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Originally Posted by D
Gore lacks some real leadership traits, for sure... he's not the straightest shooter in out political landscape...
I mean, for instance, those that say he never claimed responsibility for inventing the internet didn't attend the same speech that I did in Cambridge in 1996, where he sure as hell did.
The message he brings, though... regarding this global warming stuff... even if a bit exaggerated... is still something that I think we need to consider - and if we don't - especially if it's for such an insignificant reason as one's distaste for the messenger - we're doing ourselves a grave disservice.
Gore might be the kind of guy that tells us he caught a fish twice as big as was actually caught, when's he's not even the one that caught it... even so - we still gotta remember that his all grand-standing doesn't mean that there wasn't a fish that was caught.
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Well said! Many climatologists disagree on wheter human C02 production is contributing to global warming. I think we all want a clean environment, clean water, fresh air, etc. Who doesn't? What my fear is, is that this sudden media blitz and pressure to discuss global warming is a lead up to some legislation and taxation, and not a real fear that humanity is hanging in the balance (this is akin to the right wing pretending to protect children, by legislating adult activity). Otherwise, people like Gore would walk the walk more. Hell, he was second in command for 8 years, why didn't he put pressure on Clinton then if he thought our lives were in danger? I know he wrote a book, but so what? He was the second most powerful man in the world for 8 years.