Gore in the News 5/30/07
Today's talk . . .http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Olbermann_ho...lt_on_0529.htmlOlbermann hosts Al Gore on the abuses of 'mass media persuasion'MSNBC'c Countdown video and transcript 5/29/07
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/29/gore-w...-have-voted-no/Gore would have voted 'no'Al Gore tells ABC News that if he were still in the United States Senate, he would have voted 'no' on a war funding bill
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/23277Polls show voters concerned over candidates' faultsThe survey finds almost every major candidate has a significant fault or political deficit they must overcome. "This is a very different field of candidates, a more wounded field than usual. That's going to make for a very interesting race," concluded Morgan Felchner, editor of Campaigns and Elections magazine.
http://www.headingleft.com/2007/05/29/repu...ied-of-al-gore/Republicans are terrified of GoreIf the level of criticism directed at him by David Brooks and others is any indication, they most certainly are.
... here's an example -http://iraqwarit.blogspot.com/2007/05/broo...ts-assault.htmlThe Vulcan Utopia" ... Al Gore's "The Assault on Reason" is well worth reading. It reminds us that whatever the effects of our homogenizing mass culture, it is still possible for exceedingly strange individuals to rise to the top."
Action Item: Respond to this column at managing-editor@nytimes.com
... and a related article -http://www.huffingtonpost.com/benjamin-r-b...ir_b_49867.htmlDavid Brooks (Captain Kirk?) vs. Al Gore (Mr. Spock?) -- Score One for Gore !For those many Americans hoping Al Gore may bring his green and growing statesmanship back to the Democratic Party and compete to become the Democratic nominee for the Presidency, check out Tuesday's New York Times op-ed page to see how Republicans are likely to go after him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSkODvCdx0...related&search=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N5qVoJULjQ&NR=1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFMa39dBT9UAl Gore speaking at the Wilshire Theater in Beverly Hills - Video clips from May 22 talk and book signing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFemivJMQsg...related&search=Al Gore speaking at the Marin Civic Center - Video from May 23 talk and book signing
http://www.tenerifenews.com/cms/front_cont...at=8&idart=6048Gore to preach his message in the CanariesClimate change man of the moment, former US vice-president Al Gore, has announced he will be heading up a three day climate change summit in Fuerteventura in September.
Today's Gore resources . . .http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/gore/gore092302sp.htmlIraq and the war on terrorism by Al Gore - September 23, 2002
"I am deeply concerned that the policy we are presently following with respect to Iraq has the potential to seriously damage our ability to win the war against terrorism and to weaken our ability to lead the world in this new century."
Today's related topics . . .http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-...0,2888366.storyTime to tax carbonThe world is under a deadline. Some scientists believe that once atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have doubled from the pre-industrial level, which may happen by mid-century if no action is taken, the damage may be irreversible.
http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=3718Nuclear greenwashingNuclear greenwashing: Global warming has suddenly put nukes back on the agenda — but there's a lot the industry isn't telling you.
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/29/coal-warming/Prodded By Industry Lobbying, Self-Proclaimed Global Warming Opponents Now Pushing CoalProdded by "intense lobbying from the coal industry," lawmakers from coal states are proposing that taxpayers spend billions of dollars to subsidize the coal industry's production of liquid diesel fuel. This is a dangerously backwards idea. Coal-to-liquid fuels "produce almost twice the volume of greenhouse gases as ordinary diesel," and the production process of such fuels "creates almost a ton of carbon dioxide for every barrel of liquid fuel."