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2007-03-19 Science & Technology

Al Gore Challenged To "The Second Great Debate"

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-19 13:51|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is amazing. This is the equivalent of Gore being challenged to a duel. And in the perfect British protocol for such a challenge.

If Gore turns him down, he will be ruined. This is the acid test of credibility, and if he loses, his theories will be treated like Creationism.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-19 14:03|| 2007-03-19 14:03|| Front Page Top

#2 The former Presidential candidate has also been called to testify in front of two Congressional committees Wednesday, according to Drudge:
Rep. John Dingell's [D-MI] Energy & Commerce Committee in the morning and Sen. Barbara Boxer's [D-CA] Environment & Public Works Committee in the afternoon. And, not only is Rep. Dingell skeptical about global warming, but he's also invited Dr. Bjorn Lomborg, Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen Business School, to appear at the hearing. Lomborg is author of the book 'The Skeptical Environmentalist.' The Oscars may well be the high point of the poor man's life.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-03-19 14:15|| 2007-03-19 14:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Could it really be a sign of hope for the human race that GW hokum went from global juggernaut to global joke in such short order?

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2007-03-19 14:46|| 2007-03-19 14:46|| Front Page Top

#4 tw, I don't hold much hope for the Congressional hearings to accomplish anything. The Goracle will posture and rant; I can't see CongressCritters actually asking him any hard questions.
I would look forward to the Second Great Debate, except that I would expect that Gore will somehow get out of it. He could claim that Lord Monckton is just out for publicity, or that he is in the pay of the oil companies, or whatever.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-03-19 15:46|| 2007-03-19 15:46|| Front Page Top

#5 You all may not understand. Debating at Oxford is a full contact sport. They still study debates that happened there over a hundred years ago.

If Gore declines, it will be like backing out of a duel, but will be called "intellectual cowardice", and will ruin the credibility of scientists who back Gore.

The same if he loses. It is really a lion's den for him.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-19 16:31|| 2007-03-19 16:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Checkmate vs checkmate in two moves. Heh. I like it.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-03-19 16:50|| 2007-03-19 16:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Could it really be a sign of hope for the human race that GW hokum went from global juggernaut to global joke in such short order?

Yeah, ain't it weird. It's now so cool to be contra-heating. People are funny.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-03-19 17:33|| 2007-03-19 17:33|| Front Page Top

#8 The far right has large "C" creationism.

The far left has GW.

Luddism is so........

.............bipartisan.

Posted by no mo uro 2007-03-19 17:42|| 2007-03-19 17:42|| Front Page Top

#9 If ~~The Cowardly CO₂ Generator's~~ Gorebot's handlers have a lick of sense, they'll come up with whatever lie they can to prevent this debate.

The good Viscount Monckton will cream him. Here's just one example of his work: "Climate chaos? Don't believe it"

I'd pay good ~~carbon credits~~ money to see this! :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-03-19 20:20|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2007-03-19 20:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Sorry I am not far right and I believe in The Big "C"
. :)

Posted by djohn66 2007-03-19 22:53|| 2007-03-19 22:53|| Front Page Top

#11 Cancer, #10?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2007-03-19 23:51|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2007-03-19 23:51|| Front Page Top

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