If the planet is warming it's because we orbit the sun. I will continue to use incandescent bulbs ,because they are controlled by dimmer switches.

A President algore will  embolden Evil humans to destory our oil refineries, there by saving energy.

Carbon footprint...Is that when a coal miner kicks Al Gore's a$$?

I guess you can't blame Timberland for doing this.. it's probably going to garner more biz than any conventional advertising. But I still think it's pretty irresponsible of TL to jump on this snake oil bandwagon. I say BOYCOTT TIMBERLAND!

Unplugging device chargers? Laurie David said that last year and I nearly wet my pants laughing so hard that she actually thought unplugging our cell phone chargers was going to stop "global warming" or whatever world-ending disaster they think is happening. "The world is ending! The ice caps are melting! The cities will drown! We're all gonna die!!! UNPLUG YOUR CELL PHONE CHARGERS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!"

 I can't believe this nonsense is catching on. How about NBC shuts down all its stations? That would help a whole lot more than all of us unplugging our chargers when we're not using them (in more ways than one).

Seriously, even if I believed that humans are causing the world to heat up, I'd have to give up and decide we're all doomed if the solution depends on Americans changing their behavior. We just don't do it, not even the "environmentally sensitive" ones among us. They make themselves feel better by doing useless little things, but the vast majority don't really make any genuine sacrifices. Good thing they don't really have to, huh? ;-)

A little off topic of the post here - solly bout that. But, was just reading the IPCC report. Interesting indeed - for a 21 page report, which they are promoting as 90% "for sure," the word "likely" appears 58 times. For sure, man. Carry on. I'm likely to have a good day - well, unless I get stuck in a GW caused cyclone.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to address your main point in this piece--YES, I think it's highly inappropriate for NBC to endorse Al Gore this way, politician or not. Their job is to report the arguments of both sides and let the public decide. Instead, in their vast scientific wisdom, the powers-that-be at NBC have simply decreed that the argument is over, and Al Gore is the Prophet. What hubris!

If these rich Hollywood types wanna reduce carbon emissions, they should sell their expansive Beverly Hills estates with 25 rooms. How much energy does it take to heat and cool a house like that??? But how likely is that to happen???

It's like total abbandoment of journalistic principles in favor of unfettered propaganda for the hip new version of doomsaying. Personally I prefer hearing demons will rise from hell and do battle with god then the icecaps are melting, much more interesting, and doesn't stifle freedom as much.

Getting off subject,  for people who care so much about nature they sure don't seem to care much about its natural course, mankind is just another part of nature if you accept evolution as the creator of man, therefore all its products are natural and all changes from its existence natural. Of course these are the same people who try to preserve endangered species for reasons beyond putting them in zoos, which really is hard to justify if you believe in evolution by the way, so I don't expect much better from them.

Ok back on subject seriously though, I think while it may be foolish, the Today show is more of a talk show then a newsreport right? I don't watch it so I don't know for sure, but if so its not neccesarily journalistically irresponsible for them to choose a side. Sure it would be better if they were neutral but whatever, I don't think Campbell was neccessarily speaking for NBC as whole, not that I don't think NBC has chosen his side, I just don't think its fair to say he was speaking on the behalf of NBC, unless I missed something...

Which will be HilLIARy's slogan in '08?

It's global warming stupid!

              or

It's the Iraq war stupid!

First, take a look at that picture of Laurie David...is it me, or does she look like a man in drag? Is "she" really David Laurie?

Second, I predict that the capitalists will continue to climb aboard this Global Warming voodoo train because of the intense Media pressure that can threaten economic ruin otherwise, and when the Earth "cools", the MSM will pat themselves on the back for a job well done in averting the end of humankind. They will spotlight themselves taking the message to the streets and throw just enough praise on the public to embolden the ones who touted the GW Mantra and to shame the ones who did not.

It's a win-win situation: Earth keeps-a-warmin', naysayers become enemies of the state; Earth "cools" off (while Corporate America bows to environmental pressure), naysayers become the bane of society. Why? Because junk-science trumps anything logical or real as long as society lives in the world of the MSM propaganda. Whatever would the Founding Fathers have done had they had foresight into this possibility...maybe have re-written the First Amendment?

The very first act of the US Congress was to authorize the printing of 20,000 Bibles for the Indians. I guess the Founding Fathers had not yet come to realise their own intentions.