Posted on 10/13/2009 7:19:27 AM PDT by dennisw
Mr. Gore has been strangely reluctant to answer questions or debate the more controversial parts of his work. But over the weekend, he deigned to take few questions during meeting of the Society of Environmental Journalists in Madison, Wisconsin.
Irish documentary filmmaker Phelim McAleer was in the line. A former Financial Times journalist, his new film, "Not Evil, Just Wrong," is direct refutation of Mr. Gore's thesis and warns that rushing to judgment in combating climate change would threaten the world's poor. When his turn came, Mr. McAleer asked Mr. Gore about a court case in Britain in which a parent had objected to "An Inconvenient Truth" being shown to British schoolchildren because it was largely propaganda, not science.
Mr. McAleer tried to follow up by pointing out that polar bear populations were increasing, but his microphone was quickly cut off. Organizers insisted that several other people were waiting with questions and they had to move on.
In fact, Mr. Gore didn't answer Mr. McAleer's question and was wrong on the facts. The British court found that An Inconvenient Truth "is a political film" riddled with scientific errors. The judge also held that requiring the film to be shown in schools would be a violation of law, unless accompanied by "guidance" pointing out its errors. The judge concluded that the claimant who objected to the film "substantially won this case by virtue of my finding that, but for the new guidance note, the film would have been distributed in breach of sections 406 and 407 of the 1996 Education Act."
As for polar bears, Mr. McAleer was correct: Surveys show their numbers are increasing.
Mr. McAleer, whose film premiers this weekend, says he's more disappointed in the environmental journalists who give Mr. Gore cover than in the former vice president.
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What’s absolutely amazing in all this is the supposedly learned, Nobel Prize winner, Gore will not debate or take any questions regarding Global Warming theory.
The journalists who facilitate this are a disgrace.
Gore is a cartoon loon.
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BTW, I think the correct response to the question, “Are polar bears an endangered species?” would be “They are not in any danger from carbon dioxide. The greatest threat they face is probably from overfishing that depletes the food chain they depend on. CO2 will, if anything, alleviate this threat.”
Another glaring example of educated way beyond his intelligence.
Tell me he did not look like a ten pin standing there trying to deflect the question.
More like one of those old inflatable clowns that wobble around. Anyone got a picture?
I’ll tell you why Gore doesn’t want to debate skeptics. Because basically, after listening to him give a campaign speech in La Crosse, Wisc, he’s a horrible speaker. He probably needs a lot of extra coaching and prepping just to give one of his boilerplate rants. He’s supposed to be a great debater, but he didn’t even look good against Dubya who is no ones idea of a great orator.
Everyone said AlGore out debated Ross Perot in 1992 (not that I thought so)
didn't see the Gore-Perot debate, but after hearing him speak in public and watching his facial gyrations and histrionics against Dubya, and noticing his refusal to debate anyone on the opposite side of the global warming debate, I have to conclude that Gore is a mediocre debater at best.
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