Al Gore and ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ Win Oscar For Best Documentary

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By Noel Sheppard | February 26, 2007 - 00:44 ET

Well, it’s final: Al Gore’s schlockumentary won an Oscar Sunday evening. And, despite Bill McCuddy’s prediction Saturday, the former Vice President and soon-to-be-doctor did indeed get a chance to give an acceptance speech.

I'm sure you're all thrilled.

(Update: Drudge is reporting that Sunday's Oscar broadcast might be the third lowest rated in history.)

After producer Davis Guggenheim just gushed over Tipper’s husband, Gore spoke his piece (Hot Air has video available here):

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Thank you. I want to thank Tipper and my family. Thank the Academy, and everyone on this amazing team.

Then, our hero got serious:

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My fellow Americans, people all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis. It’s not a political issue, it’s a moral issue. We have everything we need to get started with the possible exception of the will to act. That’s a renewable resource. Let’s renew it.

Can someone point me in the direction of the nearest water closet?

Editor's Note (Ken Shepherd | 09:49 EST): In his February 21 column, MRC President Brent Bozell wrote about how the liberal media's cheerleading of Al Gore falls into line with a long history of showcasing environmental alarmists such as Paul Ehrlich of The Population Bomb fame. Last August, the MRC's sister organization, the Business & Media Institute (BMI) issued a report about Gore's summer press blitz and the nearly six hours of national TV air time he had racked up by the end of July promoting his film. On the February 5 "Your World with Neil Cavuto," BMI director Dan Gainor predicted Gore's film would win the Oscar (video accessible here).

—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.

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Noel

Just curious: Are you nauseous because you think Gore is disingenuous about his cause?

Balboa

B,

He's a charlatan who doesn't believe in anything but himself and attaining power. And, he's commiting a fraud on the population for his own benefit, not yours, and certainly not mine.

Furthermore, I'm saddened at the gullibility of the society for falling for such nonsense hook, line, and sinker. I only hope that there are enough skeptics around to prevent the economic catastrophe that would occur if America yields to this hysteria in any serious financial way.

That's why I'm spending so much time and energy on this subject, for those of us who aren't fooled need to speak up with ten times the volume and frequency of the alarmists. Only this way can we prevent the economic cataclysm that will certainly follow if we are unsuccessful.  ns

I don't know know if we're ca

I don't know know if we're causing global warming. How can you be so sure it's a fraud? I don't know what's right or not. But I haven't heard a winning argument from either side yet.

You haven't been listening

You haven't been listening to the skeptics then. You aren't going to get a winning argument. However, you can get evidence and statistics that back up or debunk claims. So far the skeptics have more compelling evidence that it is geological in nature than the GW crowd has showing global warming is caused by man.

Gun Safety Tip #8: No matter how responsible he seems, never give your gun to a monkey. (www.imao.us)

B

B,

Because climates have been changing for millions of years on this planet. It's been a lot hotter, and a lot colder. As such, to negatively impact the global economy, and potentially starve millions nay billions of people in developing nations, because the planet has possibly seen a 0.7 degree rise in temperature in the past 100 years is a crime against humanity.

And if you can't see it, you're blind.  ns

How can you hear the other si

How can you hear the other side when all the hype is given to the side of a non-scientist career politician the media wants to elect? The new science seems to find a much better link between solar radiation and global temperatures. Science is always evolving and always questioning itself. Trumpeting some kind of consensus that was never even there to begin with shows a complete lack of understanding about how real science works.

Do some research, somethi

Do some research, something Al Gore never did. Why do you think Greenland is called "Greenland?" The Vikings had thriving farming communities there perhaps 1000 years ago. In the same period England had a thriving wine industry. I don't think there were many SUVs in medieval Europe, do you?

Gore has absolutely no scientific credentials. Much of his so-called "documentary" is filled with errors, misinterpretations of facts, and just plain stupid nonsense. For example, there was the report revealing that a number (four, I believe) of drowned polar bears were found. Gore uses this as proof that polar bears are drowning because their ice flows have melted and they must swim longer and longer distances. Turns out the actual cause was more likely a severe storm.

In another example, he shows large chunks of glaciers falling off into the sea. His explanation: the glaciers are melting! Actual cause: glacier calving. The glaciers grow (read that "get larger") into the sea and break off.

The earth's climate is indeed probably getting warmer at the present. Mankind almost certainly has very little to nothing to do with this. Scientists qualified to comment on the phenomenon point to the sun as the most likely culprit.

Gore is either incredibly stupid or incredibly evil. What is really troubling is that otherwise reasonabe people capable of cogent thought fall for this nonsense. I can understand Hollywood giving him the Best Documentary oscar, that town is populated largely by ignorant high school dropouts. These are the same morons that gave an oscar to Michael Moore. I don't understand how otherwise sensible people fall for it, however.

I hope Gore lives long enough to experience the intense ridicule he so richly deserves.

Great post Marvl, but I heard

Great post Marvl, but I heard there is one piece of truth in his "documentary" (should that be shlockumentary), although he probably doesn't know it and I've never seen this waste of film. Apparently the graphs in the movie actually show the rise in temperature being followed by the rise in CO2 levels, which would prove heat creates more CO2 and not the other way around.

Funny, Bal, the Mars-data t

Funny, Bal, the Mars-data totally sealed it for me. How come I had to learn that particular factoid on a mediabias busting site, instead of learning it from the media itself? I can think of only one answer...And even if the Mars data doesn't seal it for you, would you at least agree that it's a pretty strong argument for the sun causing these changes rather than man?
JMR

Funny, Bal, the Mars-data tot

Funny, Bal, the Mars-data totally sealed it for me.

Same here, Sarcasmo.

Has anybody been able to make a creditable retort to that tidbit? I have yet to see or hear it.

The Mars-data on TV is like

The Mars-data on TV is like Dr. Ron Paul on TV (at least, before Lou Dobbs finally breaks the silence on his CNN show tonight). Unseen & unheard. The good news is, it's a good opportunity for our side to make jokes about the obvious effects of those 2 SUVs we sent a while back on the Martian climate...
JMR

:-)

:-)

Here're a few reasons to susp

Here're a few reasons to suspect Gore, if not outright accuse him of fraud.

1.  Gore's biggest GW catastrophe is the melting of polar ice caps, raising sea levels 20 FEET by 2100.  Yet, the final 2007 IPCC report due to the UN in May, is reducing the IPCC's 2001 forecast for sea level rise in 2100 by about half to 17 INCHES.  Gore insists that the science is in and the debate is over, yet his scary sea level number, accompanied by computer graphics of ports and lowlands covered by oceans, isn't anywhere close to the science.  A 17" rise in sea level over the next 100 years is about the same as the rise in past 100 years.

2.  As for the debate being over, it's only because Gore won't debate his bogus data.  He was invited to debate Prof. Bjorn Lomborg of Denmark by a leading Danish newspaper, but declined.  Has anyone ever seen Gore debate a GW skepctic and stand by the supposedlyh irrefutable "science?"  Why is Prince Albert afraid?  Does he fear that someone who understands real science and real data will make him look like an idiot?  I suspect so.

3.  Gore himself isn't serious about GW.  He defends China's 'by' under the Kyoto Treaty by explaining that China's economy ---- which is spewing untreated pollutants all over East Asia --- needs to catch up, and therefore can't be hampered by Kyoto restrictions.  So, much for the crisis.  And wasn't Al the guy accepting the illegal Chinese campaign $$$ at that Buddhist temple.  Gthat was a smart investment for China, no?

Yeah, China is a "deve

Yeah, China is a "developing" economy. It's been "developing" for over 4000 years now....

Noel, thank you for continuin

Noel, thank you for continuing to bring this forward. As a lifelong resident of Tennessee, I appreciate your efforts to get out the real story on the carpetbagger from Carthage as he is known as here. Gore is Mike Moore with a shave, haircut, and a tux. His crappy movie based on lies is his way of staying in the news until the opportunity arises for another run for President. Were it not for Hillary, he would have already entered the race. He knows first hand what the Clinton war machine is capable of. Gore does not have the stomach for an intra-party blood feud. He not only fears the Clinton's, he is just as afraid of losing again.

Gore will run for president in '08

I think Gore's just biding his time while the current crop of Democrat presidential candidates beat each other up. I think his plan is to ride this wave of "goodwill" he's manufactured with his glorified film strip, steering clear of  the fray. There is still so much time before the race kicks into high gear, there is really no need for him to declare now. This summer, when it's nice and warm again, he'll declare his intentions to run for president, beating the GW drum. Probably declare at his rock concert.

Question: Was global warming an issue for Gore when he ran in 2000? Where did enviro issues rank for him back then? Or did he just discover them recently?

*****

"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine no possessions?'" - Elvis Costello

Why else would Gore exaggerat

Why else would Gore exaggerate even IPCC numbers by 200%, claim a consensus which alarmists then use to shout down  any other opinions, and contort science to mean something that relies on voting and claim his science has the votes.

I learned to trust the talent

I learned to trust the talented people in show business. They can do anything! Look at Al Gore, he even won an Oscar for warning us that America is killing the earth. Trust Hollywood, folks. I'm having Reese Witherspoon do my taxes this year.

An Oscar, a nomination for the peace prize - too bad I have to die first before I can rise again. -  Al

Pepto Bismol Is My Best Friend

Yes, thoroughly, Bal. Al Whore is at the core disingenuous about gw and he is still a politician (though a failed one). I've done more reading up about what other gw skeptics (scientists not laymen) think of his "fauxmentary" and they've said that his "feuxmentary" is nothing but science fiction. Plus, he misrepresents scientific data and surveys about the loss of the ice sheets...saying that the damage is dire when the actual reports and studies show that the loss is more like .4 cubic miles per year or some such.

Are you truly willing to let someone with a political agenda and who doesn't know what he's talking about control the discourse concerning this issue? Why does the UN have any sway over this issue? Even their "scientists" (some at the recent gw powwow didn't even have the credentials to be on the committee who released the latest report) dispute the findings in Gore's movie.

As both an historian and teacher, I'm at heart a skeptic of most things. I would rather an actual scientist present these findings in a balanced way, not in a way that is controversial and gets you the most press as Al Whore has discovered works for him. It's a shame when the media whores can't let science be science anymore.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.  Air Force Motto

emjem says: When your brain's stuck on liberalism it self-destructs.

"Plus, he misrepresent

"Plus, he misrepresents scientific data"

Here's one of my favorites. He gathered CO2 counts, the ones that account for the "spectacular" increase in CO2 from, now get this....the top of a volcano!!!!

When people are willing to turn to non-scientists and Hollywood actors for scientific, political, and financial advice, they are ready to believe anything.


Reminder: Don't forget to pay your taxes. 12 million illegal immigrants are counting on you.

When I wake up tomorrow, ther

When I wake up tomorrow, there should be at least a hundred variations of "The Oscars are too political!" in this blogpost. Guys, don't let me down!

(Oh, and Rinko Kukichi got robbed blind by Jennifer Hudson.)

Uzumaki/Ayanami '08. Because a ninja and an Eva pilot can govern the nation better that what we have now...

ferrarimanf355 (Vroom, Vroom!

ferrarimanf355 (Vroom, Vroom!!), THE OSCARS ARE 1000% TOO POLITICAL..  I don't even know the other nominees in the same category as IC, but I'll bet in their heart of hearts they have a few choice thoughts about Al Whore.  They never had a ghost of a chance!

The Oscars Political?  Don't

The Oscars Political?  Don't be silly.  No one in their right mind would claim such a thing. 

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Support the Spread of Open Society and Capitalism around the World.  Do it for the Children.

That being the case, ferrari,

That being the case, ferrari, my vote is going to Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi.

I'm sure the Hollywood crow

I'm sure the Hollywood crowd will start giving up their private jets.suvs,mansions and big ass limos to save the planet.

Exactly. Gun Safety Tip #8

Exactly.

Gun Safety Tip #8: No matter how responsible he seems, never give your gun to a monkey. (www.imao.us)

The biggest "Inconvenien

The biggest "Inconvenient" joke?  In a year in which three nominated songs are from a movie based on a Broadway musical (and hit music CD), Melissa Etheridge wins the Oscar?  If that isn't a message, nothing is.  Truly, the Oscar is a meaningless award anymore, like the Nobel Peace Prize.  They're merely 'thank you' gifts from a mutual admiration society. 

Gee, you'd think with Broke

Gee, you'd think with Brokeback winning and AIT winning, then Death of a President would have had shot (pun intended)!

Oscars are very much political, no doubt about it. "Yeah, let's give someone the highest honors ever because he plays off of lies!" "It's OK, Aly, you may not be president, but at least you have an Oscar!"

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I gained 500 pounds off the Atkins diet!

I find it especially ironic that the Oscars have "gone green," yet they still allow these windbags to keep speaking for so long in their acceptance speeches and skits. CO2 kills apparently, but not THEIR CO2. Double Standard...

Brokeback never won, and be

Brokeback never won, and best documentary isn't chosen by the standard Hollywood academy but by members of the documentary filmmakers union. I guess the "blue collar" documentary filmmakers have become too "political".

And, which film did Hollywood choose for best pic? Not the liberal Babel or Little Miss Sunshine... They chose the gritty crime drama The Departed. Oh so very political.

It's not about how good the m

It's not about how good the music is, it's about the agenda they can push.  An Inconvenient Truth could push two agendas:  global warming and Etheridge's lesbianism.  Dreamgirls only had race relations going for it.

Don't forget her cancer...t

Don't forget her cancer...that makes her a triple threat..a liberal cause,an alternative lifestyle and a devastating disease alone any of those would give her the award but combined it was a sure thing.

Amen, scout! In spite of t

Amen, scout! In spite of the comments in the days before the show, about Gore's movie violating the rules for documentaries, and Gore not being allowed to give a speech because he wasn't listed as a producer, anyone who didn't see that coming last night has grapes for brains.

Heard it last night and was c

Heard it last night and was completely underwhelmed.  Was not an Oscar worthy song.  Should not even have been nominated.

Well, at least it was just

Well, at least it was just an Oscar that he won, hopefully not a presidency.

Algore

Global warming, eh? Who's to say that the temperatures we are experiencing today are the correct ones?

Gordo

Melmac

Exactly!  As I said in anoth

Exactly!  As I said in another thread, from all we know the Earth could be, and probably is, in the process of recovery from the Ice Age and still has another couple thousand years to go to get back to what it's "supposed to be.". 

As for Algore's Oscar, it's more proof of the decadent state of Hollyweird.  If I had an Oscar, I'd return it.

An excellent point, ALF! ****

An excellent point, ALF!

*****

"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine no possessions?'" - Elvis Costello

Oscars

Isn’t that special. The lemmings of Hollywood have followed the pied piper, Algore,  over the cliff of global warming by giving him an Oscar. More apropos would have been a booby prize.

Hollywood is devoid of reality and incapable of reasoned thought. Algore is the Elmer Gantry of the 21st century preaching his new-found religion of global warming to the suckers who believe thinking for themselves went out with the buggy whip.

I Think His Acceptance Speech Was Really Stiff

I can't believe I'm about to say this but I actually watched tiny (very very tiny) snippets of the Oscars tonight. When there were commercials. Gotta tell ya, by the little bit I saw, the celebrity smooze fest was quite restrained this year. I didn't see any of these movies (or their smear documentaries) and I'm betting not many other people did either.

I saw a very, very small bit of Al Whore's acceptance speech. First off, the guy saps any inspiration and spontaneity out of a room (but then these celeb brainiacs don't have that in spades when a star like Hale Berry gushes, "He (Gore) really opened my eyes (to gw....sigh)."The claim by some celebs that the guy isn't so stiff doesn't seem realistic. I mean, he was expressionless and it looked like his entire face was injected with botox. Plus, his little speech was insipid at best. Made me want to throw up...but then I turned the channel before the heaving process took over.

sigh..........really, when will hollywood get real...........oh this is the same bunch of people that voted for a woman who played the British Queen and whose role is that of a figurehead but whose position these Mensa member wannabes want to attain themselves.....yay! Gweneth Paltrow: "Can I have my tiera now please! I'm British and I said now (oops, did I say the British had better manners than the Americans my bad)!

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.  Air Force Motto

emjem says: When your brain's stuck on liberalism it self-destructs.

EJ

EJ,

I thought Forrest Whittaker's speech was great. And, it was marvelous seeing Scorsese finally win. Other than that, I agree. Very subdued. However, I was kind of half-watching while I wrote.  ns

The Oscars Are Too Long

NS,

I didn't catch Forrest Whittaker's speech. Who really wants to catch a movie about the dictator Amin? Jennifer Hudson's speech was okay. For a crowd that makes their salaries trying to be interesting and hold a captive audience, I found myself cringing at all the fake understatedness. It's almost as if the producers told these people not to make grandiose political speeches or they'll inspire even more ill will than they have already. A lot of what Ellen Degenerate did looked canned from what I saw and read about tonight. I'm glad I don't have to ask for a refund.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.  Air Force Motto

emjem says: When your brain's stuck on liberalism it self-destructs.

When you see someone humbled

When you see someone humbled by the experience, as Whitaker and Hudson were, it makes you feel good that their achievements are being recognized. Likewise with the long overdue recognition of Scorsese - someone who lets his art speak for itself.

When you see a decent but inferior movie like "Happy Feet" beat "Cars" (the only category I was eminently qualified to judge this year), it causes the opposite reaction. It reminds me of past indiscretions like "Shakespeare in Love" beating "Saving Private Ryan" and "Dances with Wolves" beating "Goodfellas." It makes me dislike the winning movie more, even though I held no prior disdain for it.

When you see Mel Etheridge begin her acceptance speech by thanking her wife, and then my normally politically indifferent wife promptly changes the channel to a re-run of "Friends" - well, that's just a special moment to be treasured!

*****

"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine no possessions?'" - Elvis Costello

Does anyone believe a billion people were watching ?

Does anyone believe a billion people were watching ? I certainly don't. But that's ok, the exaggerrrator said so,and within a few years that billion and the other 5 billion will all be extinct ... well they were going to be extinct, but Al Gore thanked everyone for a successful response to the global warming problem.

 So, I guess the terrifying extinction scenario is over. Hollywood rose up with Al and saved us. Yeah, maybe Al meant they went green for the shows carbon output, but one can hope.

He's got a Hybrid plane to go

He's got a Hybrid plane to go back home right????

I mean ......right???

captionfest

captionfest see Gore pic above : " Gnow mhine Iron Cross shall rule de Verld ! "

I heard he was taking Nancy's personal military jet with Caprio and Degenerous for a night over the town, then home.

Absolutely, owned, it's powe

Absolutely, owned, it's powered by a wind mill.

Duh'll

Duh...

It's kinda strange how in reg

It's kinda strange how in regards to Global Warming, Rupublican's trip over themselves to cite scientific-method, data, and credentials. However, when it comes to something like Terry Schivo or stem-cell research, it's, 'screw science'!!

Just a thought

Keep thnking.

Keep thinking.

Thank You, I will. One of th

Thank You, I will. One of the "perks" of being moderate and independant.

Amen.

Amen.

On lacking vertebrae

"moderate and independent" = spineless

(Note: I don't belong to any political party myself, but I know where I stand...)

"HAV3 TH3 BRIDG3S OF INSANITY B33N CROSS3D AND FOR3V3R R3TRACT3D???."  - Meshuggah, "3ntrapm3nt", from Catch Thirty Thr33 (2005)

"moderate and independent" = spineless

10-4...AKA correct for the 10 code impaired.

My Amen

As I did not specify earlier let me add that my Amen referred exclusively to your "Thank You, I will."

You both need to keep think

You both need to keep thinking. First neither of you are moderate or independent just two more liberals who can't admit it what they are.

As far as saying screw science - Republicans don't say that - only extremist far left liberals would say that they do. What they say is science doesn't answer everything. The embryonic stem cell issue has nothing at all to do with science; it has to do with human life as did the Terry Shivo issue. If Terry Shivo's family had wanted her tube removed - it never would have even been an issue.

In the case of Global warming - again they are saying that science doesn't answer everything. There are conflicting scientific theories. If you were moderate and independent you would know that

Why was Terry's feeding tub

Why was Terry's feeding tube removed? Oh yeah, her adulterous husband wanted to cash in on the insurance money to take his girlfriend to Paris. Both unethical and fraudulent that dragged family and politics into the issue. At what point did science come into play? The closest thing I can think of is the argument to whether or not she was physically responding to starving to death.

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone." - Bill Cosby

exactly Dyne - and if Terry

exactly Dyne - and if Terry Shivo had not been a Catholic and was an atheist and her family wanted the tube removed - or if Terry had it in writing that she would have wanted it that way then Christians would not have made an issue of it.

Devout Catholics believe that

Devout Catholics believe that all life has value. Terri's parents are devout Catholics. They thought it morally wrong to end her life by withdrawing her food and water. They were willing to care for her for as long as she remained alive. Whether or not she was capable of any sort of recovery of her mental faculties was not really the issue. So whatever science had determined regarding the state of her brain function had nothing to do with whether or not anyone had the right to end her life.

and Terry was also a Cathol

and Terry was also a Catholic - that should have been taken into consideration

Good old mostlymoderate - totally wrong again.

Good old mostlymoderate - totally wrong again.

To conflate stem-cell research (it's embryonic stem-cells under debate, by the way) and Terry Schiavo with 'Global Warming' or is it 'Global Climate Change', is disingenous at best and outright BS at its worst.

Of course, once again you don't have all the facts.  And when asked to provide the facts; you choose facts that are mere speculative opinions by people during a debate rather than the result of the debate.

But, aside from that demonstrated silliness.  Here's a few facts.

Up until the last 6 months or so zero private capital had been invested in Embryonic Stem-Cell research because it has never (not, zilch, nada) been demonstrated as even 'promising' to provide a cure for anything.  Recently one (count them 1) company has been initiated to commercialize research in this area of 'stem-cell' research and that was done by one guy, not a herd of venture capitalists.  I don't have the link available right now and am being lazy to get it, but this is true.

That would be first.  Which means all the emphasis on using my tax dollars to fund such research is another government boondoggle that I'd appreciate they stay out of altogether.

Let's see, second.  Shiavo you just threw in as a quick throw away jab.  Since Shiavo has nothing to do with science and everything to do with a moral question as to when does the Medical Profession have the 'right' to kill someone.  Would you not agree?

Schiavo's case was where we heard from you Liberal idiots how peaceful 'starving to death' really was for the victim.

Thanks.  I have terminated all of my support for any International Aid to starving children in ___ fill in blank.  I sure as hell would not want them to miss the 'joy' of starving to death.

ACA

...

Quoted from:  'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)

Yeah, sure mostlymoderate liberal

Yeah, sure mostlymoderate liberal.

Science said Schiavo was dead, right ? Science said a philandering money grubbing "hubby" in cahoots with certain judges and breeding children with another woman had Terry's best interest at heart.

Stem cell science government funded was supported first under Bush. Forget that scientific fact. Aslo forget the science that has proven umbilical cord stem cells already have breakthrough uses.

 It's ok mostlymoderateliberal, I understand as long as it's murdering the defenseless,  you mostylmoderateliberals are all for it. I'm still guessing but it appears to be along the lines of reducing the surface population, in order to save "the earth we are destroying".

 It wouldn't surprise me one bit if in a few decades we don't have a liberal in power somewhere on this globe that makes it his life ambition to ignite a massive war to "reduce the surface population" to "sustainable levels".

 Yeah, the freaks who believed the gorian self lovefest flick will no doubt convince themselves, and already have in many, many cases, that 6 billion is way too many people for the earth.

If you're so moderate, take a look at the freaks on the left who hate the USA, and just imagine what they will be capable of. We're on the first generation of idolizers in that area, just wait till their hand morphed prodigy come to power. It's getting ugly already.

Gore

Looks like Hollywood may be coming around after all by giving the directing Oscar, despite the Sean Penn crowd, to a conservative one-time candidate for the Priesthood. Bravo Scorsese!!

This website compares embryon

This website compares embryonic stem cells to other stem cell advances: http://www.fumento.c...
I think the stem cell debate is over taxpayer funded EMBRYONIC stem cell research. It seems like that is always represented as "against stem cells".

If we are on the precipice of

If we are on the precipice of such a GLOBAL disaster, so bad that the seas could rise 20 ft, shouldn't we all be seeking higher ground, or at least move further inland?  Watch out Omaha!! 

Al Gore is a total phoney.  A long time ago, like in the mid 80's, my son and others in his high school class in Maryville, TN were honored as scholar athletes and given awards at a school banquet.  Guess who the speaker was..  that's right, Algore.  I'd only heard his name in the news and mostly because of his father, so I didn't really know much about him, but the moment he began to speak I was immediately turned off and sickened. Just like the Clintons his entire life has been paid for by taxpayers!  He is not a statemen, he doesn't give a rats ass about America, and he will do and say ANYTHING to GAIN POWER. 

"Just like the Clintons

"Just like the Clintons his entire life has been paid for by taxpayers!"

Paid for by taxpayers and oil tycoon/lobbyist Armand Hammer.

Gorbal warming

Gorbal warming is a sickness, not a science.

Gore Camp - did anyone noti

Gore Camp - did anyone notice how mesmerized the audience looked when Gore was speaking? I was expecting the whole place to start speaking in tongues and thrashing aroung on the floor.

Seinfeld was announced as the

Seinfeld was announced as the next presenter and I heard the word Documentary..  knowing full well what was about to happen, it occured to me that this was a really good time to head for the throne room...    nomesayin?

"Truth"

Noel, is it the message or the messenger that blinds your vision? Sounds like your hatred for Al is clouding your opinion just a tad. I do not know the whole truth about global warming either but at least I have an open mind about the subject no matter who is speaking, including you.

j.

Bully for you jserve..  List

Bully for you jserve..  Listen up..  Algore is a snake oil salesmen..  always has been, always will be...   ANYTHING he says is suspect! 

Open Mind = Al Gore Is An Actual Scientist

jserve...

You're keeping an "open mind" concerning gw. Noel's concern over gw is fueled by hatred for Al Whore? Wow, I guess you've really appointed yourself devil's advocate for this issue.

It's more like open mind = Al Whore is an actual scientist. I'm sure he "opened" your eyes like Hale Berry's. Skeptism is healthy on an an array of issues but I guess you want US ALL to think that Al Whore is suddenly a new American hero.

Who exactly are you kidding, jserve? It seems that you're not the least bit bothered that this "fauxmentary" is political with very little science to back it up. How's that openmindedness now? Now why don't you hug a tree or something.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.  Air Force Motto

emjem says: When your brain's stuck on liberalism it self-destructs.

Jserve

J,

So, in your grand search for information, believing a snake oil salesman with not one scintilla of education or formal training on the subject in question is what you qualify as keeping an open mind?

You must be quite the intellectual powerhouse. I'm green with envy.   ns

Open Mind

Thanks for the compliment! Gee, you guys seem so uptight about this. Open mind means I'll listen to all sides and make an informed decision. You have a right to keep a closed mind and again, the messenger might have an agenda but the message, I think, deserves discussion. And please let me decide whom or what to hug - including trees!

j.

JS

JS,

Please feel free to hug whatever you want, and listen to any voices that you hear on any subject regardless of their value or veracity. If that's what you consider being open-minded, have at it.

For myself, given the limited number of hours in a day, and the finality of mortality, I choose to exclusively read qualified opinions on subjects I deem are important. If you see that as being closed-minded, well, that is your choice. I, on the other hand, view it as an economical and judicious employment of time, energy, and resources.   ns 

jserve - how do you expect

jserve - how do you expect someone to respond when you call them a hater? Noel is far from being a hater of anyone. We don't hate Gore - we just don't respect him - especially as a scientist - because he is not.

I don't have my mind completely made up either but I can tell you for sure that what Al Gore says is discounted as partisan blather so is what Hollywood and the MSM say.

Don't call people haters - especially the bloggers on here who are all very professional and none of them have shown any hating that I've seen and I've been coming here almost since the beginning.

Moral issue

When scientific inquiry becomes a moral issue, I start closing my mind. It shows the speaker does not know from what they speak.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow. Dwight Eisenhower

OK, so here's jserve - an unabashed Liberal trying to think.

OK, so here's jserve - an unabashed Liberal trying to think.

First thing he does is declare an 'open' mind.  Taking care that it is not so open that anything falls out of course.

jserve:  "I've an open mind about that, you seem to have made your mind up."

Capitalist Running Dog Imperialist American Right Winger:  "Um, well, I haven't accepted the 'consensus', if that is what you mean."

jserve:  "Of course that is what I mean.  Here you argue from the position that maybe Al Gore is full of it; and I have an open mind.  After all the messenger is not the message."

Capitalist Running Dog Imperialist American Right Winger:  "Um, OK, so by questioning the message and attaching it to the messenger, I am therefore prejudiced against the message to start?"

jserve:  "Well of course.  If you just ignored the twit who was telling you that you had to completely change your lifestyle; alter the economics of energy; reduce the American Wealth Generating Economy to a redistribution scheme to help the 'poor' children in the world, then you would have an open mind."

Capitalist Running Dog Imperialist American Right Winger:  "Um... thinking here...Uhhhhh.... OK, you don't believe any of this crap this twit is saying, do you?"

:-)

ACA

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Quoted from:  'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)

When you say you're keeping a

When you say you're keeping an open mind. Please excuse me if I laugh.

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.”   H.L. Mencken

The mind requires protectio

The mind requires protection from disease, as does the body.

Skepticism is the white blood cells of thought.

Our "open-minded" buddy here has no immune system.

liberal

A liberal telling someone to be more "open-minded". I can't stop laughing.

NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal

Gore said: It’s not a polit

Gore said: It’s not a political issue, it’s a moral issue.

Oh? I thought it was a scientific issue. Sorry, My bad. I didn't realize that my morals were ruing the enviroment.

Good point ConservArts. Why

Good point ConservArts. Why do they have to keep saying it's not a political issue if it's not a political issue? If it's not a political issue why is it being championed by a politician?

If it were not a political issue, they would be focusing on less controversial things that could still help their cause. Fore example, most people agree that we need to reduce our dependency on foreign oil. They could try to convince people to buy hybrids so that companies would voluntarily make more (not by trying to demonize or force companies into it).

On a related note, I always w

On a related note, I always wondered how Democrats working for Halliburton felt about being demonized by the left. You figure there've got to be a few.

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"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine no possessions?'" - Elvis Costello

Too Much Nuance

CA...

This is the nuance of Al Whore on display. Don't you know that if politics (and science) doesn't have enough "nuance" it's not believeable? Kind of like his "fauxmentary," huh?

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.  Air Force Motto

emjem says: When your brain's stuck on liberalism it self-destructs.

Did you see the faces in th

Did you see the faces in the audience? They were practically weeping. Someone get Kate Winslet a tissue. These people don't see any difference between politics and celebrity. To them, they are one and the same.

Noel, I'm glad Al won the oscar - ACA

Noel, I'm glad Al won the oscar - ACA.

Now we can return to our regular programming, Al Gore to win Nobel Peace Prize.

Look, in twenty years (assuming he lives that long as I hope to do); Al will be able to sit in his rocker and gaze at the statute and look at the flowers outside in the Spring and turn to the TV and watch the inaccurate weather forecast for tomorrow.

Poor chump.

That's all he will have left.

Look at it this way.  He'll have the legacy of not winning the election; being a useless VP; making an absolute twit out of himself since his time in Public Office; being shunned by rational people who even think of him; and Tipper will no longer be able to have a wet one planted on her mug.

That's sad.

ACA

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Quoted from:  'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)

ACA

ACA,

Well, what I find fascinating here is the possibility that he's not going to run. If he follows this up with a Nobel Peace prize, and doesn't run, then he has shown himself to truly be a eunuch who's afraid of the Clintons.

Think about it. Last night, he was given the perfect political opportunity to throw his hat in the ring in front of a billion people. No politician in history has ever been given such a gift.

Yet, he chose not to take it.

Does anybody here believe for a second that the Clintons AREN'T the reason? And, if this is indeed the case, has there ever been a bigger wimp on the political landscape than this?   ns

Noel, I think the real polling shows GW isn't being bought.

Noel, I think the real polling shows GW isn't being bought.

Another instance where 'any publicity is good publicity' proven wrong.  The folks that vote aren't interested in GW as a political platform.

And he probably knows that.  So, unless he can come up with an 'identification' slightly different (say some anti-terrorist foreign policy stand or maybe just any foreign policy stand other than tax America to punish it for being successful) than just identifying with GW; I don't think he can overcome his image as a loser.

After all, what people really remember is that if he had carried Tennessee; he would have been President.  That's not too good, huh?

ACA

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Quoted from:  'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)

ACA

ACA,

Yes, but the polling data also shows GW as a perfect wedge issue. Democrats and liberals are buying this nonsense almost universally, whereas Republicans and conservatives are the skeptics. As such, with him as the real antiwar candidate, and the spokesperson for GW, he is tailor made.

And, with Hollywood firmly behind him, along with Branson, he's got funding as far as the eye can see.

I stick with my previous point: by not announcing last night -- unless this is a strategy to let Obama, Clinton, and Edwards beat each other up for a while before he enters -- Gore has shown himself to not have the stomach for a fight with Hillary and Billary.  ns

Noel, I'm not sure Al is b

Noel,

I'm not sure Al is being a coward in the sense you are implying...to oppose the Clintons is to risk being killed. Literally.

I won't fault anyone for having a sense of self preservation.

-Dabal

Ohhhh Brrrrrrrrrrrother!!!!!!

Ohhhh Brrrrrrrrrrrother!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where did Gore's rear end and Leo's nose begin?????

Jeepers!

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But, seriously, on a whole, that audience was made up of a bunch of hopeless heathen souls. They have nothing but here and now, with no hope of heaven. So, sure they will applaud someone who is claiming to save the world. This world is all those people have.

Deb You're Right On Target

Deb...

The only church these people will ever visit or worship is the Church of Liberalism. These people seem very closed off from real people, real issues, real problems, and the REAL WORLD. However, I think they consider the reel world the real world unfortunately. They'll tear somebody like Pres. Bush apart because of their Bush hatred, anti-religious belief systems, father issues, or just pure ignorance because he doesn't kiss their feet like they're some gods or European Royals. I'd like to see how these people can exist on a desert island without their basic necessities: a chauffeur, publicist, personal assistant, hair and makeup artist, personal trainer, and chef. That would make for some truly wonderful television.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.  Air Force Motto

emjem says: When your brain's stuck on liberalism it self-destructs.

The reason that gw is such a

The reason that gw is such a worry for the likes of Al Gore and his Hollywood pals is that they don't believe in a Supreme Being who has ultimate control over man and the earth. They sincerely believe that man is the highest being on the evolutionary ladder and therefore responsible for the future of the next evolution. God is laughing out loud at them. What a bunch of arrogant fools they be.

"When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler." - Gene Simmons on why he voted for George Bush in 2004.

Since it's such a nebulous theory

But since it's such a nebulous theory to begin with, if they can use it to scare up enough votes to win a presidency, they can then massage the numbers to show how wonderful a Democrat president has made our climate in just three years time. I would wager that if one of the Dems wins, global warming will fade further and further away as an issue of discussion. Before long, we'll be reminiscing about it like we do acid rain (Reagan era) and global cooling (Nixon era). (Not a political issue ... yeah right!)

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"Was it a millionaire who said 'Imagine no possessions?'" - Elvis Costello

Thanks for not being judgme

Thanks for not being judgmental...

Hi balboa. Glad to see you're

Hi balboa. Glad to see you're still here. Did you miss me? ;)

"When you walk through a bad neighborhood, you don't want a poodle by your side. You want a Rottweiler." - Gene Simmons on why he voted for George Bush in 2004.

the oscar has become very che

the oscar has become very cheap.  here is how you win

oil corporations are evil=oscar

big drugs are evil=oscar

regional (aka global) warming is here=oscar

bush is evil=oscar

war is evil=oscar

illegal drugs (except tabacco) are good=oscar

christianity is evil=oscar

Congress should investigate

Al Gore has an Oscar, but Angus Scrimm has none? This is a travesty, and someone should probably investigate the Oscar nominating committee and those who vote for the winners.

"Boooyyyyyyy!..." The Tall Man

I'd like to add the Nobel a

I'd like to add the Nobel and Pulitzer committees as well.

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone." - Bill Cosby

Gore's Oscar

Between Michael Moore and Al Gore, it appears that Hollywood doesn't believe a documentary has to present the truth.  If it weren't for sites, like NB, there would be little dissenting opinion being presented to the public. 

The MSM has, once again, failed its readers by not presenting all views on this subject and allowing the public to believe it's "settled science".  The only thing that will force them to change is the weather itself so, when all the predicted gloom and doom don't appear, the press just might take notice. 

It's sites, like this, that give dissenting scientists hope that their views will find a place for dissemination.  It makes it very difficult for the PC crowd to silence their voices. 

A Cautionary Tale

Remember the original story of Chicken Little?

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