UPDATE AT END OF POST: Gore prominently quotes Deuteronomy, "I’m offering you the choice of life or death."
The cover of Nobel Laureate Al Gore's new book "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" was intentionally doctored to exaggerate the appearance of hurricanes in the northern hemisphere as well as reduce the amount of ice present in the Arctic.
Maybe even more ominously, Florida was so diminished it's almost totally gone.
As reported by Florida State University hurricane expert Ryan Maue at the website Watts Up With That, the truth was apparently inconvenient for the Global Warmingist-in-Chief (h/t NBer Blonde):
The cover opens and closes half and half - so you only see one hurricane...as in the press release photo or the one on Amazon.
But this is the real picture sequence from the book which I looked at Borders today and took cell-phone pictures, original (before the retouching by some "artist") Note all of the Arctic ice and the size of the Florida Peninsula...
According to Maue, this is the full, unfolded cover:
Hey! Where'd Florida go?
With hurricane activity at 30-year lows, and Arctic ice levels on the rise, I guess Gore and Company figured they needed some help proving their point.
*****Update: NBer Dim Bulb humorously pointed out in the comments section that Gore might be eliminating Florida in this picture to exact revenge for 2000's recount debacle.
*****Update II: It gets even scarier. On Wednesday, Tom Nelson reported:
On a page by itself, we find this inside the front cover of Al Gore’s latest climate fraud promotion book:
I’m offering you the choice of life or death. You can choose either blessings or curses. – Deuteronomy Chapter 30, Verse 19
Ryan Maue confirmed this by phone moments ago, and sent this picture.
So Al Gore believes he's offering the world a choice between life and death.
Maybe they'll give him another Nobel Peace Prize for such sentiments.
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Going Bad To Worse For Gore
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:00 ET by dboHilarious 90 second video. 500 people in Portland last night yelling "Al Gore's a liar!".
dbo.... Priceless. ....o
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:07 ET by bigtimerdbo....
Priceless.
....of course for the majority of the msm....they look the other way...with the exception of Fox.
Joe Wilson came to mind when I saw that.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
An inconvenient...
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:33 ET by notonmywatchAn inconvenient... photoshop?
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Good news is
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 21:25 ET by general companyCuba is gone too, ,,,,,,,,,sorry :#]
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Shout Out For Jon Stewart
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:10 ET by countmein5050Hey, Jon.....waiting for your take on touch ups....since you had such a good time at Hannity's expense. (Noticeably silent on the Sarah Palin faux pics, but hey....you're a busy guy with conservatives to bust wide open...). I'll not hold my breath on watching your take on Gore's attempt to scare the living hell out of people for no reason....even, dare I say it...for his own financial and political gain? Oooops.
Hey Albert Arnold Captain Planet GOON-NUGGET...
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:23 ET by thedailyzingperhaps you should read this quick and witty zing on you & your hypocrisy... Click here, the picture alone is WELL worth it: http://thedailyzing.com/356/an-inconvenient-zing/
PS- Gore-Goon, are you by chance butt-hurt that Palin's getting more attention than you... Just call up Slick Willy, he'd be happy to borrow you a cigar.
Wowzer!
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 21:05 ET by RukusDidn't see that coming! /sarc
Gary
Old media species: Moonbat-a-saurus-rex. Getting more endangered by the day.
CO2 is the most important
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:00 ET by notonmywatchCO2 is the most important life-sustaining molecule after water.
These people are liars. It's about POWER. The ability to regulate power generation and use is POWER.
It's nothing but a nasty, manipulative, leftist power game.
They can photoshop all the hurricanes they like, but people are realizing that fact.
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Check it out, Cuba is gone,
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:03 ET by IckCheck it out, Cuba is gone, part of kommiefornia is gone, the Panama canal is no longer necessary and my house in central Pennsylvania is now BEACH FRONT PROPERTY.
Yeah baby YEAH!!!
ick.. Cuba
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:50 ET by Gary HallCuba highest point is 6,576 feet above current sea level. Hmm one has to wonder why anything but mountain ranges are left standing. After all, the models are easy to come by that show how rising seas creep inland. All you have to do is plug in the numer you want.
(;~. gary
Poor Florida
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:03 ET by Dim BulbIt appears Gore is still angry about the Florida election results. I wonder when AN INCONVENIENT HANGING CHAD is set for release.
Good One!
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:11 ET by countmein5050And we thought a Nobel Peace Prize had helped him move on.....silly liberal liar.
Cuba has gone missing
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:05 ET by 10ksnookerAlong with it's 6000 foot mountain ranges. Meanwhile, Florida with its 300 foot peaks is still above water.
Hurricane off Florida coast seems to be rotating backwards, a physical impossibility.
Hurricane off the equator also physically impossible.
Al Gore, the lying science guy.
Looks like the DR has gone missing, too.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:12 ET by BlondeOh my! It looks like Baja also fell off into the ocean.
Where oh where shall I ever vacation again?
I hope he fails, too.
I hear Pennsyltucky is nice
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:46 ET by SickofLibsIn the cooler months.
Never mind that, where will
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:41 ET by Lord ElicaniNever mind that, where will we get all our baseball players from?
"We can go from boom to bust
From dreams to a bowl of dust
We can fall from rockets' red glare
Down to 'Brother, can you spare...'"
- Rush, "Between the Wheels"
Polar ice is missing
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:55 ET by DragonsbreathBut not Canada's snow?
"While Americans died at Fort Hood, Obama had a good laugh..."
"Hurricane off Florida
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 08:04 ET by ckc1227"Hurricane off Florida coast seems to be rotating backwards, a physical impossibility.
Hurricane off the equator also physically impossible."
Not so. With glo-bull warming, anything is possible.....
Watts up with that is having fun with this.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:06 ET by sevenIf you don't have facts, you can always photo shop pictures to support the dogma. Joe Romm on climate Progress is getting hysterical also. He is paid by Soros to attack science and reason.
My favorite algorism is his claim the earth temp is millions of degrees 2 kilometers down.
My favorite....
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:09 ET by Blondethe backward spinning hurricane off Florida....you know, the Sou'wester (h/t Rick).
Looks like the dumb SOB flooded Costa Rica too. Just obliterated it, along with it's beautiful mountain ranges and the Arenal Volcano.
Um, NS....you forgot to bold University of Florida...don't taze me bro!!!
I hope he fails, too.
My wife, daugthers
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:44 ET by ricklailMy wife, daugthers and daughter in law are going on a cruise the weekend of 5 and 6. No Nassua there anymore so they need to stay home.
Semper suprene nitens
There is no point dwelling on all the foolish mistakes we have made in our lives. For one thing, it can be very time-consuming. Dr. Thomas Sowell
→ It's a miracle!
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:10 ET by Cool ArrowWhy is that Cyclone drifting around in the Northern Hemisphere off of Baja?
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Hey killer if Cuba is gone
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:17 ET by ninerdogHey killer if Cuba is gone that means I have my own island here at 7300 feet in New Mexico..
Algore
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:26 ET by Rick BlaneDarn, looks like I'm going to have to cancel our trip to Punta Cana, since the Dominican Republic is gone too!
It's leftist propaganda what
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:33 ET by ForeverOnTheRightIt's leftist propaganda what would expect from fiction? Leftism is a mental disorder, where truth and reality is optional.
Noel -- not the University of Florida
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:34 ET by tropicalreportThis is Ryan Maue, I don't go to University of Florida! I hate Tim Tebow.
Change my affiliation to Florida State University.
I took these pictures on my IPhone at Border's last night. I didn't buy the book because I didn't see a 100% off coupon laying around. Instead, a new book on the Last Founder James Monroe found its way onto my bookshelf.
Ryan
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:39 ET by Noel SheppardRyan,
I knew that. Sheesh. Got that from Anthony's piece. Sorry.
Check your PM. You've got mail. ns
Ryan
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:42 ET by ricklailI'll stand back and let you and Blonde go at it-trashing Timmy like that.
I wonder how many books he has sold. Bet it is no where near Palin's sells.
Semper suprene nitens
There is no point dwelling on all the foolish mistakes we have made in our lives. For one thing, it can be very time-consuming. Dr. Thomas Sowell
Save that hate, Ryan
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:54 ET by BlondeBecause it's all you're going to have next Saturday, as we hand the Geezer perhaps his final defeat.
GO GATORS!!!!
I hope he fails, too.
You go girl. You may need
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:16 ET by ricklailYou go girl. You may need send him that video-Bobby's Swan Song?
Semper suprene nitens
There is no point dwelling on all the foolish mistakes we have made in our lives. For one thing, it can be very time-consuming. Dr. Thomas Sowell
Here you go, Tropical Report
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:46 ET by BlondeSince you're such a Timmy hater, kindly pay particular attention to the last 20 seconds of the video.
Game on.
GO GATORS!!!!
Thanks for the reminder, rick!
I hope he fails, too.
Geezer?
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:30 ET by tropicalreportBobby Bowden is currently coming up with his game plan during his afternoon nap to trouce the Gators in the Swamp. Governor Charlie Crist has his full faith in Bowden and wants him back for a 2010 season.
Anyways, lemme tell you something about Tim Tebow (in jest of course) -- "If you are fortunate enough to spend five minutes around Tim Tebow, your life is better for it."
The slobber fest will be in full swing when I go down to Gainesville next Saturday and cheer on them 'Noles.
Well have fun.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:37 ET by BlondeYes, I read all about the RINO McCrist being all for us TAXPAYERS to pay Blooby's salary for another year (in fact, I posted a link on the OT). An idea I'm quite happy with, BTW. Because next year we'll get to go to Tallahassee and beat the Geezer Bowden, yet again, at Ron Zook Stadium.
GO GATORS!!!!
I hope he fails, too.
Oh wow!
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 21:32 ET by RukusI'm gonna paraphrase Cool on this.
Let me sit back and watch while Blonde totally dismantles you.
Did I get that right Cool? : )
Gary
Old media species: Moonbat-a-saurus-rex. Getting more endangered by the day.
Tell me you where
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 06:12 ET by DragonsbreathIn the fiction department when you saw that..............
"While Americans died at Fort Hood, Obama had a good laugh..."
Liberal fearmongering.
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:39 ET by humanzeeLiberal fearmongering.
Do what we say or we are going to have a man made apocalypse! Get in your hybrid car and drive to the hills.
The desertification of NA and SA, too
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 18:07 ET by CO2MakerDidja notice that? With all the CO2 (my namesake) in the atmosphere and all the water vapor (which, btw, hasn't formed clouds that produce the Al-Lebedo effect), all the plants on the two continents have died off. Friggin' ingrate plants. All that CO2 and they still die.
Just goes to show you that we need, not only to pass the Handicap-n-Trade bill, we also need to guarantee the harmonic balance of Nature to offset the forces of Carbon Evil by reinstating the Public Option and the right to an Abortion into whatever bill is handy (I'm thinking the Omnibus War Funding bill, so no one will vote against the Public Abortion Option because it will also be a vote against the brave soldiers who are fighting Bush's evil wars).
→ Katrine Judge blames Government
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:39 ET by Cool ArrowA Federal Judge has just found the Corps of Engineers were grossly negilgent in 9th Ward flooding.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
Speaking of Photoshop
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:43 ET by Patrick MichaelMaybe Al should think about minimizing that massive pumpkin like lump of a head he has and trimming off about 75 lbs.
Stay Free!!!
Also the reduction of
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 16:58 ET by BeukeboomAlso the reduction of Florida could have something to do with Gore's penis envy.
AlGore: Rapidly turning into the poster boy for self-grandiose deceptions.
Also AlGore must be getting close to bankruptcy if this is the best photoshopper he could afford. Some of those hurricanes depicted cannot exist as depicted (scientifically speaking) no matter how much global warming occurs. It just ain't physically possible.
We need a Photoshop Czar
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 18:15 ET by CO2MakerThere is no need for unlicensed, irresponsible graphic designers practicing visual malpractice. I think they should be regulated by gumming fiat (or porsche, too >bada boom< Or at least another czar, a Photoshop czar who will be in charge of promoting good photoshoppery (Clinton and the space alien) and rooting out and isolating fauxtoshoppery. SEIU and ACORN will provide Photoshop training seminars and enroll prospective Photo-bamas in sufficient numbers to overtake the disorganized mass of self-deluded designers and take back the night from irresponsible and predatory photoshoppers.
There's big money in
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:16 ET by mattmThere's big money in lying...apparently.
Shouldn't be using a globe
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:25 ET by Captain BettyAl Bore shouldn't be using a globe as a visual. Just looking at it makes me realize how small and insignificant we are. To think that we can actually affect the earth's climate in either direction is foolish.
Al Gore inventor
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:36 ET by averageschmoeAl Gore invented the internet.
Al Gore got C's and D's in Science.
"There is no controlling legal authority"
Al needs to lose weight.
Al Gore was an olympic Athlete.
Al Gore is a Billionaire (Thanks to his fans who keep sending him money)
Al Gore is an infomercial king!
Special
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 19:33 ET by BuffNBoneSpecial Olympics?
"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"
The size of Florida
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 18:05 ET by jacquejetIt appears to me that in the retouched photo, Florida might be the relative size of Al Gore's wee-wee.
photoshopped
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 18:49 ET by spepperto hear that Al Gore photoshopped hurricanes onto a map of the globe, I don't doubt it one bit-- his whole global warming theory-- uh-- hoax-- is photoshopped! Maybe he should photoshop in a picture of a brain in his noggin, it seems to be missing one........
Wow, I didn't know
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 19:08 ET by Mitchell BlattWow, I didn't know hurricanes hit the West Coast!
(I didn't know either that the temperature at the earth's core was 9 million degrees!)
Thank you, Al Gore. You're the world's greatest scientist for enlightening us on those topics.
AlGoreithm (noun):
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 19:15 ET by pcantidoteAlGoreithm (noun): Date: 2000. Pronunciation: \ˈpä-pē-ˌkäk\. Etymology: Tennessee (backwoods)
1. a procedure for solving a political problem (e.g. declining political party popularity) by fabricating sensational and often apocalyptic theories that require immediate big government-based resolutions. 2. A procedure by which to personally stay relevant after suffering a particularly painful defeat that frequently involves the creation of great personal wealth at the expense of the naive and uninformed.
Enforce Term Limits if They Won't: Vote Against ALL Incumbents in 2010.
Just in time for Gore's new book...hehehe
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 19:26 ET by vrwc13Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out
Otherwise, however, not much is happening with global warming at the moment. The Earth's average temperatures have stopped climbing since the beginning of the millennium, and it even looks as though global warming could come to a standstill this year.
Ironically, climate change appears to have stalled in the run-up to the upcoming world summit in the Danish capital, where thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, business leaders and environmental activists plan to negotiate a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Billions of euros are at stake in the negotiations.
...hehehe
Maybe the Earth's core cooled down a few 100,000 degrees!
v
btw: Al would have won in 2000 if he had only won in his own state!
Hurricane Shmurricane!
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 19:20 ET by yobobbybWho cares. I just found out that the earth's core was HOT! I mean really, really hot...like several million degrees hot (According to Uncle Al on the O'Brien show). If true, we have about 2 seconds to prepare to meet our maker.
Methinks Al needs another award soon. I was going to nominate Sean Penn for the "No Better Than A Stinking Puddle Of Vomit" award but I may hold back to see what other butt nuggets Al coughs up.
As for Florida, nothing wrong there that a good dose of XtenZe won't cure.
Do you think Al Gore winning
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 19:36 ET by Mitchell BlattDo you think Al Gore winning the peace prize is an insult to Barack Obama, considering how much more deserving of it Obama was?
Far be it from me to
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 20:13 ET by JerFar be it from me to dampen NB spirits during a good Gore pile-on. [Many of the comments on this thread are clever and entertaining. Really they are.] But, in all honesty, unless the cover photo was represented to be an authentic depiction of planet earth as it currently appears via satellite imagery, I fail to see what all the fuss is about.
Jer
Jer...how about at least some accuracy
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 20:21 ET by vrwc13...the hurricane in the Atlantic is spinning the wrong way...how apropos...
...and then this today: Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out
v
common sense isn't very common anymore
vrwc... Don't
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 20:47 ET by Jervrwc...
Don't forget...that Global Warming deal can cause some wierd stuff--even makes hurricanes spin backwards.
Seriously, though...I think you're right. When I get back home, I'm going to dig up some actual satellite pics, and compare.
Jer
Jer...Gore 'spinning' even hurricanes
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 10:14 ET by vrwc13...try this site
btw: Al would have won in 2000 if he had only won in his own state!
v
...an error was made in 2008 but not in 2000!
weird stuff indeed...
Tue, 05/11/2010 - 12:14 ET by armedcitizenOMG
I know what you mean, this globull whining will make even weirder things happen, like cause the planet to stop spinning, and even reverse spin in different regions, since the core is so many millions of degrees hot, the earth may even split up and decide to rotate multiple different directions at the same time because of the CO2 we are creating. Smart. Dig up basic science books while you're looking for satelite imagery.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
Apparently the government
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 21:03 ET by goldboughApparently the government taking more of my money will make the climate not change. What exactly is climate change? Did I experience climate change today? It was cold in the morning and warmer in the afternoon. Was it my driving? Oh no! Should Al take my car so it stays the exact same temperature all year round? Maybe if I load it with mounds of cash I will feel better.
Oh no, a Gornado!!!
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 21:18 ET by djaymickOh no, a Gornado!!!
LOL
Tue, 05/11/2010 - 12:15 ET by armedcitizenGornado!
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
It's as if God is a
Thu, 11/19/2009 - 22:02 ET by pcantidoteIt's as if God is a conservative and he wiped out all of the liberal cesspools on the coasts.
Enforce Term Limits if They Won't: Vote Against ALL Incumbents in 2010.
It's as if God is a conservative and he wiped out all of the lib
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 10:30 ET by vrwc13It's as if God is a conservative and he wiped out all of the liberal cesspools on the coasts.
...but notice he spared Texas? The Gulf coast should have moved about 100 miles or more inland! Maybe a run of Republican Presidents from 2010 on build some really big levees!
v
...an error was made in 2008 but not in 2000...
No,No, VRWC
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 12:16 ET by general companyThats to close for comfort for me.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
Hucksters hall of Fame
Fri, 11/20/2009 - 17:50 ET by Jerry MackAl Gore will be given his on wing at the Hucksters hall of Fame.