Posted on 03/01/2009 9:29:06 PM PST by melt
I’ve been asked to moderate a private seminar at UC Irvine next month that has a very provocative title: The Climate Change Dilemma — and Why People Hate Al Gore.” The seminar is being sponsored by Prosperitas, a small new group of “wealthy peers” which is partnering with with UCI’s Merage School of Business to explore hot topics.
Hot, indeed.
Virtually every time I write about the weather — and every time I write about climate change or global warming — I get lots of comments from readers, many which express a disgust or hatred of Gore, who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to publicize the potential impact of Earth’s changing climate.
Mary Patrick, Prosperitas’ associate director and organizer of the seminar, originally considered calling the discussion, simply, “Why does everyone hate Al Gore?” But the title was tweaked because Gore actually won the popular vote in the 2000 presidential election and he is admired by many for his Oscar-winning documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth.”
But Patrick is right in saying politics has had a polarizing effect on climate change debate, distracting people from focusing on what scientists are actually saying. The lecture panel (read line-up) will take up that issue, and we’d like to hear your thoughts about this. I’m going to use reader comments to craft some of the questions.
Specifically, I want you to tell me what impact you think Gore has had on the climate change debate. (Use the Comment feature below). I encourage you to be candid, but don’t simply offer up insults like, “Gore is an idiot.”
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Because he’s a fat idiot for starters.
That ain’t all he’s full of.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
yeah...somebody mentioned the South Park episode...one more reason i love SP. ;)
Because he's a fat stupid moron trying to destroy America, that's why.
Next question
On the bright side, aglgore seems to get the respect he deserves.
LOL - Sure, all that is true, but he does have one really cute daughter.
He misspelled POS.
Oops! Southpark did it!
Mark
Yes, all of the above, plus: I have a friend who saw Algore at an all-you-can-eat joint in Knoxville. What he was packing in could have fed a village in Bangladesh.
gorelied.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-not-to-measure-temperature-part-79.html
Gee, I can't think of any reasons...
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