I know some members have mentioned AL GORE to appear on 60 Minutes this Sunday, but thought I would start a thread of it's own so it's not missed.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/27/...in3974389.shtml

Gore's Message To Climate Change Skeptics

Tells 60 Minutes That Doubting Global Warming Is Manmade Is Akin To Believing Earth Is Flat

March 27, 2008

(CBS) Self-avowed "P.R. agent for the planet" Al Gore says those who still doubt that global warming is caused by man - among them, Vice President Dick Cheney - are acting like the fringe groups who think the 1969 moon landing never really happened, or who once believed the world is flat.

The former vice president and former presidential candidate talks to 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl in an interview to be broadcast this Sunday, March 30, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Confronted by Stahl with the fact some prominent people, including the nation’s vice president, are not convinced that global warming is manmade, Gore responds: "You're talking about Dick Cheney. I think that those people are in such a tiny, tiny minority now with their point of view, they’re almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the world is flat,” says Gore. "That demeans them a little bit, but it's not that far off," he tells Stahl.

Gore’s campaign to make the world more aware of man’s role in global warming won him the Nobel Peace Prize last year. He donated the $750,000 prize money to The Alliance for Climate Protection, the non-profit he started to help him on his quest. He and his wife, Tipper, tell Stahl they not only matched the Nobel money with their own, but they are also donating to the organization the significant profits from his book and Oscar-winning documentary film about global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth." The funds will help The Alliance for Climate Protection execute a new $300 million ad campaign on global warming set to start next week.

Some of the ads will feature unlikely alliances to drive home the message that people of all stripes are concerned about global warming. These include the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Pat Robertson, Toby Keith and the Dixie Chicks, and Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich.

Stahl also visits the Gore's Nashville home, recently refitted with touches that include roof solar panels that make it more environmentally friendly. She asks him his feelings on the Supreme Court ruling that handed his opponent, George W. Bush, the electoral votes of Florida and the presidency.

Stahl also asks Gore, an uncommitted superdelegate of the Democratic Party, who he supports for his party’s nomination.

Thanks for posting this, AGIML. ;)

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tim, you obviously have not done your homework - so I would be embarassed if I were YOU. Thank God I'm not. We don't need some two bit troll like you (who probably owns stock in oil and gas) to tell us we should be embarassed when we know what we're talking about - so hit the road Jack!! :angry:

The two-bit troll is history . . . :banned:

Thank you, Earthmother. I got a little carried away there but I don't appreciate trolls coming here and putting our members down. :bad:

Don't worry about it. I've lost my patience with them as well.

Glad I missed that one, had to deal with enough idiots this week, elsewhere. :angry:

You know, I have just been thinking in the last week or so how many really nasty attacks on the net I've been on the receiving end of lately and how many more I've read in shock and horror without being the recipient of. I can't decide if people on the net are getting meaner, nastier and more attack-prone, or if it is simply that I've been such an obsessed Google newshound lately (as in, for many long months now *lol*), reading every article I can get my hands on about the the FL & MI delegates in particular, and so therefore, whenever I add a comment to an article, I get attacked from all corners during this very divisive and bitter primary season. But anyway, it isn't just you, and I'm so glad you posted that because now I know it isn't just me, either. I mean, the attacks are like nothing I've ever experienced, even on the net, which is saying something!

It's like "duck and cover", man!

Whoa. :wacko:

As for Al Gore on "60 Minutes" last night, I thought it was a good piece, it really allowed his integrity and greatness to shine through, and most importantly, it got the word out yet again (you can never get the word out too often on this) on global climate change.

I loved when Leslie Stahl pointed out that turning around global climate change is "expensive", and Gore's thoughtful response was, well, the alternative is more expensive.

God, I love him. In this day and age of an overabundance of politiicans and a derth of true leaders, he just clearly is in a league of his own. Always respectful, diplomatic and civil in tone, he consistently demonstrates that you can be all those things while simultaneously being passionate, relentless and clear in making your point. He is a teacher, a do-er and a leader, at a time and on an issue that profoundly call for all those things.

Go, Gore!!!

I know what you mean, I get here once in awhile, I really get it on a sports site I visit. Well I give as good as I get. :D

And yes I think people are getting meaner and nastier, heck I see that in everyday life. :angry:

As for AL GORE on 60 Minutes...awesome interview. What intelligence and integrity this man has. I just love listening to him. He's amazing and I still feel we need more than ever AL GORE as our president.