Barack Obama took another swat at anthropogenic global warming skeptics during an address to environmentalists Wednesday as he tries (again) to pivot away from the Iraq kerfuffle and the various scandals plaguing his administration. “Folks will tell you climate change is a hoax or a fad or a plot – a liberal plot,” he alleged. “I’m not a doctor … but if a bunch of doctors tell me that tobacco can cause lung cancer, then I’ll say, ‘OK.’ It’s not that hard.” Weren’t a bunch of alarmists prescribing fixes for climate cooling just decades ago? For that matter, weren’t doctors just telling us that fat was bad? Well, not any more. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) once said, “In questions of science the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” No words are more pertinent today. Those who insists the “science is settled” are seeking to centralize power and control. Conservatives meanwhile believe in individual Liberty – so yes, Mr. Obama, this entire debate is “a liberal plot.” More…