Al Gore
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Al Gore was Bill Clinton's vice president (1993–2000), and a significant liberal boogeyman. In the 2000 presidential election, he won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote to George W. Bush. He was also a Senator from Tennessee.
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[edit] Inconvenient truths the "Blame Nader" crowd would prefer you not know about Al Gore
His running mate in 2000 was Joe Lieberman. In 1993 he debated H. Ross Perot over NAFTA, with Gore taking the pro-NAFTA side. His wife Tipper started the Parents Music Resource Center in 1985.
[edit] Al does get at least one thing exactly right
Asked by the New York Observer (12/2/2002) to explain the "ceaseless lampooning he continues to face from America's columnists and commentators", he replied: "That's postmodernism. It's the combination of narcissism and nihilism that really defines postmodernism, and that's another interview for another time, if you're interested in it."
Right on, Al.
[edit] Publications
He is also known for his books and documentaries on politics and the environment:
- Earth in the Balance (book) [1]
- An Inconvenient Truth (Academy Award winning film)
- Assault on Reason (book)
[edit] Inventions
Al Gore created the Internet in 4004 B.C. worked hard in the Senate on moves that eventually led to the internet as we know it. What a guy.
[edit] Business connections
Gore has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Apple, Inc. and a co-founder of the Emmy-winning cable channel Current TV, which specializes in independently produced short-subject documentary films.
[edit] Awards
Gore was a co-winner, along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his exposure of the causes and consequences of global warming[2].
This makes Al Gore the first person to achieve the notable feat of winning the Oscar, an Emmy, and a Nobel Prize — and all within the remarkably short period of one year.
[edit] Military service
Unlike many sabre rattling chickenhawks, Gore declined a position in the National Guard and volunteered to go to Vietnam. "He said that if he found a fancy way of not going, someone else would have to go in his place", recalled his former housemate, Tommy Lee Jones.[3] His father was at the time engaged in in 1970 Senate election campaign, with Gore claiming that his failure to enlist would have adversely affected his father's campaign.[4]
[edit] Late night sightings
Al Gore has made a number of guest appearances on [citation needed] ...
[edit] Lampoonin'
Al Gore has been lampooned in various forms of American media for his seemingly textbook liberal agenda. In 2006 he was parodied in an episode of South Park[5] in which he insists on informing the residents of the town about the existence of a "half man, half bear, and half pig." Throughout the episode, attempts by some characters to escape from Al Gore or removed him from the proceedings end with another character saying, "No, I feel kinda bad for him. I don't think he has any friends."
[edit] External links
- Review of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, by Gregg Easterbrook, Slate magazine, pointing out the discrepancies between the wild apocalyptic claims made in the film and the actual consensus science on the likely effects of global warming. The oceans may rise 4 to 35 inches, not 20 feet.
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ And the far more popular "Harry Potter and the balance of Earth" which was about the importance of protecting the Earth from global warming and the dark wizards that cause it.
- ↑ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2007". Nobelprize.org. 2009. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/.
- ↑ Al Gore in Vietnam He didn't see much fighting, but at least he wasn't hiding in the Texas Air National Guard or spending the duration of the Vietnam war dealing with an anal cyst.
- ↑ For Gore, Army Years Mixed Vietnam and Family Politics
- ↑ ManBearPig - South Park at Wikipedia
