Gore gets 'Green'and mean with W

[kpete]

"Where there is no vision, the people perish," Gore writes, quoting the Bible to bash Bush.

Warning that Bush and the Republican Congress have displayed "a blinding lack of awareness" about "the worst catastrophe in the history of human civilization" — global warming — Gore also blames the incumbent for ignoring the threat of 9/11.

Bush "was warned on Aug. 6, 2001, of an attack by Al Qaeda. 'Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US,' said the intelligence community in a message so important that it was the headline of the President's daily briefing that day, five weeks before the attacks," Gore seethes.

"Didn't he see that clear warning?" asks Gore. "Why were no questions asked, meetings called, evidence marshaled, clarifications sought?"

As for Bush's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, "Once again an urgent warning was ignored. The videotapes of one session make clear that the President heard the warnings but, again, asked not a single question."

more at:
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/405287p-343241c.html

[calmblueocean]

1. Good ol' Al. Never fails to lift my spirits.

I'd love it if Al got elected president in 2008, and could walk right up to Bush and say, "Get out of MY house."

[madokie]

3. something tells me he will do it. He seems to be getting more pissed all

the time, far as I am concerned he has it to loose.

This man can guide us back to the real world.
All the other countries will be glad to work with a sensible president. A lot of the heads of states already know President Gore.

[hootinholler]

18. It does make sense, that would be sweet, but...

It's such a big pile of shit to be cleaned up, I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

-Hoot

[hedda_foil]

2. Gore in '08!

He's ready for it and he'll fight for the right things.

[ShortnFiery]

13. I'm with you ...

He'd save our environment or at least make great strides to improve and/or slow down global warming. We'd also have General (ret) Clark to square away military operations as well as a sound Secretary of State to begin to fix the devastation to our image abroad.

Yes, I love the thought of Gore our president in 08.

What a sweet victory that would be?

[xxqqqzme]

16. Big Dog as Sec of State

he'll fix that battered image.

[ShortnFiery]

17. Now that's a plan! Agreed :-) eom

[mzmolly]

15. He's the ONLY candidate I'm remotely enthused about.

I hope he'll run.

[Scout1071]

4. I couldn't be prouder to give this it's 5th Rec.

RUN, AL, RUN.

[ooglymoogly]

36. he is the only sure thing we have got

[NYCGirl]

5. K&R

[Patchuli]

6. Yeah but that writer was a bit freepy

so I wrote him a letter:

Dear Mr. Grove,

With all due respect, I completely believe Al Gore is 100% correct about the dereliction of duty committed by President Bush in the disasters that have occurred on his watch, as well as ignoring the need to protect the environment. I don't feel that Mr. Gore was "ranting" at all. I believe he is speaking for a large number of Amricans at this point. If we are "ranting" it is because Americans are uneasy about the security of our nation. Mr. Bush has let us down before...

Our president is breaking the law wiretapping citizens, although he could have gotten information he wanted by following normal procedure legally. They can feel free to sneak into our homes while we are gone as well. We don't feel safe from terrorists as a result of the government's handling of such. Mr. Bush isn't even "concerned" about where Bin Laden is. He "doesn't think about it."

This Administration has shoved so many injustices and woes upon this nation that I can feel very confident in saying that the majority of America is pretty darn unhappy with this president.

Mr. Gore speaks for us and if that means we are all "blowing gaskets" to get these wrongs righted, I say blow away!

Regards,

Patchuli

[Uncle Joe]

29. Rush Limpuke rants, Bill Oleighley rants, Pat Robertson rants,

Hell even I rant. Al Gore informs,educates and enlightens in a passionate way. Too many people in the MSM cannot or will not tell the difference.

[Vincardog]

7. Ok it is settled GORE in '08 but lets elect a Democratic congress in Nov

Impeach and try the shrub and his overlord Cheney, then let the Grand OIL Pigs run Riice against Gore.

[Pirate Smile]

8. Here is the Vanity Fair cover shot and a bit about the "Green issue".

VANITY FAIR’S FIRST-EVER “GREEN ISSUE”


Photograph by Annie Leibovitz

Vanity Fair presents its first “Green Issue,” beginning an “increased commitment to reporting on the threat to our precious environment,” says editor Graydon Carter. The May cover features a quartet of eco–power players, capturing Hollywood glamour and activist passion: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Al Gore, Julia Roberts, and George Clooney, photographed by Annie Leibovitz. Articles inside address the pressing environmental issues of the day: Mark Hertsgaard reports on the reality of global warming; Michael Shnayerson writes on the Appalachian mountaintop-mining crisis; and a Green Guide offers up 50 simple things you can do in your daily life to help save the planet.

The May Green Issue of Vanity Fair hits newsstands in New York and Los Angeles on April 5 and nationally April 11.

Al Gore became the unlikely “It boy” of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, thanks to Davis Guggenheim’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth, which follows the former vice president on his relentless worldwide quest to expose the grave truth about climate change. But the fight against global warming is nothing new for Gore, who has made the environment a key part of his life for more than 25 years. Gore faced ridicule in the 2000 presidential campaign for pushing the idea of hybrid cars, and forged ahead with the Kyoto Protocol talks even after aides warned it was an unpopular move. Now, the Bush administration’s negligence toward our planet is facing one consequence it didn’t foresee: the unleashing of Gore’s anger, passion, wisdom, and intellect, untethered by advisers. Inside the issue, Gore’s essay, “The Moment of Truth,” explores the danger of the climate crisis, as well as the unprecedented opportunities it presents. Gore asks, “So why is it that our leaders seem not to hear such clarion warnings? Are they resisting the truth because they know that the moment they acknowledge it they will face a moral imperative to act? Is it simply more convenient to ignore the warnings?” Furthermore, he writes, “Where there is a blinding lack of situational awareness, the people perish.”

One of the most respected environmental advocates in the country, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works as a lawyer for Riverkeeper, a watchdog organization that monitors and protects the Hudson River ecosystem and New York City’s water supply. He is a professor at the Pace University School of Law, works as a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and somehow finds the time to broadcast his pro-environmental message via his weekly radio show on Air America. In Kennedy, the family that was in the thick of 20th-century events has a formidable representative in what may be the most pressing issue of the 21st.

Roberts, an admitted latecomer to environmental concerns, is proof that it is never too late to start caring about the earth. Why the late transformation into environmentalist? A couple of 18-month-olds could do it to a person. “People think, Well, I won’t be here when the planet implodes,” she says. “But maybe your grandchildren will, or your great-grandchildren, or your great-great-grandchildren. And if you could give them one more day on earth, wouldn’t you do that for them?” Currently building a solar-powered home in California, Roberts believes that the little things make a difference, from the metal cup she uses when she goes out for coffee, to the grocery bags she returns to the store for a nickel, to her twins’ environmentally friendly Seventh Generation diapers. “At a time like the one we’re in right now, where you feel like government and big business are kind of the same thing, people feel like the die is cast,” she says. “So much has already been destroyed and done and you can’t go back. Well, we can go forward, in a different way.”

[NYCGirl]

10. Gore, Clooney and RFK Jr together on the cover — WOW.

You can keep Julia Roberts but if she can bring more people to the cause, she's OK.

[Pirate Smile]

11. It is a really cool shot - with the green effect on everything.

I'll be buying the mag when it comes out and I can't tell you the last time I've purchased a Vanity Fair Magazine.

The movie and book should be coming out within the next month or so.

Gore will be everywhere. I love it!

[Pirate Smile]

12. Link to the press release with more from it - the Clooney part that

wasn't included in the post above.


Two thousand five was the year of George Clooney—and not only because he starred in two of the most important movies of the year. With Syriana, about the corruption arising from the United States’ dependence on oil, Participant Productions, one of the movie’s producers, worked with the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council to create a campaign called Oil Change, which offers audiences ways to cut their dependence on oil. “If you’re doing a movie about oil consumption and corruption, you can’t just talk the talk,” Clooney—who drove his fully-electric, zero-emission, two-seater Tango to the cover shoot—told Leibovitz and her crew. “You gotta walk the walk.”

http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/pressroom/

[Uncle Joe]

38. I have never purchased a Vanity Fair Magazine, but I'll buy this one. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

30. Damn! Julia Roberts has never looked prettier! n/t

[fooj]

34. What an awesome cover...

Al Gore is the one who can help us take our country back. I am sure of it.

[november3rd]

9. Flood the Pentagon

I would say, "Nuke it," but that would be environmentally damaging.

Fire and Ice

Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice

From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire

But I also know enough of hate
To learn that for destruction ice
Is also great and would suffice.

Robert Frost

[mzmolly]

14. AL GORE PLEASE RUN!!!

The ONLY Democrat saying ALL that needs to be said.

PLEASE AL - PLEAAAAAAAAASE!

[osaMABUSh]

19. "It's not too late...Gore in '08"

Gore was right and Bush was wrong. America loves a comeback. Gore/Clark '08 I think it will happen.

[bajamary]

20. Re-elect Gore

He's my candidate.

Remember, he won by a large majority of the popular vote.

He's brilliant and passionate and....cute to boot.

[JNelson6563]

21. Gore/Feingold '08

:toast:

[myrna minx]

24. Can you imagine the grassroots support that ticket would have?

:bounce: It would be mind blowing. :bounce: That's a ticket people would vote *for* rather than voting *against* the Republicans. I just had a little glimmer of hope. Just a little.

[Joe Fields]

25. An article in the Prospect points out that Gore could easily....

raise 50 million dollars in approximately two weeks time with internet contributions, a la Dean, with Gore's connection to Move-On, which means that he can afford to jump into the ring at the last minute.

[myrna minx]

26. President Gore has stated many times that he will not run.

:cry: I think Gore would win in a landslide. I think President Gore could help our Nation heal after all of the horror and heartbreak that we have lived through these last six years. I truly hope that he changes his mind. While had he become President in 2000, we wouldn't be going through this nightmare now, but if he does run and win, he will truly show the country and the world what a true leader is. Leave it to a Democratic man of character to clean up the humongous republican messes.

[NYCGirl]

31. No, he last said he "has no plans" to run. That's not the same thing. NT

[myrna minx]

32. Thank you NYC Girl.

I thought he had decided not to run. You have given me a lot of hope. Thank you. :hug:

[wordpix]

28. dream ticket

:headbang:

[Seabiscuit]

33. I second that emotion! Gore/Feingold '08!

[ms liberty]

22. K&R for my President n/t

[myrna minx]

23. Please run for President! Please, please, please.

PLEASE! :cry:

[WI_DEM]

27. He could really make an impact if he would just run in '08

[donkeyotay]

35. We need a leader with wisdom and vision

Not like the Current Occupant.

Please Mr. Gore. I know it's almost too much to ask for you to clean up after the elephants again, but your country needs you! You could make America's need for clean, alternative energy a cause around which we could renew our country.

[AuntiBush]

37. Pretty Simple

GORE/FINEGOLD 08!