As far as I’m concerned, I’m trained as an aeronautical engineer not a climate scientist, but as such I’ve had some peripheral training in atmospheric dynamics. I pretty much buy the consensus in favor of AGW, but I’d love to be wrong. (I bought into the Meadows’s “Limits To Growth” and I’m a sucker for simulation and modeling, so I’m prepared to be wrong.)

Also, since there seems to be a lack of primary sources in this discussion here is the transcript of the BBC’s interview with Phil Jones that has been horribly distorted by the Daily Mail.

Well, after all, Dan’s answer to why liberals are so condescending is: Conservatives are so stupid they deserve it.

Tit for tat, eh?

Did the SSI checks come in today, boys?

And, Dan, have you come up with your new End of the World scenario yet?

And in a related story Dan changes title of post to “Why conservatives are condescending.”

I can’t help but rub it in.

Sarah Palin is stupid, and Dan is a theoretical genius capable of reordering the global economy.

And yet, Palin is right. The Great Global Warming hysteria is a fraud. Phil Jones, the “scientist” at the center of the fraud, has caved in and admitted that the dog ate his homework. Jones admits that global warming might not be attributable to human activity. Jones admits the the Medieval Warming Period is a fact. Jones concedes that there has been no global warming for the past 15 years. In short, Jones admits that he’s a fraud.

For the great geniuses of the world like Dan, this is unlikely to produce a change of heart or a change in behavior.

Here’s my prediction. Now that the Great Global Warming hysteria has collapsed and stands exposed as a fraud, Dan will discover another End of the World threat to human existence that will require global taxation and regulation.

Stay tuned as Dan adjusts his piercing intellect. I can barely wait, Dan, to discover the next End of the World crisis that you will be saving us from.

And, I’ll bet that Dan’s next End of the World crisis is so overwhelming that he simply can’t stop to consider the consequences should he turn out to be wrong. After all, he will only propose taxing every individual and regulating every business on earth.

What could possibly go wrong?

Professor Jones also conceded the possibility that the world was warmer in medieval times than now – suggesting global warming may not be a man-made phenomenon.

But I’m an excellent driver.

The catastrophic stupidity of this site is an embarrassment.

BP, I’d try to explain to you again what I said, but apparently reading comprehension is not one of your strong points.

What’s the average IQ on this sight… above 50?

How many of you guys are on SSI?