General Discussion

Years of Living Dangerously is an excellent new series on Showtime which focuses on many aspects of climate change. It's a fascinating show. Last nights episode featured Chris Hayes doing a profile of Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island). It was actually rather sickening, as it portrayed him in a very positive light as a hero and a swell guy whose only concern is his constituents (especially one woman, whom they seemed well prepared to follow around with a camera for months documenting Grimm's wonderfulness). It showed Grimm's supposed transformation from a climate change denier to supporting legislation, at the urging of a more sane Republican and Grimm's admission that he "finally did some research." BUT, he had no problem saying that he's weak, Congressmen are weak, and no one will do anything because there is much more important stuff, like immigration.

Chris Hayes ended the show with a wonderful smackdown. But it was otherwise tough to watch them making some sort of demi-god out this scumbag.