Hmm, I thought my semi-humorous, slightly self-deprecating tone here was obvious, sort of. Guess not.

Self-obsessed? Gosh, isn’t that a job requirement for a full-time blogger?

Gloating? What is there to gloat over — we’re headed toward 1000 ppm?

Grandstanding? “To perform ostentatiously so as to impress an audience.” I could have sworn that was on the job description too.

I’ll try to be meeker in the future despite the inevitable fall off in readership that will result.

Such is the advantage of not actually requiring multiple confirming sources for blog posts and, of course, the ability to put a question mark in the headline.

There’s plenty of evidence many newspaper reporters often don’t bother with “multiple confirming sources” – even “sources that aren’t obviously full of pig excrement”.

As for Steven Chu, this is an excellent choice. Climate will certainly be a priority for him, but the umbrella of the DOE covers more than energy, and he is someone seemingly capable of managing other goals and bringing in the right people to tackle them, which are the qualities you want for someone in that post. If a Czar is required that means we are resorting to draconian measures, and maybe we’ll need to, but for now as long as the Stephen Johnsons and Spencer Abrahams are gone, I am excited.

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 03/ argo-4900781s-letter-to-bickering.html

While Al Gore’s efforts to clean up the air and water should be applauded, his and other arguments on Global Warming seem rooted in information now appearing to be incorrect…….