Is there any wonder why it's been hotter this summer than it's ever been in human history? Is there any wonder that the 10 hottest summers on record have occurred in the last 20 years? No, of course not.

The real wonder is how any Republican can continue to say with a straight face that global warming does not exist. This includes George W. Bush, who insists that global warming does not exist because a fictional John Grisham novel told him it does not exist. Yes, you read that right. Bush continues to put the entire world's climate at risk because of what he read in a fairy tale of a book. That's our "president."

Scientists in every country of the world agree that due to human activity, the earth is getting dangerously hotter every year, the ozone layer is rapidly being destroyed,and the greenhouse effect is already in full effect. Yet conservative Republicans in this country continue to put all of our lives at risk by idiotically ignoring the problem. Vermonters in particular will be horribly impacted, as we will soon have no snow, which will destroy our state economy. If you are by chance one of the 47 or so supporters Bush has left in the world, you finally have a reason to be completely embarrassed and horrified by what has happened to our country since the Supreme Court appointed the current resident of the White House.

Matt Noone

Colchester