So where does that leave us?
Another expert, Professor Don Easterbrook at Western Washington University's department of geology, said the federal money "ought to be spent carrying out real research on the climate."
So we should ask all climate scientists if their research is real, and the ones who say "no" should be sent packing?
Who gets to decide what's real and what's not?
Dr. Mitchell Taylor ... is calling for an independent body of experts - including critics of the global warming hypothesis - to sort through all the conflicting research.
I've been thinking the same thing for a long time, and a few years ago I would have thought it might work, too. But now all I'd expect from such an exercise is more yelling. Neither side's going to budge. It's trench warfare.