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Glenn Beck: Be thankful for big oil - CNN.com

akabagel — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:30:30 GMT

I agree wtih Glenn's opinion of Gore. He's a db.

Quoted: The other villain of the moment is the global warming "denier." Anyone who disagrees, even in the slightest, must be ridiculed. On "60 Minutes" last weekend, Al Gore said: "They're almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the Earth is flat. That demeans them a little bit, but it's not that far off."

Quoted:The "60 Minutes" piece wasn't just filled with misrepresentations of opinion; it had plenty of Gore-style hypocrisy. He was embroiled in controversy when it was revealed his mansion used 20 times more energy than the average American. His explanation? "Since then" his house has been retrofitted with solar panels. I'm sure Eliot Spitzer hasn't been renting many women since he was caught either. (Although I'm not betting my life on it.)

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Coding Horror: The Large Display Paradox

mohit — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:28:37 GMT

I agree with this. This article mentions software utilities that try to solve the problem.

Quoted: That's the large display paradox. Having all that space can make you less productive due to all the window manipulation excise you have to deal with to make effective use of it.

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Crooks and Liars: Al Gore skit on SNL - 20060513

eric — Mon, 15 May 2006 18:14:38 GMT

I was telling people in the office about this skit this morning. Thanks for Dotting it, Brent! I thought it was brilliant.

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Gore campaign team assembles in secret

gravitymax — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:27:11 GMT

Quoted: Vice-President Gore's allies believe that Hillary Clinton, 59, the frontrunner, is unable to win the presidency. The most recent poll shows a growing number of voters think negatively of her, in contrast to Mr Gore, who enjoys far greater popularity than when he lost the 2000 presidential race despite polling more votes nationally than the eventual winner, George W Bush.

gore! gore! gore!

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Al Gore is on Apple's Homepage

mohit — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:21:02 GMT

This message it taking up nearly all the space above the fold...It's actually difficult to find Apple-related stuff. Gore is on their board of directors.

Quoted:Al has put his heart and soul, and much of his life during the past several years, into alerting and educating us all on the climate crisis. We are bursting with pride for Al and this historic recognition of his global contributions.

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With Prize, Gore Is Vindicated Without Having to Add President to Résumé - New York Times

derek — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:26:12 GMT

Quoted: The question now is what he will do with the prestige and attention that comes to him with the Nobel Peace Prize.

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What's world peace got to do with global warming? Perhaps everything. | Salon.com

mohit — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:34:15 GMT

Why the "Peace" Prize is deserved...

Quoted: In the 21st century, although the world faces a new era of turmoil, peace ultimately must be about identifying and resolving the sources of conflict before battles break out. That's why no one deserves the Nobel Peace Prize more than Al Gore.

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TED: Ideas worth spreading

McToonish — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:13:37 GMT

Quoted: TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an invitation-only event where the world's leading thinkers and doers gather to find inspiration. Initially an annual conference, the scope of TED has expanded to include a bi-annual global conference, a humanitarian prize, and free audio/video podcasts of extraordinary talks.

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Draft Gore

cbruzzo — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:54:35 GMT

what's going on with ning.com? how is it different?

Quoted: Dedicated to getting Al Gore into the 2008 election.

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An Inconvenient Truth

mike — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:31:03 GMT

Companion site to An Inconvenient Truth. Just watched last night. Pretty compelling argument. I'm pretty convinced that:

- Humans are having a dramatic effect on the CO2 in the atmosphere.
- Levels of CO2 are at higher levels than they have been for 100's of million years.
- The planet is on the high end of it's historical temperature over a similarly long time-scale.

Seems to me, the primary solutions are:
- Reduce the amount of energy each human consumes.
- Add more Nuclear power to our mix of sources.
- Reduce the number of humans on the planet.
- Possibly a technology fix to scrub CO2 from the atmosphere.

Gore never showed this - but if you look at the human contribution to CO2 vs. that produced by plants - it's still a tiny percentage. I know Gore is trying to get his message out - but he would be more effective if he had a more balanced explanation of the science.

I also feel that there are some BENEFITS to global warming. Gore just shows how terrible and CHANGE is. For any environmental change, there will be winners and losers - it's not an unmitigated catastrophe. I also think his scare tactics about ocean rises of 20 feet are unwarranted. Current projections are for sea rising 0.3 mm per year (about an inch per decade).

Quoted: See the Truth: Pledge to see An Inconvenient Truth on opening weekend at the film's official website. An Inconvenient Truth is a feature film documentary on the Earth's climate crisis. The film features Al Gore and is directed by Davis Guggenheim. A Paramount Classics Release.

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