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Once upon a time there was an emperor whose only interest in life was to tax the people and increase the government's power. He kept changing his taxes based on phony theories so that people could give more money to him.

Once, two Climate Alarmists decided to teach him a lesson.
They told the emperor that they were very fine Scientists and could concoct a lovely new theory for him. It would be so shifty and fine that it would seem plausible. Only those who were stupid could not see it. The emperor was very excited and ordered the new Climate Alarmists to begin their work. He gave them many government grants paid for by the already overtaxed People.

One day, the king asked the prime minister to go and see how much work the two “Scientists” had done. He saw the two men moving data in the air but he could see no facts! He kept quiet for fear of being called stupid and ignorant. Instead, he praised the Man-made global warming theory and said it was marvelous.

Finally, the emperor’s new theory was ready. He could see no facts but he too did not want to appear stupid. He admired the AGW theory and thanked the Climate Alarmists. He was asked to parade down the street for all to see the new theory. The emperor paraded down the main street. The people could only see a naked scam but no one admitted it for fear of being thought stupid.

They foolishly praised the lack of logic and the colorful graphs. The emperor was very happy.

At last, a child cried out, “The emperor is full of baloney! And so is Al Gore”

Soon everyone in the media began to murmur the same thing and very soon all shouted, “The denier should not be allowed to speak the truth!” The child was never heard from again and put on a government watch list.

The emperor realized the truth but preferred to believe that his people were stupid.