Thermostat Change We Can Believe In? - Edward John Craig - Planet Gore on National Review Online

[Steve Barrett ] So I see only two possibilities:

Mr. Obama believes the global warming prophecies but thinks, a la Al Gore, that he can head them off with harsh energy-use regulations that hurt only the little people, or ...

He doesn’t believe the hype but finds climate change hysteria politically useful in a culture conditioned by celebrities to fret that somewhere in the Andes a chinchilla is having a heat stroke.

Science Group Erred Giving Hansen Top Honor - Capital Weather Gang

...But the AMS, which is a scientific society comprised of about 12,000 atmospheric scientists who mainly specialize in weather and have disparate views of climate science, erred in honoring such a lightning rod of controversy, despite the tremendous value his research has been to the scientific community.

The AMS failed to recognize that by giving him the Rossby medal and citing his "clear communication of climate science in the public arena," they may have actually sanctioned his political advocacy. Such advocacy, which is Hansen's right as a citizen, threatens to paint the AMS as having a political agenda too.

The AMS would be wise to publicly set the record straight on where it stands regarding the separation between a scientist and a political advocate, and how that relates to Hansen's award.

Murdock: Even left now laughing at Global Warming | ScrippsNews

So-called "global warming" has shrunk from problem to punch line. And now, Leftists are laughing, too. It's hard not to chuckle at the idea of Earth boiling in a carbon cauldron when the news won't cooperate...
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So-called "global warming" has accomplished the impossible: It has united liberals and conservatives in laughter.