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
Tom
It will be acidification of the Oceans.
Tonyb
The sad part is that he may be right… we have massive economic unrest, disrespect for individual liberties and rights in the name of public safety, a controlled news media/propaganda machine, ‘scientists’ who have less to do with science than the religion of science, and an apparent utter disregard for human life and the facts. Massive inflation, external and internal economic manipulation, a rising deficit, and collapsing industry.
We’ve passed legislation allowing the president to legislate, and legislation giving him the effective ‘power of the purse’ without oversight. Our enabling acts were for our own Reichstag fires.
The real question: Is he on the side of the Wiemar Republic, or the side of the National Socialists, with the corporatism, monopoly, greed, and controlled media and ‘religion for and of the Führer’ and eliminating those who are ‘less worthy to live’?
In his case the question will be: “How could you possibly be so clever as to invest in clean energy companies and make such a fortune, taking benefit of your media coverage while supporting a cause you onlye believed in because it could make you rich and famous?”
I’m seeing Al Gore as more a misanthrope who’s bought into, hook, line and sinker, the neo-Malthusian politics of John Holdren, our esteemed Science Czar.
Well, a misanthrope with a little Mao, maybe.
Where do these guys like Al gore get there info from, the mind boggles.