I saw a great discussion last night between John Stossel and RFK Jr on Fox News (the Cavuto show). The discussion centered on Global Warming, since RFK has attached himself to the Gore directive and the Inconvenient Truth.

It was a very interesting discussion. What I found to be very during this discussion was just how rattled RFK seemed to get. In typical Fox News fashion, Neil Cavuto was the moderator in the discussion and allowed each man to discuss their points and to rebut the others point of view. RFK when confronted with serious (and calm) questions from Stossel became distressed to the point of stuttering over his words and just had difficulty making his counter point and defending his point of view. His entire argument was centered around the 2,000 scientists that have all but closed the debate on the issue by proclaiming that global warming is a trend and that man is the root cause. No matter what Stossel said as a response, this statement was repeated as if he (RFK) was doing yoga and that was his mantra.

Mr. Stossel on the other hand made several clear points regarding the extreme views coming from some so-called environmentalists. His point was that the last 4 or 5 points that have been made have been so extreme and threatening to all of mankind that we had no choice but to listen. The problem with each of these points is that none of them ever came true — so why listen now. Stossel went on to ask RFK “how much good would changing a few lightbulbs do in the scheme of what is happening right now”. The response from Mr. Kennedy was as-expected complete disregard for Mr. Stossels point of view, which seemingly has become the strategy of the most extreme points of view.

A final thought on this — a lot of the more extreme environmentalists who are indicating a coming calamity are beginning to become almost like the old cartoons with the homeless guy (used to be called a bum) standing on a street corner wearing a sign that read “The End is Near” with everyone walking past him laughing at his extreme (and ultimately incorrect) view of the world.