Certainly, it comes as no great surprise that this happened. However, reading it in print makes it all the more nauseating.
Former Vice President Al Gore’s schlockumentary about imminent doom to our planet if all Americans except for him and his liberal, hypocritical, millionaire friends don’t stop driving cars and flying on airplanes has been nominated for an Academy Award.
As reported by the Associated Press (h/t Drudge):
An Inconvenient Truth, former Vice President Al Gore’s film on global warming, was nominated today for an Academy Award for best documentary feature.
The movie will compete against Deliver Us From Evil, Iraq in Fragments, Jesus Camp, and My Country, My Country.
Will it be any surprise when this farcical political advertisement wins, and Al Gore is standing in front of all the fawning, cheering, hypocritical liberal elites who use likely ten times as much energy per year as the average American does?
Someone please direct me to the nearest restroom.
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I was gonna post this yesterday about Gore's Global Warming
January 23, 2007 - 10:22 ET by acaiguanaI was gonna post this yesterday about Gore's Global Warming.
From the report above. (emphasis mine)
"The first phase of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is being released in Paris next week. This segment, written by more than 600 scientists and reviewed by another 600 experts and edited by bureaucrats from 154 countries, includes "a significantly expanded discussion of observation on the climate," said co-chair Susan Solomon..."
I feel so much better, already.
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ACA...part that gets me is it
January 23, 2007 - 10:54 ET by bassndudeACA...part that gets me is it will be edited in seceret before relased to the public.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
How come these scientists nev
January 23, 2007 - 10:59 ET by paperheadHow come these scientists never get specific on exactly how much influence man has had on the climate? I don't think anyone can dispute that the earth is getting warmer. It has been for some time but what is causing it? I think that man has a much smaller role in it than these scientists will let on. I think thats why people like Heidi Cullen want to silence the debate all together.
Hey ACA Check out the IPCC ch
January 23, 2007 - 11:02 ET by danboHey ACA Check out the IPCC chair. " Rajendra K. Pachauri " Guess what he's conneced with? Oil. Guess where he's from? India. Who is exempt? India.
From the people who gave us food for oil.
BTW From my understanding. Not all of those people were scientist. Some were. Some weren't. Do you trust Irans representative? Venezuala's? This is a child of the UN.
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.” H.L. Mencken
Danbo, it doesn't matter, it's a committee.
January 23, 2007 - 11:13 ET by acaiguanaDanbo, it doesn't matter, it's a committee.
What I love most about committees is that there are never any politics involved.
So, I was assauged by the 'bureaucrats' reviewing the study(ies,ion,eology ?).
I'm always impressed by the number of mathematical breakthroughs we have got dependent upon by those brains in Venezuela. Did I mention France?
Further, the physicists and such.
For example, I give you:
The rail gun page.
Of course rail guns have nothing to do with this thread, but what the hey; they have everything to do with science.
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I was going to post this in t
January 23, 2007 - 12:27 ET by FastEdI was going to post this in the Open later, but it seems appropo, from the same report:
"As confident as scientists are about the global warming effects that they've already documented, they are as gloomy about the future and even hotter weather and higher sea level rises. Predictions for the future of global warming in the report are based on 19 computer models, about twice as many as in the past, Solomon said. "(emphasis mine)
Computer models are not proof! So far, there hasn't been a 'puter model that has held up, mostly because there are too many variables, yet everyone takes these things as gospel, wrong word. Also there is the bias of the modeler, and how the data is interpreted for entry into the database.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad
Too many vairables and even m
January 23, 2007 - 13:49 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveToo many vairables and even more unknown variables! Not olny that, but it is a 'computer model' which means it needs to be programmed, and unless it is programmed by God (whom I am told controls the weather BTW), it will not be correct. It can also be programmed to give a desired result. I do not trust computer models especially for predicting weather/climate. The meteorologists can't predict the weather with even a 85% accuracy 3 days from now, so how the hell do people buy into the idea that scientists know what the climate will be like 3 years, 10 years, or 100 years from now?
Retarded!
Gun Safety Tip #8: No matter how responsible he seems, never give your gun to a monkey. (www.imao.us)
I gotta weigh in on the '19 computer models'.
January 23, 2007 - 14:10 ET by acaiguanaI gotta weigh in on the '19 computer models'. Gee 2 times as many 'models' as in the past?
A quote from here:
"Scenarios of future concentrations of greenhouse gases are based on dubious assumptions about the future," the study observes. "These scenarios depend on other models of projected growth of population, economies, and energy use. Some projections are so dubious that MIT's Dr. Richard Lindzen, a lead author of one of the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] science reports, has referred to them as 'children's exercises.'"
Now, what the guy (Dr. Lindzen) is actually saying is that the models (that would be all the models) are trying to replicate the climate. WHICH IS TOO COMPLICATED TO MODEL.
Duh.
Let me disclose here. I do computer models that rely on government supplied data from governments around the world about their economies; their GDP; their currencies; their populations; their WHO stats; their promulgated education stats; (you know, stuff)
A. The numbers are all silly junk.
B. The models are not very good.
C. The assumptions are refined or changed daily.
And that is just looking at 'static' data. Static means the data are fixed, snapshots of certain, self identified (that would be people like myself - can we say 'photoshopped' data?) and therefore useless, 'indicators' of what is important to our models.
So, when someone 'smarter' or more clever comes along and says, "Gee that data point is dumb."
Go figure.
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The whole documentary categ
January 23, 2007 - 10:26 ET by Dee BunkThe whole documentary category was disgusting and completely political. Even liberals who I know that liked Inconvenient Truth because of the message said it wasn't very good as far as entertainment or as film making goes. In addition to this totally political documentary, two of the others are unflattering portraits of Christians and the other two are against Americans in Iraq.
90% of the documentaries (esp
January 23, 2007 - 10:51 ET by mattm90% of the documentaries (especially the ones dealing with earth sciences and biological sciences) that I have ever seen have always had a political angle. The last 2 minutes of practically every PBS documentary is devoted to some ecological appeal.
Everyone wants Brazillian tree frogs to have a place to live, people are naturally sympathetic to little critters, so this creates an open door for charlatans to come in and use that sympathy to grab power.
I'd like to see a documentary on the political underpinings of the environmental movement...that would be worthwhile.
"Everyone wants Brazillian tree frogs to have a place to live.."
January 23, 2007 - 10:57 ET by acaiguanaNo, I don't.
"Everyone wants Brazillian tree frogs to have a place to live,..."
I want to rape and pillage the planet. I want to impress all the poor people, particularly the children, into salt and coal mines and burn the forests and sell off the ocean's fish.
I want to take all the money from the silly government 'regulatory' programs and put it into space research for our decendents of true Capitalistic Imperialism.
That way we can find another planet to go through after we finish with this one.
Sincerely,
President of the Illuminati
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Dear President of Illuminatti
January 23, 2007 - 12:33 ET by Mica the MagnificentDear President of Illuminatti,
I'm sorry to tell you that a recent CNN poll showed that the American people do not agree with the people of Illuminatti. Therefore, when another planet is found, it will become a day care planet for unwanted adopted African children after the celebrities tire of them.
I gave a hungry man a fish. I did not encourage him to catch his own fish, for then, he would not need me. - Old liberal proverb
That's OK, Mica, when we get done, there won't be any poor child
January 23, 2007 - 12:37 ET by acaiguanaThat's OK, Mica, when we get done, there won't be any poor childen left, Anywhere.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
<insert evil grin>
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MtM - I hope that lib used a
January 23, 2007 - 13:50 ET by FastEdMtM - I hope that lib used a net for those fish. Fish have feelings too, and I hope they knew, before they died, that they would be doing good, feeding the poor, who were too dumb to catch the fish themselves, and have to depend on some dumber lib to do it for them. And I hope they do this fishing as a volunteer, 'cause I wouldn't want them to become a big 'ole capitalist doing all that fishing.
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad
I agree that it's hard to k
January 23, 2007 - 11:35 ET by Dee BunkI agree that it's hard to keep politics out, but these movies are so blatant and some not even well made. There were plenty of good documentaries to choose from that were not only less political but just better quality like Wordplay (about NYT crossword puzzles), American Masters - Andy Warhol, and Once In A Lifetime (about Soccer) that all would have been better choices than most if not all of the nominations.
Regardless whether or not Al
January 23, 2007 - 10:47 ET by Dave RRegardless whether or not Al Bore’s little scare-the-hell-out-of-the-dumbmasses crockumentary wins or not (I suspect it will) the once vaunted Oscar has pretty much descended to a level that puts it right on par with a Pulitzer or Nobel Appeasement Prize, which is to say it is pretty well meaningless. All these stupid awards are really now nothing more that touchy-feely feel-good things where liberals award other liberals for being, well, liberal.
"Regardless whether or n
January 23, 2007 - 11:46 ET by ckc1227"Regardless whether or not Al Bore’s little scare-the-hell-out-of-the-dumbmasses crockumentary wins or not (I suspect it will)"
You suspect it will, lol? That sucker has already been engraved with Al's name on it, probably sometime last year, not long after the film was released.
Liberalism is the philosophy of the stupid.
ckc, Actually, I'm guessing h
January 23, 2007 - 12:13 ET by Dave Rckc,
Actually, I'm guessing his name hit the top of the list when they heard Al was going to make the stupid thing.
As I was shoveling snow on Su
January 23, 2007 - 10:53 ET by paperheadAs I was shoveling snow on Sunday, I kept thinking, didn't Al Gore claim there was global warming caused by man so that I shouldn't have to do this?
I was thinking the same thing
January 23, 2007 - 12:18 ET by Darth DutchI was thinking the same thing as I noticed the freeze that hit California and the snow that hit Arizona where my in-laws live.
Dutch
Was thinking the same thing S
January 23, 2007 - 13:17 ET by RunningBeerWas thinking the same thing Sunday afternoon. Went to a friends ranch to hunt a few quail (in the desert north of Phoenix) and received a 30+ minute snowstorm... in the desert (did I mention that?)
What you are experiencing is
January 23, 2007 - 15:25 ET by Hero SquadWhat you are experiencing is the swift impact of a Democrat-controlled congress. I'll bet if a Dem wins in '08, it's environmental impact will be so pronounced that shortly after the inauguration global warming is hardly even mentioned.
Much in the way acid rain disappeared when Clinton became president, or when Global Cooling vanished after Carter's ascention.
Hero...If Clinton got rid of
January 23, 2007 - 15:31 ET by Clear thinkerHero...
If Clinton got rid of acid rain, why do I work so hard at keeping those pesky stains off of my autos?
Those are just sparks spewing
January 23, 2007 - 15:49 ET by Hero SquadThose are just sparks spewing from the Karl Rove Weather Machine.
Back on 16 January I was thin
January 23, 2007 - 16:05 ET by UnsaneBack on 16 January I was thinking that as I chipped 1/8 to 1/4 inch of ice encrusted on my truck...in San Antonio. San Antonio! A city where I saw it hit single digits ONCE (16-17 December 1989). A city where there hasn't been a major snowstorm since 1985!
What is wrong with this picture?
"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???." - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)
The Inconvenience or Inconvenience -
January 23, 2007 - 11:00 ET by DanimalMy son was suspended from school for 3 days becasue he walked out of History class during the showing of this drivel. He requested that if he has to sit through this propoganda in History class they should also be showing the 9/11 movie. This request was met with disdain from his uberliberal teacher as the 9/11 movie was nothing short of fiction in her opinion -
Al Gore invented the internet and global warming
Someone in this story, eith
January 23, 2007 - 11:09 ET by sarcasmoSomeone in this story, either the kid or the teacher, seems to be silently-shouting the word, "homeschool!"
JMR
HAH - I would have my son in
January 23, 2007 - 11:16 ET by DanimalHAH - I would have my son in detention every day.
Danimal
January 23, 2007 - 11:15 ET by iveseenitallDanimal:
What a shame for your son. I thought the liberals loved "principled" civil disobedience. The school's actions against him make a mockery of leftist "ideology" and shows them for the hypocrites they are. It is part of the tryanny of educators which has infected our schools for decades. It also shows the incompetence of the teacher who obviously can't defend herself intellectually. But what's new about that? Most teachers are liberal, dull-witted lemmings. Congratultions to your son for showing courage.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Thank You - I am very proud o
January 23, 2007 - 11:21 ET by DanimalThank You - I am very proud of him for making a stand and thinking for himself. He thought he was going to be in trouble at home when I got the call. I told him I would never fault him for asking to learn in a school. I told him to question the motives of his professors when he gets to college but word the questions in a way so as not be confrontational.
Son
January 23, 2007 - 11:52 ET by iveseenitallDanimal:
With your guidance, your son will soon realize the true nature of the liberals. He'll learn to laugh at their stupidity and to see how predictable they are. He will also learn that liberals have never done anything right in the history of the world and that they need only be pitied for their immature, obvious ignorance. He will be a warrior for the truth and that will help everyone. Keep up the good work.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Danimal
January 23, 2007 - 11:15 ET by iveseenitallNEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Danimal
January 23, 2007 - 11:17 ET by iveseenitallFix the server
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Rather than nominate this mov
January 23, 2007 - 12:14 ET by CrimsonfistedRather than nominate this movie for best documentary, how about this one for funny spoof An Inconvenient Poot.
WhatAMaroon
LOL. . . That is priceless; I
January 23, 2007 - 13:03 ET by TheTruthLOL. . . That is priceless; I needed a good laugh :-)
Poot
January 23, 2007 - 16:21 ET by nkviking75I love subtle, sophisticated humor! : )
Al Gore Responsible for Global Warming
January 23, 2007 - 12:38 ET by JimboI would like to suggest that Al Gore is directly and personally responsible for global warming.
Think about how many computers are in use in the world today over just 10 or 15 years ago. Think about how much heat all those computers generate. Think about all the extra electricity that is needed to power those computers, which in turn generate greenhouse gasses.
What’s a major reason of private citizens buying computers?? Well to surf the internet of course!
And who is responsible for inventing the internet?? Well Al Gore of course!
Jimbo says - "There is a fine line between freedom of speach and treason"
Don't worry, Jimbo. Good ol'
January 23, 2007 - 12:55 ET by Mica the MagnificentDon't worry, Jimbo. Good ol' Al will develop a 'lock box' and herd all that extra heat into it.
Rollin', rollin', rollin'. Keep those gases rollin', Al Gorrrre!
I once ate a Ford pick-up truck by mistake. - Old Rosie Proverb
We just put our house up for
January 23, 2007 - 15:35 ET by Hero SquadWe just put our house up for sale today, so our realtor put a lock box on the door for the key. Every time I see it, I envision Darrell Hammond as Al Gore saying "lock box" and LMAO.
This could be history in the
January 23, 2007 - 13:28 ET by RunningBeerThis could be history in the making... An educational film, that has been banned by some schools for educational use, winning an academy award. That's priceless!
Rules for The Documentary Awards
January 23, 2007 - 13:58 ET by Gary HallMmm. "Emphasis on fact and not on fiction."
Note: Michael Moore was on record with both Bowling for Colombine and F-911, in noting that they were op-ed, or satirical pieces - not journalism - not that journalism today requires honesty based on truth.
I wonder if anyone has ever a
January 23, 2007 - 14:33 ET by paperheadI wonder if anyone has ever asked Al Gore if he knows who is causing the shrinking polar caps on Mars? Since we now have had permanent probes monitoring the planet for the last 7 or 8 years, we have documented proof that the frozen co2 is melting on Mars. Unfortunately, the MSM will not report this story.
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=173931
The Oscars are for stuck up left wing actors and acrtresses
January 23, 2007 - 16:22 ET by Carl KolchakIn my opinion the Oscar Awards are for stuck up left wingers who like to make cheesy speeches and talk about how much they dislike anyone who doesn't have their left wing views. I try to make sure I don't like any of the movies that win, since they all seem like cheesy movies. I will admit I liked "Lord of the Rings" trilogy that won many awards, but most of the time I try to make sure I don't watch any of those movies. For example anyone remember all the fuss over "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" and how everyone just went crazy about what a great Kung Fu movie it was? Get real, the movie had subtitles and didn't have the British dudes from Hong Kong doing the voices. You want classic Kung Fu movies you go with "Five Deadly Venoms", "Kid With the Golden Arm" or "Chinese Super Ninjas" which all were awesome and had the dubbed voices.
And no way does "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" beat Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon". I bet none of the left wingers on the nominating committee ever watched Kung Fu Theater on USA channel.
I think "Usual Suspects" may have won some awards too, but I will let that slide as it is an all time classic. I might be wrong though as I don't ever follow what movie wins. And if the "Road Warrior" won any awards it was well deserved too, and I would let that slide too, as that is the greatest movie of all time.
Also I can't remember what year "Used Cars" came out, but all of the actors and actresses from that movie were much better than whoever won an Oscar. In fact Jack Warden's perfomance in that was one of the best of all time. I can't remember what year "Phantasm" came out, but Angus Scrimm as the big Lurch looking bad dude, was much better than whoever won the Best Actor Award.
"Poison clan rocks the world"
For you, Carl."You play
January 23, 2007 - 17:40 ET by Roger the ShrubberFor you, Carl.
"You play a good game boy, but the game is finished, now you die."
As for "Used Cars", who could forget the great performance by Joe Flaherty?
Thanks for the links
January 23, 2007 - 20:33 ET by Carl KolchakI think Joe Flaherty's lines were pretty much "Roy you can't do that" throughout the movie. "Used Cars" had an awesome cast. Lenny and Squiggy were great, and don't forget Grandpa Munster was the judge. Whoever the guy was that played Jeff was brilliant. Kurt Russell was extremly funny, but the performance by Jack Warden has to be one of the all time great performances of all time. I cry laughing sometimes just thinking about his character as Roy L Fuchs.
"I'll tell you something. This country is going to the dogs. You know, it used to be when you bought a politician, that s.o.b. stayed bought." Roy L Fuchs
The Academy probably does alr
January 23, 2007 - 16:35 ET by HumanEventsThe Academy probably does already have at least one Oscar already waiting for the wooden indian. Of course, "Brokeback Mountain" failing to win Best Picture last year was a nice surprise. But that piece of garbage did win 3 other Oscars so Algore's hot air "film" probably will too. This is the guy who said, "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it" and "For NASA, space is still a high priority." Boy what a brilliant scientific mind he has! And I guess his statement, "I stand by all the misstatements that I've made" applies to "Inconvenient Truth" as well. After all, as Mr. Bore has also stated, "A leopard doesn't change its stripes." Boy he also has a keen knowledge of nature and the animal kingdom too!
HERE is some real intelligence and wisdom on global warming from the very intelligent James Inhofe, Senator from Oklahoma.
HE...Inhofe is right.Inhofe i
January 23, 2007 - 16:44 ET by bigtimerHE...
Inhofe is right.
Inhofe is one of my favorite Senators...always will be.
Glad you posted the link for others who may be interested. Great word of wisdom spoken by the man. He took it to the media and got attention, too bad some other clueless RINO's don't learn from him.
Thanks.
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan
You got that right, bigtimer
January 23, 2007 - 16:59 ET by HumanEventsYou got that right, bigtimer. Sad that RINOs and feckless Republicans let Inhofe be a lone ranger on this issue when he had such incredibly thorough, well-researched facts and points.
Thanks for your comments.
HE,...and unfortunately I hav
January 23, 2007 - 17:07 ET by bigtimerHE,
...and unfortunately I have heard the President is going to cave even more to the environ's tonight....I for one am dang sick of it.
I will wait and see..but that is the scuttlebutt I have heard on the telly today.
If we want to be dependent on our own selves when it comes to energy it is called be self sufficient...with oil within our own shores which we have plenty of.
We have already put more money in to other forms of energy which is fine than any other administration...we need to be realistic...oh well...
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan