“With the harsh winter we’re having, do you believe the world’s in danger of global warming?” This question was asked of five people in a sort of “Man on the Street” column that Times News ran on January 29.
What a great idea, I thought. I’ll ask a similar question and publish the results on my blog. I picked five people at random in downtown Parryville and asked “Do you believe the sun revolves around the earth?”
The response:
Bob Rural, East Side: Well, yeah. You can see it come up every morning in the east and set every night in the west. Don’t you think that is kind of a silly question?
Fred Weisenheimer, East Penn: I believe that question was settled during Galileo’s trial.
Dag Largo, Little Gap, I’ve heard that it does, but I think the scientific evidence isn’t clear. There are lots of scientists who disagree.
Warden Schmidt, Long Run: Why do you want to know? Are you one of those liberals?
Fred Reinsoft, New Columbus: That’s a toughie. I think I saw something about that on Hannity. Or was it Glenn Beck?
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