Grampa Made A Boo Boo Poem by Ron Stock

In July I discovered seven rattlesnakes in my flower garden. The seventh serpent, had inadvertently threaded and trapped itself inside two adjacent holes of a chicken wire fence. And because it had eaten a rodent or bird, could not twist, squirm, or pull the bulge in it's body forward. Nor, could it squiggle out in reverse, so trapped itself to extinction.
I recently learned that Big Oil executives and corrupt Congressmen do not ring true. The Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Lamar Smith, a Republican from Texas, is on a witch hunt. Mr. Smith, has issued more subpoenas in his 3 years as Chairman, than the Committee has issued in 60 years. Mr. Smith, is demanding emails from organizations, like the Union of Concerned Scientists, who are investigating the possibility that Exxon/Mobil and other oil companies, have intentionally, distorted the American public's understanding of climate science. Mr. Smith, has received $600,000 from the oil industry. Fraudulent, lying, climate change deniers like Mr. Smith, and fraudulent, lying, Exxon/Mobile executives, are leading our species to it's own extinction.
I've known from childhood that the Bible does not ring true. Too many false prophets making too much money selling the idea of resurrection, when Jesus will give you a new body, not your old body as a wildlife creature, but a new body, to be united with your born-again spirit. Wrong. Your wildlife body is the only body you will ever have. Your energy may mingle in the universe, but cognizant, eternal life in heaven, is total hogwash.
Senator James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican, is Chairman of the Environmental and Public Works Committee. Mr. Inhofe, is a climate change denier who, coincidentally, has received 1.8 million dollars from the oil industry. Mr. Inhofe, wrote a book declaring climate change to be the "greatest hoax" perpetrated on humanity. Mr. Inhofe, recently brought a snowball onto the floor of the Senate and declared; this is persuasive evidence that climate change is a hoax. I assume his declaration was based entirely on faith, because Mr. Inhofe, is a devout Christian who believes in the prophesy of the Bible. God, has assured Mr. Inhofe, that there is absolutely nothing to fear regarding global warming or climate change. I quote Mr. Inhofe, "The arrogance of people, to think we human beings would be able to change what He, is doing in the climate, is to me, outrageous."
Mr. Inhofe, was recently asked by his granddaughter, "Popi, why is it you don't understand global warming? " Mr. Inhofe, sincerely believes his granddaughter is being "brainwashed, " by her school system. But Mr. Inhofe, is the one who has been "brainwashed, " by his Bible, an outdated religious manuscript, and by the 1.8 million dollars Mr. Inhofe has received from the oil industry. Mr. Inhofe, and two billion other people, need to stop reading the Bible. It is leading our species to it's own extinction.
So Mr. Inhofe, your granddaughter does understand what you do not; climate change is a serious issue and needs to be addressed. Mr. Inhofe, you are being completely blinded by your own religious beliefs, and your greed. I suggest you throw away your book of mythological fairy tales, and admit to yourself, Grampa made a boo-boo, just like the slithering rattlesnake caught in the chicken wire fence in my garden, made a boo-boo.