Ladies and Gentlemen, President Al Gore

This may be old news but it never ceases to amaze me how quickly we forget that briefest of presidencies, that of President Al Gore. We often hear, "Bush Stole the election," but rarely do we say, "Man, that Gore presidency went by in a flash." Well, I've got news folks. It DID happen and here's the proof. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States, Al Gore"

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“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Scholastic, huh?

    no wonder our kids are as dumb as a bag of rocks
  • I don't get it......I thought he invented the internet?
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    norm said:

    Scholastic, huh?

    no wonder our kids are as dumb as a bag of rocks

    :))

    But, oh, don't get me started. The crap that runs through our kid's section these days. =;

    When they get old enough, I grab them by the collar every chance I get and drag them back to the classics section.
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    CH156378 said:
    Al Gore invented the internet? No, I think he invented the Prius, right?

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • CH156378 said:
    Regardless of the context, you can't say "I took the initiative in creating the internet" without it sounding like he was Thomas Edison or Steve Jobs! =))
  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    Didn't he say that all of the polar ice would be gone by now? I just read somewhere that it's as high as it has been for a long time.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    unsung said:

    Didn't he say that all of the polar ice would be gone by now? I just read somewhere that it's as high as it has been for a long time.

    With all due respect to Mr. Gore (the guy who should have been president) I wouldn't rely on what he says about climate change. I respect what he did to raise some awareness but he's not a climate scientist, he's a politician. If you want to keep up on the topic, I sincerely recommend reading realclimate.org Don't take my word for it either. Check out the site and do some thorough reading and tell me what you all think.

    http://www.realclimate.org/

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504

    I don't get it......I thought he invented the internet?

    nooooooo.. he invented the climate "scare you out of $billions" hoax..hahhahhahhahhahah I'm kidding with you.

    Godfather.

  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Oh lord when is basic science going to matter in this world
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    rgambs said:

    Oh lord when is basic science going to matter in this world

    We have our realities that fit with our agendas.
    10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG
  • rr165892rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    I liked Gore in that election,But in hind sight was glad he never held office.I think a Gore admin would have been a train wreck.
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    unsung said:
    So 1 years worth of data is enough to overturn the incontrovertible connection between global atmospheric CO2 concentration and global temperature that has been established across hundreds of thousands of years?
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • BentleyspopBentleyspop Posts: 10,769
    edited September 2014
    ="Quote" rel="rr165892">I liked Gore in that election,But in hind sight was glad he never held office.I think a Gore admin would have been a train wreck.

    Seriously?
    More of a trainwreck then the lying scumbags of the 8 years of the Cheney/Rove govt?
    The same Cheney/Rove govt that lied to America to get into a lost cause of a military action in Iraq?
    The same Cheney/Rove govt responsible for thousands of American soldiers being unnecessarily killed and hundreds of thousands permanently maimed in Iraq.
    The same Cheney/Rove govt that screwed up the action in Afghanistan that resulted in Osama bin Laden getting into Pakistan?
    The same Cheney/Rove govt that got us into the economic and real estate quagmire that many Americans still haven't recovered from?
    Post edited by Bentleyspop on
  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    Fwiw I voted for him and I was upset that he didn't win. How could someone get the popular vote and lose? Now I realize why the electoral college works and why it is so important.
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    unsung said:

    Fwiw I voted for him and I was upset that he didn't win. How could someone get the popular vote and lose? Now I realize why the electoral college works and why it is so important.

    What do you mean by "now I realize"?
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rr165892rr165892 Posts: 5,697

    I liked Gore in that election,But in hind sight was glad he never held office.I think a Gore admin would have been a train wreck.

    Seriously?
    More of a trainwreck then the lying scumbags of the 8 years of the Cheney/Rove govt?
    The same Cheney/Rove govt that lied to America to get into a lost cause of a military action in Iraq?
    The same Cheney/Rove govt responsible for thousands of American soldiers being unnecessarily killed and hundreds of thousands permanently maimed in Iraq.
    The same Cheney/Rove govt that screwed up the action in Afghanistan that resulted in Osama bin Laden getting into Pakistan?
    The same Cheney/Rove govt that got us into the economic and real estate quagmire that many Americans still haven't recovered from?

    Yes!
  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    rgambs said:

    unsung said:

    Fwiw I voted for him and I was upset that he didn't win. How could someone get the popular vote and lose? Now I realize why the electoral college works and why it is so important.

    What do you mean by "now I realize"?

    Uh, really? You don't understand that? Ok, I used to believe the electoral college was outdated, now I realize the importance.
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Still unclear. Do you realize the importance now because you are disappointed with Obama, and think Romney would have been better? Or do you realize it now because you think Gore would have been worse than Bush?
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    I find it funny when people think that I am a republican because I don't agree with their policies.
  • rr165892 said:

    I liked Gore in that election,But in hind sight was glad he never held office.I think a Gore admin would have been a train wreck.

    Dear Gawd.

    You mean if you were offered a 'mulligan' you wouldn't do it?

    Train wreck? Possibly. Debatable. But a train wreck would have been infinitely greater than the nuclear meltdown Bush et al served up.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    unsung said:

    I find it funny when people think that I am a republican because I don't agree with their policies.


    it that all just republican ? ya know along with that jacket comes racist,homophobe and bigot... you have arived =))

    Godfather.
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    I was just asking which it was. Your post was completely without merit, it was an incomplete thought. Either you didn't finish your thought or you posted with the intention of being cryptic, either way it was as a sentence with a subject and verb but without an object. I think either line of thought is a bit too speculative to bother with, and incidentally, if I did speculate I would think you are wrong.
    And
    Since you mention it, people on here (not just me) think of you as conservative because you continually take the fox news position of every topic. I understand you aren't a dumbass fox watcher, but coming to the same conclusions via different sources and your own thought process doesn't change your alignment.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    To boot, if you are going to make nonpolitical issues (carbon dioxide is about science, not politics) into partisan political issues, it is going to open the door to partisan accusations.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576

    unsung said:

    I find it funny when people think that I am a republican because I don't agree with their policies.


    it that all just republican ? ya know along with that jacket comes racist,homophobe and bigot... you have arived =))

    Godfather.
    It is not your affiliation that brings these accusations on you, it is your mouth and the things that come out of it.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,042
    rgambs said:

    To boot, if you are going to make nonpolitical issues (carbon dioxide is about science, not politics) into partisan political issues, it is going to open the door to partisan accusations.

    For sure. We really do need a "separation of science and state" view point if we really want to understand climate change/global warming.

    As far as arctic sea ice- don't look at a single fluctuation. If you want to find some way to feel good about global warming and believe it's not happening, you can go on the internet and find articles that will give you the satisfaction of believing it is a myth. We all would like to believe that. I truly wish it were a myth.

    Again, I highly recommend reading realclimate.org. They do not have a political agenda. The articles are written by climate scientists. Also note that most of the people who write in responses are also climate scientists, not people with limited a understanding of the topic.

    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Separation of science and state.
    Awesome, IFL that! Or do I hate it? lol I would hate for science to not inform politics at all, we would be back to flammable rivers and mass poisonings in a few decades at the most.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rr165892rr165892 Posts: 5,697

    rr165892 said:

    I liked Gore in that election,But in hind sight was glad he never held office.I think a Gore admin would have been a train wreck.

    Dear Gawd.

    You mean if you were offered a 'mulligan' you wouldn't do it?

    Train wreck? Possibly. Debatable. But a train wreck would have been infinitely greater than the nuclear meltdown Bush et al served up.
    As much as it would have been very entertaining to see "Manbearpig" holding the supreme office and all the hilarity that would have brought to the 2000's.No I would not take the Mulligan.I find my fiscally conservative leanings would still have me supporting W.That being said,I did not subscribe to a lot of his social policies,but as a Buisness owner I Usually lean right.I also think even though W screwed up a lot of foreign policy ,I don't disagree with all of it and I think Gore would have been way to soft when we needed a stronger administration.
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