With George Bush winning the election, the global warming stories seem to be just pouring out. This week, enviroweenies are whining that melting glaciers are threatening the Alps and a local scientist. They don't really say how melting ice would destroy the mountains, but they do make wild claims about glaciers retreating faster than ever before. (Mostly during the Bush Administration.)

"Summer 2003 was the death blow for many small glaciers," [Scientist Frank] Paul said.

"When glaciers are in the retreating phase they normally lose about 30 centimeters of snow and ice a year. In the 1990s they lost about 70 centimeters a year; in 2003, they lost 3 meters," Paul said.

In environmental terms, you cannot look at one day, one year, or even one hundred years. The climate of the earth has peaks and valleys. Have you ever heard of the Ice Age? The peak of the glacial advance was some 20,000 years ago. For those of you that go to public school, thats about 19,900 years before the dawn of the industrial revolution.

Considering climates shift over such long periods, I'm not about to worry about the so-called "damage" that my SUV does to the environment. I'm much more worried about the damage to our economy and way of life caused by wacked out eco-terrorists whose main agenda is to wreck Western civilization.