Yissel's Nutgraf Story in New York Times

"Is It weird Enough Yet?" from the New York Times

I liked the following story by Thomas L. Friedman title "Is It Weird Enough Yet?" because Friedman does an excellent job of capturing my attention with a powerful first line:

Nutgraf -
Every time I listen to Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota talk about how climate change is some fraud perpetrated by scientists trying to gin up money for research, I'm always reminded of one of my favorite movie lines that Jack Nicholson delivers to his needy neighbor who knocks on his door in the film "As Good As It Gets." "Where do they teach you to talk like this? asks Nicholson. "Sell crazy someplace else. We're all stocked up here."

Thanks Mr. Perry and Mrs. Bachmann, but we really are all stocked up on crazy right now. I mean, here is the Texas governor rejecting the science of climate change while his own state is on fire - after the worst droughts on record have propelled wildfires to devour an area the size of Connecticut. As a statement by the Texas Forest Service said last weed: "No one on the face of the this earth has ever fought fires in these extreme conditions."

In a humorous and somewhat offense manner he is able to clearly state where he stands regarding Perry and Bachmann’s recent response to climate changes. Friedman uses a few lines from the popular 1997 movie “As Good As It Gets,” to emphasize how outrageous and weird he thinks Perry and Bachmann’s comments are regarding “the science of climate change.” Then he clarifies and states exactly what he is about to tell you in the second paragraph.

Since this is an OP-ED, I would most likely have not have been interested in reading someone else’s opinion about climate changes and green job creation but Fieldman made me curious enough to read the story to the end.