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2009-03-09 Home Front: Culture Wars

A Heated Exchange: Al Gore Confronts His Critic(s)

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Posted by Omoter Speaking for Boskone7794 2009-03-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Al Gore is a politician - not a scientist. Such things as 'scientific method' goes over his head and to him 'debate' isn't about the facts - but the presentation and 'feelings'....

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-03-09 00:59|| 2009-03-09 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 Gore's a clueless clown, but he did figure out the key to keeping this circus rolling is getting enough people to BELIEVE.

I regularly hit warmers with 'AGW is a religion'.

Posted by phil_b 2009-03-09 03:27|| 2009-03-09 03:27|| Front Page Top

#3 What is left out of the encounter is some context. Bjorn Lomborg also believes in global warming and the manmade kind. However, he also has shown that our mitigation strategies (carbon cap and trade, severe restrictions of CO2) will lead to an insignificant reduction in temperature over the next 50 years and have the result of squandering trillions of dollars. His point is that on the basis of economics decision-making, for far less "investment" we could help all people to adapt to climate change and maintain our wealth to be in a position to do so.

Posted by WTF 2009-03-09 08:41|| 2009-03-09 08:41|| Front Page Top

#4 "The scientific community has gone through this chapter and verse. We have long since passed the time when we should pretend...

Round earthers... they are so, so WRONG! Listen to Al Gore and LIVE!

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-09 08:51|| 2009-03-09 08:51|| Front Page Top

#5 But he was challenged by Mr. Lomborg, the Danish skeptical environmentalist who thinks the world would be better off spending more money on health and education issues than curbing carbon emissions.

Yep, sure sounds like it's 'settled science' to me...

Posted by Raj 2009-03-09 09:03|| 2009-03-09 09:03|| Front Page Top

#6 the world would be better off spending more money on health and education issues than curbing carbon emissions

Big Ol Dumb Al is opposed to that "morally"...cuz there's no cut in that for him. He's a fraud, liar, faker, thief

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-03-09 09:38|| 2009-03-09 09:38|| Front Page Top

#7 The Maldives are sinking, the ocean isn't rising. What's Al want us to do, jack it up and slip some blocks underneath?

Posted by mojo 2009-03-09 10:56|| 2009-03-09 10:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Listen to me! I invented the internet. I also have a Nobel Piece Prize and an Oscar from Hollyweird. Global Warming is real I tell you. I also have this carbon credit ~~snakeoil scam~~ plan that will benefit mankind. I don't give a damn what science says.

Posted by Weird Al Gore 2009-03-09 11:20|| 2009-03-09 11:20|| Front Page Top

#9 I say we change Ground Hog Day to Al Gore Day. If Al Gore sees his shadow, it's six more weeks of global warming.

Posted by William Marcy Tweed 2009-03-09 18:22|| 2009-03-09 18:22|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't know why you all are challenging ~~AlBore~~ Al Gore.

I always get my scientific information from ~~some clown~~ someone who couldn't even pass Divinity School.

Don't you?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-09 18:32|| 2009-03-09 18:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Someone said that politicians use science the way a drunk uses a lightpost, more for support than illumination.

Posted by Formerly Dan 2009-03-09 20:24|| 2009-03-09 20:24|| Front Page Top

#12 I say we change Ground Hog Day to Al Gore Day.
I'm thinking we change April Fool's Day.

"Look, your planet's warming!"
"Ha, ha! Al Gore's!"

Posted by Darrell 2009-03-09 21:20|| 2009-03-09 21:20|| Front Page Top

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