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Many different things have taken center stage as the media's fall guy wearing a black t-shirt that says, "I'm to Blame for Global Warming" on the front with "and I don't care" on the back.

There was a similar trend with cancer a few years ago. I will not disrespect cancer victims, survivors or their families here. But I will draw attention to the medical, scientific, and entertainment communities and their whistle-blowing, finger-pointing and bandwagon jumping.

A few years ago, Everything Caused Cancer. And the very things indicted for causing cancer are the very same things lauded as wonders of the modern world. Cell phones, microwave ovens, even television have all put their toes on the white line and stood in a line up. Behind the one-way mirror in the little dark witness room are doctors, lawyers, celebrities and politicians.

"That's the onethe one that did it, the one that gave me cancer."

Now, it's Global Warming's turn. It's a given this is not only a very serious issue, but it is The Issue of a This Generation. And it's not a matter of whether this generation will pass the problem to the next. At stake is whether there will be anything at all to pass on.

This is a problem that will not go away. This is everyone's problem. But, has the destruction of the extended family contributed to climate change?

The answer is, singularly, No.

As mentioned, there are many, many guilty parties here. But to say that the breakdown of the family has contributed to the climate change is like saying prostitutes contribute to the billion dollar sex trade. Yes, all are party to the crime, but who is responsible?

The War on Drugs was fought and lost in this country's neighborhoods, schools and on its streets. Small-time pushers were put in jail. Zero Tolerance and Three Strikes You're Out was being chanted from preacher's pulpits and politician's podiums. And the drug business is not only still going strong, it is thriving, flourishing. Why? The ugly truth is that any business where money changes hands is consumer driven. There is a customer who wants to buy a product. If you close down one source, he will find another. So, the seller figures, "He's gonna buy it from somebody, so it might as well be us."

So prostitutes and small-time drug pushers are arrested and put in jail. Meanwhile, the customer, (which is your neighbor, relative, teacher, and friend) will just go somewhere else.

So, the same precedent is true of the global warming issue. Everyone was at the party, had a good time, and left a mess. Anyone who used a can of hairspray, deodorant, air freshener, bug spray, etcis guilty. That's everyone, all of us.

The reason our atmosphere has a big hole in it is very simple: Greed.

The Future was bought and sold. Big companies got bigger, corporate America got stronger, and the world became industrialized, civilized.

Now it's time to pay the rent. Our options are pay up or get out. But we don't have the money, and have no place else to go. None of us has any place to go. So, what good is finger pointing at this late stage?

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