Posted on 05/14/2004 4:17:10 AM PDT by RogerFGay
MoveOn, Gore Push Movie to Promote Global Warming Agenda
By Jimmy Moore
Talon News
May 13, 2004Liberal online political action group MoveOn.org, along with help from former Vice President Al Gore, is actively promoting an upcoming Hollywood film to promote their agenda about global warming.
"The Day After Tomorrow," a $125 million movie starring Dennis Quaid, depicts the alleged negative effects of global warming. It is scheduled to be released to theaters on May 28, 2004 by 20th Century Fox.
MoveOn.org states in an e-mail to supporters that this "fun" movie is "making the Bush administration very nervous."
"In fact, they'd rather you didn't see it at all," MoveOn.org stated.
While MoveOn.org admits the movie is "more science fiction than science fact," they still ask the question, "could it really happen?"
"This is an unprecedented opportunity to talk to millions of Americans about the real dangers of global warming and expose President Bush's foot-dragging on the issue," MoveOn.org asserted.
As a result, MoveOn.org is encouraging it supporters to use the movie as a political tool to promote the liberal environmentalist position on global warming.
"At the theater, meet up with other MoveOn members to give out flyers that explain, in everyday language, what causes global warming, how Bush's environmental policies could lead us into a real-life climate crisis, and what we can do together to meet this challenge," MoveOn.org instructed.
They have already set up a web site devoted to this movie.
In addition, MoveOn.org has started a petition drive asking Bush and Congress to address the so-called concern about a "climate crisis."
MoveOn.org estimates that 20 million people will see "The Day After Tomorrow," with nearly 8 million over the Memorial Day holiday weekend alone.
Hoping to capitalize on the questions posed by the movie, MoveOn.org said it wants to be ready to promote its beliefs to moviegoers exiting the theater after the movie.
"Because the movie capitalizes on our real-life concerns over climate change, audiences are likely to walk out of the theater asking themselves: 'Could it really happen?' We'll be there to answer that question with our flyers," MoveOn.org explained.
Describing the conservative reaction to the movie, MoveOn.org said the "right wing" has attempted to misinterpret the movie as a "fright flick" promoted by "climate change conspiracy theorists."
"Never mind that they're relying on stone-age science, or that they're light-years behind the curve on the public's acceptance of global warming as a real environmental threat," MoveOn.org contended.
At the end of the e-mail, MoveOn.org said the "climate crisis" is imminent and this movie will put the issue at the forefront of Bush's agenda.
Meanwhile, speaking to MoveOn.org and reporters in a conference call on Tuesday, Gore urged people to go see "The Day After Tomorrow" to begin a discussion on climate change, despite the fact that he admits the scientific facts in the movie are questionable.
"It's an emergency that seems to be unfolding in slow motion, but it actually is occurring very swiftly -- not as swiftly as the movie portrays, but swiftly in the context of human history," Gore exclaimed in the conference call reported by the Associated Press.
Like MoveOn.org, Gore is advocating passing out flyers after the movie to educate people on the liberal view on global warming.
"There are two sets of fiction to deal with," Gore told the New York Times. "One is the movie, the other is the Bush administration's presentation of global warming."
Republican National Committee spokeswoman Christine Iverson responded to Gore's promotion of the movie by saying, "it's doubtful that the American people will be willing to rely on him as a movie critic."
Additionally, Council on Environmental Quality spokeswoman Dana Perino said the Bush administration has implemented policies that limit global warming while still preserving American jobs.
"While they're working on movies, we are advancing our scientific knowledge, developing transformational energy technologies and reducing the greenhouse-gas intensity of the American economy," Perino expressed.
Gore wrote "Earth in the Balance" in 1992 which explains his theory that global warming is destroying the Earth.
Yeah, it's all you hear the Whitehouse talking about these days....
This one is on our boycott list, not particularly b/c of its obvious political agenda, but b/c we feel Jake "We have to say 'stop', there's no reason for a war. At the moment Hussein is not threatening anybody." Gyllenhaal does not deserve our money...
If he won't support America, we won't support him.
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That's what makes living in a REPUBLIC rather than a DEMOCRACY so great.
As a resident of New Hampshire, I'm all for Global Warming. The last winter was brutally cold.
Excellent. Even this movie won't bring the envirowhackos to the forefront of the 2004 elections.
Yup. Just keep global cooling/warming/whatever in the forefront of Kerry's campaign.
BTW, did you know that Greenland once had a thriving colony of sheep and goatherders, graineries and gardens at one time? Yeah, those vikings. Always causing global warming.
CORRECTION: It's spelled MorOn.org
"CORRECTION: It's spelled MorOn.org"
That is just brilliant! May I suggest that we all adopt that spelling for future reference. It fits perfectly!!!!!
There they are, producing gas, and they blame the world for it.
Well, yeah, but global dimming is caused by global warming, which also causes global cooling and coming ice age. At least, that's how I understand it.
I think I'll show up at the local theater and hand out watermelon.
Until I heard the New Ice Age in the movie was caused by global-warming, I was planning to see this. I remember when the big looming eco-disaster was global-cooling, and I thought we might FINALLY be dropping the global-warming hype and going back to that.
Question: Why didn't Clinton/Gore push Kyota when they were in office?
Answer: The cost was too high.
Question: In that case, why are they bashing Bush?
Answer: They're Dems
It's so humorous to watch Gore's ever-more-desperate quest to get his name in the press. I love it when the once powerful become pitiful like this once their star wanes...
The liberals are in the middle of a melt down
Don't mention the Spotted Owl to the Sierra Club, that was a defeat for them, because the owl left. The Spotted Owl could not find food in the Sierra Club controlled forests so they migrated to the lumber company/forest service managed forests.
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