Its an insult only to those who believe that Al Gore doesn't know what he is talking about. He does and soon there will be no doubt that he and the thousands of climate researchers are correct. By then the planet is going to be in real distress, and population unrest will follow. Its already plainly in view. Add up the costs of these extreme weather events, billions for the drought, billions for each of the super hurricanes, billions for the flooding. Expenses to dredge the Mississippi river because the water is so low they had to shut down barge traffic between Cairo Illinois and St Louis. The forest fires that raged through the southwest and Colorado....just a taste of what is coming.

"despite cooling trends like the one we're in now". Where's that research published? What peer reviewed journal can I find that?

I am so honored to be quoted right up there with Al Gore!

Scientists warned extreme weather events would become much more common as climate change kicks in.. 2012 was the warmest year on record as a result there evaporation and more moisture in the air that comes down as extreme rain and snow. You don't mention the souther tier of the US in your column that has had 70 -80 degrees in January and February. Its only the northern tier of states being hammered with the extreme snow. The drought continues across much of the bread basket of America. Farmers are in a world of hurt. Hay is high because of drought. cattle farmers selling off the stock. Crops failing because of heat and drought. You are fools that listen to fossil fuel funded propaganda.

When republicans are willing to step up and provide for those unwanted children of mothers who cannot afford them, who are not in a stable relationship to nurture a child, or simply do not want the child. If the mother is saying I cannot care of this infant, then who does care for it, the government. Only when you decide to spend more money on that 40% that you call "feeding off the government", can republicans speak with authority about making unwilling mothers bear children they cannot care for.

Peter Gleick's forgery was posing as a contributor to the Heatland insitute and asked to see their financial records. Hungry for money they forked it over and it provided details on how they were funding scientists to produce research that climate change was not happening. Gleick was removed from his job, a hearing was held and he was reinstated. The documents proved that scientists were paid to produce faulty science. There are so few scientists that even question climate change now is VERY VERY few and are paid to question it as well.

Where is the outrage over the ear marks the congress added to the fiscal cliff bill. You think the one thing members of Congress, Republican and Democrat alike, agreed on is that they were fed up with loopholes and giveaways and pork? Sugar producers, movie makers, NASCAR operators, railroads and Goldman Sachs all benefited generously from a variety of tax credit extensions tucked into the legislation that amount to more than $200 billion. That includes a sweetener of hundreds of millions for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands for rum produced in the islands and imported to the mainland. It includes the extension of a tax subsidy for film and TV companies, as long as 75 percent of production occurs in the US. Its both parties!

There are things both parties are going to have to swallow to move the country forward. First climate change IS real and its already getting costly, sandy's cost was in the billions, the mid west drought cost billions, Its so dry now the mississippi river is so low that barge traffic is being halted from Cairo Illinois to St Louis. The Joplin Tornado was billions. Recovery from a recession is going to throttled down with costs like that. No you can't point to each and every one as being tied to climate change but there certainly is a pattern emerging. And the Arctic is melting, as evidenced that the oil companies are starting to drill up there Yea more oil, yes more warming and disasters.

Bankers have no reason to whine about that. One small locally owned bank that has three branches in small towns here, last year gave himself a 2 million dollar bonus. Just how do you think he can afford to do that, he is playing the market with our money. Bankers are not hurting!!!

Look at what research says about gun violence and good guys with guns. "A team led by Dr. Arthur Kellermann of Emory University conducted a survey of 388 homes that had experienced homicides. (1) They found that 76.7 percent of the victims were killed by a spouse, family member or someone they knew, and there was no forced entry into the home. Strangers comprised only 3.6 percent of the killers meaning only 3.6 percent were ruled legally excusable homicide (that is, self-defense).

Remember the Greeks starved their government by not paying their taxes. They had developed a complete underground system of paying cash for services and products that avoided taxes and starved their government. Look at the mess they are in. And now they are using austerity to balance their budget instead of stimulus spending to create jobs. Results there is NO job growth. And lets not leave the good ole banks out of this picture. They really went over their head with idiocy management. Also there is the scale their economy, there are 11 million greeks, and 200 million americans.