Climategate - Bring On The Popcorn

I haven't read enough, yet, to fully understand Climategate. But, I know I'm going to enjoy watching as the scandal enfolds. This morning I've been shirking my household responsibilities to revel in it.

Here are a couple comments from an Althouse column this morning on how newpaper commenters are bringing the editorialists up to speed on the scandal:

From Traditionalguy:
The story of how easy it was to yell Warming in a crowded theater while dressed up as Scientists, and watch the lemmings self destruct, needs to be told over and over everywhere. The Authority that Science and especially medical science has accumulated is being rented out to the Gang in power at the UN and in the gang in power in DC. We want that authority back now, and we will not allow it to be rented out or stolen again. That is the news story that needs to be told.

The Commenter John posts a recurring theme:
Has anyone else noticed the palpable sadness among the more honest global warming advocates? You would think that the possibility of AGW not being true would make any reasonable person happy. Hurrah, it is wrong. We don't need to radically change our lifestyles and energy use. Not so with the advocates. They seem geniunly distrubed at the prospect of people being able to go on with life how it is currently lived.They really are just modern day killjoy puritans who have replaced God with the State and Gia.

Good point. Shouldn't everyone be happy that we aren't destroying the world?

But, of course, as commenter hawkeydjb states, the goal has always been control over human behavior:
There may or may not be solid scientific evidence for (or against) anthropogenic warming, but it's a meaningless debate. The fight against global warming is a means to an end: greater control over human behavior. It wouldn't matter a bit if the whole concept of global warming were discredited, the end will remain and another means will be sought

The guys at Hillbuzz are always looking at how every situation will impact the 2010 and 2012 elections. They feel this is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate to the not-politically-interested how the mainstream media manipulates the news for their own agendas. If that attitude can be enforced, the general public will be more likely to admit they made a mistake in voting for Obama, because they can blame the MSM.

Ahh, this is going to be fun. Bring on the popcorn, indeed.