ABC News:Texas Gov. Rick Perry clung to his skepticism of climate change science in Wednesday's Republican presidential debate when he was asked if he believes man-made climate change is happening.
"The science is not settled on this. The idea that we would put Americans' economy at jeopardy based on scientific theory that's not settled yet to me is just nonsense," Perry said. "Just because you have a group of scientists who stood up and said here is the fact. Galileo got outvoted for a spell," he said.
It's perfect. It's got everything. It's got poor Rick Perry being victimized -- just like Galileo -- for scientific dissent. It lacks a single fact to back up the argument. And it displays economic flateartherism (developing new markets and new technologies would be bad for the economy? Really?). It's got a bass-ackward take on history worthy of Michele Bachmann (Galileo's case wasn't that of a hyper-religious know-nothing against scientists, it was a scientist against hyper-religious know-nothings like Perry). And it's a fine example of believing whatever in the hell you want to believe, inconvenient facts or logic be damned.
Here at home, where things are a little more stable, the only major skirmish right now is the Republican War on Math. If there's one thing that Americans can count on, it's that the GOP will remain unswayed by fact for quite some time. With the rise of the Tea Party on the right, we see an anti-fact movement taking hold of the party. From the raising of the flag at 
