Al Gore's Warning "An Inconvenient Truth" film...
The Nation - Sunday August 6th edition is on-line at:
http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx .
Featured on Sundays front page is story of former US Vice-President (served with President Clinton) and Presidential Candidate in 2004 (lost to President GW Bush) - Al Gore's just released Documentary Film "An Inconvenient Truth" - now appearing in Bangkok theaters.
With all the storms and flooding in Northern Thailand - and the sweltering Summer days here in America, the former Vice-President has found a lively topic for discussion worldwide.
I applaud his efforts to educate and inform anyone who will stop to listen about "Global Warming".
There is much to be learned and ...it is damn hot outside here - this Oklahoma afternoon!
I can't wait til the end of this August month ...when I am again to be lucky :-) to be on the beaches of Jomtien...sweltering and weathering the heat with bf and friends ...sipping a cool one... munching on watermelon and pineapple....under the umbrellas :-)
TravelerJim
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Al Gore was US Vice-President & twice Presidential Candi
Hello both-hans,
My apology ... Al Gore served as USA Vice-President for 8 years - 1992-2000 (with President Clinton); and was the Democratic Party Presidential Candidate in 2000 -
He lost the 2000 election to the office of President of the United States to the current USA President George W. Bush - in the Presidential election of 2000 -
It was an election which was finally decided by the US Supreme Court...(see posting below) in a close election decided by Electoral College votes...even though Gore had more popular votes in the election.
An interesting fact is that Gore failed to win the majority of votes in his own home State of Tennessee...and also failed to win the majority of votes in President Clinton's home State of Arkansas.
Had Gore won "either one" of these two states - he clearly would have won the Electoral College Votes and would have been named President of the United States 2000-2004!
TravelerJim
Note: My thanks to Hobie99 for the helpful history reminder ....time does has its ways :-)
Don't worry Thaiquila ...
... before the Amazon turns to desert, before the ice caps melt, before the earthquakes devestate the likes of San Francisco and the coming massive tsunamis washes away New York (Manhattan island at least), before the ozone layer is destroyed and all life extinguished by the sun's radiation, before all the sea's are polluted, before more animals which are endangered become extinct, before the nuclear war (wait for the middle east to go up in one or a number of great big bangs), before all this yes before all this there will still be time for one last hit of viagra and to off your favourite star boy and make his day by tipping him everything you have. You can't take it with you :cheers: