Gloom, despair and agony on me...

Altogether, now: "We're all gonna DIE!!!

Imagine a world in which cities are abandoned and our population has dropped by 90 percent. A world in which we have wreaked havoc on our delicate ecosystems and nature has begun to reclaim Earth. Once-bustling cities have fallen silent except for the rustle of the wind through the grass and trees that have cracked through the collapsing pavement. Humans have not walked these urban streets for years.

Does it seem like the stuff of science fiction? According to the world's top scientists, it could very well be the legacy we leave our children and grandchildren. They say we are at a turning point, that the choices we make today will determine if the human race, as we know it, will survive.

The article goes on to plug a television show which will expound upon this fear-mongering, quasi-intellectual drivel. It's airing... well, who gives a damn? We're all gonna DIE!!! (My sincere apologies to the llamas.)

An excellent example of why I no longer watch network television. Given a few more years of this trend, merely walking by a TV that's tuned into an alphabet channel will drop your IQ by 40 points -- after which you'll probably still be smarter than the talking heads who present such populist electro-vomit.