I honestly appreciate you getting back to me on my question. The problem is I didn't make the question clear. The data I was referring to is the chart that Al Gore shows on the screen in his movie--the chart that shows the relationship between CO2 in the atmosphere and temperature rise over a long stretch of history. It's the part where he jokes something like, "think there's any connection?" because there obviously is. My point is that if you actually look at that chart closely, CO2 rises are CONSISTENTLY 700 years behind temperature rises. Throughout history, and before. In other words, the very chart he shows would seem to suggest (unless there's another plausible interpretation of the data, to which I'm all ears) that warmer temperatures CAUSE a rise in CO2.

Below is someone's response to the dilemma and I think it is immediately deeply flawed. He says that the lag shows that CO2 doesn't cause the beginning of warming but causes the middle and end of warming. To that I simply say he needs to consult his dictionary, and look up the word "cause." Cause happens at the beginning. A cause doesn't kick in once change is underway:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=13
So, perhaps you have a better explanation. Thanks again.