[vaalmerruutel]

Sorry Sparv it is NOT fact. Actually, global warming is very much a fact. There is a wealth of evidence supporting the fact that, not only is the temperature of our climate rising, it is rising very quickly. However, the cause of global warming is still very much in doubt (Al Gore's wisdom not withstanding! ). In fact, I read a very interesting theory with a large amount of supporting data just a couple of weeks ago. It ties our current global warming trend to decreased overall activity of the sun, which causes there to be much less cloud cover in the atmosphere. Needless to say that scientist is not very popular at the moment, despite having very good supporting evidence.
Let's say that's a very well supported theory. But no more well supported than several other theories. However, the "man-made" global warming theory is very popular since it resonates with the ordinary person, something that science rarely does. This causes it to be popular with the politicians also, since anything that allows them to stir up the people is good in their eyes.

Texas was always marginal on the sanity side though wasn't it? What exactly do you mean by "was"? We aren't dead you know.