Do you really believe that Al Gore has paid off thousands of scientists around the world in support of his belief on global warming?

How about the way that Bush has muzzled his own scientists. NASA scientists are no longer allowed to speak with the media without having a press officer present. Hell, even your own Senator, John McCain introduced legislation to impose mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions only to have it killed by the Bush administration.
I don't believe it's probably as doom and gloom as some would have us believe, but I think it's a tragedy that the current administration is basically blowing it off as non-important.