...and failed.
From The Hill (//%22http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/inhofe-vows-to-put-brakes-on-gores-live-earth-concert-at-the-capitol-2007-03-27.html%22)
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"There has never been a partisan political event at the Capitol, and this is a partisan political event," Inhofe said yesterday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) attempted late last week to pass the authorizing measure for Live Earth by unanimous consent. But Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) raised an objection on the floor, seeking more time for his side to look at the resolution.
Inhofe appeared to see little room for an accommodation that could allow the concert to go forward. "There's no compromise. Either we change the rules or we don't."
WaPo: Live Earth Concert to Be Held Saturday in D.C. (//%22http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/06/AR2007070600684.html?hpid=topnews%22)
(Bit-O'-Irony: It looks like the D.C. event will feature Oklahoman Garth Brooks, and Trisha, of course.)
(Bit-O'-Irony #2: The Indians were the ones that made room on the Mall.)
Geez Louise.
Doesn't Inhofe have better things to do? Like trying to help shepherd disaster aid to flooded-out folks in northeastern Oklahoma, for example?
I'm glad he has his priorities in order.
What a maroon.
Rwarn, can I borrow a "feh" from you on this one? [;)]
My peeps in the know tell me that the Indian museum is about half a mile from his office. But that he won't be there on Saturday...none of them are.
You know I haven't always agreed with his views on things like global warming and such, but I have respected them and have always tried to learn more. Its good for everyone to question science, especially the scientists. Its important for assertions to not be absolutes but contain a word of caution for none of us knows everything. But Inhofe would be wise to play by tried and true rules as well.
Regardless of what I have though of his opinions in the past this set of statements has really made me lose respect for him.
I think Inhofe looks at it the same way I do. Global warming has been ratcheted up to a stage of hysteria and that's where they lose me.
Do I think we all need to decrease our emissions and waste, absolutely. I'm a fan of alt energy and I do try to figure out how to create as little waste as possible.
Is the planet dying? No one has convinced me of that yet.
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Originally posted by rwarn17588
What a maroon.
I take it that you're a fan of Merrie Melodies-Looney Tunes? I am too. But don't tell anyone: they'd banish us, you know.
I've been watching the Live Earth coverage on Sundance. It's been pretty good so far. Inhofe kinda reminds me of the character Homer Stokes in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? when Stokes tried to silence the Soggy Bottom Boys. Is you is, or is you ain't my constituancy? Speaking of constituents, does anybody else find it ironic that he would try to shut down a concert that two of his constituents(Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood) are headlining? (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v246/mistymountainhop/DumbAndDumberer_sm.jpg)
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Originally posted by Chicken Little
(Bit-O'-Irony: It looks like the D.C. event will feature Oklahoman Garth Brooks, and Trisha, of course.)
(Bit-O'-Irony #2: The Indians were the ones that made room on the Mall.)
No one sees the irony of this concert?
Did anyone ride a bicycle or at least carpooled to the concert?
Did the live earth concert vendors refuse to serve hamburgers,hot dogs and bottle water?
Are they only using solar and wind energy to power everything at the live earth concert?
Is all the trash being recycled after the concert?
Did all the people who attended concert not litter?
Its like using the wooden "up with trees" signs to promote Tree Conservation/Tree planting.
(http://www.rotarymcalester.org/images/Trees/img004.jpg)
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Originally posted by jamesrage
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Originally posted by Chicken Little
(Bit-O'-Irony: It looks like the D.C. event will feature Oklahoman Garth Brooks, and Trisha, of course.)
(Bit-O'-Irony #2: The Indians were the ones that made room on the Mall.)
No one sees the irony of this concert?
Did anyone ride a bicycle or at least carpooled to the concert?
Did the live earth concert vendors refuse to serve hamburgers,hot dogs and bottle water?
Are they only using solar and wind energy to power everything at the live earth concert?
Is all the trash being recycled after the concert?
Did all the people who attended concert not litter?
Its like using the wooden "up with trees" signs to promote Tree Conservation/Tree planting.
(http://www.rotarymcalester.org/images/Trees/img004.jpg)
WOOD is a RENEWABLE resource. IT makes SENSE to use wood for signs. It is also biodegradable. Wood is grown as a crop in many places. In the US, trees that are taken down for use as wood are replanted. Up With Trees is a city beautification program, and hasn't got anything to do with stopping deforestation anyway.
I also see the hypocrisy in all the fuel, electricity, etc. that was used to create the concert, but damn, it's just a concert.
The promoters, when all of this was pointed out, said that it was for a "greater purpose" to bring attention to the issue.
Yeah, whatever strokes Gore's ego. [B)]
I'm a music geek with the best of 'em and a quasi-treehugger. But I saw this big mondo-concert as a big waste of resources.
Except for the wooden-sign part of the rant (which already has been pointed out), I agree with jamesrage.
Mark your calendars. [:O]
I wonder if Gore is going to foot the bill for all the carbon off-sets for the electricity, private jets, etc.
Actually I saw something about the promoters purchasing carbon offsets and that generators used biofuels. There were a few other environmental considerations, too.
It probably is a waste of time. Still, that Al Gore is wasting his time to promote environmental concerns, something he's done as long as I've been aware of him, is probably not a bad thing. This country has virtually no future prospects, at all. We're just kind of muttering through, learning little.
We're still under the delusion that we can do nothing about anything and everything will be fine. "Anything", excludes Islam of course.
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Originally posted by NellieBly
Actually I saw something about the promoters purchasing carbon offsets and that generators used biofuels. There were a few other environmental considerations, too.
Buying "carbon offsets" doesn't change the fact the individuals still contributed to the problem.
Buying "carbon offsets" sounds like a scam so someone can be a hypocrite all they the want.
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Originally posted by jamesrage
individuals still contributed to the problem.
Wouldn't you rather be part of the solution?
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Originally posted by MichaelC
It probably is a waste of time. Still, that Al Gore is wasting his time to promote environmental concerns, something he's done as long as I've been aware of him, is probably not a bad thing.
Only a fool would believe that man gave a crap about the environment.When he is saying do as I say not as I do he basically discrediting the the man-made global warming conspiracy theorist nut job group.Because if he really believed what was coming out of his mouth he would live in green home(which he has the money to do),a small home,have a rain water collection system on his house,drive a fuel efficient car,live closer to work,fly on a commercial passenger plane instead of a private jet when he had to fly.
Al Gore is the equivalent of a church preacher who tells his congregation to not sin while at the same time he gambles,commits adultery,steals and commits other sins from the bible.
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Originally posted by MichaelC
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Originally posted by jamesrage
individuals still contributed to the problem.
Wouldn't you rather be part of the solution?
A.How is contributing to what they believe is the problem part of the solution?If these environuts believed in what they preached they would not be contributing to the problem.Would you have a hotdog eating contest to fight obesity or T-bone steak eating contest to promote vegetarianism?
B.I don't believe in the man-made global warming conspiracy theorist nonsense,I believe climate change is a natural occurring event in nature regardless if it is a minute or severe change in the weather.
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Originally posted by jamesrage
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Originally posted by MichaelC
It probably is a waste of time. Still, that Al Gore is wasting his time to promote environmental concerns, something he's done as long as I've been aware of him, is probably not a bad thing.
Only a fool would believe that man gave a crap about the environment.When he is saying do as I say not as I do he basically discrediting the the man-made global warming conspiracy theorist nut job group.Because if he really believed what was coming out of his mouth he would live in green home(which he has the money to do),a small home,have a rain water collection system on his house,drive a fuel efficient car,live closer to work,fly on a commercial passenger plane instead of a private jet when he had to fly.
Al Gore is the equivalent of a church preacher who tells his congregation to not sin while at the same time he gambles,commits adultery,steals and commits other sins from the bible.
Everyone's a hyprocrite.
I see jamesrage's views have reverted back into usual winger self-parody.
I guess lucidity was too good to last.
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Originally posted by jamesrageB.I don't believe in the man-made global warming conspiracy theorist nonsense...
President Bush does...
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The President Believes The Federal Government Should Foster Investment And Innovation In Alternative Technologies To Reduce America's Dependence On Oil And Decrease Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Including the 2008 Budget, the Administration will have invested $15 billion to develop advanced energy sources since 2001.
source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070710-4.html
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Originally posted by Chicken LittlePresident Bush does...
I could care less if Bush jumped on the environut band wagon.
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Originally posted by NellieBly
Everyone's a hyprocrite.
I would think that if Gore and these other environuts really believed what they were saying they would be practicing what they preach,especially Gore since he can afford to build a completely green earth friendly house and afford to buy hybrid cars.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=467114&in_page_id=1770
The show was a TV flop, drawing less than a third of the audience who tuned in last week for the Concert for Diana. Live Earth peaked with 4.5 million viewers in Britain, compared with 14.8 million for the Diana concert.
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Two years ago, Live 8 drew a peak television audience of 9.6million while Live Aid notched 10million in 1985.
The BBC blamed the poor figures on Saturday's good weather and said its Wimbledon tennis coverage had drawn away afternoon viewers.
Critics said however that the public had simply snubbed what they saw as a hypocritical event.
Musicians including Bob Geldof, Roger Daltrey and the Pet Shop Boys pointed out that a concert highlighting climate change had itself generated huge carbon emissions.
Performers were criticised for flying to concerts that were staged simultaneously on seven continents.
The mounds of rubbish left by the 65,000 concert-goers at Wembley further tarnished the event's green credentials.
Organisers claimed most of the waste would be sorted and recycled but the Daily Mail saw little evidence of that taking place.
The Alliance for Climate Protection event was organised by Al Gore, the former U.S. vice-president and environmental campaigner.
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http://www.tennesseepolicy.org/main/article.php?article_id=367
Gore's mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).
In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.
The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.
Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore's average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.
Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore's energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.
Gore's extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore's mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.