note: This was written as part of a flash fiction writing contest at the blog, The Clarity of Night<\/a>, back in 2011. Here is a link to the original post<\/a>. The idea was to write 250 words based on a provided prompt.<\/em><\/p>\n Published July 13, 2041 | FOXNews.com<\/p>\n Record high temperatures were reported across the United States for the thirteenth consecutive month, causing health officials to warn the elderly, the infirm, and mammals to avoid the outdoors between dawn and dusk. Some scientists put the blame on the shoulders of the democrat controlled government at the beginning of the century.<\/p>\n \u201cAlthough the science is mixed on whether climate change is real, and has it never been proven that the Earth truly is warming, if it was, it most surely be due to the inaction from the left at a most critical time,\u201d said Dr. W. R. Scrued, Political Science, Liberty University. \u201cNot that human action could affect the Earth\u2019s temperature in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n Others take a more spiritual view on so-called climate change.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the good Lord meant for us to go outside in the middle of the day, air conditioning woulda never been invented,\u201d shouted Brent Melanin through the driver\u2019s side window of his Ford Decapitator. \u201cAnyways, the Sun is just doin\u2019 what it\u2019s s\u2019posed to. Makin\u2019 the Earth warm.\u201d<\/p>\n Democrat-influenced historians from liberal universities often blame the lack of meaningful climate change legislation on abuse of the filibuster and corporate influence on politics. An overwhelming number of our readers disagree.<\/p>\n According to a FoxNews.com poll, seventy-nine percent of voters blame the democrats for climate change, while eighty-two percent of voters feel that the Earth is not getting any warmer because it snowed that one time last winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s Getting Hot In Here by Paul Liadis note: This was written as part of a flash fiction writing contest at the blog, The Clarity of Night, back in 2011. Here is a link to the original post. The idea was to write 250 words based on a provided prompt. Published July 13, 2041 | FOXNews.com Record high temperatures were reported across the United States for the thirteenth consecutive month, causing health officials to warn the elderly, the infirm, and…<\/p>\n