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February 25, 2007
Al’s Inconvenient Quest
Winning Oscar Just a Start
by Tina Grazier
“It’s the economy stupid!” So said Al Gore while running for VP with ol’ Billy Boy back in the day. Fast forward a few years and we find that his real heart’s desire is “saving” the planet. In order to fulfill this quasi- religious quest he will use lots of flash and glitz with a little bit of Hollywooood thrown in for good measure. Hollywooood, of course, being the home of fantasy and illusion, with nary a worry over small matters such as scientific proof or economic impact...stupid or not.
“An Inconvenient Truth” has now won two Oscars and Al has promised to dedicate “all his efforts to pressuring governments to act on climate-crisis issues.” He said this backstage…after making the following statement onstage:
"People all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis. It's not a political issue. It's a moral issue."
If global warming is not a political issue why will he dedicate “all his efforts” pressuring “governments”?
In fact Gore has made this issue political from the beginning. His theater of operation may have changed but his ambitions to affect the world politically still take center stage…and his use of the art of illusion remains true. An article by Kevin Mooney points out that Gore’s documentary violates the standards for documentary filmmaking but will, none the less, be given a pass by the PC Hollywood elites:
… while it is permissible to employ storytelling devices such as re-enactments, stock footage, stills and animations, the emphasis must be on fact and not fiction.
Gore "crosses a line" that takes his documentary from fact to fiction by flatly claiming polar bears are drowning, when in reality, there is no hard evidence to substantiate his claim, Berlau said.
In past years, the Academy has applied "very strong standards against the manipulation of animal scenes in film," Berlau said.
One apologist for ignoring the rule had this to say:
Since the thrust of the film is about "Al Gore's quest," Seavey said, there should be no contention as long as "nothing is fictionalized about Gore's quest."
Oh, I see, it’s “Al Gore’s quest,”...stupid…and that sums it all up nicely. Neither flawed material, nor lack of scientific proof, nor warnings of economic overburden and taxation shall stop this non-political politician from his quest.
Posted by Post Scripts at February 25, 2007 11:11 PM
Comments
Well I can tell you that John Berlau knows a thing or three about crossing the line. His main thing in life is prostitution. A few years ago he became obsessed with Theresa Howell who was a prostitute who worked under the name Summer Breeze. She died under mysterious circustances.
Since then Berlau has used both Reason and CEI as fronts to gain access to prostitutes and their customers. No telling where he's going with this.
So the whole Global Warming thing is probably just a ruse to keep his bosses at CEI happy. He'd much rather be off getting a 20 dollar bj or something.
Posted by: The Hobbyist at April 18, 2007 04:25 AM