By Bill Maher
Sometimes when a jet flies through the air it leaves a trail of wispy clouds called contrails. Its frozen water vapor. Ice. But some Americans believe that contrails are chemicals that the US government is spraying on them. They call them chemtrails and Arizona State Senator Kelli Ward recently held a hearing to address them.
Ward told the Havasu News that her constituents were concerned about contrails having an effect on mercury levels in their bloodstream and the local weather. Area resident Jennifer Cramer said:
Every time they do chemtrailing there is some dramatic change in the weather. I noticed it this weekend and then it got very windy. Im not a scientist and I dont know whats in the [chemtrails]. I think we have a right to know instead of worrying about it every day.
Glad she pointed out that shes not a scientist, because I never would have guessed.
Heres the good news: A 2013 survey by Public Policy Polling found that only 5 percent of Americans believed the government was spreading chemicals with planes and 8 percent were unsure. That didnt change much when it broke down by party affiliation. Five percent of Democrats bought the conspiracy theory, 11 percent were unsure, compared to 6 percent of Republicans, and 7 percent unsure. But when you break it down by age, 17 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds believed the government was spraying chemicals, with 9 percent unsure.
So when asked if Uncle Sam is slipping us an aerial mickey, more than a quarter of 18 to 29-year-olds say, Could be. Funny how the generation thats most plugged into the information superhighway couldnt Google it.
Whatever happened to the teachable moment? Like when John McCain said, No, Maam. Obamas not an Arab. Politicians must stop humoring the wing-nuts. Dont give them a hearing on contrails; tell them its ice.
Plus the jokes on the Arizonans who dont believe contrails are ice, because that kind of thinking is so European if youve ever been to a bar in Europe, youll know that they dont believe in ice either.
http://www.real-time-with-bill- maher-blog.com/index/2014/7/11/happy-chemtrails.