Standing Ovation for Al Gore at Netroots Nation

By: Lowell
Published On: 7/19/2008 2:47:15 PM


See the "flip" for Gore's speech.  

"The internet and the blogs and the new ability to take part actively is bringing a great new hope that we can reclaim the birthright of this nation, and you represent the leading edge of that movement to reclaim the integrity of American democracy."

"...there is a 75-80% chance that the entire north polar ice cap...the size of the continental United States, during the summer months when it's most important, will be completely melted and gone in as little as five years."

"If you look at the seriousness of this climate crisis, you begin to see how it's connected to the economic crisis and the national security threat that we face..."

"The idea that we can drill our way out of this is just so absurd as to not warrant any serious consideration...when you're in a hole, stop digging!"

"The defenders of the status quo are the ones who have dug us into this hole. They're the ones who say let's just keep doing the same old thing and expect we'll get a different result...oh, it's just fine to continue to be this dependent on oil from some of the most unstable and dangerous reasons of the world."

"Proposing to get a slight increase in oil drilling...10 to 15 years from now as a solution to our rising gasoline prices makes about as much sense as responding to an attack from Afghanistan by invading some other country."

h/t Left in Alabama


Comments



Gore called mountaintop removal (Lowell - 7/19/2008 5:13:19 PM)
"an outrage and an atrocity."  He said that liquid coal is "insane."  Source


Here's the video (Lowell - 7/19/2008 7:59:40 PM)