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The strange world of Al Gore
By: Alan Caruba |
Submitted on: 02/18/07


EDITORIAL - There have been many times in his long public career when I have
wondered whether Al Gore is just plain stupid or, as the British say,
barking mad. At some point, his neighbors and fellow Tennessee citizens
must have concluded Gore was intellectually defective because, in his run
for the presidency in 2000, he failed to get that StateÕs plurality. Maybe
it had something to do with that long, long, long kiss he gave Tipper before
accepting the nomination of his party? That was bizarre. No one wants to
admit that they may have voted for someone who is seriously stupid. Those
who voted for Bush may have misgivings, but at least he does not go around
saying the world is coming to an end from global warming while the nation
and large parts of the globe are in the grip of bone-chilling cold and deep
drifts of snow and ice. Gore, however, bestrides the world making speeches
and documentaries, and writing books while the rest of us give thanks he no
longer has access to the power public office bestows. Indeed, in general, Al
Gore is an object of ridicule, but that does not release us from the
obligation to actually think about what he is doing and saying. As this is
written, his documentary, ÒAn Inconvenient TruthÓ, is nominated for an
Oscar, the highest award Hollywood gives. It puts forth as fact that
GreenlandÕs glaciers are melting, that deaths from global warming Òwill
double in the next 25 yearsÓ, and that global sea levels could rise by more
than 20 feet, Òdevastating coastal areas worldwide.Ó Everything from
hurricanes to Malaria is blamed on global warming. Wild speculation
substitutes for science. ItÕs stupid. What is obscene, however, is the
widespread effort to insure that students in schools around the world are
exposed to this stinking pile of pseudo-science. In terms of a sudden,
dramatic rise in global average temperatures, Global Warming is not
happening and given known climate cycles is extremely unlikely. The Earth
is, in fact, nearing the end of an inter-glacial period and on the cusp of a
new Ice Age. There is no known or provable science that supports his endless
global warming-related claims. And that is the inconvenient truth about
GoreÕs apocalyptic documentary. WeÕre informed, too, that Al Gore has been
nominated to receive a Nobel Peace Prize. Alone among the other Nobel Prizes
for economics, literature or medicine, the Peace Prize lost its credibility
after it was given to a notorious terrorist, Yassir Arafat, and now a
notorious anti-Semite, former President Jimmy Carter, whose center in
Atlanta has been underwritten with great gobs of money from oil-rich Middle
East sheiks. In a similar fashion, in February 2006 Gore addressed an
audience in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, saying that the U.S. government had
committed Òterrible abusesÓ against Arabs in America who he claimed were
Òindiscriminately rounded up.Ó He lamented the handling of Saudi visa
applications, apparently having forgot that most of the 9-ll hijackers were
Saudis. It turns out that there are 10,000 Saudis in the U.S. on student
visas. As to IranÕs announced intention to make nuclear weapons, Gore
asked, ÒIs it only for the West to say this is dangerous?Ó IranÕs neighbors,
however, think it is dangerous too. In one speech he managed to bash the
United States and ignore what most rational people think is the greatest
threat to peace since the rise of the Nazi regime. Now say to yourself
ÒPresident Al Gore.Ó Scary, isnÕt it? What Al Gore wants all of us to do,
aside from destroying AmericaÕs thriving economy with a system of greenhouse
gas emission caps-and-credits, is to make major, personal lifestyle
sacrifices and changes. Gore says we just consume too much of everything.
However, as USA Today pointed out in August of 2006, Òhe and his wife Tipper
live in two properties: a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home
in Nashville, and a 4,000-square-foot home in Arlington, VA.Ó He also has a
third home in Carthage, Tennessee. To get to and from his highly paid
lectures, he uses jets that consume vast amounts of fossil fuel derivatives.
Can you spell h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e? We expect this kind of behavior from
politicians and, except for a brief stint as a journalist, thatÕs what Al
Gore has been his whole life. One need only consult his bestseller, ÒEarth
in the Balance: Ecology and the Human SpiritÓ to realize that Gore has
harbored some very strange and moronic ideas for a long time. My favorite is
his expressed hope that Òthe strategic goal of completely eliminating the
internal combustion engineÓ could be achieved in Òsay, a twenty-five year
period.Ó Given that the book was originally published in 1992, we are just a
decade shy of that goal. In case youÕre not familiar with the internal
combustion engine, it can be found under the hood of every automobile and
truck in the world! Back in 1992, GoreÕs book expressed the view that ÒThe
stunning victory of free market economics over communism in the global war
of ideas has brought with it a new obligation to change those features of
our economic philosophy that we know are flawed in the light of the
ecological destruction they legitimize, and even encourage.Ó There was
nothing ÒstunningÓ about it. Even Communists knew their economic system was
idiotic. China has been in the process of abandoning it since Mao died. The
victory over communism included a forty-year Cold War and, after the fall of
the Soviet Union, the world discovered that Soviet communism included some
of the worst environmental abuses ever witnessed. So, apparently communism
was bad, but capitalism is worse. This is why environmentalists are called
ÒwatermelonsÓ; green on the outside and red on the inside. Gore is no
exception to this. This is also why the aim of environmentalism is to gain
control over the use of the worldÕs energy resources because to do so would
mean control over the lives of everyone on Earth. Right now, the Democrats
who control Congress are doing everything in their power to enact
legislation to fulfill Al GoreÕs dream. Even some stupid Republicans support
this. As far as Al Gore is concerned, Òone doesnÕt have to travel around
the world to witness humankindÕs assault on the earth.Ó In the world
according to Gore, it isnÕt just capitalism thatÕs to blame, it is the whole
of humanity. In the philosophy of Deep Ecology, if the Earth can just be rid
of human beings, it will return to some lost Eden, some paradise of just
animals and insects. This hatred of humanity, of civilization, of
industrialization, of expanding frontiers of science and technology lies at
the heart of Al GoreÕs philosophy. Is this insane or just stupid? Either
way, it does not merit a Nobel Prize or an Oscar. And it is contagious.
GoreÕs moronic embrace of Global Warming is widely accepted even in the face
of raging blizzards in Colorado, frozen orange crops in California, and
chill conditions throughout the Midwest and Northeast. ThereÕs plenty of
cold weather elsewhere in the world. We call this Òwinter.Ó Despite obvious
and empirical evidence to the contrary, some people keep insisting the Earth
is filled with signs of a sudden and calamitous warming. I suggest that
GoreÕs life has been filled with signs of stupidity and his rabid embrace of
Global Warming has the appearance of a serious delusion. It is one that
poses a great danger for humanity. Alan Caruba writes a weekly column,
ÒWarning SignsÓ, posted on the Internet site of The National Anxiety Center,
www.anxietycenter.com. His new book, ÒRight Answers: Separating Fact from
FantasyÓ has been published by Merril Press.