Are Scientists Becoming The New Priests? | Fox News

Huntsman has said that he fears that the GOP will be perceived as the "antiscience party." That is, he gave a nod to Democrats' conceit that theirs is the party of science. Why? Because the Dems don't tolerate questions about evolution or global warming.

24 hours of Gorepocrisy [Al Gore goes after the "deniers"] | Watts Up With That?

UPDATE: The Climate Reality project has released two videos hyping the event. It appears they’ll be smearing some of what is in the videos.

Global Warming Hysteria: How “Consensus” Hegemony Hurts Science » Secondhand Smoke | A First Things Blog

Pay very close attention to the last line. Scientists were scared away from engaging in true science–that is, from challenging “the consensus”–which is a crucial part of the scientific method. That is why unilaterally ending debates, trying to suppress heterodoxy, and crowing about consensus views corrupts science and subverts its awesome power of learning and understanding. If the field is ever going to regain its lost credibility, this thought control must end.

Banning plastic bags will not have the slightest effect on global warming – Telegraph Blogs

plastic bags themselves are largely an irrelevance from a carbon point of view.