A recent headline on the popular UK website, DailyMail.co.uk, screamed "Global Warming Sees Polar Bears Stranded on Melting Ice." The article was accompanied by a photograph of two polar bears standing atop a small iceberg. They had a forloned, defenseless look on their bear faces. My heart went out to the little guys.

But then...I couldn't help but wonder if the frightened look wasn't from the helipcopter hovering overhead as the Envirophotographer came in real clos to snap his pictures. It couldn't be because the polar bears were lost or homeless, because the last time I went to Sea World, polar bears COULD SWIM! Can you lose a bear on a piece of melting ice? Can't they just swim to the next piece of ice, then the next piece, and so on. Sometimes if you listen long and hard enough to Global Warming advocates, you'd think the entire ice cap was already gone. But indeed it still stretches for thousands of miles, even if it has melted at all. I doubt very much there are many stranded bears out there.

 But this picture sure tugs at our hearts. The poor little bears. They are all stranded out there. Thousands of them, hugging onto little ice cubes, nearly drowning. And it's my fault. If I'd just sign Kyoto...

Frankly, as a Christain and human being, I am concerned about the environment and even Polar Bears. But I'm also not prone to believe this constant stream of emotional nothingness. I need some science and evidence. I think it's ironic that the same athestic liberals who demand I offer up some PROOF that my God exists now expect me to believe, without proof, that the planet is on the brink.

I need more than a photograph. A simple experiment would do. But don't leave me stranded with just a photograph.