Here's a fun little news story, from NPR, on Republican congressmen furiously working to stick their heads in the sand in regards to global warming.

Politics of Global Warming Heat Up Congressional Hearing, by Richard Harris

Morning Edition, NPR, July 20, 2006 · A congressional committee took up the hot topic of global climate change Wednesday, focusing on an eight-year-old study suggesting that the world is warmer now than it's been in a thousand years. Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX) used the hearing to question the study and the debate over global warming.