I was driving around in my car today doing my usual dial surfing of the Talk Radio spectrum. Laura Ingram was on and began railing about how Nickelodeon was indoctrinating our children into caring about the earth. Dora the Explorer was in fact trying to turn all of our children into environmentalists.
Sometimes you really do have to sit back and laugh at the absurdity, even when it comes from your own side. I would also prefer that some of these pundits would stop giving the impression that true conservatives are not supposed to care about the environment.
I do not believe in the "Global Warming" when spoken in the same sentence as "Al Gore". It does not, however, take a scientific journal to see that the planet is in tough shape, especially when it comes to pollution. It has been years that I have been willing to swim in anything other than a nice clean chlorinated swimming pool due to the overall filth that now infiltrates our lakes and ponds and oceans. So I have no problem at all if my daughter's educational programming decides to put special emphasis on educating my child about the dangers of pollution.
I would draw the line at my daughter telling me I should by a bike and pedal that 50 mile commute because every time I start my car I am killing a polar bear. But let's be reasonable here, we undermine our own intelligence and credibility when we attack something as innocent as a children's television show.