Doug, you will be delighted to know that I now think (after recent investigations on the Net) that Al Gore's global warming shtick is not correct at all. I think it's disinformation. There is some global warming occurring, yes, but I don't think it's occurring for the reasons that Al Gore has stated. I think it's occurring due to the cyclical activities of the Sun, therefore it's not humanly caused and we can't do dick-all about it. It's a cyclical thing that has happened before many times and it will pass when the Sun's activities moderate...as has also happened many times before.

To say the above is, of course, utter heresy in a liberal milieu!!! So I can expect some horrified comments from my worthy brothers and sisters here, but I don't give a tiddly about that. ;-)

Now, the weather here. It has improved slightly. Today we're at about 50 degress F. Still unseasonably cold out there but not as bad as the last few days.