Here are the authors' professional affiliations.  They seem like a competent group:

Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, Australia
Skeptical Science, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
School of Psychology, U. of Western Australia, Australia
Tetra Tech, Incorporated, McClellan, CA, USA
Department of Chemistry, Michigan Technological U., USA
Department of Meteorology, U. of Reading, UK
Department of Geography, Memorial U. of Newfoundland, Canada
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason., USA
Salt Spring Consulting Ltd, Salt Spring Island, Canada

Sure beats the data Friedman presents (e.g., an anonymous guy who posted a comment to his blog?  huh?  That's data?).

You say some "scientists.....were not accurately characterized."  Where are the data?  You are repeating someone else's talk line.    

You also ignored the link to the other very large-scale studies that supported Cook.  Why?

You might want to quit while you are behind.  :0)