<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Obama’s environmental team is centered around a long-time Gore acolyte]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/browners-second-chance/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:18:28 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/browners-second-chance/1 How Much is Zero?


Gore's influence is as about as much as he would like the ppm of C02 in the atmosphere to go up -- zero.

Gore chose the path of name calling and ideology above consensus and rationality.  

For that he was richly rewarded to the tune of 300 million dollars.   Dollars he promised to help stop global warming.   Dollars that he spent on a houseboat.

Revenge?  Why?  What for?  For running such a terrible campaign following the most popular Presidency in recent history that he was defeated by an unknown Governor from Texas?   For taking a career cul de sac by becoming the Joe McCarthy of science policy?

Could Obama use such a person in his Administration?   No doubt.   He's already shown he's willing to bring in the strongarms like Immanuel when needed.   Thus Gore could become the Climate Enforcer.   When the eggheads and wonks have expended their last sentence, Big Al could come smashing in make them do it.

Only problem is what to do, when to do it...but then that's why you elected Obama...right?

Texeme.Construct.Questioner


]]> How Much is Zero?


Gore's influence is as about as much as he would like the ppm of C02 in the atmosphere to go up -- zero.

Gore chose the path of name calling and ideology above consensus and rationality.  

For that he was richly rewarded to the tune of 300 million dollars.   Dollars he promised to help stop global warming.   Dollars that he spent on a houseboat.

Revenge?  Why?  What for?  For running such a terrible campaign following the most popular Presidency in recent history that he was defeated by an unknown Governor from Texas?   For taking a career cul de sac by becoming the Joe McCarthy of science policy?

Could Obama use such a person in his Administration?   No doubt.   He's already shown he's willing to bring in the strongarms like Immanuel when needed.   Thus Gore could become the Climate Enforcer.   When the eggheads and wonks have expended their last sentence, Big Al could come smashing in make them do it.

Only problem is what to do, when to do it...but then that's why you elected Obama...right?

Texeme.Construct.Questioner


]]> Comment #2 by josullivan58 http://www.grist.org/article/browners-second-chance/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:42:36 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/browners-second-chance/2 Obama's picks

are pragmatic, but on the progressive and environmental side of pragmatic. Pragmatic means picking people who have experience and abilities to push a new agenda.  

]]> Obama's picks

are pragmatic, but on the progressive and environmental side of pragmatic. Pragmatic means picking people who have experience and abilities to push a new agenda.  

]]> Comment #3 by guade00 http://www.grist.org/article/browners-second-chance/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:35:33 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/browners-second-chance/3 One of Grist's court jesters asks, what for?

Revenge? No, not for running a bad campaign, but for winning the popular vote and losing on a fatuously reasoned 5-4 Supreme Court decision, a decision the Court itself declared should have no value as precedent for the Supreme Court in the future.

Gore's is a "career cul-de-sac" that I believe most of us would trade ours for without blinking an eye. Arguably, he's had more influence on world--if not American--policy than any single man in the last two decades, if not longer.

And he's about 5 weeks from having a tremendous influence on American climate change policy, too.

]]> One of Grist's court jesters asks, what for?

Revenge? No, not for running a bad campaign, but for winning the popular vote and losing on a fatuously reasoned 5-4 Supreme Court decision, a decision the Court itself declared should have no value as precedent for the Supreme Court in the future.

Gore's is a "career cul-de-sac" that I believe most of us would trade ours for without blinking an eye. Arguably, he's had more influence on world--if not American--policy than any single man in the last two decades, if not longer.

And he's about 5 weeks from having a tremendous influence on American climate change policy, too.

]]> Comment #4 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/browners-second-chance/ Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:01:05 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/browners-second-chance/4 Gore Barada Nicto


I went to see the midnight opening of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (in IMAX!)

Keanu Reeves plays an alien version (well, maybe it's the same thing) of Al Gore -- telling us we're destroying the planet and well, we're just not good tenants and he's evicting us!

Texeme.Construct.Questioner


]]> Gore Barada Nicto


I went to see the midnight opening of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (in IMAX!)

Keanu Reeves plays an alien version (well, maybe it's the same thing) of Al Gore -- telling us we're destroying the planet and well, we're just not good tenants and he's evicting us!

Texeme.Construct.Questioner


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