Tell me it ain't so

Apparently, scientists now agree that the earth is warming, attributable to human activity, according to the Bangkok Post.

Of course, even the Bush administration, whose agency came to this conclusion, wants to do more studying.

And in a related piece, a pair of Alaska Legislative Democrats want to suspend collection of the state fuel tax to help folks during the summer. The Alaska tax is 8 cents, lowest in the nation. This would do little to help, considering the market price can jump that much in a week, and could actually hurt when reimposed in the fall (as they suggested). Giving them the benefit of the doubt, this may be well meant, but looks like the Bill Frist pandering, offering to give an income tax break of $100, which is now withdrawn.