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By: Cedric McClester, Why are they at war with science Especially when it calls for our compliance They’d rather go by their gut’s reliance Then to acquiesce so they remain defiant Global e warming isn’t surreal It’s fact-based not just how we feel The moneyed interests know the deal They just hope the science lacks mass appeal The snowcaps are melting every day And soon where will the grizzly bears stay But as long as they can hold the truth at bay They won’t let the evidence get in their way Clearly it’s all about dollars and cents And the public be ****** it’s at our expense Some day it will all come out in the rinse But until then we’ll remain in suspense It’s for sure that our usage of fossil fuel Will cause us all to drown in their polluted pool Although ******** baffles brains as a general rule I have to ask who are they trying to fool It’s as if they don’t think we have eyes to see And that we must be blind, or is that just me You can fool some people that well may be But they’re gonna see the light eventually Florida is four feet above sea level And that can be measured without a bevel But it’s going down rapidly yet they’re not troubled So their effort to obfuscate just gets doubled They can say that the jury is still out Guess they missed the verdict’s but there is no doubt So they can continue to scream and shout Though the truth of the matter they’ll never tout Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved.
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Sep 30, 2015
Sep 30, 2015 at 7:55 AM UTC
AT WAR WITH SCIENCE
By: Cedric McClester, Why are they at war with science Especially when it calls for our compliance They’d rather go by their gut’s reliance Then to acquiesce so they remain defiant Global e warming isn’t surreal It’s fact-based not just how we feel The moneyed interests know the deal They just hope the science lacks mass appeal The snowcaps are melting every day And soon where will the grizzly bears stay But as long as they can hold the truth at bay They won’t let the evidence get in their way Clearly it’s all about dollars and cents And the public be ****** it’s at our expense Some day it will all come out in the rinse But until then we’ll remain in suspense It’s for sure that our usage of fossil fuel Will cause us all to drown in their polluted pool Although ******** baffles brains as a general rule I have to ask who are they trying to fool It’s as if they don’t think we have eyes to see And that we must be blind, or is that just me You can fool some people that well may be But they’re gonna see the light eventually Florida is four feet above sea level And that can be measured without a bevel But it’s going down rapidly yet they’re not troubled So their effort to obfuscate just gets doubled They can say that the jury is still out Guess they missed the verdict’s but there is no doubt So they can continue to scream and shout Though the truth of the matter they’ll never tout Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved.
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Sep 30, 2015
Sep 30, 2015 at 7:55 AM UTC
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