Al Gore: It’s morality, stupid.
February 26th, 2007 at 3:36 pm . by nuke
Last night’s coronation of The Goracle was truly wonderful theater. It had everything: glitz, glamor, beautiful people, song and dance, and the man of the hour, The Goracle, himself, making the claim that “This [global warming] isn’t a political issue, it’s a Moral Issue.”
To many people, this entire issue appears to be nothing but a political power grab. So, for Gore to try and re-frame global warming as a “moral issue” is interesting. These neo-moralists™ are the very same people who claim that Christians are trying to force morality down their throats to establish a THEOCRACY. Yet, here they are, applauding The Goracle for staking out a claim on the “moral issue” of our lifetime. An issue, that to accept in toto, requires more faith than science.
And, just in case he’s forgotten, since Al Gore was offered the opportunity (in person) to facilitate serious debate on the underlying science of global climate change, 1 year, 1 month, 3 weeks, 1 day, 8 hours, 43 minutes, and 34 seconds have elapsed.
I for one, don’t buy into The Goracle’s version of morality. Forgive me, but I’ve heard all the weasel words before. Furthermore, I am extremely suspicious of anyone who wants to shut down the debate by claiming that the debate is over before it has even truly begun. Especially, since The Goracle himself, declared that his entire premise for global warming hysteria is based on a classic Gore trait – exaggeration.
In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to any discussion of solutions. Nobody is interested in solutions if they don’t think there’s a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous (global warming) is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis. source
I thought about his over-representation of factual presentations as he walked to the stage, the announcer intoning (I paraphrase) “The film crew had to evacuate from New Orleans on the day before Katrina struck. An event which brought home the seriousness of global warming……”
Oh, really?
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Other good reads:
The Chattanoogan ,The TN Center for Policy Research ,Doug Ross: A donation has been made in your name,
Travis Johnson: Jesus, Mary, and their son, TraderRob: A real inconvenient truth, Brussels Journal: Global Warming is a myth, Hot Air: Inconvenient Al’s mansion consumes 20x more energy than average household, Fire and Ice,
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 2/27/2007 9:32:33 PM
Shows how much YOU know. I do not have nasty disgusting habits like smoking.
/There might be a piece of chocolate wedged down in that keyboard, though.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 2/27/2007 9:36:47 PM
Daughter called me tonight to tell me that her misguided husband had told her that pudding is supposed to be chilled and eaten cold, if I could imagine that. I told her it was. She said “But….we always ate it warm!” I told her that was because she and her brother would not wait for it to get cold when they were little but wanted it NOW, so hot pudding it was.
Comment posted by Mick
at 2/27/2007 9:38:41 PM
It has been in the high 70s hear down Houston way, light breeze. It’s a bit to harsh for me up in Dallas.
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 2/27/2007 9:39:16 PM
Henh…except for the cig, I’ll bet it’s a reasonable facsimile.
Yeah, we never could wait for it to cool either. We would wait long enough for it to set up a little, and not burn our tongues. Hmmm…butterscotch, and yummm…tapioca.
Comment posted by no2liberals
at 2/27/2007 9:41:07 PM
Same here, Mich, 70’s and 80’s. I like the weather here, and I’ve lived in Houston several times, and liked it there too. In fact, as long as I don’t have to own a snow shovel or tire chains, I like wherever that is just fine.
Comment posted by SwampWoman
at 2/27/2007 9:45:16 PM
Oh, dang. I need to check to see how low the temp is gonna go. Something snatched a mother hen and left 4 of her babies; they were out seeking shelter under some leaves where mama used to cover them at night. I was too slow to catch them, though, so I had planned on waiting until they were slowed down from the cold before I tried again.
Comment posted by Mick
at 2/28/2007 7:20:03 AM
Yes. I lived in Dallas for three years. Pretty nice weather all around. WIndy sometimes.
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at 2/28/2007 9:46:48 AM
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Comment posted by no2liberals
at 2/28/2007 9:25:32 PM
Oh this definitely belongs here. We can’t be distracted by their changing the terms. First it was all about the science, and now it’s the morality.
I say it’s still about the science, and so does this guy.
Comment posted by nuke
at 2/28/2007 9:30:28 PM
so does this guy
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