http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/algore/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:08:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050200/posts Gores to host Obama fundraiser Nashville | July 24, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is preparing to host a Nashville fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, say officials. A spokeswoman for Gore, has confirmed that Al and Tipper Gore have agreed to the event although a date and location have not been set, nor even whether Obama himself would attend, The Tennessean, a Nashville newspaper, reported Wednesday. Wade Munday, a spokesman for the Tennessee Democratic Party, said we would certainly welcome the senator with open arms should he arrive in Nashville before the October... Web India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050200/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:08:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050166/posts BUT WILL THEY RESPECT HIM IN THE MORNING?July 23, 2008 Back before the Republican Party was saddled with John McCain as its nominee, The New York Times called him "the only Republican who promises to end the George Bush style of governing from and on behalf of a small, angry fringe." The paper praised him for "working across the aisle to develop sound bipartisan legislation" and predicted that he would appeal to "a broader range of Americans than the rest of the Republican field." At the same time, the Times denounced "the real" Rudy Giuliani as "a narrow, obsessively secretive,... AnnCoulter.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050166/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:58:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050137/posts Former Vice President Al Gore recently took his climate-change show on the road for the benefit of liberal bloggers, Sunday morning TV aficionados and other innocent bystanders. This week he laid out his demand for a miraculous transformation in U.S. energy use over a mere 10 years. As for drilling for more oil? "Absurd," the Nobel Laureate scoffed. "When you're in a hole, stop digging." The same might be said for Mr. Gore. For while his message hasn't changed, the political realities of the energy debate have. Suddenly, Mr. Gore's inconvenient speechifying only tightens the vise Democrats find themselves in... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050137/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:57:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049604/posts Comments and reports about global warming are getting silly and even ridiculous.  Al Gore says we have ten years left. We’re told cooling is due to warming. More rain and flooding and less rain and drought are both due to warming. More hurricanes are predicted while fewer occur. Global temperatures declined as much in the first few months of 2008 as they increased in the previous 100 plus years due to warming. Recently we were told global warming is causing an increase in kidney stones in a travesty of geographic correlation assuming cause and effect. One blogger who began recording,... ClimateChangeFraud.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049604/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:12:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049540/posts It is unlikely that a Nobel laureate, Oscar winner and former vice president of the United States would return to the nuts and bolts of the federal bureaucracy, but it is obvious who Barack Obama or John McCain should make either energy secretary or administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Given the impact each agency has on the other, they could hand both over to Al Gore so the nation has a shot at a coherent energy and environmental policy. Last week, Gore called for an effort akin to President Kennedy's mission to put a man on the moon to... Seattle P I http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049540/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:00:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049453/posts July 22, 2008, 6:00 a.m. Gore ElectricEnvironmental crusader, serial killer of polar bears. By David Freddoso When Al Gore spoke on climate change last week at the Daughters of the American Revolution Hall downtown, the free-market group Americans for Prosperity was there. They brought their camera to confront the many Gore fans who pulled up in air-conditioned taxi cabs and ask them why they were killing the earth. They had failed to walk, bike, or take public transportation, despite the recommendation printed on their tickets. (One argued that taxis are public transportation.) Tipper, Al, and Karenna Gore did not... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049453/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:08:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049347/posts Al Gore gave a speech last week "challenging" America to run "on 100% zero-carbon electricity in 10 years" -- though that's just the first step on his road to "ending our reliance on carbon-based fuels." Serious people understand this is absurd. Maybe other people will start drawing the same conclusion about the man proposing it. The former vice president has also recently disavowed any intention of returning to politics. This is wise. As America's leading peddler of both doom and salvation, Mr. Gore has moved beyond the constraints and obligations of reality. His job is to serve as a Prophet... WSJ. On Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049347/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:10:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049312/posts He's a former vice president of the United States, Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author, so the lavish news coverage of Al Gore's latest brainstorm was inevitable. Less understandable is why an idea so irresponsible - in economic terms, in fact, just this side of deranged - attracted so little ridicule. Gore proposed last week that the United States "commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years." Not just all new electricity, mind you, which would be challenging enough. But all existing electricity, too. This would of course require... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049312/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:58:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049258/posts Gore's surprise visit highlights Netroots conference Former vice president speaks at Austin convention for liberal bloggers. By Patrick Beach AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Sunday, July 20, 2008 Name-dropping Al Gore and his call for a switch to clean, renewable energy within 10 years was enough to pull whoops of approval from the 2,000 or 3,000 marauding liberals gathered for Netroots Nation at the Austin Convention Center on Saturday morning. So when the former vice president and Nobel Prize co-winner made a surprise — and cleverly scripted — appearance during U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's talk, it looked like the conference might turn... Austin American-Statesman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049258/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:55:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049237/posts The Austin American-Statesman caved to pressure from the Daily Kos-Netroots Nation and pulled an article from the newspaper's website that poked fun at the liberal convention being held in Austin last weekend.The article, entitled Gore's Surprise Visit Highlights Netroots Conference was published on the front page of Sunday's paper.It was written by feature writer, Patrick Beach--meaning the article was not a straight news piece (think Dana Milbank.)Greg Mitchell, a writer for Editor & Publisher who blogs at the Daily Kos attended the conference as a panel speaker.He brought attention to the article by posting about it the Daily Kos. Mitchell... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049237/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049212/posts Al Gore gave a speech last week "challenging" America to run "on 100% zero-carbon electricity in 10 years" -- though that's just the first step on his road to "ending our reliance on carbon-based fuels." Serious people understand this is absurd. Maybe other people will start drawing the same conclusion about the man proposing it. The former vice president has also recently disavowed any intention of returning to politics. This is wise. As America's leading peddler of both doom and salvation, Mr. Gore has moved beyond the constraints and obligations of reality. His job is to serve as a Prophet... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049212/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:17:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2048909/posts Expect the coming week to be one huge Obamafest as all three of the major network anchors join Obama on his much feted (taxpayer funded) Middle East and European tour. We're already seeing stories about how the troops are "overjoyed"...you get my drift. For my take on the media coronation of Obama, check out 'Obama's Magical Mystery Tour.'Obama gave his first speech in Afghanistan, decrying the lack of political progress in Iraq. Our media anointed president in waiting must have missed the news that Iraqi lawmakers have approved the appointment of six Sunni cabinet ministers after a yearlong boycott by... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2048909/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048900/posts On Thursday, former U. S. vice-president Al Gore delivered a major address calling on his country to abandon all fossil fuels within 10 years. By 2018, U. S. electricity and fuel should come entirely from "renewable energy and truly clean, carbon-free sources," he said. Tickets to the event encouraged attendees to "please use public transit, bicycling or other climate-friendly means" to reach the lecture hall. So how did Mr. Gore and his retinue arrive? In two Lincoln Town Cars and a full-sized SUV that sat idling with the air conditioners blasting while the Gore party was inside. It was 34... The National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048900/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:11:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048804/posts Al Gore did not claim he invented electricity last Thursday. But the words he uttered in his challenge on energy carried just as much fantasy. According to Gore, the goal of producing every kilowatt of the nation’s electricity from carbon-free renewable sources like solar, wind, and geothermal within 10 years is not a far-fetched vision. In his address at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, Gore challenged America to abandon its fossil fuel usage altogether. "This goal is achievable, affordable and transformative,” the former vice president said. To achieve Gore’s lofty objective, the American way of life will... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048804/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:20:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048820/posts algore has come up with an improbable reality, his 10-year, all fossil fuels replaced by wind, sun and other things. A couple of thoughts crossed my mind. 1. Installation. Build enough wind and solar capacity to replace our current use which was 2005 was approximately 4,000 TWh (trillian watt hours) in 2005 http://www.iaea.org/inisnkm/nkm/aws/eedrb/data/US-elp.html . Remember, it goes watts, kilowatts, megawatts, gigawatts and then terawatts. Of this number you can see that the conventional (coal/natural gas aka thermal) usage was about 70% or 2,800 TWh. This is a s__t pot of power! In 10 years we build enough windmills and solar... Me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2048820/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:59:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048577/posts WHEN it comes to global warming, extreme scare stories abound. Al Gore, for example, famously claimed that a whopping six metres (20 feet) of sea-level rise would flood major cities around the world. Gore’s scientific advisor, Jim Hansen from NASA, has even topped his protégé. Hansen suggests that there will eventually be sea-level rises of 24 metres (80 feet), with a six-metre rise happening just this century. Little wonder that fellow environmentalist Bill McKibben states that “we are engaging in a reckless drive — by drowning of much of the rest of the planet and much of the rest of... The Economic Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048577/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:15:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048585/posts '100 months to save the planet' A "Green New Deal" is needed to solve current problems of climate change, energy and finance, a report argues. According to the Green New Deal Group, humanity only has 100 months to prevent dangerous global warming. Its proposals include major investment in renewable energy and the creation of thousands of new "green collar" jobs. The name is taken from President Franklin D Roosevelt's "New Deal", launched 75 years ago to bring the US out of the Great Depression. The new grouping says rising greenhouse gas emissions, combined with escalating food and energy costs, mean... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048585/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:36:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048520/posts There’s almost no point in talking about global warming any longer because global hysteria has long since torched reason — we are now watching the scientific equivalent of the Salem witch trials, where “what we say is true” is more important than “what we know is true.” So last week, we got to watch the spectacle of the EPA fanning the flames of fear while Al Gore fiddled like Nero as he performed his “Requiem for Fossil Fuels” to an audience of true believers. Gore announced his “plan” to save America from herself by making the nation’s electricity production “carbon... Daily Inter Lake http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048520/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:28:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048499/posts ABC News Transcript SHOW: GOOD MORNING AMERICA 7:14 AM EST July 18, 2008 Friday 578 words AL GORE ONE-ON-ONE; SAYS CLIMATE WORSE THAN TERROR ROBIN ROBERTS, CHRIS CUOMO ROBIN ROBERTS (NEW YORK, NY USA), CLAIRE SHIPMAN (NEW YORK, NY USA) CONTENT: AL GORE, CLIMATE CHANGE, OBAMA, MCCAIN ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Amazing. The always dapper Sam Champion, thank you very, very much. Now to Al Gore's big challenge to the presidential candidates to help solve our energy crisis. The former vice president wants the country to produce all of its - electricity with Earth-friendly power sources within the next... Lexis Nexis News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048499/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:29:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048490/posts For many months, NewsBusters has been reporting the financial interest Nobel Laureate Al Gore has in advancing global warming hysteria, and has continually wondered when media will raise this issue to the American people. On Sunday's "Meet the Press," Gore gave host Tom Brokaw the perfect setup to ask him about his investments in renewable fuel technology when the former Vice President mentioned how much money T. Boone Pickens has put into windmill farms. Predictably, Brokaw missed this opportunity to be the first major, mainstream media member to ask the Global Warmingist-in-Chief about his own investments, and just how much... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048490/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:45:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048474/posts Al Gore’s Personal Electricity Consumption Up 10% Despite “Energy-Efficient” RenovationsEnergy guzzled by Al Gore’s home in past year could power 232 U.S. homes for a month NASHVILLE – In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. “A man’s commitment to his beliefs is best measured by what he does behind the closed doors of his own home,” said Drew Johnson, President of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. “Al Gore is a hypocrite and a... The Tennessee Center for Policy Research http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048474/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048416/posts MR. TOM BROKAW: Our issues this Sunday: He served as Bill Clinton's vice president for eight years, then lost the presidential election to George W. Bush in 2000. He has since focused on his environmental crusade, winning an Oscar for his documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," as well as the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. On Thursday he proposed a bold new plan to address global warming and the energy crisis. FMR. VICE PRES. AL GORE: Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean, carbon-free sources within 10 years. MR.... MSNBC-Meet the Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048416/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:15:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048284/posts John McCain and Barack Obama need to err on the side of caution in choosing their running-mates THE foundations of American capitalism may be going up in flames. But no amount of dismal economic news can dull the appetite of Washingtonians for playing one of the oldest games in town—picking the candidates’ running-mates. Every other day seems to bring news of one potential candidate rising (Al Gore is flavour of the moment on the Democratic side) or another one flaming out (Carly Fiorina, the former head of Hewlett-Packard, doomed her campaign for the Republican slot when she complained loudly that... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048284/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:04:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048218/posts So House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is about 40-odd minutes into her "Ask the Speaker" session Saturday at the Netroots Nation confab here in Austin,TX and about to field a question about energy and the environment, when she says she's got to call a friend. Offstage is heard the voice of Al Gore. No, wait he's actually here and the Netrootsters in the airline hangar sized hall greeted him with a nearly a minute long standing O. It was like a surprise guest showing up to jam at a Bridge School Benefit Concert. -- if you're a political geek, which we... The San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048218/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:24:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048168/posts WASHINGTON -- On the issue of gasoline prices, Republicans think they have a winner in their call for new drilling and Democrats are playing defense. Democrats need -- this is a technical term -- a lot more oomph. Al Gore wants to help them. In a speech here on Thursday and in an interview, Gore played his usual role as unpaid party visionary by arguing that we can ease the climate crisis, the economic crisis and the crisis of dependence on foreign energy all at once. "We're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn... Madistan.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048168/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:50:13 GMT