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What: Al Gore will give two speeches about the current state of democracy as part of the John Seigenthaler lecture series at Middle Tennessee State University. When: 1.) Tuesday, November 11 4:30-6:30 p.m. Topic: Media and democracy 2.) Tuesday, November 25th (date change) 4:30-6:30 p.m. Topic: Race and democracy Where: The State Farm Room Business/Aerospace Building Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN Details: Both lectures are free. Originally, reservations were required, but now part of the auditorium will be opened to the general public on a "first come, first served" basis. Reservations made prior to October 5th will be honored....

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Vice President Al Gore accused the Bush administration Sunday of using the war on terrorism "to consolidate its power and escape any accountability for its use."</p> <p>Gore said that though the threat of terrorism and the potential use of weapons of mass destruction required speedy action by the executive branch, "President Bush has stretched this new practical imperative way beyond what is healthy for our democracy."</p>

The speaker at D.A. R. Constitution Hall on November 9, 2003 was Algore, former vice perpetrator (or should that be "vice perp-a-traitor" in view of the Chinese Communist government money accepted by the Clinton-Gore campaign in 1996?). The sponsors were two quite misnamed groups. Move On, the left wing anti-impeachment promoting a simple censure of Clinton and a "move on" after Clinton was caught lying under oath to fix the outcome of a civil rights case against him, was never able to "move on." The American Constitution Society, whose allegiance to America and its Constitution is highly questionable,  is an...

<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) --  Punch-card ballots from Tuesday's historic recall election are sure to get a going-over by political activists, but some computer scientists think touch-screen voting machines deserve just as much scrutiny.</p> <p>While punch-card ballots caused headaches for Florida election officials with their "hanging" and "pregnant" chads, 10 percent of the touch-screen machines in California don't produce paper printouts. And no printouts, the scientists say, would make a legitimate recount impossible.</p>

Just announced on Fox News.

AL Gore, the former US vice-president who won the popular vote at the last presidential election, will visit Australia this month to urge the Howard Government to sign the Kyoto agreement on reducing greenhouse gases. Mr Gore will speak at Sydney's Westin Hotel on May 29 and argue against US President George Bush's policies on global security and environmental sustainability. In 2000, Mr Gore, the Democratic Party's nominee for president, won 500,000 more votes across America than Mr Bush. His supporters also argue that he won the key state of Florida but the Republican-dominated Supreme Court ruled in favour of...

<p>WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Monday she apologized to Washington for saying the war with Iraq would not have happened if Al Gore were in the White House.</p> <p>"I judged in the end that because things had been read into the comment which I never intended, there was something to put right and I've done that," Clark told New Zealand's TV One.</p>

BAGHDAD (AFP) Apr 04, 2003 President Saddam Hussein has ordered the payment of compensation to the families of Iraqi casualties in the US-led war, Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan said Friday. Ramadan, quoted on Iraqi satellite television, ordered "large financial aid" to be paid to civilians and fighters, effective from the start of the war on March 20. In another populist move, Saddam also wants compensation paid to owners of homes destroyed by "the bombardments of the criminals", he said, without specifying amounts. Iraq's government and official media have given various casualty figures for different parts of the country, often...

Gore Spent Recount Money in Primary States Before Bowing Out By Alex Knott As former Vice President Al Gore mulled a White House run late last year, he used a campaign finance loophole to send $100,000 he raised two years ago for the Florida recount to bolster his position in the first two states where presidential candidates test their mettle. IRS forms reveal disbursements on Oct. 24, 2002 to the Iowa Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign ($25,000), New Hampshire Senate Democratic Caucus ($20,000), New Hampshire Democratic Party ($30,000) and Iowa’s Truman Fund ($25,000). The donations came 10 days after Gore...

<p>SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) --  Former Vice President Al Gore, who was elected last month to Apple Computer Inc.'s board of directors, has been granted the quintessential high-tech perk: stock options.</p> <p>Gore was granted 30,000 stock options with an exercise price of $14.95, according to a regulatory filing released Monday. It's the standard compensation package for outside directors such as Gore, the company said.</p>

(3/31/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- The Dixie Chicks controversy continues with the trio getting some support from former Vice President Al Gore. Gore spoke to a college audience last week on the subject of fewer companies owning more media outlets, and what he sees as the increasing lack of tolerance for opposing views. According to the Tennessean, Gore used recent attacks on the Dixie Chicks that followed anti-war comments by Natalie Maines as an example. Gore told the audience, "They were made to feel un-American and risked economic retaliation because of what was said. Our democracy has taken a hit,"...

OAKLAND -- In politics, "no" doesn't always mean "no." So says Monica Friedlander, a freelance writer from Oakland who chairs the leading effort to draft former Vice President Al Gore into the 2004 presidential race. "He's the only one who truly represents the grass-roots Democrats in this country," she said Thursday, the only one speaking out unabashedly against the war in Iraq and for protection of civil liberties. "The Democratic Party has been extremely quiet -- frankly, there has not been a true opposition movement in this country over the last couple of years." And whether Gore himself likes it...

Al Gore Joins Apple’s Board of Directors 2:45 PM PST CUPERTINO, California—March 19, 2003—Apple today announced that Albert Gore Jr., the former Vice President of the United States, has joined the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Gore was elected at Apple’s board meeting today. “Al brings an incredible wealth of knowledge and wisdom to Apple from having helped run the largest organization in the world—the United States government—as a Congressman, Senator and our 45th Vice President. Al is also an avid Mac user and does his own video editing in Final Cut Pro,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Al is...

<p>In The Global-Investor Book of Investing Rules (Financial Times Prentice Hall), shareholder activist and gadfly money manager Robert Monks, with tongue planted firmly in cheek, coined a new rule for investors: Short the stock of any company employing a former Tennessee senator on its board. After all, Albert Gore Sr. sat on the board of oil giant Occidental Petroleum ( ) during a period of corporate misdeeds back in the 1960s. Former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker of the Volunteer State was on the board of Waste Management ( ), another troubled outfit. Construction concern Stone & Young had on its board ex-Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson. It declared bankruptcy soon after his tenure.</p>

Former Vice President Al Gore criticized the media and the current administration's war on Iraq and suggested an "unhealthy relationship" between the two at Tuesday's Seigenthaler Lecture. "I admire these journalists who are covering this war who are embedded, but I don't want the owners of the companies they work for to be in bed with the government," Gore said. Citing the continued deregulation of the media industry as a major problem, Gore held the media responsible for the role it played in the months leading up to the war. "The relative intolerance of dissent on the part of the...

Who's the No. 1 Democratic contender for the presidency in 2004? Surprise, it's not Kerry, Lieberman, Gephardt, Edwards, Hillary or any other of the current hopefuls positioning themselves for the big race next year. Will Al Gore re-invent self for 2004? A recent national poll by Zogby International finds that Al Gore is the Democrats' best hope to unseat George W. Bush. Commissioned by the Draft Gore 2004 Committee, the national polling organization added Gore to its regular lineup of potential Democratic challengers to Bush for the presidency. And despite the former vice president's three-month absence from national politics, Gore...

I guess Al Sharpton's campaign really is scaring the democrats! Looks like they are trying to bring back Algore.

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TEHRAN, March 6, 2003. /from RIA Novosti correspondent Nikolai Terekhov/. - Iraq has dropped bombs hitting 2,500 oil fields that cover a vast area. According to the IRNA agency, the bombing near Sharjeh resulted in the explosion of an oil refinery near Kirkuk. Some oil-bearing wells were mined with antitank mines. The Iraqi Army units are ditching around near Baghdad and Kirkuk round the clock to resist the US Army.

SADDAM BACKS OUT OF BUSH DEBATE; WILL DEBATE GORE INSTEADMakes Switch After Watching Debates From 2000 RaceOne day after challenging President George W. Bush to an internationally televised debate, Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein reversed course today, opting to debate former Vice President Al Gore instead. According to aides close to the Iraqi President, Saddam made the surprising decision to debate Mr. Gore after reviewing tapes of the 2000 presidential debates between Mr. Bush and the then-Vice President. “Saddam was prepping for the debate and he was like, ‘Man, where’d they dig up that stiff?’” one aide to the Iraqi madman...