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Ahhh...the benefits of 20/20 hindsight..
putting down Al Gore is so useful, keep it up y'all!!
by Jyl on Sun Apr 29, 07 6:38pm
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If you are willing to look at the good Al Gore has done then you should also be willing to look at the bad.
Voted : "How much influence can the world's second most powerful person really have?"
At least he tried in his own little way. That's far more than anyone else has done.
Voted : Multinational oil companies have more power than the presidency, which isn't spin
Yes, let's bash Al Gore over something over which he had virtually no control. Nothing like an obtuse smear job to defend indefensible rightwing prejudices.
Voted : "I wasn't aware of global warming waaaayyyyy back then"
He might say that he didn't understand the seriousness at that stage of time.
cranky- so its the oil companies fault that he and Clinton opted out of signing the Kyoto Treaty and such? I find that very, very hard to believe. There is no point in ignoring someone's inconsistencies just because they are left wing.
Voted : He wouldn't
What Nate and Cranky said.
by mojo on Mon Apr 30, 07 7:23am
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Cranky
"Multinational oil companies have more power than the presidency, which isn't spin"
The presidency can either give them power or take it away. (Note: they weren't the only government that has to deal with both environmental issues and the oil industry).
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What's to spin? Greenhouse gasses have been increasing since the advent of man on the planet. Stopping this upward spiral is going to take time. First, awareness, then action. During Al Gore's term, global warming was just a theory. It has become fact.
^Yes, they created the Kyoto Protocol on a whim.
^No, not a whim, but a growing awareness. It has taken/will take time. I am, in fact, impressed with the pace of awareness during the past six months.
^I was being sarcastic. They created the Kyoto Protocal because it was of great concern durning his term in office.
Voted : He wouldn't
Because you don't have to spin the truth.
^"Because you don't have to spin the truth"... if you never mention it.
So how exactly is it the oil companies' fault that Gore and Clinton decided not to sign up to the Kyoto Treaty, etc? Did they bribe them? Even if this were true, it is still Gore's fault for accepting such nonsense from the oil companies. The fact is, the Clinton/Gore adminstration were very much capable of signing the Kyoto Treaty. Last time I checked they were governing the United States, which very much controls much more capital and power than any oil company even comes close to.
exactly like that :)
by Jyl on Tue May 01, 07 9:48am
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Jyl- So you think Gore was bribed? If that were true, which there is no proof of that I am aware of, shouldn't Gore himself also get criticism for accepting the bribes that you seem to believe were offered to him? You see, when one is offered a bribe, one can decline it.
However, once again, anyhow I don't know of any evidence to suggest that there were any bribes anyway.
"that you seem to believe"
Scuse me but I haven't said a word anywhere about corporate bribes.
I just think everyone ragging on Al Gore's more interesting by the minute :p
by Jyl on Wed May 02, 07 9:41am
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(my comment was to go with my statement up at the top, not really personal to You.)
by Jyl on Wed May 02, 07 9:43am
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