status quo lifestyle we've created and acknowledgement that we blew it with Reagan, et al -

so I have said that The Weather Channel has done more to raise America's gut feelings that global warming might be real than anything done by the Democrats or Green Party,

back in the day we had faith in Walter Chronkite or David Brinkly, to mention a few, but the news media has changed too much for that to happen now.

but people turn on TWC and leave it on... and the folks they trust for weather reporting are now talking about global warming and how it's affecting the weather. may sound crazy... but human nature can be really wackey.