Official President Gore testimony thread No.3

[Greeby]

Thread no.2 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x462777

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan3_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

[Greeby]

1. Lampson up

:bounce:

[ORDagnabbit]

43. wrong spot.

[blm]

2. Thanks for the rundown.

Playing catch up on your other threads, because Mr. Life controlled my morning.


Thanks to all blogging the hearings.

[Mind_your_head]

3. Greeby are you going to close out thread #2? n/t

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

4. k&r

[blogslut]

5. I love Nick Lampson

:)

[Greeby]

6. Ugh Jabba The Hastert nt

[keithjx]

7. Ugh! Hastert for 10 minutes.

Grrr......
KJ

[MiniMe]

8. Jabba the Hastert is up now

[bananas]

9. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) asking about costs. nt

[rodeodance]

51. his point------Not a gov. problem--Let the Market take care of it.

[Greybnk48]

10. Hastert

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[butterfly77]

11. Big ass is up now...

who is he telling to sit down, another protestor?

[SharonRB]

12. Hastert agrees with Al?

Whoa...newsflash. Where's the "But...."

[lildreamer316]

13. Can you SEE that look Mr. Gore has for him?

Ohhhh..it's killing me through the screen!! ooooooo.

[Mabus]

14. Rin-tin-tin was a movie star, I've just got a slide show

:rofl: Good one Al.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

17. My gosh you're fast!!!! eom

[Mabus]

21. Thanks to DU

My typing skills have improved over the years.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

25. It was almost as fast as it came out of his mouth! Bravo!!!! eom

[waiting for hope]

20. It was like Jabba was

minimizing him by calling him that.

[Mabus]

27. "Mr." Gore and "Professor" Lamborg

Hastert does what he can to minimize Gore's title while emphasizing the hack's title.

[Greeby]

15. Bwaaa

:rofl:

[SharonRB]

16. Al's a thinker and now a movie star

Thanks, Hastert. Unlike most of the guys on your side, who are definitely not thinkers. More like stinkers.

[keithjx]

18. Hastert: we'll let history decide

the extent of man's impact on the environment.

That's the whole FUCKING PROBLEM. By the time "history" decides, it will be WAY TOO LATE.

Moron.
KJ

[Greeby]

19. Hastert talking about gas

How ironic! :evilgrin:

[bananas]

22. Hastert - how do we meet that growth?

says we can find answers using coal and natural gas
and renewables
and nuclear energy

[tridim]

23. Hastert is a farmer?

Yea, right. Whatever dude.

Can you imagine that blob out there farming the earth? :rofl:

[RB TexLa]

24. Sure is a lot of assumption of people being breeders at this hearing

Hastert just saying he hopes his grandchild has grandchildren. As if he has no choice but to raise children.

[keithjx]

26. I might just make a liittle money on the side.

Says Hastert talking about innovation. That's crap. It isn't a good idea in this nation UNLESS it makes more than a little money.
KJ

[debbierlus]

28. I love Al....I will watch it when c-span archives it...

Thanks

[Roland99]

29. Global warming is helping Hastert's drug trade in SW Asia. Why fight it?

[Rose Siding]

30. Republican party of CAN'T

We CAN'T CAN'T CAN'T

They don't recognize the CRISIS. :cry:

[Mabus]

33. Filibustering, every one of them

They don't want to see the obvious.

[Rose Siding]

37. He's blaming Detroit's demise on regulation

It's mind boggling

[Mabus]

41. Only if you're in control of your faculties

which Hastert isn't.

[oldtime dfl_er]

49. Why in God's name

does Dennis Hastert still have a job?

[Mabus]

52. Generous donations from corporate interests and voter apathy

Oh, that was rhetorical. :P

[quiet.american]

34. That's why I call them the Republicants. n/t

[lildreamer316]

31. Is there a point coming sometime soon?

Sorry, this blonde got a little lost there for a min.(Re: Hastart's question)

[rosesaylavee]

32. "And I can go on and on...."

"And I was recently at a wrestling tournament..."

:boring:

[npincus]

35. someone pass him a glazed ham and a sausage

[malaise]

38. Denny's face during Gore's comments on being a

grandparent -Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :rofl: :rofl:

[Horse with no Name]

47. Would that be considered cannabalism?

A pig eating a pig?
On edit..since this is a Republican...that would be "canntabalism".

[npincus]

81. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

"Don't insult me!"

[keithjx]

36. Listening to Hastert - he's totally punting.

He isn't trying to go up against Al at all. Just talking about all of his experience and knowledge. Bottom line - he supports letting the remarkable innovative spirit of America (no doubt personified by the "green BP" ads you see) take care of the problem. Less regulations and taxes....

He didn't want to rile Al up or try to battle him at all. He knows he'd be destroyed.
KJ

[bananas]

39. Gore points out investors ran from TXU coal plants because

of uncertainty in carbon costs

[Rose Siding]

Shift taxes away from working people and on to pollution

Glad he cleared that up.

[tex-wyo-dem]

40. Hey Denny...I hear a pork chop calling your name in the hall...

Jeez...just get on with it...

[bananas]

42. gore says nuclear won't play a major role

[keithjx]

44. Rep. Butterfield D-NC

[Rose Siding]

45. Butterfield: Thank you for your future leadership on this issue

:thumbsup:

[bananas]

46. Butterfield (D) asks Gore to respond to h2o as ghg talking point

[bananas]

53. Butterfield (D) asks what China is doing about global warming

he says they are doing a lot
lists a bunch of stuff they are doing
worried about sea level rise
he's given his presentation a number of times in China
they are riding a tiger

[Mabus]

48. Oh my! Butterfield asked a question and is giving Gore time to answer

Oh, it's a Democrat who is interested in actually understanding something.

[Iwasthere]

54. I love how Tipper is positioned so perfectly to be clearly on the screen

[Mabus]

80. I think she originally moved over to talk to Roy Neel

She was one seat over but moved to talk the gentlemen (I think is Roy Neel) behind Gore.

[bananas]

56. Butterfield "Is it too late?" Gore "No" nt

[ginnyinWI]

50. I'm on Cspan--is any other network covering this?

[Horse with no Name]

55. It's on the Yahoo main page

That is where I am watching it from.

[Mind_your_head]

57. It's so wonderful & refreshing to hear someone who really KNOWS

the subject matter of which they are speaking!!!

I :loveya: Al.

[ORDagnabbit]

58. btw were at 390 ppm n/t

[hatrack]

60. Yeah, it's gone from about 1.2ppm/year to around 2 ppm since about 2001 - 2

Interesting.

[bananas]

59. Bob Ingles (R-SC) nt

[ORDagnabbit]

63. sounds like a real conservative and not a neo-con so far. n/t

[bananas]

64. coal vs nuclear

it's easier to build coal than nuclear

[keithjx]

61. Rep Ingles R-SC

As a conservative - this land is my land, it is not your land.
KJ

[Greeby]

62. Inglis seems a little more open than the other Repukes

:shrug:

[keithjx]

66. This can be a win-opportunity

how do we get there?

Again, a legit question. It'd be nice, though, if they'd LISTEN BEFORE asking some questions.
KJ

[Iwasthere]

67. He should say..

Panama canal and other milestones he mentioned weren't a global threat!!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

69. Real Conservatives would. The very name of the ideology. Conservative..orginal

conservationists.
Ronald Reagan corrupted the movement by hijacking the name.

[rosesaylavee]

65. Wow! Inglis is a conservative

and I find him to be reasonable and sensible. Pinch me.

[bananas]

68. ys, seems like a good guy nt

[SharonRB]

70. Yes, so far he sounds like he really understands

and wants to do something to solve the problem.

[il_lilac]

71. yeah except

he acts as if only conservatives have those values? Liberals don't agree? Ah Gore is noting that now!

[rosesaylavee]

73. Well, yeah. He IS a Republican and they

all think that way... but he can actually talk about solutions. He is off square one that the others are sitting firmly on that there is still a question that this is a problem for the US to address.

[blm]

86. He HAS to talk like this - Greenville is not just Bob Jones U - it also has Furman University

which is like the Harvard of the South. They have greened most of their school buildings.

[bananas]

72. gore: decentralization is a conservative principle

and the way of the future

[bananas]

74. gore talking about nuclear

"I used to be in favor of it"
19 if 21 plants in tennessee cancelled
because energy demand went down

[ORDagnabbit]

76. what about solar or tidal????

[ORDagnabbit]

75. Gore for president. n/t

[bananas]

77. John Barrow (D-GA) nt

[SaveElmer]

78. Are there any non-southerners on this committee...

Besides Hastert and Dingell...?

[Shoelace]

79. any TV coverage of this hearing yet?

MSNBC? I'm listening to it on computer but wonder if any tv coverage at all yet? Wow, Gore is awesome on this subject. Now, finally a Democrat on - Barrow from GA.

[Iwasthere]

82. All the talk of China not paying their fair share ...

the U.S. can be the lead and risk the $$$$$$$. If we take the 1 trillion windfall we would have if we DON'T attack iran, we would have the money to begin the healing. Can't get back the $$$$$$ from Bush's personal Iraq war but we can save $$$$$$ from now on to save our planet!

[Mabus]

85. And not one mention that China has higher MPG standards than the US

I agree that China isn't doing enough but at least they're doing something with automobiles.

[Shoelace]

92. China is deniers excuse to do nothing about climate change

used on every forum and every discussion - am so sick of that excuse!

[Vadem]

87. on C-Span3 and streaming on C-Span3.org....n/t

[Vadem]

95. This is where I am watching: from the Commerce Cmte site ....

it is almost full screen, unlike C-Span3.

http://energycommerce.house.gov/

[bananas]

83. I gotta go. nt

[rosesaylavee]

84. Fred Upton from Kalamazoo, MI - (D) n/t

[bananas]

88. talking about nuclear. nt

[rosesaylavee]

90. And he's all for it.

Huh. A democrat that I disagree with strongly on this issue. What the hell does he propose we do with these plants after they are closed???

When will they talk about solar, thermal and wind power?

[bananas]

93. He's a republican, not a democrat

the other poster made a typo.

[bananas]

89. Fred Uotion (R) not (D) nt

[rosesaylavee]

99. Is he an R? That makes me feel better.

I am watching this on my computer and the screen is about 1.5" x 1.5" Need new glasses.

[bananas]

91. Gore says he's skeptical about nuclear. nt

[Mabus]

94. The reason Iran and other countries are moving towards nuclear weapons

Is because of the nuclear power plants.

[Iwasthere]

96. He shoulda said...

China opening only 3 new Nuclear plants a year has NOTHING to do with Clinton!!!!

[Mabus]

103. You underestimate the power of the Clenis

:rofl:

[Greeby]

97. The Wax-man cometh

:bounce:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

100. I just applauded when I heard his name!!! Love that Waxman!!!! eom

[lildreamer316]

102. I never get tired of that line. n/t

[Blue Belle]

98. Waxman is up YAY!

:)

[bananas]

101. Waxman (D) talking now about renewables. nt

[Mabus]

105. Let's talk about what the scientists and science say!

Whatta concept. Goes right over the heads of the Republicans.

[Shoelace]

112. more Waxmann Pls

[DesertRat]

104. Gore: "It's not a political issue, it's a MORAL issue."

[Greeby]

106. I'm gonna have to bow out

Can someone keep the threads going?

[bananas]

111. I gotta go too. nt

[underpants]

113. Got it

:hi:

[Mabus]

115. I've got to head out soon too

I've got to walk the dogs and I've got a client conference in a couple of hours that I need to prepare for.

[lildreamer316]

117. I'll try.

Do have a three year old to mind,but I'm not really going anywhere.
How many posts to move to next thread? 150? 200?

[lildreamer316]

107. Waxman is so clear. So calm. So focused.

Wow wow wow.

[bananas]

108. Waxman: nuclear "is almost a theological obsession" LOL

talking about nuclear as a magical solution

[rosesaylavee]

109. Is it possible to be a conservative without

being an idiot? Shall we have a poll?

Roscoe Bartlett (R) from Maryland's opening remark. He has a sense of humor at least.

[Mind_your_head]

110. Republicans don't seem to be able to get passed

nuclear or coal ONLY. They don't seriously discuss/entertain any of the creative or alternative measures that are available, but just need to be developed and that Al presented in his opening remarks today.

I guess it's b/c repubs represent current established and big interests. And it's true what I heard someone say on NPR some years ago. It's like when the automobile came onto the scene, none of the buggy (as in horse-and-buggy) manufacturers took the step forward to be a big player in the new market/technology of the auto - they were BUGGY manufacturers - and they eventually all went under. It took new entrepreneurs - creative people - to develop the auto - not the old buggy manufacturers, who were resistant to the change, which ultimately led to their demise.

Al Gore is a leader/champion of this new wave of technology that MUST come to the fore. Republics would be wise (not that that's possible for them) to take heed, me thinks.

[rosesaylavee]

116. China has invested HEAVILY

in solar due to the fact that they don't have the infrastructure in place to offer electricity to many of their rural areas. They are in a great position to take advantage of the solar market before we do...

If we had a solar lobby in this country comparable to Coal and Nuclear - they would blabbing about solar.

[Mind_your_head]

118. You're absolutely right about "if we had a solar lobby" eom

[keithjx]

114. No 4 thread up

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x463912

Mods please lock
KJ

[LaurenG]

119. Locking

see thread 4