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No, not about Manbearpig, the famous mythical creature said to be half man, half bear, and another half pig created on Southpark in a spoof of Al Gore. Rather, there are reports that Congress will or is looking into the email hack that has become popularly referred to as climategate:
Climategate scientists are under congressional investigation in the wake of information gleaned from e-mails pirated from a global-warming research center in England. ... Senator David Vitter (R-La.) is another outspoken critic of AGW research and its effect on cap-and-trade legislation. Vitter's legislative staffer for environmental issues, Bryan Zumwalt, reportedly sent an e-mail on November 23 in which he called Climategate "the greatest act of scientific fraud in history."
As long as we're talking scandal and attacking people's motives and ethics, it should be noted that that's the same family-values, married David Vitter who was busted frequenting a ring of high priced call girls where it's rumored he liked to be dressed in an adult diaper as part of his sexual escapades. And no doubt Hezbollah and Al Qaeda are cheering on the climate skeptics and praying to Allah that Americans keep that stream of fossil fuel dollars flowing through Saudi Arabia and Tehran into their terrorist checking accounts for decades to come.
As long as we're having fun here, this one of the funniest emails I've read in weeks. It's referring to the swift-boat attacks now in play on climate scientists:
Since you're BFF with that liar Michel Mann [sp?], why don't you explain to him there's this thing called water vapor. Maybe he can take that into account the next time he try to scare everyone.
OK, no problem, I told my buddy Dr. Michael Mann about 'this thing' called water vapor. Based on his reaction, which sounded something like hysterical laughter, I'm pretty sure he already knew about it. But as long as I was visiting the wingnut zone, I also called the head of geology at Exxon-Mobil and explained about this thing called a drill. Maybe they can use one the next time they're looking for oil.
Anyway, back to the purported investigation, I'm unable to confirm if there's an official congressional investigation in the works or not. Personally, I hope there is, I'd like to see the record set straight. But right now it looks more like a bunch of anti-science extremists who think the earth is 6000 years old being whipped into a spittle flecked fury by cynical politicians and media celebrities looking to make political hay out of the situation. That's not to say Cap-n-Trade is an effective solution. Something is usually better than nothing. But as noted climatologist James Hansen says in the preface of his new book, Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About the Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity : "Politicians think that if matters look complicated, compromise is a good approach. Unfortunately, nature and the laws of physics cannot compromise -- they are what they are." It'd be nice if someone could pry Obama away from Axelrod and Rahm for a few minutes and mention that inconvenient truth to him.
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