Global warming dogma ensconced in federal, state gov't

Veteran weatherman and weather researcher John Coleman has been a vocal skeptic of global warming since 2007 when he publicly described it as "a fictional, manufactured crisis, and a total scam." He reportedly gave a speech before the San Diego Chamber of Commerce in 2008 blaming the "global warming scam" and environmentalist lobby, for rising gas and food prices, as well as "a threat to our economy and our civilization."

He recently published an article (recent news to me) entitled "The Amazing Story Behind the Global Warming Scam" (KUSI News, San Diego), in which he promotes his ideas that many scientists and politicians have been embroiled in what amounts to scam based on incomplete science and a political motive for a world government. Coleman traces the roots of the global warming movement to the claims of scientist Roger Revelle, reportedly "an early mentor of Al Gore," whose objective was seeking increased funding for the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.

The key players are now all in place in Washington and in state governments across America to officially label carbon dioxide as a pollutant and enact laws that tax we citizens for our carbon footprints. Only two details stand in the way, the faltering economic times and a dramatic turn toward a colder climate. The last two bitter winters have led to a rise in public awareness that there is no runaway global warming. The public is now becoming skeptical of the claim that our carbon footprints from the use of fossil fuels is going to lead to climatic calamities.

And the irrepressible Al Gore was feted in Hollywood as a rock star for his lucrative 100-minute slide show that should have been called "A Convenient Fraud" and voted a Nobel Laureate? Over this truly exceptional woman?