NC Republican Senators Vote To Strike Word "Sustainability" From Legislation

http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/25-higher-sea-level-rise-than-predicted-if-west-antarctic-ice-sheet-melts.html

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NC Republican senators vote to strike the word "sustainability" from legislation, claiming that "sustainability" is part of a U.N. plot!  http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/dont_call_it_sustainable 

Republicans in The North Carolina Assembly also proposes making "sea level rise" illegal. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2012/05/30/nc-makes-sea-level-rise-illegal/

Here's "The Word" according to Stephen Colbert. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/414796/june-04-2012/the-word---sink-or-swim 

The United States will not survive such idiocy. 

If you've never read "The Paranoid Style In American Politics," it's time. 

http://karws.gso.uri.edu/jfk/conspiracy_theory/the_paranoid_mentality/the_paranoid_style.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paranoid_Style_in_American_Politics