I couldn\u2019t watch more than about fifteen minutes of the second Presidential debate. Unpleasant emotions flooded me as I watched the verbal jousting between Obama and Romney. Hearing Romney gratuitously praise Big Bird while promising to cut National Public Radio funding was bad enough in the first debate. When I heard Obama promising to go after every energy source and praising \u201cclean coal\u201d I\u2019d had enough. Neither mentioned global warming as a primary concern. I read this week in Scientific American, global climate change will very likely be much worse than earlier predictions because of positive feedback loops. Every question during the debate was an opportunity to throw accusations and dirt at each other, selectively distorting the facts. Both candidates used statistics as weapons. Both candidates avoided being specific relying on emotionally provocative arguments.<\/p>\n