by Frank James
Former Vice President Al Gore stayed on message during an interview this morning with Meredith Vieira on the Today Show.
He wanted to talk about global warming and the televised Live Earth concerts this weekend to dramatize the problem that has become his signature issue. And he wasn't going to allow Viera to pull him too deeply onto sexier topics, as defined by journalists.
Like his son's arrest over the July 4 holiday for allegedly speeding and possessing pharmaceuticals, including pain killers and stimulants, without a prescription. Or the Democratic presidential field.
When Vieira started off the interview by asking Gore about his son Al Gore 3's situation, all he would say was:
Well, we're dealing with it as a private family matter, Meredith. And we love him very much, and we're glad that he's safe and that he's getting treatment. And we're going to leave it as a private matter.
That was it. Gore is scheduled to be on the Larry King show on CNN this evening and it will be interesting to see if he goes any further in talking about his son than he did with Vieira, especially under King's withering interviewing style. (Yes, that's sarcasm.)
He probably won't though since, not only is it a private family matter but it's a criminal legal matter and most good defense lawyer would likely urge the Gore family at this point to say little to nothing.
When Vieira tried to get him to engage on the Democratic presidential race, asking if he was ready to endorse a candidate, he said:
No. No, it's 500 days off. And if I do my job right, then all of them will make this their top issue. None of them have yet. Some of them have made good, positive statements. But it's still treated as a side issue. And I will predict for you that within the next 500 days, this issue will be the number one issue on the agenda. That's what I'm trying to do.
Vieira pressed Gore on whether he planned to run again. The former voice president repeated his oft-stated position that he doesn't plan to run again. He didn't say never but he did say "ever," which came about as close as he could without making an ironclad statement.
MS. VIEIRA: At the risk of beating a dead horse -- or donkey, I guess, in this case -- no intentions to run at this point? Have you definitely ruled it out? And, if not, at what point will you make a decision?
MR. GORE: Well, I don't expect to be a candidate again ever.
MS. VIEIRA: Have you ruled it out, though?
MR. GORE: I haven't made a so-called Sherman statement. I don't see the need to do that. But really, I'm focused on this whole different kind of effort, not only in this country but in other countries as well, but primarily in this country, because what the United States of America does is crucial for what the world as a whole does.
Like a good interviewer, Vieira circled back to ask Gore about the Democratic presidential field, this time narrowing the question to see if she could get an interesting response out of Gore on Sen. Hillary Clinton.
She couldn't. But she did get Gore to give her and the viewers an ever so brief glimpse of the hurt he still must carry about the 2000 election.
MS. VIEIRA: Let me ask you very quickly about a couple of the candidates. You were vice president while Senator Clinton was first lady. Does she represent a fresh face? You said, when you weren't going to run in 2004, "The party needs fresh faces."
MR. GORE: Again, there are 500 days between now and the election, and that's the simple reason why I'm not ready to give you an assessment --
MS. VIEIRA: But do you think she represents --
MR. GORE: -- of all the candidates.
MS. VIEIRA: Why not? You can assess them, can't you?
MR. GORE: Well, I'm focused on --
MS. VIEIRA: You don't have to endorse, but --
MR. GORE: I'm focused on trying to get this message out about the climate crisis. And the horse race of American politics is going to continue to play out over the next year and a half, and who's ahead and who's behind on any given day, who's going to the starting gate, who's not.
You know, I've kind of fallen out of love with politics. I really want to focus my attention and energy. Whatever experience and talents I've gained over the years, I think it may well be that the highest and best use of that is to try to bring enough awareness of the solutions to the climate crisis and enough of a sense of urgency that we come together across party lines on behalf of our children.
"I've kind of fallen out of love with politics." Such pathos. Gore might as well have said "Do not fall in love with politics because it won't love you back."
There was a moment when Gore seemed to lose his perspective a bit and Vieira politely called him on it.
Gore said he thought that over the next 500 days, global warming would become the primary issue.
So what about that little issue called the Iraq War? was the thrust of Vieira's next question.
MS. VIEIRA: What's going to make it more significant to the American public than the war in Iraq, for example?
MR. GORE: Well, both the war in Iraq and the climate crisis share one thing in common. In both cases, the truth was pushed aside and the facts were ignored. We have to look at the facts where the climate crisis is concerned. What is at stake is whether or not, a couple of decades from now, the next generation will ask of us in 2007, "What in the world were they thinking? Didn't they care? Why didn't they do something?"
I want them to ask a different question. I want them to say, "How did they find the uncommon moral courage to rise up and solve a crisis that so many people said was impossible to solve?" The Live Earth concerts all around the world, on all seven continents, for 24 hours, will deliver great entertainment, first of all, but then the messages about exactly what's involved here and exactly how we as individuals and as citizens can solve the climate crisis.
Maybe Gore knows something most don't, like the drawdown of U.S. troops in Iraq will be well underway by Nov. 2008, and he's right that global warming will be the top issue for voters then. But it's a safe bet the war will still be the top issue.
All Gore's global warming discussion didn't stop Vieira from getting in a question on President Bush's commutation of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence for his perjury and obstruction of justice conviction in the CIA leak case.
MR. GORE: I thought it was very disappointing.
MS. VIEIRA: Because?
MR. GORE: Well, I thought it was improper. He's charged with having knowledge that could incriminate his bosses in the White House, which included the vice president and the president. I thought it was very disappointing.
MS. VIEIRA: And how was it different than when President Clinton pardoned in some controversial cases?
MR. GORE: Well, it's different because in this case the person involved is charged with activities that involve knowledge of what his superiors in the White House did.
MS. VIEIRA: Vice President Gore, thank you so much for joining us.
MR. GORE: Thank you. And thank you for what NBC is doing this weekend.
MS. VIEIRA: Well, it's our pleasure. Thank you.
Gore was referring to NBC's plan to broadcast part of the Live Earth concert in prime time and MSNBC will be making it available on the Internet.
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Sounds like Al Gore's son has been hanging around Rush Limbaugh lately.
Even smart kids can be taken in by the Neocon machine-heads every once in a while, we'll get him straightened out.
Posted by: John E | July 5, 2007 1:53 PM
To the deadenders who will no doubt pounce on this story: How many US soldiers died or were wounded over the past 3 days? Where are your priorities? In the gutter with this tabloid news while important events in Iraq unfold everyday. Shame! Shame! upon you.
Posted by: jethro | July 5, 2007 2:01 PM
Well if this was a Cheney or Bush child, or any Republican for that matter, Meredith would still have pressed the issue. "But Mr. Cheney as much as you want to tell us it's a prvate family matter, your child was in possession of drugs, speeding and you are a public figure. So you can't shrug it off like that," Meredith would say.
But then Meredith is on record as saying she is a very liberal Democrat and anti-war protestor.
Posted by: John D | July 5, 2007 2:21 PM
Since the "Swamp" (evidently bored for the moment with publicizing actual Dem candidates) brought up Al Gore and "Live Earth", let's hear what the band Artic Monkeys thinks about the latest Gore-baloney:
"Arctic Monkeys Blast Eco 'Hypocrites'
Top rock bands have boycotted tomorrow's planned Life Earth concerts saying the artists taking part are hypocrites.
Arctics: 'Who are we to preach?'
Live Earth, organised by former US vice president and green campaigner Al Gore, takes place in seven cities worldwide - London, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hamburg, Johannesburg and New York.
The concerts aim to raise global awareness of the dangers of climate warming.
The Artic Monkeys have become the latest band to question the merits of the concerts.
"Since the stage lighting alone would be enough to power 10 houses, it's all very hypocritical," said Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders.
"And also consider the long haul flights and the carbon footprint to get rock bands to the concerts," he added.
"Someone asked us to give a quote about what was happening in Sheffield and it's like 'who cares what we think about what's happening'?"
"There's more important people who can have an opinion. Why does it make us have an opinion because we're in a band?"
Other stars who have already turned their backs on the event include The Who singer Roger Daltrey who said "the last thing the planet needs is a rock concert"."
From the UK's Sky News.
Posted by: Bruce | July 5, 2007 2:39 PM
John D,
Thanks for that fact-filled
post.
Posted by: johnf | July 5, 2007 2:56 PM
Posted by Bruce July 5, 2007 2:39 PM
....and your post shows we should vote for a Republican in 08 for President, why?
Posted by: John E | July 5, 2007 2:57 PM
Is it any wonder Gore would loose his love for politics. I too would grow very tired of people writting virtual nonsence like that posted above from Bruce. They reach into the mud to come up with anything to sling at the person. These are the real problems with the America today. Little ankle biters who smear anyone on "the other side".
Posted by: bill r. | July 5, 2007 3:03 PM
It's sad that the best Democrat presidential possiblities are all already effectively out of the race... Richardson (an experienced pragmatic executive who would do well in Red states) and Biden (a respected foriegn policy wonk) are polling in single digits.
Now Gore -- with the best resume out there -- has pretty much put an end to the "draft Gore" talk.
We're left only with the vacuous pretty faces.
Posted by: {INSERRT CLEVER POSTNAME HERE] | July 5, 2007 3:11 PM
Young Gore was a courier for an illegal housekeeper/drug supplier.
He was trying to deliver a late hot shipment going to Rush Limprod. End of story.
Posted by: Raving Loon | July 5, 2007 3:16 PM
Bruce,
For a guy who throws tantrums routinely about the Trib's coverage, it's odd that A) you keep coming back to the Trib and that 2) your key sources here are Roger Daltrey and the Artic Monkeys as quoted by 3) a Murdoch holding, the guy who made right wing bias fashionable among the illiterate.
Let's not forget it was Daltrey who sang, "Won't Get Fooled Again."
Posted by: Kenny Bunkport | July 5, 2007 3:19 PM
Bruce, that's the first thing that occurred to me; "What's the carbon footprint of these concerts?"
Ah, but Al probably purchased carbon offsets to cover it. ;-)
Posted by: Dave Brann | July 5, 2007 3:36 PM
Bruce, Bob Geldoff and Roger Daltrey also have criticized the Al Snore Global Warming Hoax Concerts.
Hmmmm, one of these concerts is to take place in Antartica (that may have been scrubbed too), but it's winter there now with temps around -100 F. No one really flies into Antartica this time of year. Something about cold and stormy conditions.
Oh and Johnnny E., Al Bore III has had several run-ins with the law over alchohol and drugs. Somehow I doubt me and the rest of the neocons have little to do with that!
Now go back to playing house with Janet in the basement!
Posted by: John D | July 5, 2007 3:39 PM
Bruce is right. Who needs awareness? Week kneed liberals thats who. I will just hope that everything is ok and screw future generations.
Posted by: Earl Wingate | July 5, 2007 4:03 PM
Bruce,
I don't know what is more hilarious, the fact that you are an Artic Monkeys fan (I always pegged you for more of a Perry Como sorta guy) or that a media policeman like yourself cites the UK version of Sky News. Speaking of which, if you go to their website and type in "Live Earth", you will find the article you quoted from and then a half dozen that discuss the following:
Live Earth will host over 7,000 events with over 100 artists across 50 states and 130 countries. It is estimated to reach over 2 billion people.
I would imagine the attention and revenue generated will more than make up for the private jet fuel.
Keep cherry-picking your news sources to support your warped views all the while playing media cop. It makes for great entertainment.
Posted by: Bubba | July 5, 2007 4:14 PM
testing
Posted by: bill r. | July 5, 2007 4:30 PM
The "arctic monkeys". The depths these ankle biters go is unreal. But what about G-love and the special sauce say. Don't you get all of the groups opinions?
Posted by: bill r. | July 5, 2007 4:38 PM
So Bruce, if I may interrupt your republican talking points for a minute. When The Swamp referred to Fred Thompson in the past was it irrelevant because "he wasn't an actual" Repub. candidate? Until Fred quits playing coy, and today could be the day, he's still a "Law and Order" actor, not a presidential candidate.
And, excuse me, but aren't the potential devastating effects of climate change more than a mere curiosity or cure for boredom?
So some 20-something rockers give a cop-out statement regarding "Live Earth", just because they don't give a crap, this means, in your mind, it's not a meaningful event? If it reaches a couple of billion listeners and a fraction of those are moved to seek change in the world's energy policies that doesn't strike me as trivial.
I love the way "stay--the-coursers" try to discredit everyone who tries to make a positive difference as a hypocrite, or in Limbaugh's case, a communist conspirator.
How many times have you heard kids say they don't vote cause "my vote won't make a difference" or "both sides are equally corrupt so I'm not voting"? As my late mother would say, cop-out!
'So and so rock band may be conspicuous consumers so the whole event itself is bogus', you say. Cop-out.
You can play that game to discredit anything and anybody.
Hypocrisy is when someone like Newt Gingrich tries to crucify the President for sexual indiscretions when Newt, himself, is having an illicit affair. Bringing attention to a world crisis is not.
There is not a single person that cannot do more to prevent global warming, not Bruce, not me, not Al Gore, not Fred Thompson.
So what are you people afraid of, making changes to your precious lifestyles? Being preached to? I don't get it, ignoring the problem won't make it go away.
Where I live, we are in the seventh year of serious drought. The combination of rapid growth, shrinking water resources, unwise use of those resources (changing climate?), has created a crisis. The response in my neighborhood has been overwhelmingly positive, people zero-scaping, using drip watering systems, watering late at night, building cisterns to catch rain-water. Few of my neighbors complain of "being preached to". Nor do they use some weak excuse like 'Oh, those wealthy politicians who probably have golf-course sized lawns, they're all hypocrites, they can bite me.' That's just a cop-out. The problem is real, we all need to deal with it. We're all so eager to kill the messenger, so unwilling to hear the message. You people in denial make me sick.
Posted by: dt | July 5, 2007 4:38 PM
Little Johnny D:
You know that Cheney would never go on any channel other than Fox Noise Channel - he can only handle the softballs they toss at him. Remember that great interview he gave with them?? As a matter of fact, have you ever heard Cheney interviewed in that way by ANYONE at all?
Just like Georgie yesterday and his speech in West Virginia - delivered to a hand picked audience, like all his other speeches, even during the 2004 campaign. Why won't he come out and speak to the people, instead of his apologizers???
Posted by: BobinATL | July 5, 2007 4:41 PM
Oh Bubba, so all the traveling to get to the concerts by the artists and fans, how does that exactly help the "global warming" problem?
Gee, let's put millions of people in cars, light up stages that would light 10 homes, fly gear and musicians all over the world, not to mention the trash and waste generated by those people at the concerts, yes, that sounds like sound environmentalism to me!!!
Posted by: John D | July 5, 2007 5:03 PM
Did he leave politics because of his passionate affair with Ding Dongs?
Posted by: Hillaryis44 | July 5, 2007 5:06 PM
Did he leave politics because of his passionate affair with Ding Dongs?
Posted by: Hillaryis44 | July 5, 2007 5:06 PM
Another indepth view from an ankle biter.
Posted by: bill r. | July 5, 2007 5:39 PM
John D,
You make it painfully obvious that Live Earth is an absolute necessity. Until you and the rest of the ten percent flat earth crowd are able to come to grips with the scientifically proven reality that is GW, keep calling any effort to pull your head out of the sand hypocrisy. Or just sit and do nothing. Last I saw, you must be pretty good at that.
Posted by: Bubba | July 5, 2007 6:45 PM
"Well if this was a Cheney or Bush child, or any Republican for that matter, Meredith would still have pressed the issue. "But Mr. Cheney as much as you want to tell us it's a prvate family matter, your child was in possession of drugs, speeding and you are a public figure. So you can't shrug it off like that," Meredith would say."
I don't recall Vice President Cheney ever submitting to a drilling for his hypocritical stance on gay marriage and gay couples producing children. His stance in relation to his daughter's child is: "its a family matter." Well, why is it ok for the Cheneys but not for the other gay and lesbian couples around the country to reproduce and live happy lives free of discrimination?
Posted by: Selective Memory | July 5, 2007 6:46 PM
I love the way these neo-connie republitard fascists say celebrities have no business getting involved in politics, until the celebs say something the connies agree with. Then all of a sudden, its relevant. Can't have it both ways you hypocrites.
Posted by: snitramc | July 5, 2007 7:13 PM
Al Gore the 3rd, the Inconvient Son, arrested for drug use while doing 100mph in his Prius.
The most shocking part of the story is that the Prius can do 100 mph.
Posted by: Terry | July 5, 2007 8:20 PM
Al Gore 3 should have been able to talk himself out of a drug charge, but it shouldn't hurt him. Hell, we all know prince redneck was a coke snorting drunk and it hasn't hurt him any.
Posted by: Mrs. Jesus | July 5, 2007 9:36 PM
Just poking a little good-natured fun at Al, Bill R. Sorry if I interrupted the spirited drugs and arctic monkeys conversation you all were having.
Don't you think Al left himself kind of wide open saying he "fell out of love with politics?"
Doesn't it beg the question of what he's in love with now that he's fallen out of amore with politics? Sure, Al says it's doing the important public service of scaring everyone with his documentaries and promoting lousy rock concerts (while purchasing as many carbon offsets as he can to keep his house an energy hog), but have you seen his waistline lately?
My money's on Ding Dongs.
Don't let my little digression bother you, though. I realize that calling everyone who doesn't agree with you an "ankle biter" is serious business.
This place is so funny. You all take yourselves quite seriously for a bunch of people wasting time and energy on the internet all day.
Posted by: Hillaryis44 | July 5, 2007 11:10 PM
Whew, glad this guy's not just throwing out childish names like the "ankle biters" around here.
"I love the way these neo-connie republitard fascists."
Posted by: snitramc | July 5, 2007 7:13 PM
Posted by: Hillaryis44 | July 5, 2007 11:56 PM
Oh Bubba, as your clueless ilk made fun of, I happen to clean up litter. I also happen to contribute monthly to the World Wildlife Fund and have been a member of that organization for about 15 years now. What have you done, fatboy?
Posted by: John D | July 6, 2007 12:01 AM
John D,
If you're so concerned about cleaning things up, start with your name calling.
Posted by: Kenny Bunkport | July 6, 2007 8:19 AM
I guess I just thought that someones wieght wasn't really a valid issue. But if I'm wrong lets talk about Dennis Hastert. It would seem to me instead of ding dongs, he eats too many Buicks. Now if we've had enough of that, we could get on to more important things like scaring the country into believing the terrorists are right outside your door.
Posted by: bill r. | July 6, 2007 8:23 AM
Genesis is another band performing at "Live Earth". ledsmagazine.com reports on the big-as-all-outdoors carbon footprint of the band's forthcoming tour:
"Genesis concert backdrop uses 9 million LEDs
03 Jul 2007
Phil Collins and his mates have pulled out all the stops on their comeback tour, with a massive LED stage backdrop.
An astonishing backdrop containing more than 9 million LEDs has been created for the Genesis "Turn It On Again" world tour.
XL Video UK has supplied 15,089 Barco O-Lite LED panels with 270 control boxes, plus 102 Mitsubishi 16:8 high-resolution LED panels.
The O-lite panels make up a spectacular back wall measuring 13 metre high and 55 metre wide. This is surrounded and topped by 7 lighting towers (“ribs”) reaching heights of up to 28 metres, with the entire structure resembling a giant conch shell. This was designed by Mark Fisher/Stufish."
Anybody want to wager on the number of private jets, vans and limousines used to transport these groups to the "Live Earth" concert in which they'll lecture the rest of us about our energy use?
Posted by: Bruce | July 6, 2007 9:34 AM
Bruce,
Do you read the responses to your inane posts? CAN you read the responses to your posts?
Posted by: Kenny Bunkport | July 6, 2007 10:11 AM
Will this concert address the " global crisis of the decade " the temperature increases on Mars that , looky there, are the same as Earths? Maybe the mars rover is the cause?- did Cheney put that one up there?
I have said it before and it still applies.. Sun gets hotter. Temperature rises. Relax. Get yourself a cold one - find some shade. Leave my economy alone!
Global Warming is a scam- I got your carbon foorprint LOL!
Posted by: heartburn | July 6, 2007 10:38 AM
Bill R., Mark Caro and his employer, the Tribune, would certainly disagree with you on that, read his blog entitled "Is Al Gore too Fat to be President?":
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_popmachine/2007/02/al_goretoo_big_.html
You do know that the last truly fat one we've had was Taft, right? I'll let you guys get back to the serious business of calling each other names that make "fat" seem like a compliment now.
Posted by: Hillaryis44 | July 6, 2007 10:40 AM
Heavy D,
Your post is at 12:01 A.M.
Does the RNC pay you overtime or did you get one of those late-night donut attacks?
And since you are a member of WWF, what are your thoughts on W's environmental policies? Aren't you just plain ashamed?
Posted by: Bubba | July 6, 2007 12:01 PM
bill r,
Pardon my butting in... I happen to like Gore, and I'm disappointed that he's not running... however I'm also able to laugh at the fat jokes. And I agree with Hillaryis44 that after all he did leave himself open to them.
...as did Hastert, yes. (Good one about too many Buicks!)
Posted by: [INSERT CLEVER POST NAME HERE] | July 6, 2007 12:11 PM
John D,
I think the IRS would frown upon your write-offs for your Wrestlemania tickets paid for with a check made out to "WWF."
Posted by: Kenny Bunkport | July 6, 2007 12:58 PM
Yo Johnny D.,
What's with all this "fatboy" stuff? First you lambaste Gore as a member of the Ding Dong brigade then you call Bubba "fat boy". We've all seen you in RSES and it wasn't pretty. I'd be willing to bet two Ding Dongs that the airlines make you buy two tickets to seat your considerable self. It's healthy that you can laugh at yourself, though.
Posted by: dt | July 6, 2007 2:01 PM
Posted by: [INSERT CLEVER POST NAME HERE] | July 6, 2007 12:11 PM
I like Al too. I just thought a cheap shot at his wieght deserved a comeback. I've got no problem laughing at fat jokes...just want to make sure...fat jokes...exists on both sides of the aisle.
Posted by: bill r. | July 6, 2007 3:17 PM
bill r.,
(insert clever post name here) is the reincarnation of Lee T. Juanito. Turns out he really does have a sense of humor.
Hillaryis44 is the other half of Crazy Joe Devola, aka Crazy John Devola, aka Propane Johnny, aka Johnny Ding Dong, aka John D.
And back by popular demand (O.K., not so popular):
Rapture (Ready) with apologies to Blondie:
Crazy Joe
Thinking very slow
Barely breathing
Almost comatose
Wall to wall
People hypnotised
And they're blogging nightly
Post each night in Rapture
Back to back
Call me Mr. HVAC
Spineless movement
And a wild attack
Face to face
Sadly solitude
And it's finger popping
Twenty-four hour blogging in Rapture
Propane Polly told me every body's high
Keyboard commandos are savin' my hide
Freon is cold, Freon is cool
Francois sez CFC's, Freon no do
And you don't stop, sure shot
Go out to the parking lot
And you get in your car and you drive real far
And you drive all night and then you see a light
And it comes right down and lands on the ground
And out comes a man from Utah
And you try to run but he's got a gun
And he shoots you dead and he eats your head
And then you're in the man from Utah
You go out at night, eatin' libs
You eat democrats, independents too
Al Gore and JW's
And you don't stop, you keep on eatin' libs
Then, when there's no more libs
You go out at night and eat up bars where the sinners meet
Face to face, dance cheek to cheek
One to one, man to man
Dance toe to toe
Don't move too slow, 'cause the man from Utah
Is through with libs, he's eatin' bars
Yeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hall
He's gonna eat 'em all
Rapture, be pure
Take a tour, through the sewer
Don't strain your brain, vote for McCain
You'll be singin' in Bahrain
I said don't stop, do Iraq
Well now you see what you wanna be
Just have your party rapture ready
'Cause the man from Utah won't eat up cons only leftist loons and other sinful ones
And now he's gone back to "this is the place"
Where he won't have a hassle with bluer states
And you hip-hop, and you don't stop
Just blast off, sure shot
'Cause the man from Utah stopped eatin' libs and eatin' bars
And now he only eats food storage jars, get up!
http://www.raptureready.com/
Posted by: dt | July 6, 2007 5:16 PM
Yes, Denny Hastert is also a fatty. Can you believe the man was once an athlete (a high school and college wrestler). Somebody needs to remember the old discipline.
I didn't know John D. was a "passenger of size" either. I think the wrestling federation is the WWE now (at least from what I've gleaned out of reports of Chris Benoit and his family's deaths). So, he's in the clear giving the World Wildlife Fund.
Posted by: Hillaryis44 | July 6, 2007 5:36 PM
I never heard of Lee T. Juanito. He is not me. I am not he.
And here I thought only John E obsessed about trying to ID the other posters... I guess he's not the only nut case around here.
Posted by: [INSERT CLEVER POST NAME HERE] | July 6, 2007 8:43 PM
"Oh Bubba, so all the traveling to get to the concerts by the artists and fans, how does that exactly help the "global warming" problem?
Gee, let's put millions of people in cars, light up stages that would light 10 homes, fly gear and musicians all over the world, not to mention the trash and waste generated by those people at the concerts, yes, that sounds like sound environmentalism to me!!!"
"Oh Bubba, as your clueless ilk made fun of, I happen to clean up litter. I also happen to contribute monthly to the World Wildlife Fund and have been a member of that organization for about 15 years now. What have you done, fatboy?"
Yet Captain Planet you donate to an organization that supports concerts like "Live Earth." Money well spent John.
From their website...
"Join WWF and Live Earth on the day that the some of the biggest names in music come together in support of the fight against climate change. WWF and Live Earth share two things, a deep concern for the health of our planet and the desire to Save Our Selves (S.O.S.) from the greatest environmental threat facing humanity today - climate change.
On 7 July in cities spanning 7 continents, concerts will bring together more than 100 music artists, including Madonna, The Police, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, Jack Johnson and The Beastie Boys, and 2 billion people to trigger a global movement to solve the climate crisis.
The goal of Live Earth is to inspire people around the world to respond to the climate crisis by taking urgent and lasting action."
I'm assuming you don't believe in "global warming" but the organization you fund does believe in the environmental climate change that happens bc of it through pollution.
Posted by: AR | July 6, 2007 9:07 PM
Actually I'm not, dt, although I understand the truth is no deterrent to the accusations that go on around here.
I just manage a website, whose IP address is in Washington D.C. whose sole purpose is to smear her rivals. Ahh, democracy at work.
Posted by: Hillaryis44 | July 6, 2007 9:45 PM
I am amused at the right ranting about the concerts. It's not as easy to make people aware of the problem as it is for the right. On the right, one need only go to "jesus camp" and all is better. Why they can even turn a gay back into a straight man. They believe in something that has never been proven, yet yell about climate change saying but nothing has been proven. They can amuse themselves all they want about the amount of energy used and this and that...but...would you like to talk about the amount of wars and killing that have happened in the name of religion?
Posted by: bill r. | July 7, 2007 8:22 AM
AR, I do not agree with everything World Wildlife Fund does or supports. But the work they do in saving animals, creating reservations to protect animals and the good of many of their other projects outweigh what I don't agree with. In other words, they do more good than they do bad.
Posted by: John D | July 7, 2007 9:43 AM
Hillaryis44,
My apologies. I would never want to accuse anyone of being Johnny Ding Dong erroneously. But like bill r says, you're still an ankle biter.
Posted by: dt | July 7, 2007 3:54 PM
I'm not surprised Algore is tired of politics the author of the 36 day election night was lied to by Bill Daley who told him he would win --then David Boies was sort of a strange national figure on all TV channels until they were trounced by the United States Supreme Court they didn't figure that they couldn't win by shear balderdash-- they didn't understand they were divining ballots by thinking what voters intentions were and pregnant chads--electoral officials have forever been going by results not intentions. Algore is the sore loser of all time. And now he's started a religion --Global Warming--he is now one with the planet but he is still a con man who took money from Tibetan monks and Charlie Chen anything to scam the system afterall he invented the Internet. He is still a loser and what he won't tell you is he drove a car at 115 mph and took out a cyclone fence when he was in college in Tennesee a Nashille radio news report locked him in. No wonder Al the third is in trouble Algores roomate states he flunked out of Divinity School--how do you do that? Jerry White, Springfield,Il
Posted by: Jerry White | July 8, 2007 9:40 PM