From an interview with the President of the Czech Republic:
IPCC has released its report and you say that the global warming is a false myth. How did you get this idea, Mr President?•
A: It's not my idea. Global warming is a false myth and every serious person and scientist says so. It is not fair to refer to the U.N. panel. IPCC is not a scientific institution: it's a political body, a sort of non-government organization of green flavor. It's neither a forum of neutral scientists nor a balanced group of scientists. These people are politicized scientists who arrive there with a one-sided opinion and a one-sided assignment. Also, it's an undignified slapstick that people don't wait for the full report in May 2007 but instead respond, in such a serious way, to the summary for policymakers where all the "but's" are scratched, removed, and replaced by oversimplified theses.• This is clearly such an incredible failure of so many people, from journalists to politicians. If the European Commission is instantly going to buy such a trick, we have another very good reason to think that the countries themselves, not the Commission, should be deciding about similar issues.•
That was an excellent response by the Czech President, and I would dearly love to hear a similar response from any leader over here, be it the presdient, a Senator or Congressman.
That right there completely discredits him. No serious person denies that the globe is warming. Thermometers don't lie, and the measurements show a persistent warming trend. Some reputable scientists are skeptical as to whether human activity is responsible for that warming, but most aren't.