Is It Hot in Here, Or is It Just Me?

As we see how the science of global warming climate change was carried out, what with the data problems at the Climate Research Unit and all, you have to wonder how soon the pressure will break open the previously closed system, curtained off from real review, that had true believers double-checking the work of other true believers.

Can this religion survive the loss of the original data upon which any actual scientific review of their conclusions depends?

Can it survive the demolition of the very model itself as a Rube Goldberg contraption that looks more and more like something less solid than cold fusion?

Will we be able to conclude that the answer to the question of the global warmers about whether it is getting hot in here is "no, it's just you"?

It will be a while, even if the leaked emails and codes are as damning (and authentic) as they appear. For now, the global warmers just tell us to pay no attention to the Mann behind the curtain!

UPDATE: The global warmers are sweating a bit. The climate science isn't dead. It's just very quiet.