Pajamas Media » Climategate: The Travails of a Global Warming Hobbyist - Terry Hughes

The more I’ve seen, the more convinced I’ve become that the global warming crowd latched onto the parallel rise in temperatures and CO2, and built what has essentially become a religion around it.
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It appears that Jones and the CRU folks didn’t simply massage the data. As other pundits have pointed out, they waterboarded it. There are several blatantly obvious conclusions to be drawn here. First, any group receiving public money for research must make their data available to all. Even to guys with laptops on Saturday afternoons. Second, it seems that peer review means next to nothing. In the whole AGW thing, collaborating researchers apparently became co-conspirators. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge has no place in honest scientific endeavors. Third, science in general has taken a huge hit, making the average guy wonder if large grants create large lies and vice-versa. Fourth, where the heck has our media been? Menus at the White House are more important than what is possibly the biggest scam ever perpetrated on the American public? Apparently, only FOX got the memo. Fifth, school children need to be re-educated that CO2 is not the same as phosgene and sarin.

Professor embroiled in climate change controversy responds - The Daily Collegian Online

...the professor in question, Penn State meteorology professor Michael Mann, said Friday the e-mails have been taken out of context.

Extremists the real danger to society, not the threat of climate change - The Daily Observer - Ontario, CA

I know many of you think David Suzuki is the best thing since sliced bread, but I think he has lost touch with reality. He gets a lot of CBC air time, but will not debate with any science professor who does not agree with his ranting.

American Thinker Blog: Down under, global warming is a free speech issue

I see nothing wrong with intellectual diversity, and oppose all forms of government-driven scientific censorship. And, I recognize that blackmailing sections of the public will only last for so long. If PM Rudd continues to run on Gore's authoritarian the-debate-is-over pro-censorship platform, is he advertising his strengths or weaknesses? Do real leaders rally against democracy to promote "good science"?