Ed notes my prior exposé, excerpted from Red Hot Lies which I was writing at the time, of the “stagecraft” that went into Gore’s orchestrated kickoff for his panic over (and later industry in promoting) “global warming.” Then, they called the weather bureau for the likely hottest day and knee-capped the A/C to get those shots of a sweaty alarmist (Hansen) for the media. Because that hot day was meaningful.

Then there’s today. Chairman John Kerry joins Grist in the hand-wringing:

I speak for everyone on this committee when i tell you how much we appreciate your being here today Mr. Vice President and particularly on day in what passes down here as tough winter weather. To the naysayers and the deniers out there, let me make it clear that a little snow in Washington does nothing to diminish the reality of the crisis we face.

Funny, that 180 we’ve now pulled with Mr. Gore and his global warming hearings, now, isn’t it?

So, as they prepare to escalate their hype this summer in the run-up to a (threatened, but not likely) vote to impose cap-and-trade rationing, and then to agree to Kyoto II, let me make it clear that a little warm weather in Washington does nothing to exaggerate the reality of the crisis we face. Remember that.