Only a couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how the GOP-run North Carolina legislature dealt with the global warming problem by making it illegal to measure the rising sea levels on its coast.

And now, the state legislature of Virginia has hopped on the bandwagon: We're not supposed to say "sea level rise."

State Del. Chris Stolle, R-Virginia Beach, who insisted on changing the "sea level rise" study in the General Assembly to one on "recurrent flooding," said he wants to get political speech out of the mix altogether.

He said "sea level rise" is a "left-wing term" that conjures up animosities on the right. So why bring it into the equation?

"What people care about is the floodwater coming through their door," Stolle said. "Let's focus on that. Let's study that. So that's what I wanted us to call it."

So, "sea level rise" — a very neutral  and accurate term to describe rises in sea level — sudden'y has become a phrase too inconvenient to those who deny climate change.

*Facepalm*