AFP: Al Gore urges divided UN climate meet to ignore US

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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jdgBx1TJCYWjQkep2gOx1WjL6GdQ

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) — Al Gore on Thursday delivered a rousing call for the world to fight against climate change without the United States, which he accused of blocking tactics at the key UN conference in Bali.

Exhausted negotiators at the Indonesian resort island grappled over deadlocked text early Friday, just hours before the talks were scheduled to conclude.

But delegates questioned by AFP saw little hope of any early breakthrough on the biggest problem.

To warm applause at a conference side event, Gore took the lash to the United States of President George W. Bush and demanded tough commitments to crack down on the greenhouse-gas emissions that drive global warming.

[blm]

1. heheh...good. Gore and Kerry went to Bali like a shadow government and beat the crap

out of Bush for his willful ignorance and inaction.

Decent TIME article here on the shadow government:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1694259,00.html

[Pastiche423]

3. Great article, BLM

Thanks for the link!

[blm]

5. Yep - couldn't believe it was TIME. They usually don't let honest articles pass

by their editorial staff - especially if it discusses Gore or Kerry in ANY accurate way. ;)))

[lildreamer316]

6. Thanks, blm.

That was a great, honest read.

[Swamp Rat]

2. NeoGore is "The One!"

:D

[emlev]

4. Emergency global petition from AVAAZ.org

"We call urgently for the US, Canada and Japan to stop blocking serious 2020 targets for emissions reductions, and for the rest of the world to refuse to accept anything less."

Sign here

[earth mom]

7. Gore is THE ONE.

I don't give a damn what Oprah says!

[understandinglife]

8. M Hirsh in Newsweek: "The way to really save the planet is to move into the Oval Office."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3100709&mesg_id=3101245

And, recommended your post.

[blm]

10. we can only hope he makes this choice...

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[malaise]

9. Al Gore

:yourock: