Gore Claims Bush Has 'Crisis' Analysis All Wrong (Gore speech excerpts)

[AlGore-08.com]

http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/mt_archives/000241.php
From BushGreenWatch.org

Today the Kyoto Protocol enters into effect for the 141 nations that are signatories to the treaty. While most of the industrialized world has signed on to this global effort to combat climate change, the United States, the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has been noticeably absent from the process since the Bush administration's withdrawal in 2001. Yesterday former Vice President Al Gore spoke out on the Kyoto Protocol, below are excerpts from his speech.

"Unfortunately we have also seen over the last few years a decision on the part of the Bush White House to withdraw from the global process by which this crisis is being confronted. President Bush has instead directed the nation's attention and resources toward false crises while refusing to acknowledge a real crisis that is unfolding right before our eyes..."

"...Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq and the alleged need for privatizing Social Security are examples of false crises. But here's a real crisis staring him in the face that desperately needs leadership from the President of the United States and his financial supporters in the oil and coal industry don't want him to acknowledge the reality of the crisis so he pretends that it doesn't exist. And he relies on individuals who are pretty much - their relation - the people he relies on relate to the scientific community pretty much the way that phony reporter related to the White House Press Corp..."

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[dweller]

1. thanks

anyone seen a full text version?

dp

[AlGore-08.com]

2. He hasn't given the speech yet, I assume they're holding it back

We'll have it up on AlGore-08.com as soon as it's available.

[dweller]

3. lol i've been offline all day

so had missed it.

thanks.
dp

[Blower]

4. I like it... n/t

[GetTheRightVote]

5. Way to go Gore, nice speech to bad * man could care less

:kick:

[libodem]

6. those right-wing pundits say everyday

..there is no such thing as the green-house effect. It's some type of an illusion made up by environmentalists. This is what kills me. Air pollution. Each polluter has a specific amount of pollution they can emit into the air. What ever amount of pollution they don't emit they can sell to the next guy, who needs to pollute a little more than his allotted amount. Nice, huh? You know this green house thing. It's probably just a cycle. Those glaciers melting? what the hey? They might have been anyway. Human beings? How could we have any effect on something as big as this planet.