Let's deal with the last issue first: funding.  Yes, the skeptics get funding.  The EPA only funds research that supports the AGW agenda; nothing for skeptics (this is taxpayer money we're talking about).  Obviously those who disagree with the agenda fund research that disproves the AGW conclusions.  You can't say men like Richard Lindzen, Roy Spencer, John Christy, William Gray, and hundreds of others aren't credible scientists simply because they disagree with you, and be serious.