Overheard in the Hart Senate Office Building

July of 2006: I caught myself behind closed doors with some folks in the State Department and Department of Defense as they discussed the crisis in Lebanon at its peak. The little I got wind of sounded chilling and I remarked I was glad not to have access to that sort of information. Someone then turned to me and said stoically, 'Sheril, I thank God I don't know the kind of things you do.' In short, he found global warming far more frightening than any passing human conflict. I reflected on this analysis and agreed. More coming tomorrow on public perception of climate change. In the mean time, I leave you with Saturday Night Live's take: