Recommended: What 7 Republicans Could Do

Thomas Friedman had a good Op Ed piece in last Sunday's New York Times: What 7 Republicans Could Do. While the Democrats on the left are blindly spending us into insolvency, the Republicans on the right are just as blindly refusing to get real about climate change. Friedman argues that surely there must be at least seven Republican Senators who are neither blinded by their right-wing ideology nor so self-serving politically that they can't see their way to doing what so clearly needs to be done. I'm not so sure.

According to NASA, 2010 is on course to be the planet's hottest year since records started in 1880. The current top 10, in descending order, are: 2005, 2007, 2009, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2004, 2001 and 2008. David Leonhardt, in his Op Ed piece Overcome by Heat and Inertia the same day in the New York Times, pointed out

"This city (Washington) just endured its hottest June since records began in 1872, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. So did Miami. Atlanta suffered its second-hottest June, and Dallas had its third hottest.

"In New York, the weather was relatively pleasant: only the fourth-hottest June since 1872. Then again, New York is on pace for its hottest July on record."

As the old saying goes, "There are none so blind as those who WILL NOT see".