"Does anybody actually listen to and believe any of these talking head idiots on tv or propaganda rag sheets called daily newspapers?"
Not me. It is amazing how moronic our society's "leaders" and most of the lamestream media have become or are becoming. Absolute cretins. The scary part is how so many around the world just lap up all manner of lies and junk science.
Junk Science?
You do not have to be a Liberal to believe in global warming - nor do you have to be a bad scientist. I work in a University in the UK, where very good and serious science is being done, and they are properly cautious, but think quite seriously that the evidence does point to climate change.
Now it may not be any greater than previous weather cycles, but it that is no comfort - at one time or another just about everywhere in the world has been either a desert or an arctic wasteland, so even if it is natural it may still be a disaster. The point is that the climate has changed, and the change is accelerating. (and that human influence can be brought to bear to slow it) It does not mean that every hurricane or drop of rain in history is caused by this - but it does suggest that the chances of mre extreme eather are rising. Maybe Katrina was not influenced by this - but the chances of another CAT5 are higher now than before...
Point is that it is just not true that most climatologists disagree - the vast majority agree on climate change, and on the impact of greenhouse gases. That does not make them Liberals, and it does not make them idiots.
Nor does the opinion (debated and questioned by most scientists) of one political appointee scientist in the US mean that he is right. Global warming may have played its art, but it is hard to tell from one instance. When the next ten hit we will still not know, but I think it would be reasonable to agree then tat something is wrong... and it woul dbe reasonable to try to do something to ensure that the next ten do not go on to be the next twenty or fifty cat5 or even bigger. Caution is the sign of the conservative, not the liberal - should we not err on the side of caution and protect ourselves from the possibl eeffects of global warming?