Global Warming is a hot issue now. The politicians are using the scare to try to impose more rules and regulations on us ordinary folks. The Democrats would like to use the global warming scare to cede more control to unelected UN functionaries in much the same way that the EU has done in Europe. They would also like to establish a UN taxing authority. The Democrats and their fellow socialists from Europe now realize that they need to implement their plan soon, since real world data is not validating the IPCC computer simulation predictions. And people are beginning to realize that the IPCC fudged the data on the past temperature history to support the impending doom scenario. In science it is always the mark of the scoundrel when attempts are made to silence critics, and to insist that their is no need for future inquiry since, "the science is settled." Never mind that the discussion is not about science, but rather about computer models. In my career I saw many cases in which the computer modelers insisted their model was correct even after tests repeatedly revealed the predictions were incorrect. Here is a youtube presentation on the subject of global warming entitled "Doomsday Called Off." The Democrats probably will call for putting the scientists in this production in jail for heresy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr5O1HsTVgA&mode=related&search=

This is in five parts, and is pretty long. It's worth a look, even if you are on board with that eminent scientist, and High Priest of the Global Warming religion, Al Gore.

There are some issues with the computer predictions that are not mentioned in the presentation. For example, the greenhouse gas theory indicates that temperatures should increase in a uniform pattern over the globe (more at the poles than at mid-latitudes), but that hasn't happened. The Arctic temperature has increased but most of the antarctic has gotten colder. And the temperature has gone up in the Northern Hemisphere, but not in the Southern Hemisphere. The theory requires that water vapor in the atmosphere increase, but recent research (since the video was made) suggests that the atmospheric water vapor content hasn't changed. All what might be called "inconvenient truths."