[SnuffaBolshevik]

"The carbon tax and Climategate were big talk at my Thanksgiving."

Same here. I had the pleasure of reducing my four nieces and nephews (in various stages of university degree obtainment) to open mouthed silence. Apparently, the MMGW Kool-Aid is served early and often on our college campii.

For dessert, I weaved in the term "Luddite" and asked if any one of them had ever heard the term or knew what it meant. Big Fat Zip. And these kids are in the hard Sciences, not Lib Arts.

Sigh.

[doc11355]

For dessert, I weaved in the term "Luddite" and asked if any one of them had ever heard the term or knew what it meant. Big Fat Zip. And these kids are in the hard Sciences, not Lib Arts.

It probably wouldn't have made any difference if they were Lib Arts

[wastoute]

It is shocking how few of these kids know what Phlogistan or Ether are.