Patience Running Thin

I went to the new Catholic parish center tonight , ostensibly to view An Inconvenient Truth again, but more to meet with the program director and to see what kind of turn out they get for such events. I have booked the room for a presentation next month by a woman from Arauca ,Colombia and she doesn't pull any punches when it comes to criticizing US policy and especially the current administration. My comrade wants to do a presentation at the highschool where he works but some in the administration are wondering if they need to present a "counter-point" to maintain a balanced and nuetral position.

Apparently the Catholics were thinking along those same lines because they allowed time tonight for a global -warming "denier" , a fellow who presented his credentials as a scientist (a geologist! wtf?)) then disputed Al Gores claims of impending doom. Im growing , how shall I put this, less patient with these kinds of debates. The 9/11 conspiricy guys, the global warming deniers, the pro-Colombian government faction, they are all losers and I don't have time to fuck with them. I gave the CO2 denier a little heated exchange, but the Catholics got uneasy and I really don't have the energy. Do I have to listen to the alien space ship, stigmata and sasquatch contingent every time I want to talk about justice? Do I give equal time to crop circles and the image of Jesus in a peanut butter sandwich? I don't worship at the alter of empiricism but if factual testimony and peer reviewed studies mean nothing I think we just drove into the swamp.