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Gore Blasts Obama On Climate Change

11:10 am EST June 22nd, 2011 | Environment, Science | 15 Comments

He deserves it. The administration has again substituted timidity for common sense and boldness.

Former vice president and environmental advocate Al Gore sharply criticized President Obama’s “failed” approach to global warming Wednesday.

Gore was supportive of Obama’s action in the first six months of his administration, but the former Democratic presidential nominee said the administration has not made the case for action among the American people.

“President Obama has thus far failed to use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climate change,” Gore wrote in a “Rolling Stone” article published online. “After successfully passing his green stimulus package, he did nothing to defend it when Congress decimated its funding.”

“Without presidential leadership that focuses intensely on making the public aware of the reality we face, nothing will change,” Gore added.

Topic: Al Gore, Climate Change, Global Warming, President Obama

2000-2009 Is Hottest Decade

4:17 am EST December 9th, 2009 | News | 11 Comments

The World, Maybe We Should Protect It. We Don't Have Another.

Scientists, yes scientists and not a bunch of pundits in lockstep/paid by the oil industry, have reported that our current decade is the hottest ever since we’ve recorded such things. And here’s the deal: Let’s assume global warming is a myth designed by Al Gore and a bunch of test tube toting scientists to make them rich (how exactly nobody knows but James Inhofe and Matt Drudge need some kind of boogeyman), the worst that could happen is that the world becomes more ecofriendly and the planet becomes a cleaner, better place to live.

I’m the furthest you’ll get from a stereotypical liberal tree hugger and I can’t quite see the downside to this. “Oh no, clean water in the Chesapeake” doesn’t exactly keep me up at night in cold sweats.

Topic: Al Gore, CEI, Copenhagen Conference, Global Warming, Science, Top

Bush vs. Clinton

7:54 pm EST November 2nd, 2008 | News | 3 Comments

John McCain has excluded President Bush from his campaign to a far more extensive degree than Al Gore with Bill Clinton. And yet, the ironic thing is Clinton would have helped Gore win – and Florida wouldn’t have been stolen.

Topic: Al Gore, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, John McCain

ABC’s Big Oil Protection Racket

5:29 pm EST October 10th, 2008 | Media | 1 Comment

ABC is refusing to run an ad from Al Gore’s “We” campaign that’s pretty innocuous when you compare it to the swill they run from the oil industry 24/7.

Topic: Al Gore, Global Warming

How Dumb Is Newsbusters?

10:53 pm EST July 23rd, 2008 | News | 8 Comments

Nancy Pelosi gives (deserved) credit to Al Gore for how the modern Internet developed at Netroots Nation, and Newsbusters explodes with the dumb.

See, Al Gore didn’t invent the Internet and he is NOT responsible for any of the technology that is connected with it. Not a single line of code did he write, not one piece of hardware was created by the former VP and current global warming snake oil salesman.

Neither Gore nor Pelosi have ever claimed Gore spent late nights pounding out code, but Al Gore was instrumental to the network that evolved into today’s Internet.

Tech pioneer Vint Cerf (bio), regarded by many as the “father of the Internet”:

There are many factors that have contributed to the Internet’s rapid growth since the later 1980s, not the least of which has been political support for its privatization and continued support for research in advanced networking technology. No one in public life has been more intellectually engaged in helping to create the climate for a thriving Internet than the Vice President. Gore has been a clear champion of this effort, both in the councils of government and with the public at large.

The Vice President deserves credit for his early recognition of the value of high speed computing and communication and for his long-term and consistent articulation of the potential value of the Internet to American citizens and industry and, indeed, to the rest of the world.

Topic: Al Gore

Goracle

2:54 pm EST June 16th, 2008 | News | 36 Comments

At the point where it means nothing as far as the nomination, Al Gore will endorse Sen. Obama. As a Gore fan, I wish he had done it a long time ago when it could have helped, but either way its good to have him officially on board.

Topic: Al Gore, President Obama

Gore/Turner 2000

5:52 pm EST May 13th, 2008 | News | 7 Comments

On CNN, Donna Brazille just joked that when Al Gore came to her about vice presidential running mates her first thought was Tina Turner. Seriously though, this would have been a much better choice than Joe Lieberman. Turner is world famous personality with cross-generational appeal. And she would have, even at her age, been the most attractive veep we would ever have. Oh, what could have been.

tina turner

Topic: Al Gore, Humor

How Conservatives Lie: Glenn Beck Edition

1:59 pm EST April 4th, 2008 | News | 2 Comments

Glenn Beck has been trying to make a name for himself via books and his CNN show in bringing some kind of counter to Al Gore’s global warming advocacy. The problem is Gore is working with science and facts and Beck is using the tools conservatives always use: horse manure.

From a story Beck has written on CNN.com:

Perhaps most comically, Gore is seen dragging an entire film crew on a jet to India to give a climate presentation to about 100 people. Gore claimed: “We just don’t have any choice. I wish I knew a better way to do it. I constantly ask myself, ‘How can I be more effective in getting this message across?’ ” The most effective thing you can think of is flying halfway across the world to speak with 100 people?

Except Beck twisted the story. From 60 Minutes:

For now he takes his slideshow on the road. 60 Minutes went with Gore to India.

“It’s going to be so hard, so gigantically difficult to solve this problem. And expensive, no?” Stahl asked.

“It’s much more expensive not to solve it,” Gore said.

India is the world’s fourth biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, and in New Delhi Gore was teaching 100 people how to give his slideshow and spread the word.

“You’re giving talks to a hundred people. There are over a billion people in India. I mean, how do you expect to really have any kind of impact?” Stahl asked.

“This is the beginning. And then they will train others. And I will be training others,” Gore said.

Topic: Al Gore, CNN, Glenn Beck, Global Warming

Al Gore Supports Gay Marriage

2:42 pm EST January 23rd, 2008 | News | 48 Comments

Goracle!

Topic: Al Gore

"So, How’s Tipper?" "She’s Great. I Heard Jenna’s Getting Married." "Yep."

2:10 am EST November 17th, 2007 | News | Comments Off

Awkward doesn’t begin to describe this.

The White House today announced that President Bush will host former Vice President Al Gore in the Oval Office on Nov. 26. Should be an interesting reunion of a couple of buddies from the 2000 presidential campaign and its historic aftermath.

It won’t be a one-on-one. Gore got the invitation because Bush is hosting this year’s U.S. winners of Nobel Prizes. Gore got the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming. Several other 2007 Nobel winners also will be on hand.

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Topic: Al Gore