Right wing attorneys general, egged on by the teabaggers, have filed suit against the health insurance reform bill, and Cooch in Virginia has begun an investigation of climate change research conducted in the recent past at Virginia Universities, looking for 'fraud'. The Maine TEA Party/GOP 'platform', openly labels climate change a hoax, and demands prosecution of conspirators.
Will a US based climate scientist face charges in the near future, especially if either the House or Senate becomes majority Republican? The conservatives want to impeach President Obama, for what is unspecified. Will climate science face charges, for defying conservative orthodoxy/dogma? Will the well compensated liars among the 'scientists' perjure themselves to please their paymasters in the Oil/Coal/Gas denial combine? Facing a near 'kangaroo court' with a room temperature IQ, tea flavored jury, and with Rush and Glen baying for blood, would any of them stand a chance of a fair trial? The whole idea is not only possible, but even probable, if the Republicans gain a majority in either legislative branch. I could easily imagine a McCarthy style Senate committee investigation with questions like "Do you, or have you ever promoted the idea of global warming?" The idea is making me sick.