My favorite part of this whole thing was when the Republicans hired their own climate scientist to testify in front of Congress. Professor Richard Muller examined the data that had been taken by the same scientists for years and even put a team together to collect their own data. Much to his surprise, his team's results mirrored that of the so-called "Climategate" scientists. In live testimony to Congress and in front of a bunch of Republican congressmen, he proclaimed that the climate data is indeed accurate and man made global warming is real. He stated that although many errors were made in the collection, the data does indicate that man made causes are causing global warming. The Republicans were in an uproar; the very man they hired to prove their claims completely refuted it. It was an instant classic.