Al Gore: U.S. Democracy ‘Hacked’ by Anti-Warming Special Interests

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[Sub-Driver]

Al Gore: U.S. Democracy ‘Hacked’ by Anti-Warming Special Interests By Patrick Goodenough September 30, 2011

(CNSNews.com) – Democracy in the U.S. is being undermined by Congress appeasing special interest groups in return for campaign funding rather than tackling climate change, former vice president and global warming campaigner Al Gore has told a conference in Scotland.

According to the BBC, Gore staffers blocked broadcast access to Wednesday’s speech. But British media quoted from the address to the Scottish government-sponsored Low Carbon Investment Conference in Edinburgh.

The BBC said Gore’s speech included “a strong attack on the effect of lobbying and money-raising on the U.S. Congress, and on carbon producers who he said employ four Washington lobbyists for every member of Congress.”

“In the language of computer culture, our democracy has been hacked,” the Guardian quoted him as telling the audience, which included Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Sounds like Al might not think Bev Purdue was joking? Seems like a lot of this kind of talk is coming from the left lately.

The battlefield is getting prepped. When is the last time so many FBI raids have been reported? Obama telling people to "put on your marching shoes". Trumpka and Hoffa making VERY loud and open threats. Elizabeth Warren's comments. Maxine Waters comments. Sheila Jackson Lee's comments. Bev Perdue's comments. Progressives calling for a "Day of Rage".

Perhaps a quick reference thread archiving all of these comments and actions in the lead up to Nov 2012 is in order. I strongly believe that the rhetoric and actions is gonna get uglier over the next 13 months.

[jimfree]

The man is a fascist, not a democrat. He’s a demon, not a prophet. If he were selling soap instead of his warped idea of environmentalism he would be jailed for fraud.

[SuziQ]

Oh, that's rich, considering everything the AGW folks have gained has been done by government fiat. There have been few instances in which voters have had the chance to make our voices heard on the issue.

So who has been doing the 'hacking', Al?

[MetaThought]

Bev Perdue was playing “Bad Guy” to Orszag’s “Good Guy”. I wonder if Bev was chosen to articulate that statement simply because the chances of her getting re-elected are low.

[MonicaG]

Agree with your suggestion. The Thug Chronicles to record our Thugs in Office & the useful left.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It’s difficult to charge a fee if the speech is broadcast to the general public.

[csense]

A little somethig for Mr. Gore...

[rktman]

Does anybody else think this guy need an intervention? Seriously, this guy should be confined along with most of those that buy his insane rants. Sometimes it kinda looks like he is going to actually burst. Please al, get some help. Love the smell of cooking over an open dung fire in the morning. LOL!

[Bed_Zeppelin]

[MichaelP]

It's scary just how close that nut job came to being President. Can you imagine where we would be if that had happened?

Mike

[Texas resident]

Can you imagine if gore had been president on 9/11?

Compare that to if Cheney had been president.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Here he goes again, placing blame to draw attention away from his own shenanigans. Like when he accused Bush of stealing the election despite the fact that Gore tried to get miltary ballots disqualified, have felons vote, have Jesse Jackso hold a fake protest that "blacks were being turned away at the polls" and have unpunched chads count for him.

The fact remains- back then and now; Gore is simply a punk ass.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Al oGre. Not a typo.---- ogre |ˈōgər| noun (in folklore) a man-eating giant. • a cruel or terrifying person. DERIVATIVES ogreish |ˈōg(ə)ri sh | (also ogrish) adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, first used by the French writer Perrault in 1697. Thesaurus ogre noun 1 an ogre with two heads monster, giant, troll. 2 he is not the ogre he sometimes seems to be brute, fiend, monster, beast, barbarian, savage, animal, tyrant; informal bastard, swine, pig.