A top Democrat told high school students gathered at the U.S. Capitol Thursday that climate change caused Hurricane Katrina and the conflict in Darfur, which led to the “black hawk down” battle between U.S. troops and Somali rebels.
 
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House (Select) Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee, also equated the drive for global warming legislation with the drive for women’s suffrage in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries.
 
But one global warming expert from the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) told Cybercast News Service that such a remark reveals Markey’s ignorance on the subject of global warming.
 
“In Somalia back in 1993, climate change, according to 11 three- and four-star generals, resulted in a drought which led to famine,” said Markey.
 
“That famine translated to international aid we sent in to Somalia, which then led to the U.S. having to send in forces to separate all the groups that were fighting over the aid, which led to Black Hawk Down. There was this scene where we have all of our American troops under fire because they have been put into the middle of this terrible situation,” he added.CNS News

I guess the climate change faithful have become so desperate in their quest to convince others of their beliefs, despite a rising resistance against this junk science, that they just pull stuff out of their asses now and don’t even bother trying to get a scientific opinion.  What other reason could Ed Markey have for blatantly lying to a group of 25 high school students?  Is he so lacking on actual accomplishments in Washington that he must resort to fear mongering to keep getting reelected?

But Myron Ebell, director of Energy and Global Warming Policy at CEI, told Cybercast News Service that Markey’s remarks reveal his ignorance about the science of global warming. 
 
“Yes, that part of the world is subject to drought at times, but it has very little to do with global warming,” said Ebell. “It is subject to drought whether the global average temperature is going up, down, or staying the same. To say you know the conflict was caused by global warming is to show how really ignorant you are of the scientific issues involved.”
 
The students who testified at the event, most of whom had lived in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, described the difficulties they faced after the storm and blamed global warming for the disaster.

Of course they blamed global warming for it!  Our children have been getting brainwashed into becoming believers for several years now.  They are being taught in schools and by left wing politicians and presidential candidates that man made climate change is an indisputable fact and every single disaster that happens on the planet is a result.  Schools around the nation show Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” as if it’s a legitimate scientific documentary. 

As time has gone on the growing absurdity of claims have become comical, like those by Congressman Markey here.  I believe it’s the result of rising skepticism due to reality not coinciding with their claims.  2008, for instance, was one of the coldest winters on record.  This is visible in the believers’ slow shift from “global warming” to “climate change.”