Gore in the News

August 8, 2007

Today's talk . . .

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08dem.htm
USA Today/Gallup Poll - Aug. 3-5 - Democratic nomination
Gore essentially tied for second place with 18% to Obama's 19%.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20122975/site/newsweek/
The truth about denial
. . . outside Hollywood, Manhattan and other habitats of the chattering classes, the denial machine is running at full throttle—and continuing to shape both government policy and public opinion

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson...in_b_59628.html
Global warming denying machine goes mainstream
This story, read it here, is a major step forward in exposing this machine and in furthering the understanding we all need to have in how the right uses strategies first developed by the tobacco industry to promote its agenda.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/07/ap3995613.html
Gore: Polluters manipulate climate info
"There has been an organized campaign, financed to the tune of about $10 million a year from some of the largest carbon polluters, to create the impression that there is disagreement in the scientific community" about global warming, Gore said at a forum in Singapore. "In actuality, there is very little disagreement."

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1284.xml?Releas...a=;&strTime=120
Quinnipiac FL, OH and PA survey - July 30 - August 6
Gore holds on to third place in FL and PA

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=...93403512C645821
Gore says he may re-enter politics
Gore said he has "no plan" to run in the 2008 presidential election but aims to make the environment a focus of public discussion during the campaign.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin.../292866/1/.html
Former U.S. V.P Al Gore calls on P.M. Lee
Mr Gore, who is now an environmental crusader, is in Singapore for two days as a speaker at the Global Brand Forum.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_al...al_gore_in_.htm
Re-elect Al Gore in 2008
It's time to sense your moment and electrify the Democratic progressive base by throwing your hat in the ring and say ~ I'm ready to run for President and lead this country out of the mess the Cheney/Bush administration has created.

http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2007/8/7/14390/79515
Attack of the clones on Al Gore (okay, the Lady in Black scores one for this story)
Is Dennis Avery a legitimate skeptic, or a corporate shill? Well, considering these press releases always specifically target Al Gore and not address the facts he presents that represent an entire scientific community, one can only surmise that it is the latter and not the former.

http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2007/7/23/154818/456
Draft Gore 2008 suggested action steps
The draft Gore movement is a distributed campaign, which if each and every Gore supporter gets involved in, in her/his own way, and gets active by taking personal initiative, could build into a massively popular movement to draft Gore into a run. We could, among other things, spread the word, defend Gore from unfair and unfounded attacks, smears and spins, organize ballot placement drives, and work towards getting as many Gore delegates as we can to the Democratic convention in Denver next year. Here is a series of steps that I'd like to suggest to Gore and Gore'08 supporters . . .

http://www.mexidata.info/id1469.html
Mexican president, Al Gore meet on climate change
Mexican President Felipe Calderón expressed his admiration for Mr. Gore, his work and extraordinary leadership in raising awareness of the problem of climate change. President Calderón went on to say that, "I have told Mr. Al Gore that he can count on Mexico in this Alliance for Climate Protection, that my government is absolutely committed to the issue and that despite being an under-developed country . . . "

Today's related talk . . .

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-humes...on_b_59711.html
Belief addiction
Americans too often prefer pleasing beliefs, even false ones, over knowledge, and we cling to them not with the tenacity of a warrior, but with the sick obsession of an addict.

http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/08/08/don...ial-candidates/
Don't go there: Top 20 taboo topics for presidential candidates
I decided to put the most taboo topics at the top, rather than the most important ones. I believe this is an accurate reflection of the triviality of our political culture.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/58852/
Is California decision death knell for voting machines?
Saying California's touch-screen electronic voting machines can not prevent hackers or partisans who want to alter vote counts, Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced late Friday that she will remove thousands of the machines from use in California's new early 2008 presidential primary next Feb. 5. Southern California - from San Diego to Orange County to Los Angeles - will most seriously affected.