Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore Jr.is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Chosen as Clinton's running mate in their successful 1992 campaign, he was reelected in 1996. At the end of Clinton's second term, Gore was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 2000. After leaving office, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'
The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it's mentioned.
While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.
Because these consequences are distributed globally, the problem masquerades as a distraction. Because the length of time between causes and consequences stretches out longer than we're used to dealing with, it gives us the illusion that we have the luxury of time. Neither of those things is true.
There is an air of unreality in debating these arcane points when the world is changing in such dramatic ways right in front of our eyes because of global warming.
No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government.
From wherever the emissions come, they have the same effect: They trap much more heat from the sun, melt the ice, raise the sea level, cause stronger storms, floods, drought, bigger fires, generate millions of climate refugees, destabilize political systems, threaten the growing of food crops and cause a number of other catastrophic consequences which, taken together, threaten the basis for the future of human civilization on the Earth.
America's political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies.
Consider a clock thermostat, and set it so that you're not using energy when you don't need it, when you're out of your house.
How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?
I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America.
I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane.
I have absolutely no plans and no expectations of ever being a candidate again.