Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller and Republican Senator Olympia Snowe write to ExxonMobil’s new CEO urging him to stop supporting organizations, like the Competitive Enterprise Institute, who challenge the accepted wisdom on global warming . According to these distinguished public servants, ExxonMobil’s support of these global warming “skeptics” is damaging America’s international image by making it seem America is “insensitive” to concerns about climate change.

If those who doubt the official position on climate change are harming America’s international image why not declare them enemy combatants and subject them to indefinite detention? Of course, I am joking, I am sure Senators Rockefeller and Snowe don’t want to use state power to punish ExxonMobil or the Competitive Enterprise Institute. They just want to remind ExxonMobil that the US Government is like a family and you know what happens when you go against the family…