Posts Tagged ‘Al Gore’

Here’s Al Gore in the NY Times talking about the need to reform our electrical grid.
Second, we should begin the planning and construction of a unified national smart grid for the transport of renewable electricity from the rural places where it is mostly generated to the cities where it is mostly used. New high-voltage, [...]


I’m watching Nancy Pelosi speak currently. I think she’s doing a good job, although the format is clearly designed to help her out by managing the grumpy questions and throwing at a couple of soft ball questions.
One thing I hadn’t heard her say before was that although she voted for the FISA “compromise”, [...]


Here is a ‘joke’ told by Mr. Heartbeat away from being the President

“Speaking of Vice President [Al] Gore, I’m sorry to relate that he’s a little bit sore at me. He’s convinced that, on global warming, I just don’t get it. But lately with every passing day, the evidence has been catching my attention. [...]


Fact Checkers

29Oct07

If you’ve ever read a fact check column and been displeased with the quality of the fact checking then you might wonder, who fact checks the fact checkers? Actually lots of people do, blogs, campaigns, other news outlets, just about anybody that can use google can give it a shot. I gather I’m not alone [...]


Wanted to highlight a letter to editor I thought was insightful.
To the Editor:
Re “Save the Planet: Vote Smart,” by Thomas L. Friedman:
What are we to do when leaders like Al Gore mostly want to convince us that they are above politics and too good to fight to save the planet?
I sure was fooled. I [...]


It had been a few days since anyone columnist/online writer of prominence had really pissed me off. I was starting to get worried when in steps Steven E. Landsburg. Writing in Slate he joins discussion about Al Gore winning the Nobel Prize. Landsburg like all other members of the press is convinced that he is [...]


So the letters to editor at the Washington Times continue to impress me with solid reasoning. This little nugget was in response to Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
Humankind does not have, nor have we ever had, the power to control climate. Yet the idea that we are somehow responsible for climate change or [...]


So I got up this morning turned on the television and my computer. The television had Chris Matthews on and a careful examination of my computer screen suggested some drunk idiot had put up an M.C. Hammer video on my blog last night. Worried that people think I flaky, I decided to do some [...]