AFP
Posted on 11/15/2006 5:50:00 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Former United States vice-president Al Gore described the US and Australia as the "Bonnie and Clyde" of the global climate crisis for failing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Gore, now an environmental activist, likened the two countries to the notorious American bank robbers during a visit to Australia to promote his film on global warming -- "An inconvenient truth".
The Kyoto Protocol aims to restrict the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, and the US and Australia are the only two developed countries that haven't ratified the pact.
"I sincerely believe if Australia joined the rest of the world community in the Kyoto process, then the pressure on (US President George W.) Bush would be enormous, just enormous," Gore told reporters in Sydney.
He said he was grateful Australian Prime Minister John Howard had been to see his film, even though Howard said it smacked of a "peeved politician" sniping at the Bush administration.
Gore, who narrowly lost the race for the presidency to Bush in 2000, said he would not expect Howard to "immediately praise it to the skies, given the history of his opposition to what I have been saying".
"But I appreciate him seeing it. I like him, I really do, even if he doesn't like my movie. If some of the information in it got through, I'm very happy about that."
He said it was significant that Howard had in recent days acknowledged a "damaging increase" in carbon dioxide emissions and thrown his weight behind a global carbon trading scheme to reduce greenhouse gases.
AP
al-Gore is starting to take on the appearance of a Chinese guy. What's up with that? Botox?
How do we know this? No one could remain awake for more than a few moments of an algore presentation, for all we know, his book is really called "To Serve Mankind."
I see Manbearpig is back
It's times like this I wish I was a billionaire.
Can someone put out a movie that debunks the myth of global warming?
Also that FreeRepublic TV station, we are losing the propaganda war so badly.
Here's another documentary, racism in the Democrat Party, you can call it "The New Slavemasters".
There needs to be a 24 hour Right Wing TV Network, there's already 3 Left Wing Networks, where's the billiionaire with the ba!!s to fill this huge market void.
Donald Trump, are you listening, I'll be the president of programming.
That High Loon! He's so *fun-ny*!
What a card! The way he acts!
You could almost *believe* he's
that stupid!...What a nut!
:oD
Where does this oil-money-rich private-jet-flying jerk get off thinking he's the voice of reason in this debate?
He sweats self-righteousness the way Bill Maher sweats smug.
sorry Fat Al. The US Senate voted 95-0 against it. India, China, Brazil excluded- why?? and maybe Mexico too- not sure
you dork Gore
ROTFL!
Thanks. That's one of the funniest characterization of Algore I've seen.
Of course I'm sure we're all assuming that Gore travelled to Australia by outrigger canoe in order to avoid burning any more of that nasty jet fuel.
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Oops, I've just emitted a greenhouse gas myself, duh huh huh.
I think I got dumber reading that article.
Hm. Looks like Howard has been bought off by the most corrupt elements of the Kyoto backers.
These threads need a "Gorbal Warning Alert!" tag in the headline similar to those "Barf Alert!"s.
Maybe algore is going for the chinese campaign contribution/bribes...
Or the fat Steven Seagall look.
I thought Segal got it from pulling that ponytail too tight. LOL! I think al-Gore is ready for his saffron robes.
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