You right wing guys are sure quick to label a guy an apologist for Democratic officials. I did say I didn't think Inslee was to blame for a lot of this mess, but I didn't mean to suggest he was doing anything great for Washington. I didn't vote for him....

If I'm a little hard on mankind sometimes, it's not because I underestimate our abilities. It's because the same lazy nature that prompted us to create our greatest inventions is currently only prompting us to find new ways to capitalize on what's already been done. I think somewhere along the line, we reached a point in our development where life was easy enough that we got complacent and stopped applying that same creativity you so revere to new problems. We just keep applying our old ideas to new problems. As long as the results aren't catastrophic, we tend to be satisfied. Trouble is, our habitat has limitations (my opinion), and we haven't yet demonstrated a sincere desire to address those issues, as the changes necessary would probably require us to make a few quality of life sacrifices.

I agree these points aren't proven facts; I'll call them my opinions. Frankly, I hope they are never proven as facts, because that will mean a good life for our future generations. I think mankind is capable of solving a lot of the problems we face, but I'm not sure we'll get serious about it before things get really bad. I sincerely hope to be proven utterly wrong on that assumption as well.-