paso, I am not an idiot. If you go back to 1950 and look at the trend, it is clearly up. I would never deny that, nor have i denied that. The pause is the past 17 years. Take a look at your graph and you will see that it is there.
You know, the anger and more bombastic you get, the more you look insecure in your position. At this point, you are looking very insecure indeed. There are now scientific articles coming out attempting to explain the pause from those on your side, so to put quotes around it, while perhaps cute, doesn't keep it from being verifiable scientific fact. It is simply the case that we have not warmed for between 12-17 years. This isn't my claim, this isn't Watts' claim, this is an empirical fact. The sooner you will admit this and argue as to why it does not matter, the sooner you will make a compelling argument. At this point, you seem highly unscientific and very ideological. why is that?