There's just too much good stuff going around this week around global warming and Al Gore, but perhaps the best quote of the week is from James Taranto from Thursday's Best of the Web, in the piece titled "The Color of Money:"

So, let's sum this up: Here we have a major American politician who is calling for policies that would impose huge costs on society but appears to be profiting handsomely himself; who is leading an extravagant lifestyle while demanding sacrifices from ordinary people; and who is calling on the media to suppress the views of those with whom he disagrees, while at the same time urging more government regulation in the name of "fairness" to his partisan and ideological allies.

Make no mistake - there is a segment of our society who greatly desire to silence all skepticism about global warming, and who would also love to see conservative talk radio silenced. While I think Taranto is right that this is inconsistent in terminology, it is quite consistent in that they simply want to silence their critics.

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