The al Gore Email

Imagine the thrill, the delight, the chuckles of sadistic derision, when I saw in my inbox an email from al Gore. Nothing can brighten an otherwise rotten day like being handed a blog post ready made for elaboration and commetary.

Dear Stephen,

I've signed up for a lot of mailing lists - some of which I've never gone back and withdrawn my name from. This particular message came from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. So let that be a lesson to you young folks out there. If you're not careful which lists you sign up for, you can wind up will all sorts of miscreants and cretins addressing you like they're a long lost friend.

A decade from now, when people look back on Live Earth, what they will remember isn't what happened during the show ––instead my hope is they remember what happened after.

A decade? No one is going to look back on Live Earth month from now. In a decade the only person looking back on Live earth will be one pathetic former politician sitting in a rocking chair on the porch of his Tennessee mansion in Depends.

More than 2 billion of us joined together on 7.7.07 and with one voice demanded an end to the climate crisis. It is now our responsibility to carry this movement forward and force our leaders to take action.

More than 2 billion of us laughed in amazement at the lunacy of staging an event that generated more CO2 than most small and developing countries do in a year as an attempt to end a climate crisis you claim is being caused by excess manmade CO2.

That's why I'm asking you to join me in signing the Live Earth Pledge.

I pledge to live on the Earth, is that close enough? How about I pledge to do my best to fly around it as much as you do?

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have signed this document, which calls for a 90% cut in global warming pollution. Now we need to convince more of our leaders to take this same courageous stand.

We now have, in the signatures of Reid and Pelosi, irrefutable proof that there is absolutely no truth to the theory of manmade Global Warming. If both Reid and Pelosi sre on board you know two things with absolute certainty. One it is complete bullshit, and two, it's bad for America.

The pledge is a simple way to show that the political will exists to take the bold steps necessary to end the climate crisis. But it will only be effective if millions of Americans speak out and add their voice.

Is there a simple way to get to stop pretending to the to save the world from a theoretical crisis. If millions of Americans speak out and ad their voice to telling you to shut up and go away, will you?

Sign the Live Earth Pledge today by visiting: www.algore.com/dccc

Not if you paid me in gold plated carbon offsetts.

Throughout most of our short history, the United States and the American people have provided moral leadership for the world. Establishing the Bill of Rights, framing democracy in the Constitution, defeating fascism in World War II, toppling Communism, and landing on the moon –– all were the result of American leadership.

Two words for you al Gore, "Representative Republic." The Constitution does not create a democracy. If you don't understand the basic nature of the American system of governance maybe you should go back to kindergarten and start over.

Once again, Americans must come together and direct our government to take on a global challenge. Our leadership is a precondition for success.

We did come together and direct our government to take on a global challenge. Defeating global terrorists. You and the rest of your political fellow travelers seem to have lost your nerve on that one.

The climate crisis offers us the chance to experience what few generations in history have had the privilege of experiencing: a mission; a compelling moral purpose; a shared cause; and the thrill of being forced by circumstances to put aside the pettiness and conflict of politics and to embrace a genuine moral and spiritual challenge.

Yes, not since the Great Depression has a generation experienced stifling regulation and massive economic dislocation on a global scale. Let's do it again, For The Children.

Live Earth was a unique moment that now presents us with a unique choice.

Do I buy the concert cd on iTunes or try to scam it off Limewire? Yes, that is a unique choice.

Do we use this unprecedented opportunity to organize a global movement that will last beyond the concerts themselves? Or do we let the moment pass?

I think the science is settled on this one and the overwhelming consensus is to let the moment pass.

I know my answer -–– and I think I know yours.

If you didn't know mine before, you certainly should now.

That's why I am issuing this challenge: Let's use this moment to pledge our support to solving the climate crisis. Just as important –– let's ask everyone we know to join us as part of this movement.

Yes let's put an end once and for all to al Gore's climate crisis traveling circus. Tell your friends to tell al Gore to shut up and go away. Together we can make it happen.

Sign the Live Earth Pledge today by visiting:
www.algore.com/dccc

Our work begins now.

Work? Work requires the production and consumption of energy. The production and consumption of energy produces carbon. Carbon causes climate crisis. So I think I'll pass.

That was fun. Thank you al Gore, for giving my day the lift is so badly needed. Write again soon.

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