anti-science extremism

E-mails from the edge:

A proposal to muzzle the Public Staff of the state Utilities Commission grew out of an email exchange between a staff attorney and noted climate change denier John Droz. The sponsor, Rep. George Cleveland, R-Onslow, a friend of Droz, didn’t mention that detail Wednesday in a hearing on the legislation.

Of course he didn't, because he knows Droz is several sandwiches shy of a picnic. It's not for certain when Droz wandered from the trail of reason into the land of make-believe where fossil fuels are renewable and Madison Avenue (for some reason) decided to trick us into believing that clean energy makes sense. But I'm pretty sure I know why Droz started tilting at windmills:

There's still time to do what's right:

Gov. Beverly Perdue's office has received more than 3,400 letters and emails urging her to veto three environment-related bills passed by the General Assembly in its recent legislative session, said Chris Mackey, a governor's spokeswoman. Among the three bills decried in the messages is House Bill 819, the sea-level rise bill.

A bill that has contributed greatly to North Carolina's status as a national laughingstock. The other two bills seem to be flying under the (mainstream media) radar:

RALEIGH, NC - The Republican-controlled North Carolina senate today passed new legislation that ends the ongoing creationist debate in the Old North State. SB666 effectively prohibits public schools from teaching both evolution and art.

Responding to a new claim by so-called "scientists" that cave paintings on the Iberian peninsula may be as old as 40,000 years, Senator Phil Berger whipped up the bill in a matter of minutes.

"Show me one person who was alive 40,000 years ago and I'll show you a zombie," said Berger. "The fact is, you can't. You can't show me one single human being who actually saw these paintings being made. God said the earth is only 6000 years old. Who you gonna believe? Him or a bunch of commie scientists?"