Gore's Food Obsession

No, this is not a post talking about how everyone's favorite, Al Gore, has been putting on weight. I'm here to talk about the global food crisis and the recent bread riots that have been plaguing developing countries. With food prices gone through the roof, there is one man who has been forced forward to take the blame.
Al Gore has received huge amounts of flak for his pushes to be more "green" and eco-friendly by use of alternative fuels, such as E85 Ethanol, which is made of corn, due to the fact that the use of corn potentially keeps food out of the mouths of starving families, since demand is driven up, and prices are driven up, as well.
Additionally, guys, keep your eyes peeled! Gore has been dropping subtle hints that there might be a sequel to the large hit "An Inconvenient Truth" in the future!

Gore's Meat Catastrophe

In the News: Look out Gore! You are in danger of being attacked for your horrible habits of consuming steak and sausage! Shame on you for single handedly keeping the need for livestock alive and being the only one who is causing the horendous environmental problems through your consumption of meat. Shame on you. But it seems like Carnegie Mellon still likes you. They did invite you to give the commencement speech at graduation on May 18th. And don't be too hard on yourself for not affecting the people of America enough with your movie that they pushed for a greener earth. You tried right? But look on the bright side, you'll try again to evoke some response from America when you speak at Ohio State University on May 4th. So buck up Gore, all is not lost, and don't worry about eating too much meat.

Hands of Friendship

In the News: In a dramatic and completely unprecidented turn of events, presidential hopeful Barack Obama offered the former Vice President and current global-warming hero Al Gore a spot on the Obama cabinet. Seemingly moments later, presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton seconded this promise of an open-armed reception of the ex-VP, a move that brought tears to the eyes of many Americans. "They both call. And I appreciate that fact," a humbled Gore said during his interview on 60 Minutes; imagine, people in the spotlight as much as Obama and Clinton reaching out a hand of friendship like that to a man like Al Gore. Isn't that what makes America great?

What's he up to?

I'm sure as we all sit here, white knuckling it for the extreme race for the Democratic nomination between Obama and Clinton, the first thought on all of our minds is "What's Al Gore up to?" Well, calm down, I'll tell you!
There's been some speculation over the past week over a Obama and Gore ticket. Perhaps speculation would be a stretch, as it seems to be more like wish than actuality or possibility. In a way, this move would be a counter to Clinton's "phone" tv-commercials (which possibly tipped the results of the Texas primary!) by bringing a man of (perhaps previously, as he may have fallen a bit out of good grace with some of the country) high esteem and experience into the whitehouse for those sorts of situations. Additionally, Gore has been spotted sinking a whopping $35million into hedge funds with an "Ebay billionaire."

Bets and Blows

In the News: Gore spoke at a Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference; he is concerned that climate change is being ignored by the presidential candidates and spoke of pushing climate change to the top of the candidates' agendas. Scott Armstrong, the University of Pennsylvania marketing professor who publicly challenged Al Gore to a $10,000 bet over global warming last June, will speak in New York and has expressed interest in debating with Gore. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a report stating that climate change has no relation with the increasing number of hurricanes in the United States. How will Gore respond to this crushing blow? Also, Gore will join Cisco chairman and CEO, John Chambers, and Cisco chief marketing officer, Sue Bostrom, at VoiceCon in Orlando to discuss how technology will help mitigate the effects of global warming.

Mr. Green's Nemesis

In the News: Well, not quite, but the former VP and Presidential hopeful's old spoiler-buddy sure is. After Ralph Nader, who robbed "the greenest presidential candidate" of a presidential win back in 2000 entered the race this weekend, Democratic pundits and hopefuls alike wasted no time in decrying this man as the anti-Democrat, the one who undermined Gore in Florida and ultimately caused the global-warming icon's loss to President George W. Bush. Interestingly, these same pundits and politicians did not attempt to attribute John Kerry's loss in 2004 to Nader, saying that the American people have now done the calculations and realized that a vote for Nader is a vote against Democrats, and therefore is (by the transitive property of Nader) a vote for Satan.

Peace Keeper?

Truly, when one thinks about political figures that inspire people to be calm and not get in an uproar about hot topic issues on one side or another, former Vice President Al Gore is not one of the people that comes to mind.
However, in this day and age of cut-throat competition between the Obama camp and the Clinton camp of the Democratic party, everyone's favorite ex-vicepresident Al Gore is working as hard as he can to ensure that there is a sense of unity and peace within the Democratic party. While it may come as a surprise to us that he's involving himself in party politics, after his "loss" in 2000, it's possibly more surprising that he's not choosing sides within the race at all.
So far, Gore's plan is to remain on the "sidelines" to keep things honest within the heated race.

Al Gore

In the News: Al Gore presented the St. James Place's top performing Partner in the UK award to WEALTH management specialist, Martin Rashdi. Apparently there is a rumor going around, exposed by a spouse of a Clinton campainer, that Al Gore will be endorsing Barack Obama. While the source has stated that the rumor is simply that, a rumor, it's hard to dismiss it. Ben Kuehne, the lawer that Gore relied on to get votes recounted in 2000, was charged with laundering $5.2 million dollars in drug money that was transferred to celebrity, Joe Black, who supposedly used the money to support a Columbian drug king, Fabio Ochoa. Kuehne has denied that he had any involvement. Also, Norm Dicks, a Washington congressman, has finally given up hope that Gore will ever enter the Democratic race, and has instead endorsed Clinton.

An Inconvenient Consequence

International News: Beginning in January, millions in China have been left without power or utilities after weathering the most severe snow and ice storms to hit the country in decades. Even a month later, 160 cities are left without power, thanks in part to Al Gore. Last year, the Chinese government was forced to shut down 553 coal-run power plants to calm down Gore and his fellow IPCC members; now, many fervently wish for their return as the Peoples Bank of China scrambles to provide loans to buisinesses and to jump-start recovery.

Al Gore's Still Quiet

Although our favorite ex-vice-president, Al Gore, "inventor of the internet," is all full of hype over global warming, his appearances in news articles has taken a large dive. However, despite this lull in Gore-sightings, he has appeared very recently with U2's own Bono.
Bono showed Gore through his Earth-friendly house, making small remarks at his ethanol powered car and recycling bins. Additionally, Bono compared our Al Gore to an Irish Priest, an interesting comment.
With the lack of Gore in our news, and the colder weather that we're all feeling here in San Diego, I'm sure we'll see plenty more skepticism over Al Gore's claims about Global Warming in the future.

Al Gore's disturbing lack of press

In the News: National Review Editor at Large, Jonah Goldberg, says that when Gore speaks of global warming as a “planetary emergency” he is contradicting democracy because discussion of topics should never be over. Also, Al Gore may have some competition in former House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, who has co-authored a “go-green” book called A Contract with the Earth. Another of Al Gore's great achievements is his ability to stay out of the presidential race and keep from endorsing a candidate. Will he ever commit?

All Quiet on the Global Warming Front....

In the News: A last-ditch effort in Michigan is occuring to get people to "vote uncommitted," which would enable delegates to go to the conventions not committed to candidates, which would enable them to vote for Al Gore. Although, this late in the game, it is far more likely that his big role will come when and if he endorses a presidential candidate.....

Gore "Post-Iowa"

Although this ex-Vice President has not been a major player in the political arena, in concern to the upcoming Presidential election, Al Gore has been seen time and time again in politics. Apparently, there has been some talk over Gore's inability to bring attention to this issue during his run, while it seems that Global Warming has taken a step onto center stage during this election season.

Al Gore's well known talks about Global Warming have gone far from unnoticed, and as this issue has grown into a political hot topic, Gore's data has become the target of speculation, according to "The Conservative Voice." (Surprised?)
All in all, with this important issue (whether pressing or bogus, depending on what side of the issue you reign in on) is bound to expand during the next several months, and it's very likely that we'll hear from Al Gore again on this key issue.