Climategate

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So they really were making it up! For those of you who don't know, a severely inconvenient truth just came to light for Al Gore and and all of his global warming-warning pals. These were, to be exact, a batch of over 1000 emails hacked from the headquarters of the CRU (Climactic Research Unit). For those, like me, who didn't really know, the CRU is big. They provide a lot of the climate data used by the UN and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. From their headquarters in East Anglia School in England, we find such interesting quotes as these:

"The fact is that we can't account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can't." -Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.

"If they [referring to a pair of dogged critics] ever hear there is a Freedom of Information Act now in the UK, I think I'll delete the file rather than send to anyone." -Phil Jones, CRU Director

[In reference to some critical research] "I can't see either of these papers being in the next [UN] IPCC report. Kevin and I will keep them out somehow--even if we have to redefine what the peer-review literature is!" -Phil Jones, CRU Director

Jones also gave adive on certain "tricks" that could be used "to hide the decline" in some temperature readings. Now, you all know I hate to say "I told you so," but let's face it: those conservative holdouts are feeling pretty happy right now.

This will be one of hopefully few politically bent posts, but since I get the feeling this won't make it to most mainstream news stations I felt responsible to spread this news. And to say "I told you so."

Happy New Year!