watching "climategate" swirl around I keep asking myself what these people are thinking. here is a typical denialist screed:

The project is all about wealth transfer and pan-global re-alignment of spheres of influence, not climate. These ingrates managed to dumb down the population enough to pull the wool over their collective eyes and now they drag this complacent and debt laden society to the very brink of coolapse.

via blackkettle.wordpress.com\

Let me try to connect the dots. Thousands of over-educated underpaid climate scientists are part of a massive global conspiracy!! to take over the world through faked data, academic infighting, and powerpoint presentations.  Honestly, what would be the motivation for all of these scientists to abandon their professional integrity to take on super-rich business interests and the religious right?  What's the payoff? Free doughnuts in the lunchroom? 

Similar to the evolution / holocaust / vaccine denial mobs (with a fair degree of overlap) the climate change deniers, by virtue of financial interest or religious zeal (or both), fly in the face of overwhelming evidence with an arsenal of fake experts, out-of-context quote mining, bad faith arguments, and outright lies. You really must have a head full of nonsense to buy this stuff.