Is it fuzzy math or just inept mendacity? Sometimes I wonder if the folks at Rasmussen sit around thinking up ways to create pointless poll questions and then manufacture the answers just so Fox News can misinterpret them.

The latest Rasmussen poll on global warming is another example of why sober people don't take Rasmussen (or its never-ending supply of GOP-friendly polling results) seriously. Headline from Rasmussen: "Americans Skeptical of Science Behind Global Warming!"

It's an interesting headline, considering there's nothing from Rasmussen's own polling results to back up the claim. That's right, there is nothing in this poll to suggest "Americans" are skeptical about global warming science, especially since a plurality of respondents already told Rasmussen that they think global warming remains "a very serous problem."

Rasmussen never even asked "Americans" if they were "skeptical of the science behind global warming." No joke.

The Rasmussen headline makes the loud claim that Americans do not believe the SCIENCE behind global warming. But Rasmussen never asked Americans what they thought about the SCIENCE behind global warming. Rasmussen says:

"Most Americans (52%) believe that there continues to be significant disagreement within the scientific community over global warming." No, they don't.

If Rasmussen really wanted to know if Americans think lots of scientists don't believe in global warming, why didn't they just ask that question?

But they are Rasmussen, so they ask an ambiguous and different question in what seems to be a purposefully vague manner.

More from Rasmussen: "Even as Obama and senior members of Congress are pushing major anti-global warming initiatives, Americans overwhelmingly believe they should focus on the economy instead. Seventy-one percent (71%) say the bigger priority for U.S. national leaders is stimulating the economy to create jobs. Only 15% say they should focus instead on stopping global warming to save the environment."

Right. And exactly which "Senior Members of Congress" announced that stopping global warming takes precedence over creating new jobs? That's right. None. So, of course Rasmussen makes up a fake poll on it.

UPDATE: The percentage of American who (according to Rasmussen's own polls) think global warming is "a very serious problem" hasn't decreased in the last 20 months. Rasmussen ignores that. Instead, it makes up a phony claim that Americans are skeptical about the science behind global warming. Of course, Rasmussen bases this Cheshire Cat conclusion on a question Rasmussen never even asked.