John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel, wants to debate Algore but failing that goal, Coleman wants to sue him for fraud. I happen to believe that Gore himself believes the story that he assembled but he, like other idealists, planners, and prophets, may have attracted thugs to his cause.

Gazzaniga (1998) and Pinker (2003) tell us that the left side of our brain can act as a "spin doctor" but few people appreciate how the right side might find repetition and predictability where there is none (Goldberg, 2001). Your left mind can be seen as a "patter-maker" rather than as a spin doctor and your right as a "pattern-maker"! (Brody, 2008)

Meanwhile, from the Washington Times:

"Climate panel on the hot seat

"By H. Sterling Burnett

"March 14, 2008

"...in 2006 Congress requested an independent analysis....A panel of statisticians chaired by Edward J. Wegman, of George Mason University, found significant problems with the methods of statistical analysis used by the researchers and with the IPCC's peer review process. For example, the researchers who created the hockey stick used the wrong time scale to establish the mean temperature to compare with recorded temperatures of the last century. Because the mean temperature was low, the recent temperature rise seemed unusual and dramatic. This error was not discovered in part because statisticians were never consulted.

"Furthermore, the community of specialists in ancient climates from which the peer reviewers were drawn was small and many of them had ties to the original authors — 43 paleoclimatologists had previously coauthored papers with the lead researcher who constructed the hockey stick.
"These problems led Mr. Wegman's team to conclude that the idea that the planet is experiencing unprecedented global warming "cannot be supported."

"The IPCC published its Fourth Assessment Report in 2007 predicting global warming will lead to widespread catastrophe if not mitigated, yet failed to provide the most basic requirement for effective climate policy: accurate temperature statistics. A number of weaknesses in the measurements include the fact temperatures aren't recorded from large areas of the Earth's surface and many weather stations once in undeveloped areas are now surrounded by buildings, parking lots and other heat-trapping structures resulting in an urban-heat-island effect."

More at: http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/...5001/home.html

References:

Brody, JF (2008) Rebellion: Physics to Personal Will Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.
Goldberg, E. (2001) [I]The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind[\I]. NY: Oxford University Press.
Pinker, S. (2002) The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. NY: Viking. See also Gazzaniga M (1998) The Mind's Past. Berkley, CA: University of California Press.