As people in the local area hunkered down last night to read their local newspaper and hope the pipes did not freeze they got to read TWW's latest crackpot letter to the editor. (Mrs. TWW wants everyone to know she did not approve this letter). This letter was sent to the newspaper as people in the local area were reacting to an announcement by Wal-Mart that it was not going to build a store opposed by some local activists in the area

Text of letter:

The recent conflict between economic growth (as in Wal-Mart) and the anti-capitalists is really a clash of last century values. As the federal government gets the auto industry to finally build the cars America wants with good gas mileage and limited cargo hauling capacity the tourist industry will change. With fewer trailers hauling toys coming to the area and people visiting having less gear to play with, it's time to find a way to put xxxxxxxx (name of local city withheld for security reasons) on the map as an innovative area to attract some of the green businesses sure to arise during the coming President Barrack Obama era.

Here is an example of the new thinking we need locally. How about a new winter festival called the Global Warming Days festival (GWD for short)? GWD would have events like electric snowmobile races, ice fishing from solar heated shacks, SUV smashing contests, new foods like ice cheese and beer freezes, a parade with no carbon footprint and ice melting contests where high school kids rubbed blocks of ice with tooth brushes. GWD could also be educational if it invited global warming skeptics who are so desperate for platforms they would gladly join the festival and stand on platforms above dunking tanks to vent their skepticism while people threw snowballs at the release levers to dunk the deniers into water heated by solar water heaters. Of course the festival would mean mass transit using biofuels to get people here from the big city. This letter is only scratching the surface of possible events for a GWD festival. There is no reason a GWD festival could not get more national media attention in the winter than the skinny ski race up the road.