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To: Bill who wrote (70678)	6/27/2006 3:43:44 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

An Inconvenient Fact: Gore in 2008 Editorial in Washington Times, June 19, 2006 In releasing his movie "An Inconvenient Truth," former Vice President and almost-President Al Gore has tied his political fortunes firmly to a warmer climate. And since the greenhouse effect does not seem to be all it's cracked up to be, he should be praying for an active sun and more sunspots between now and November 2008. Of course, he is not the only one rooting for a hotter climate. Greenpeace, Environmental Defense, the Sierra Club, and dozens if not hundreds of enviro-groups around the world - all grubbing for money -- would be most distressed if the climate should start to cool, as it did for 35 years following a warming peak in 1940. Wait a moment: Hasn't there been a cooling trend since the peak temperatures of 1998? Too soon to tell if it will continue. In the meantime, Gore has pre-empted the topic against rivals in his own party and for certain Republicans like John McCain. He is winning the support of all those who share in the government's five-billion-dollar-a-year climate-research bonanza. He is gaining the backing of blue-state governors, mayors, civic organizations who loudly proclaim their "war against warming" but would be the first to balk at inevitable higher prices for gasoline and electricity. As the architect of the Kyoto Treaty in December 1997 (even after the Senate turned down the idea unanimously in July 1997), Gore must be aware that it would raise energy costs sky-high -- without getting any noticeable climate results. No surprise then that Clinton-Gore never submitted Kyoto for Senate ratification. But after the impressions of his film wear off, after people forget about the crashing ice from glaciers and the cute, computerized polar bear vainly looking for an ice floe in the Arctic ocean, some may ask: How do we know whether the current warming is really caused by human activity? The warming in the early apart of the 20th century was natural, and so was the even warmer climate around 1000AD when Vikings were establishing agricultural settlements in Greenland and the north of England produced a quite drinkable wine. There are those pesky scientists who keep doubting the validity of the mathematical climate models and point instead to the atmospheric data, which show little warming that can be traced to humans. Gore calls these skeptics "deniers" -- but his movie denies the very existence of any deniers. Kind of confusing, isn't it? Well, Mr. Gore had better hope for a super-warm summer in 2008, maybe even a big drought - just like the one in 1988 that started him on the road to abolishing climate change. sepp.org

To: Bill who wrote (70678)	6/27/2006 3:50:15 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Bill, Just show me one peer reviewed article in a science journal which disagrees with Gore. Just one.

To: Bill who wrote (70678)	6/27/2006 4:00:40 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 173976

Go Bill, sticking up for the crooked gas gougers and pollutors. Typical Bushie. Why don't you go jump into a toxic lake or suck on a Hummer's tailpipe? Or send your kids to Iraq to die for Hallibuirton's profits? Jesus H. Christ, how many times do you need to be screwed up the poop-chute by big oil before you realize you've been used, abused and suckered?

To: Bill who wrote (70678)	6/28/2006 7:04:54 AM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 173976

turns out the AP has some problems.... epw.senate.gov The June 27, 2006 Associated Press (AP) article titled “Scientists OK Gore’s Movie for Accuracy” by Seth Borenstein raises some serious questions about AP’s bias and methodology. AP chose to ignore the scores of scientists who have harshly criticized the science presented in former Vice President Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” In the interest of full disclosure, the AP should release the names of the “more than 100 top climate researchers” they attempted to contact to review “An Inconvenient Truth.” AP should also name all 19 scientists who gave Gore “five stars for accuracy.” AP claims 19 scientists viewed Gore’s movie, but it only quotes five of them in its article. AP should also release the names of the so-called scientific “skeptics” they claim to have contacted.