The Earth was warming before global warming was cool

In light of the Oscar love-fest for Al Gore, I thought I'd post this alternative viewpoint article:

"When Eric the Red led the Norwegian Vikings to Greenland in the late 900s, it was an ice-free farm country--grass for sheep and cattle, open water for fishing, a livable climate--so good a colony that by 1100 there were 3,000 people living there. Then came the Ice Age. By 1400, average temperatures had declined by 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, the glaciers had crushed southward across the farmlands and harbors, and the Vikings did not survive....."

http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pdupont/?id=110009693

Deron Williams puts up star numbers

http://gojazzgo.blogspot.com/2007/03/d-will-puts-up-star-numbers.html