BREAKING THE ICE

MELTING GLACIER(Google photo)

USCG ICE BREAKER POLAR STAR (Google photo)

Thursday, 9:00 AM.  60 degrees F, wind ENE, calm with light gusts.  We are immersed in dense fog, the humidity 98%.  The barometer is steady, at 29.99".  The fog will burn off eventually as the sun rises higher, but I am glad we are not driving anywhere this morning.
   It is the political silly season again, and I just can't resist its charm.
   President Obama has been visiting Alaska.  In the process he changed the name of Alaska's Mount McKinley to Mount Denali.  President McKinley was one of the great presidents of the pre-WWI era, who was assassinated by an anarchist just days into his second term. The hemisphere's tallest peak was named in his memory. He just happened to be a Republican.  Hmmm.
   Next, as a flotilla of Chinese warships steamed past, the President declared Global Warming to be the nation's greatest threat.  In virtually the same breath, he decried our nation's lack of ice breaker ships, which Russia has a lot of, and ordered a crash program to build more.
   Will the Chinese and the Russians claim the North Pole, taking Santa Clause hostage? Will we have to hire Russian ice breakers to rescue our  frozen-in fishing boats, like we hire Russian rockets for our space program?
   Will the new ice breakers get there before all the ice melts?  Tune in to Silliness XM Radio to find out!