...or some facsimile thereof, each and every one of you have my permission to smack me upside the head.

I agree with you, Tom, about the tendency by some to treat reality as if it were putty in their hands. In my own defense, I don't think that's what I'm doing, at least in this particular case. The preponderance of evidence yadda yadda yadda, you know the argument. Personally I think it holds water, though I acknowledge--and so does the IPCC, if one permits them to--that while said evidence might stongly suggest, it doesn't conclude.

And I think Bowser makes a good point when he says that while Gore's film may perhaps be occasionally overzealous in drawing a conclusion, it's not really all that surprising given the sweeping landscape it deals with...and on balance, the argument is still highly compelling.