Gore / Nazis – two words I thought I’d never see together, and never wanted to. Yet here it is in a story in the Times Online. Surprisingly, Hollywood has been exploiting this linkage for years. I suppose the appearance of a proof of Godwins Law was inevitable, given how long the global warming discussion and Gore have gone on.
Does anyone else besides me get the impression that Al Gore is really reaching now? At the end of this post, Mr. Gore listed only two possible future questions, I’m sure our readers can fill in some of the missing ones. – Anthony
Addendum: I wonder, did Gore get paid for this speaking engagement “sponsored by The Times” and if so, is The Times responsible for creating this “news” where there would be none otherwise? – Anthony
UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE:
The Times : before and after – click for larger images – thanks to Kate for the 3rd one
Apparently reacting to criticism, The Times has changed the title of the article to remove the word Nazi, and the title takes an entirely different meaning. See the before and after screencaps above. (thanks to Bishop Hill) There is no mention of why. But they forgot to change the base HTML which still has the original title.
At right is The Times story headline now and the HTML source of the page showing the original title intact. Click thumbnails.
Here below is my original link to the story, unchanged:
Al Gore likens fight against climate change to battle with Nazis
I will admit, I was stupid enough to vote for this guy to be president – more the fool I.
Now, he’s comparing me to the dregs of the holocaust because I don’t buy his line of malarkey.
The years force a little wisdom on you.
Al? Take a hike, huevon!
Algores friends need money.
T Boone Pickens orderd 667 windmills. GE (big juice) is pumped up. Boone gave a lot of $$$ to OSU and then his little portfolio sagged. Now he still has mega mesa dollars but GE won’t finance his windmills. Does GE really see wind farms as a bad investment?
Question for algore? what is up with tilting to the windmills and they tip over?
Algore: can you name and explain several billion dollars of wind energy deals that are coming unraveled or do you want me to name them?
I can allso name people and companies that unraveled in ethanol.
Do you want me to describe an alternative energy lending bubble and including carbon scamming, how big it will be before it bursts?
Energy lending will by definition have to be enterprises that are not sarbanes Oxley compliant.
Say what you like about Bush, Gore would have been worse!
Like the “Hear No Evilil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil” monkeys, I suggest someone manufacture and market a trio of Al Gore statuettes with either the caption “Hear No Science, See No Science, Speak No Science”, or the caption “Arrogance, Stupidity, and More Stupidity”.
Sorry about the “Hear No Evilil” typo. I get so mad I can’t see straight.
Where is Buzz Aldrin when you need him??!!
Europe believes USA is not doing enough short term but fears a forced climate treaty if the USA and China make a mutual deal!
Ignorance without limits….
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/science/earth/08climate.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
John A (17:03:43) :
I’m sorry.
Don’t be. Even an overly-facetious & sarcastic character like me took a moment to pause after reading that. What Gore did just waters down the significance of a horrific historical event which should never be forgotten. And all in the name of politics, personal greed (my opinion), and science fiction (not my opinion), no less.
Forests have been living under stress by low concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide during the last 2000 years (Science. 29 May 2009). Lowering the emissions of carbon dioxide, which until now have been a palliative against photosynthesis stress, will impact severely all biomes around the world (Science. 29 May 2009). If Al Gore likes cold and sterile sand… let him put himself ice in his “iss”. What does that … person… knows about the suffering of the Hebrew People? Al Gore must be processed for abusing on the Sho’ah horrors for attaining his personal goals.
Bessie Braddock: “Sir, you are drunk.”
Churchill: “Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.”
What will you be Mr Gore?
Notice that, though they changed the name of the Article, they have failed to change the title of the web page to the new name.
Did I get the impression that Al Gore implied anybody who doesn’t buy the global baloney nonsense is a Nazi?
This guy is really a stupwit.
According to the Al Gore/AGWER propaganda, big oil is supposed to be on the side of the sceptics. Here is an invitation by Shell to join in a WebChat with their CO2 capture technologists. WUWT? I guess shell sees more profit in going for this baloney. Anyone care to join them in the chat?
http://www.shelldialogues.com/technologiesforco2?utm_source=display&utm_medium=extbanner&utm_term=creative1
John A (17:03:43) :
Well said Sir.
When I first read of Gore and The Times likening the ‘fight against global warming’ to the war against the Nazis I was offended. My father fought in WW2 – he was 21 when the war started. He was in the 8th Army in North Africa fighting Rommel and then went through Sicily and Italy. He could speak German and he was involved after the war ended helping to translate some of what the survivors of the concentration camps went through.
Meanwhile, this all leads to things like “The agency is creating a unit of about 50 auditors and inspectors, complete with warrant cards and the power to search company premises to enforce the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), which comes into effect next year.” … all the while, one U.S. State has exactly 7 Dam inspectors for more than 1,790 that are 50 years and older, most of which are way past their expected lifetimes and are coming close to critical state. Dam’s across the country will become a HUGE problem long before CO2 ever does. So, what are we doing about that? We are laying off even more inspectors and ignoring the problem.
Brilliant!
But instead, all we got was Obama … now, which is the worse of those evils?
Excellent! We’re being demonized by a so-called authority figure and government insider. Where there’s smoke, sometimes there’s also a mirror.
Thanks, Al, for removing any tiny, remaining vestiges of doubt.
Taphonomic (18:14:33) :
Why is his carbon footprint so large when he advocates others to reduce theirs?
My wife doesn’t understand why I get so riled up about all of this global warming thing, but she fully understands that question. She even got riled up about it.
I thought that was insightful because she doesn’t follow this stuff like many of us do.
geo (10:33:07) :
An island of truth lost in a sea of crazy.
Squidly (20:44:51) :
Meanwhile, this all leads to things like “The agency is creating a unit of about 50 auditors and inspectors, complete with warrant cards and the power to search company premises to enforce the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), which comes into effect next year.” … all the while, one U.S. State has exactly 7 Dam inspectors for more than 1,790 that are 50 years and older, most of which are way past their expected lifetimes and are coming close to critical state. Dam’s across the country will become a HUGE problem long before CO2 ever does. So, what are we doing about that? We are laying off even more inspectors and ignoring the problem.
Brilliant!
It did already happen in 2005, engineers had been warning for New Orleans for decades, that a direct hit by a level 5 hurricane would boost water levels so much that the concrete walls and dikes would not be able to cope and that the city would flood.
Eventually the engineers got it almost right, but it only needed a level 3-4 hurricane with a glancing blow on the city.
In the meanwhile, mr. former VP Al Gore, where are those ever increasing numbers of hurricanes?
Perhaps a new international unit of stupidity (greed, deception?) is called for: the Gore.
JimK,
Although I should probably ignore you since you’re just an attack dog sent over from a ghost town of a website, Anthony Watts prompty responded to the NOAA’s rebuttal:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/06/24/ncdc-writes-ghost-talking-points-rebuttal-to-surfacestations-project/
Please show some respect to the folks who run this site. They don’t sic their readers on other sites, and you make your side look ridiculous when you use such blatent ad hominems.
“Al Gore is positioning himself to be the global leader in the fight against climate change. ”
Which is about as futile as the “fight against the march of time”. Climate changes. Always has, always will.
Slightly OT, but there are only 4 comments on the original timesonline web page. All critical of Mr. Gore, as one would expect. Maybe they got so much negative comments that they have all been censored?
tj: This is neither the time nor the venue for discussion of arcanae of the thirties but, the “Night of the Long Knives” was hardly the end of the NASDP. It was the moment when the leaders of the movement, having attained power through the thugishness of the brown shirts decided they were no longer useful and liquidated them. The party went on to achieve absolute power that the brown shirts had provided them, and attempted to leave behind the memory of what had gotten them into power. ACORN, watch your backs!
Now tj, if you have “progressive” friends and “conservative” friends that all want the same thing (conservatives being cheaper, of course), then I would suggest to you that you don’t have any conservative friends. Kumbaya, friend.