I've been wondering what sparked the recent spike in climate-skeptic, cut-and-paste, and stumbled across this: Source: Tim Profeta: The Climate Post: Sandy Surfaces, Kyoto at Stake in UN Climate Talks Apparently it is not enough to have the usual stream of reports supporting the global warming as these continue on their own pace. But apparently some think if they can just 'kill the messenger' or created enough buzz, global warming will go away: Source: ibid So I'm pretty calm about whether 'so-and-so' says this or that as physics, chemistry, and direct observations outweigh opinion any day of the week . . . and the observations continue to come in. Rose colored glasses, lipstick on a pig, or Carl Rove on Ohio . . . the counting continues. Bob Wilson