A conservative speaks

This was just passed on to me by a friend. I thought it might be an elaborate hoax, but I checked the archive for the paper in question and there was a letter published under the title given. This gives a fascinating insight into the mind of one of those hard-core 35% who insist Bush is “doing a heckuva job.”

Daylight exacerbates warning (sic)

You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two.

This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they?

Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next time there should be serious studies performed before Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.

CONNIE M. MESKIMEN
Hot Springs

newspaper cutting

Actually, this is so dumb I suspected the letter was written by a liberal pretending to be a right wing nut, but it turns out (according to whitepages.com) that there is a woman of that name living in Hot Springs, Arkansas.