I'm freezing my butt off after having been spoiled by Bush's global warming.

Naturally, my weather resentment is growing.

Who the hell is in charge of my weather, anyway? It's not what I want, and I don't think it's entirely fair to blame the angry Republicans -- or the new right wing BDS. This weather is hard to take, and I question the timing.

Didn't the Democrats just take over?

And didn't it get colder in no time flat?

As FDR said, in politics, there are no coincidences. Just as the Republicans and Bush made it warmer, now the Democrats have made it colder, and the lame duck Bush is powerless to stop them. This cold weather is thus proof positive of the downside of democracy.

To a Democrat, though, the cold weather is probably wonderful. I think it sucks big time, and I think it means that long term, we are destined to lose not just the current battle for the weather, but the war against the Ice Age itself.

Yes, long term, we may very well lose the Cold War.

The best we can hope for is an occasional but temporary period of warming.

A lame "surge" if you will.

MORE: In another ominous sign of the times, those who dissent from the new Cold Warriors -- especially the weathermen we once needed to tell us which way the wind blows -- are to be driven off the air. An all new "weather underground" might be our only hope.