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March 21, 2007 5:07 PM

Katie Couric's Notebook: Gore And Global Warming

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Katie Couric
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Katie's Notebook
Hi everyone.

The last time Al Gore came to Capitol Hill--six years ago--he was there to certify the electoral college results that made George Bush president.

But today it was a triumphant return, this time as a private citizen, to declare that the world faces a "planetary emergency" over climate change. And now, a lot of his skeptics agree that Gore makes a powerful point.

The scientific consensus is clear, and Gore urged Congress to listen to scientists, not special interests. He pushed for an immediate freeze on greenhouse gases, as well as cleaner power plants, more efficient cars, and stronger conservation efforts.

Gore said "a few years from now...the kinds of proposals we're talking about today are going to seem so small compared to the scale of the challenge."

Here's hoping Congress puts partisanship aside, and comes together to act boldly on global warming.

That's a page from my notebook.

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by kmpk1 March 23, 2007 10:55 AM EDT
"ITS THE SUN STUPID"
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by kirtfalcon March 22, 2007 11:49 PM EDT
How about reporting both sides of the news for a change?
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by kirtfalcon March 22, 2007 11:46 PM EDT
No wonder your ratings are so low. All liberal slant, all the time!!!

Al Gore will go down in history as one of the biggest morons of the past 100 years!
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by trikat March 22, 2007 11:41 PM EDT
Dear Smiles,

"Here's hoping Congress puts partisanship aside, and comes together to act boldly on global warming."

Why are you in doing News?

You are SO silly!

Trikat from WI
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by pmcor March 22, 2007 10:51 PM EDT
Do all the name calling you want earthworm. Science does not provide perfect answers. Science doesn't exist without scientists. Scientists provide data and they must determine what the data are telling us (or not). Very often the scientists don't agree on what the data are telling us. So my point -- how often do enough of them agree on the data to make a decision one way or the other?
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by one_american March 22, 2007 5:38 PM EDT
The hubris by which you parade your liberal bias is astounding, Katie.

You must know that this "Global Warming" charade is merely a new means for liberal Democrats to:

1. levy a punative tax on Americans, based upon "pollution".

2. siphon that tax money to "Global Warming Industries" and "Global Warming Research Institutes"

3. take political contributions from those "Industries" and "Institutes" to fund the political campaigns of Liberal Democrats.

4. Over time, establish a Socialist Dictatorship run by liberal Democrats.

The "jig" is up, Katie.
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by ocracokejoe-2009 March 22, 2007 4:36 PM EDT
To Katie & Chris19673,
A few things Al Gore forgot to mention.

http://www.john-daly.com/hockey/hockey.htm
http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=CZ434669U
http://www.co2science.org/scripts/CO2ScienceB2C/Index
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XttV2C6B8pU

The last is a link to "The Global Warming Swindle" that the uk/ShowStory talks about. The planet has and will continue, to warm and cool, until our sun dies.
Creating mass hysteria, which is what Katie and her colleague's are paid to do, does nothing, but try to sustain ratings, which fails. But the thing its implementation will do, cuts to their so called core belief, and hurts the poor. The billions that will perish in poor countries worldwide will be devastating.
What makes us the greatest country in the world? The amount of food and money we contribute globally, and energy is what makes this happen. Cut back energy output will result in lost production. Lost production equals death.
Something to think about.
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by kenhamlett March 22, 2007 3:06 PM EDT
Once again Ms Couric is CORRECT in her assessment of the facts. One must realise that when Mr. Gore makes a presentation he speaks in extremes to get our attention. I do this myself when I want to make an impression. The underlying facts are correct and we do have a problem. We all have to make changes since the environment can not currently compensate for our follies. Individually it can be as simple as wearing a sweater or planting a tree to help. Industries have to make the big changes. They are used to maintaining focus on profit and *** the environment. This must change on a worldwide scale. Don't blame KC or Mr. Gore for telling it as it is. Inaction could doom your children to a miserable life while they have to clean up our mess.
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by nycgirl13 March 22, 2007 11:33 AM EDT
First off: BrainonBoard isn't an idiot or any of the other nasty names some have been calling him/her but, not nearly as brainy as he/she believes either. Pretending to be a conservative and then chastizing all the crazies while espousing the liberal "kool-aid" point of view is the oldest lib trick in the book! Your aren't an idiot! You are a fraud and a coward - I don't believe you have one conservative bone in your body. You have a right to your opinions, but at least be honest about your bias. We all have points of view that are informed by our political leanings. And as for this so called scientific concensus - the IPCC has listed scientists as a part of there conscensus who have resigned from the project because their alternative points of view have been completey ignored. Enstien began trying to disprove his theory of relativity the second after he discovered it - that is good science...the scientific way. If global warming is an indisputable fact, why not debate it? And why doesn't Al Gore practice what he preaches. He doesn't need 4 houses and he could make all of his appearances via satellite while still contributing to his BS carbon offsets. The truth is what he is saying is that because he is rich and can pay to offset his lifestyle he can live as he pleases. If the impending doom is so great shouldn't he be living the green life and using his Tabacco millions to offset all the horrble conservative and climate heretic's lifestyles?
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by Irobutterfly March 22, 2007 11:19 AM EDT
Your biased reporting is more evident then ever. Mr. Gore who buys CO2 credits from a company he owns!! Geeze, you think he has a huge monetary motive for selling his "global load" across the world?

Oh and former Vice President Gore, despite being given major preferential treatment, has violated the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee%u2019s (EPW) hearing rules. His testimony was received by the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee.

Gore's testimony was given to Committee members just one minute before his scheduled House appearance and mere hours before his scheduled Senate appearance.

EPW committee%u2019s 48 hour rule that requires all witnesses before EPW to submit their testimony in advance. The GOP minority on the EPW committee then agreed to waive the 48 hour rule in favor of allowing Gore to submit his testimony 24 hours before the hearing.

He gave his testimony a ONE MINUTE notice to the Committee. Why was that? More importantly, as a news reporter, why didn't you ask Gore that?

If Gore had been a Republican, a grand-jury would of been convened for this violation.

Democrats get a free pass to "break the rules", you can leave someone to drown, use the "N" word, take bribes and keep 90K in your fridge, have an affair with a male intern(Barney Frank) and you and other liberals "give them a round of applause". You know, like the Democrats did for Barney.


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