Today In The USA

It must really suck to be Al Gore right about now.

Just as he was on the verge of getting his “carbon credits” business off to a world-wide start, along comes Climategate and suddenly folks are starting to actually question the religion of man-made global warming.

Then winter sets in and bitch-slaps Gore with what is shaping up as a record breaking round of really cold weather.

Here are but a few examples of news reports that pretty much gore, Al Gore, and in the you-know-where:

From ABC.com:

Hundreds Rescued as Heavy Snow Slams Britain

Cold Snap Gripping Gulf States Threatens Fla. Crop

From CBS.com:

Farmers Race to Save Crops amid Cold Snap

Cat Found Frozen Thaws, Survives

From MSNBC.com:

‘Florida is not supposed to be cold like this’

U.K. shivers through worst cold snap in decades

‘Icebox’ cold in eastern U.S. — even Florida

And then there’s this, also from MSNBC:

Deadly cold kills four
Jan. 6: As at least four deaths in Tennessee are being blamed on the extreme cold that is gripping most of the nation, forecasters are predicting another surge of frigid air will sweep much of the country later this week. NBC’s Janet Shamlian reports.

Yes, in Al Gore’s home state of Tennessee at least four people have frozen to death during the current cold wave.

Tragic deaths that might have been avoided had these unfortunate souls made it to Al Gore’s house where energy is consumed like air and the outdoor pool is heated nicely, even in the coldest of winters.

So while it must suck for Al Gore, watching as his cult of global warming business flounders, at least he can kick back in his heated pool while mere mortals freeze in the brutal cold of reality.

Damian Brown, 26, was a teacher at a Baton Rouge, Louisiana elementary school.

At least for a little while.

Turns out that Damian was arrested just two hours into his first day on the job Tuesday.

Seems he supposedly has a problem with numbers. Social security numbers to be exact.

The cops say that Damian put three different social security numbers on his applications.

Unfortunately at least one of them was in use by someone else.

Oh well, Damian probably isn’t the first school teacher to have problems with numbers….

It seems that old folks just can’t catch a break.

Since the economy crashed there was not much, well actually any, increase in consumer prices during the current year and as a result those on Social Security will not get any COLA in 2010.

Now before anyone goes screeching “old folks don’t need soda pop, anyhow”, the COLA to which I am referring is the “Cost Of Living Allowance”, which those on Social Security have received every year since back in the 1970’s.

Supposedly the cost of living has actually decreased during 2009 and that makes some sense when one considers all the foreclosures and folks living on the streets and under bridges as a result of the recession or depression if you are one of those living on the street/under the bridge.

At least the politicians are not talking about taking back the COLA that old folks received last year and some are even talking about tossing the old folks a bone in the form of a $250 check courtesy of Uncle Sam, aka the taxpayers.

Now I don’t see anything wrong with charity.

After all, the bankers, Wall Street fat cats and others managed to suck hundreds of billions of dollars from the collective tit of taxpayers, so why not let the old folks have a nipple to suck on too?

But come on…

I mean the fat cats received at least a trillion dollars from the tax payers and then came back for more.

The proposal to give a lousy $250 to the 57 million Social Security recipients, those receiving veterans or disability benefits, railroad retirees, and retired public employees who don’t receive Social Security reportedly amounts to a total of $13 billion tax payer dollars.

Oh well, it won’t be the first time old folks and the disabled have had to survive on the crumbs from the table of the fat cats…