Al Gore's Vulcan Utopia

National Post - Canada ^ | Thursday, May 31, 2007 | David Brooks

[Ditter]

I read the article, it is owlgore’s book I don’t want to read. I agree owl is a douche bag.

[Rummyfan]

Utterly at a loss when asked to talk about virtue and justice, they try to shift attention to technology and methods of communication.

A good description of today's Democratic Party.....

[Names Ash Housewares]

He is very well known to exaggerate things. All his life.

I think there is no limit to it as time goes by. Even elevating himself to Godhood certainly would not surprise me. He speaks of “spiritual issues” now when he talks about blaming humans for global warming.

[Steve_Seattle]

I think it was Jacques Elul (spelling?) whose classic book on propaganda said that in order to be effective, propaganda must be total, i.e., the slightest amount of contrary propaganda spoils the efficacy of the whole thing. I wouldn't go so far as Elul, but I think that's why libs hate Fox so much; even though it's only a small part of the national media, it spoils the total control that libs want, and is influential beyond what would be suggested by looking at statistics of how many people watch the various networks.

Fox and Rush and Drudge are like scabs on the bodies of liberals; libs can't help but look at them and pick at them and hence the bleeding starts and libs find themselves in controversies that would have been overlooked by the MSM.

[Senator_Blutarski]

"The eighteenth century witnessed more and more ordinary citizens able to use knowledge as a source of power to mediate between wealth and privilege."

"...mediate between wealth and privilege"?

I didn't know that wealth and privilege were in conflict in the 18th century. In fact I thought they were synonymous in the 18th century. Why would there be a need to mediate between them?

[Caipirabob]

"Burn, burn, burn...a ball of fire, ball of fire..."

All I think of is that song they play on Rush Limbaugh when I hear or read about this joke of a politician.

[Steve_Seattle]

Is that photo an excerpt from Gore’s movie, and does he actually say that?

[golas1964]

Algore would love Vulcan. Talk about your global warming!

[TheSpottedOwl]

i>As Gore writes in his best graduate school manner, "The eighteenth century witnessed more and more ordinary citizens able to use knowledge as a source of power to mediate between wealth and privilege."

I thought my run-on sentences were bad...

Can anyone fix that sentence? I gave up. Sometimes I have to wonder if Gore didn't have a nervous breakdown after the 2000 election.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

"The remedy for what ails our democracy is not simply better education (as important as that is) or civic education (as important as that can be), but the re-establishment of a genuine democratic discourse in which individuals can participate in a meaningful way - a conversation of democracy in which meritorious ideas and opinions from individuals do, in fact, evoke a meaningful response."

Like declaring the debate over before it started?

[TheSpottedOwl]

“Hey Al, that’s the worst jack ‘o lantern I’ve ever seen. Have your kids help you next year”!

[SCHROLL]

it’s parallel to his “every vote must count” rant in Fla 2000. I seem to remember him uttering these words while he had a gaggle of lawyers running around to throw out the absentee ballots of the military.

[GMMAC]

"He speaks of “spiritual issues” now when he talks about blaming humans for global warming."

[henkster]

Al Gore’s book will be mandatory reading in most college poli sci classes. Too wordy for most high schools; polysyllabic words like “truckdriver” and “carpeting” are beyond the comprehension of most public school students. They best respond to visual fluff like “An Inconvenient Truth.”

But this garbage? Perfect pseudo-intellectual sewage for poli sci courses.

On another note, I’ve never read “Mein Kampf” but hear it’s a pretty dull read, too. Hmmmm.....

[Caipirabob]

Is that photo an excerpt from Gore’s movie, and does he actually say that?

No, I made it up from this that some FReeper did from a concert promo and a photo of a nucked Earth.

And the quote is from the Paul Shanklin song "Ball of fire" that Rush Limbaugh plays nearly every day on his show.

[G8 Diplomat]

As Gore writes in his best graduate school manner, "The eighteenth century witnessed more and more ordinary citizens able to use knowledge as a source of power to mediate between wealth and privilege."

That's his GRADUATE school manner?? Good grief, I'm a high school senior and I write better than that!

[VRW Conspirator]

Al Gore’s Vulcan book? What is this guy vulcan thinking? Gore is out of his vulcan mind. How could Hollywood give him a vulcan Oscar. That vulcan dude has a vulcan problem...

[goldstategop]

Algore IS the Father Of The Internet - He's a 20th Century Dr. Soong dedicated to knowing people can be as cerebal and dispassionate as the computer he conducts his research upon. Eureka!

Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[beethovenfan]

Hey Gore, here’s a meritorious idea:

MAN-MADE GLOBAL WARMING IS BULL$&it!!!!

[Wilhelm Tell]

What this should translate is that Gore wants his side to control discourse...

Exactly. The leftists see it as a failure of democracy and discourse whenever people are free to discuss and critique their views. The only legitimate "democratic discourse" is when people are spoon-fed leftist conclusions and alternative ideas are restricted.