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To: Alighieri who wrote (474973)	4/25/2009 1:26:40 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1573745

Al Gore, Global Warming and Fake Moon Landings?!? “It is a challenge that this Congress must rise to,” Gore said. “I wish I could find the words to get past the partisan divide that both sides have contributed to. … It shouldn’t be partisan. It should be something we do together in our national interest.” Al Gore in testimony to Congress, April 24, 2009, By Robert S. Siegel Former Vice President Gore testified to Congress Friday on global warming. “I wish I could find the words to get past the partisan divide that both sides have contributed to.” Gore said, referring to what he says is a need to reduce greenhouse gases. Nice sentiment; getting past the partisan divide. However…. Rep Steve Scalise (R-LA) challenged Gore on his claims of a scientific consensus on warming stating that the committee had already seen a number of scientists with, “Completely opposite views.” The former Veep’s response? “There are people that still believe that the moon landing was staged on a movie lot in Arizona.” Gore set himself up for immediate rebuke by Scalise. “And neither of us is one of those (fake moon landing believers) and I know you like to deliver those cutesy anecdotes but this is not a cutesy issue,” Scalise said. “We’re talking about the export of millions of jobs out of our economy; out of our country, and testimony has been given just to those numbers.” Further, Gore’s statement gave Scalise the platform to layout a critical point against the cap and trade proposal that was the subject of the debate. “..The carbon leakage that would occur, where the carbon would be emitted but it would be emitted in China and India and the jobs would go to China and India.” Gore has often compared warming skeptics to the fake lunar landing crowd. Each time he does it he hurts his image and his cause. There really are people that believe the lunar landings were faked. Fine. Folks like that are harmless and they provide great entertainment for the rest of us. But to cite the fake lunar landing crowd during what is supposed to be serious debate is a cop-out and I say that while trying to be generous toward Gore. To compare that fringe group to legitimate scientists looks defensive. Gore has facts, or at least what he believes are facts. If he wants to “Get past the partisan divide,” and truly convince people, than he needs to respect critics, not belittle the rather large list of scientists and other experts and that disagree with him. You can’t hope to persuade your opponents by insulting them. It doesn’t work. And double my criticisms above to Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas. His joke about global warming causing the Cowboys to not make the Playoffs and the Patriots to not win the Super Bowl was not funny to supporters or critics of the bill (follow the link to the video and note the complete absence of laughter) nor worthy of his high position in our government. Plenty of people take the issue of global warming seriously, even if you don’t (see Gingrich, Newt). Deal with it. mindyourowndamnbusinesspolitics.com