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Al Gore has a new argument for why carbon dioxide is the global warming boogeyman -- and it’s simply out of this world. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday with yet another one of his infamous slide shows, Gore observed that the carbon dioxide (CO2) in Venus’ atmosphere supercharges the second-planet-from-the-sun’s greenhouse effect, resulting in surface temperatures of about 870 degrees Fahrenheit. Gore added that it’s not Venus’ proximity to the Sun that makes the planet much warmer than the Earth, because Mercury, which is even closer to the Sun, is cooler than Venus. Based on this...

Gore: Take Personal Responsibility To Stem Crisis POSTED: 2:27 pm EDT July 24, 2006 UPDATED: 2:30 pm EDT July 24, 2006 CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. -- Former Vice President Al Gore said his conscience is regularly challenged by a consumerism that contributes to the global warming he has made it his mission to reverse. "It is so hard for those of us who want to live according to our values," Gore said Monday at the Chautauqua Institution, during the latest of countless lectures he has given on the topic. "We're embedded in a culture that makes it so easy to just go...

ANGER MANAGEMENTExecutive Producer And Director John Kerry Starring Al Gore_______________________________________________"Al Gore will growl at 12:30 p.m. [Thursday] at the Georgetown University Law Center, accusing the Bush administration of intentionally misleading the nation … Gore will charge – angrily, we're sure, that Bush and Cheney have 'institutionalized dishonesty as an essential element of their policy process.'" (CNN's "The Morning Grind," 6/23/04)THE REVIEWS ARE IN: GORE HAS ANGER MANAGEMENT ISSUESRoll Call's Mort Kondracke Said Gore "Is Out Of Control." "You know, I really think that we can all thank God that Al Gore was not elected president of the United States. I question...

Something to Yak About – Al Gore Comes to Kerry’s Aid So Al Gore is giving fellow traveler John Kerry a boost today with a speech at Georgetown University Law Center on “institutionalized dishonesty,” in foreign policy. Hmmmmm….. Whether John Kerry’s bagman will give an encore performance of his unhinged rant at a recent Move On Dot Org speech remains to be seen, but what is clear is the less-than-honest approach taken by the Gentleman from Massachusetts in his own foreign policy positions. The Kerry-Gore Double StandardAl Gore and other John Kerry acolytes love to beat up the president on...

(CNSNews.com) - Former Vice President Al Gore in a speech before an audience at Georgetown University Law Center Thursday accused President Bush of lying about Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda being in cahoots in plotting the Sept. 11 attacks. Gore said Bush "knew full well that he was telling an artful and important lie, visibly circumnavigating the truth over and over again, as if he had practiced how to avoid encountering the truth." President Bush said recently that the administration "never said that the 9/11 attacks "were orchestrated between Saddam and al Qaeda." He added, "We did say there were...

Former Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore delivered a harsh message to Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas, three months before he faces a U.S. Senate primary. Former Vice President Al Gore, who lost the 2000 presidential election by 537 votes in Florida, on Saturday called Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas ``the single most treacherous and dishonest person I dealt with during the campaign anywhere in America.''The statement was e-mailed by a Gore spokesman in response to a Herald inquiry about Penelas's role in the 2000 campaign. Gore supporters say the vice president had counted on Penelas for a late boost in...