Hot Air? Gasbag.

Long delayed but finally delivered.......

According to George Will, global warming is a fantasy. The belief that the world's temperature is rising, with potentially disastrous effects, is a myth devoid of real scientific support. Twenty years ago we were all panicked about another ice age, and in another twenty there will be some new catastrophe. The peddlers of environmental extremism are either soft-headed or have hidden agendas, or both. So stop worrying.

And what is Will's source for this dramatic revelation? Where has he found evidence for such a startling accusation? Why, the esteemed Nobel Prize winner and noted environmental scientist Michael Crichton. I can't wait to be able to clone dinosaurs and travel through time!

It is more than a little amusing to read an article in which the author condemns others for believing everything they read, and then watch that self-same author rely on highly questionable sources. Why, we might even call it hypocrisy. Will again deploys that condescending tone for which he so condemns the left. For example, when he wants to taint the idea that greenhouse gases are warming the atmosphere, he does so by putting "greenhouse gases" in quotes. What literary acumen! What compelling reason!

Here, watch me do the same thing:

George Will cites the following "evidence" in support of his assertions: that global temperatures "declined" between 1940 to 1970, that the Icelandic "glaciers" are expanding, and that "Antarctica" is getting colder.

Hey that was fun!

This data would all "be" very comforting if it were true. But alas, it isn't. The last few years have been the warmest on record, the Iceland glacier is disappearing, and big chunks of Antartica are breaking off. So much for relying on reputable evidence.

But hey, what do those folks at NASA know? They only put someone into space. Next thing you'll be telling me is that humans "evolved."

And as for George Will, I suggest that the next time he wants others to accuse others of being self-interested hysterical morons, he get his facts straight.