You Gotta Give Al Gore Credit for Chutzpah!

After weeks of silence, Climategate's Chicken Little is back in the barnyard running in circles and screaming that, not only is the sky falling, but the world as we know it is about to end. And his megaphone, the New York Times, is always happy to amplify his nonsense. A recent op-ed repeated all the same old scare-mongering without one iota of scientific data to back it up. Oh...but he did tell his readers to ignore the man behind the curtain. All the fraud and dishonesty is dismissed and swept away with a flourish. You gotta give the guy credit for chutzpah! What a humbug! I know I'm mixing my metaphors but Al Gore is definitely a bizarre combination of Chicken Little stirring up all the gullible barnyard beasts and the humbug Wizard of Oz pulling strings and using smoke, fire, and mirrors to maintain his powerful position in the Emerald City. It's time to put the guy in the hot air balloon (which he can fill with his own emissions) and send him off into the atmosphere. Hopefully he'll land on a deserted island where he'll have to learn to work for survival. That could be the first honest labor he's ever done.

One conservative addressing global warming pointed out that fellow conservatives need to get serious in addressing the issue by doing their homework. I agree. There's plenty of solid evidence available to refute the hot air and theatrics being spouted by Gore and his liberal cronies. In addition to the links available at the Laigle's Forum post, my favorite documentation comes from John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel.

Keep the pressure on the frauds who are using the man-made global warming hoax to gain wealth and power and turn the citizens of the United States into serfs on their fiefs. Cap and tax, carbon offsets, etc. are all about redistributing income and plenty of it will end up in the pockets of demagogues like Al Gore.

Sarah Palin on Climategate

The president's decision to attend the international climate conference in Copenhagen needs to be reconsidered in light of the unfolding Climategate scandal. The leaked e-mails involved in Climategate expose the unscientific behavior of leading climate scientists who deliberately destroyed records to block information requests, manipulated data to "hide the decline" in global temperatures, and conspired to silence the critics of man-made global warming. I support Senator James Inhofe's call for a full investigation into this scandal. Because it involves many of the same personalities and entities behind the Copenhagen conference, Climategate calls into question many of the proposals being pushed there, including anything that would lead to a cap and tax plan.

Policy should be based on sound science, not snake oil. I took a stand against such snake oil science when I sued the federal government over its decision to list the polar bear as an endangered species despite the fact that the polar bear population has increased. I've never denied the reality of climate change; in fact, I was the first governor to create a subcabinet position to deal specifically with the issue. I saw the impact of changing weather patterns firsthand while serving as governor of our only Arctic state. But while we recognize the effects of changing water levels, erosion patterns, and glacial ice melt, we cannot primarily blame man's activities for the earth's cyclical weather changes. The drastic economic measures being pushed by dogmatic environmentalists won't change the weather, but will dramatically change our economy for the worse.

Policy decisions require real science and real solutions, not junk science and doomsday scare tactics pushed by an environmental priesthood that capitalizes on the public's worry and makes them feel that owning an SUV is a "sin" against the planet. In his inaugural address, President Obama declared his intention to "restore science to its rightful place." Boycotting Copenhagen while this scandal is thoroughly investigated would send a strong message that the United States government will not be a party to fraudulent scientific practices. Saying no to Copenhagen and cap and tax are first steps in "restoring science to its rightful place."

- Sarah Palin