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Could we get any more idiotic than this? The designation of July 4th, our Independence Day as "Energy Independence Day"! Have I missed something? Has the Global Warming fanaticism hit SO hard that now we direct attention away from one of our most patriotic days celebrated in our nation to declare our allegiance to... "Mother Earth"? "Energy Independence Day" is the term Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) coined as she intends to push through the Democrats' Global Warming agenda around or on the 4th of July!

Global Warming Madness: Hijacking America's Independence Day

It's gone so far that there is now a new House committee known as the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the chair of the committee is so serious about climate change that he saw it as a matter of national security. Rep. Nancy Pelosi stated that Global Warming is "one of humanity's greatest challenges." I guess combating the huge problem of International terrorism has fallen off the map with some people as being among the most important issues facing our country.

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It should be the case that politicians are willing to consult a variety of scientists with different perspectives on the issue of Global Warming before releasing absurd statements like those above, and before pushing through unnecessary legislation.

As one can see from the comments from our politicians, the job of the Global Warming crowd is to alarm the populace, not to inform them of in depth information about changes that are occurring to our Earth. Until there is an overwhelming consensus in the scientific community suggesting that our Earth is in DIRE need for a reverse in the course we are going currently, I do not believe such "committees" are worth the time and energy of Congress.

The House could very well focus their energy on sending the President an effective war funding bill for our troops instead of going gaga over how we must save the Earth.

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Leave the 4th of July alone, as a day we pause to celebrate our nation's Independence and to appreciate all that America is. It is a patriotic day. It's not a day to "go green."

Felicia (Fee) Benamon is a political columnist.