The Juggernaut

Al Gore’s presidential campaign. Should he run.

After watching the video of Al Gore’s fake “announcement of intentions”, and seeing the fawning adulation from Hollywood he received when taking the stage for his Oscar, I’ve become even more convinced that, should he enter the race, he would be the man to beat.

People will disagree with me on this, but I’ve laid it out real nice for you.

1) The left is still bitter about the 2000 result.

2) The far left are devotees of The Religion Of Global Warming. Global warming outcry has reached a fever pitch.

3) He has honed his public speaking skills and his temper, making him an even more formidable debater.

4) To many people around the world, his cause is perceived to be just and honorable. *science notwithstanding*

5) The accusations of hypocrisy will be swallowed up by the mainstream media because of #4.

6) The moment Al announces, it’s curtains for Hillary’s presidential aspirations. She will whither off of the presidential tree and die.

7) Edwards’ biggest political asset is his hair. He will withdraw because the media will want Gore. Put simply, NO CHANCE.

Bumper stickers. Everyone knows how important those are. Gore’s got it made. I took 5 minutes to come up with these gems…just think what a campaign wizard could do.

“Vote Gore For No War!”

“A Vote For Gore Is A Vote For Planet Earth.”

“Re-Elect Gore In ‘08″

“Set It Straight In ‘08″

“Let’s Cool Things Down–Gore For President”

“Gore Is Cooler”

“Simmer Down, Vote Gore.”

“Stop The Hate, Gore In ‘08.”

Say “NO MORE!” With A Vote For Gore

9) Barack Obama… good choice for VP.

Ok, there’s the ticket for the Democrats. Gore/Obama. Think about it. The media loves controversy (2000 recount, anyone), and Gore on the ticket virtually assures it. If 2008 is close, Gore won’t throw the towel in very easily. He’ll probably keep it in his teeth like a pit bull.

Can republicans do anything to stop this juggernaut if it decides to compete? Good question.

The EPA Issues A Hotwa

Thanks to The Jawa Report, who linked to this report. Click article for links.

Scientists know with virtual certainty that:

• Human activities are changing the composition of Earth’s atmosphere. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere since pre-industrial times are well-documented and understood.
• The atmospheric buildup of CO2 and other greenhouse gases is largely the result of human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels.
• A warming trend of about 0.7 to 1.5°F occurred during the 20th century. Warming occurred in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and over the oceans (NRC, 2001).
• The major greenhouse gases emitted by human activities remain in the atmosphere for periods ranging from decades to centuries. It is therefore virtually certain that atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases will continue to rise over the next few decades.
• Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations tend to warm the planet.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has stated “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities” (IPCC, 2001). In short, a number of scientific analyses indicate, but cannot prove, that rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are contributing to climate change (as theory predicts). In the coming decades, scientists anticipate that as atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to rise, average global temperatures and sea levels will continue to rise as a result and precipitation patterns will change.

Important scientific questions remain about how much warming will occur, how fast it will occur, and how the warming will affect the rest of the climate system including precipitation patterns and storms. Answering these questions will require advances in scientific knowledge in a number of areas:

• Improving understanding of natural climatic variations, changes in the sun’s energy, land-use changes, the warming or cooling effects of pollutant aerosols, and the impacts of changing humidity and cloud cover.
• Determining the relative contribution to climate change of human activities and natural causes.
• Projecting future greenhouse emissions and how the climate system will respond within a narrow range.
• Improving understanding of the potential for rapid or abrupt climate change.

Addressing these and other areas of scientific uncertainty is a major priority of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP). The CCSP is developing twenty-one Synthesis and Assessment products to advance scientific understanding of these uncertainty areas by the end of 2008. More information.

**Note that one of their main sources is the IPCC, the oft-alarmist Vatican of the Religion Of Global Warming.

Ace Knows Gore

Click over to Ace Of Spades for a quirky correlation.