Anybody for Barbecue? Earth's temp at 400 year high.

But, the good news is that the politicians are set to stop flagburning, undoubtedly the critical factor in global warming.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060622/ap_on_sc/global_warming_2

WASHINGTON - The Earth is the hottest it has been in at least 400 years, probably even longer. The
National Academy of Sciences, reaching that conclusion in a broad review of scientific work requested by Congress, reported Thursday that the "recent warmth is unprecedented for at least the last 400 years and potentially the last several millennia."

The report was requested in November by the chairman of the House Science Committee, Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (news, bio, voting record), R-N.Y., to address naysayers who question whether global warming is a major threat.

Last year, when the House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman, Rep. Joe Barton (news, bio, voting record), R-Texas, launched an investigation of three climate scientists, Boehlert said Barton should try to learn from scientists, not intimidate them.

The Bush administration has maintained that the threat is not severe enough to warrant new pollution controls that the White House says would have cost 5 million Americans their jobs.

I normally am at work and would have missed this (don't have time to go beyond the first page of most forums!)

He's disgusting. He is so in the pocket of the energy industry it is not funny.