Gore in the News - Weekend Edition, June 22-25, 2007

Today's quote . . .

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them - Albert Einstein

Today's talk . . .


http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/gores-...2007-06-22.html
Gore's 2000 team stays on the sidelines
Most members of Al Gore's inner political circle have not yet signed up with any presidential campaign, triggering speculation that the 2000 Democratic nominee will jump into the race for the White House later this year. But Gore's ex-aides and advisers say they do not think their former boss will enter the presidential fray.

http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2007/...tml?partner=rss
Gore's $100 million makeover
But what no one is talking about is that Gore has also become a stunningly successful businessman and entrepreneur, using the Petri dish of business to explore his deeply felt ideas about how the world works, doesn't work, and could work better. (In addition to being associated with two of the most successful technology companies in history, Google and Apple, he has also co-founded a cable network and an asset management company, both boasting radically new, and profitable, business models. They are becoming quiet forces in their respective fields.) And this, in many ways, has fueled his extraordinary comeback.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4580.html
Nader ponders run, calls Clinton 'coward'
Ralph Nader says he is seriously considering running for president in 2008 because he foresees another Tweedledum-Tweedledee election that offers little real choice to voters.

http://thegreenguy.typepad.com/thegreenguy...-al-gore-p.html
Video: Al Gore presents Ashden Award winners 2007
Renewable energy pioneers from Bangladesh, China, India, Laos and Tanzania win first prizes in the world's leading green energy awards.

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/20...oncert_canceled
Live Earth Turkey concert cancelled
The Istanbul, Turkey leg of Al Gore's upcoming Live Earth global spectacular has been canceled. Local media suggests the July 07 concert failed to attract sponsorship or promised financial support from the Turkish government.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articl...63_FORTUNE5.htm
Gore calls on ad industry to back sustainability agenda
In a speech to delegates at an advertising festival in Cannes, Gore urged advertising companies not to ally themselves with companies that didn't accept the "truth" of climate change. "I would urge all of you to advise your clients that companies that still are part of an effort to confuse the public about the risks of climate change are running a significant risk of damage to their brands," he said.

http://www.atlanticreview.org/archives/718...-Democracy.html
Juergen Habermas and Al Gore: Profit Driven Media Endangers Democracy
In the United States -- once the home of aggressive investigative reporting -- troubling signs have emerged at some of the nation's top newspapers.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/st...2107484,00.html
The melting ice man cometh
Now, on the eve of his Live Earth global concerts, climate change could put Al Gore back in the White House

Tonight's lite read . . .

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/...or%20change/191
The Demise of our First Amendment Rights – And How that Enables Rampant Militarism
While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors and powerful political supporters, he is morally timid – so much so that he seldom if ever says "no" to them on anything – no matter what the public interest might mandate. – Al Gore, explaining the many ways in which biased television news coverage has distorted Americans' view of reality

http://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/arc...orleans_v_i.php
New Orleans v.s. Iraq
What about the other surge, the one that swamped New Orleans in 2005 and left an already struggling city with poor health care and even feebler flood protection?

So Darth Nader is telling us that "Democrats have become, over the years, very good at electing very bad Republicans". :!:

Mr. Nader, have you looked in the mirror lately?