Yeah, Right, Whatever

When I read this headline, I really thought they were poking fun at AlGore. But, no, that was an actually banner at the recent talk given by Gore in Canada.

Evidently, ecoSanity has turned the eco-extremist into their own personal Prophet of Environmental Doom. But, that's ok- officially turning environmental extremism into a religion just confirms what most of us have thought for years- y'all are a bunch of cultists.

"You can't hear that message enough," said Shawn Omstead, attending with his daughter Meredith. "When we watched the movie, the next day we went and replaced all the light bulbs in the house . . . you see the movie and it sticks with you for a bit and then it fades."

"It was not our intention to have a religious approach," ecoSanity group founder Glenn MacIntosh said, "but it was our understanding that it was that kind of movement that people were craving; that kind of spiritual connection in their gut."

With a track record for concern about climate change that extends back to when relatively few were interested, Mr. Gore was "the right person at the right time" when he parlayed his high profile into a successful and sobering documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, last year, Mr. MacIntosh said.

People responded because "they know this is happening, they know it's not good and that it has to stop," he said. "And, at last, the media and the world are beginning to pay attention."

Unfortunately for The Goracle, not everyone is pleased with him.

First, we have a filmmaker who has noticed that The Goracle's Oscar-nominated film, An Inconvenient Truth, does not meet the Academy's "rule 12" and should be disqualified from competition for the Best Documentary award. He's not deluded enough to think that it will be disqualified.

Nonetheless, Gifford, the filmmaker, sees a political agenda behind Gore's predicted success.

Even if material in Gore's film is "proven beyond a shadow of doubt to be untrue," the Academy will not invoke rule 12, because the subject matter is politically correct, Gifford told Cybercast News Service.

"The fact is the Academy doesn't care. The rule is selectively enforced depending on the politics," he said.

Next, we have "Green Business News" (who probably supports The Goracle for the most part) pointing out how his use of "carbon credits" won't work- AT ALL. It's a long article, but here's the conclusion:

He added that such a scenario would not only remove the financial incentive for countries to invest in clean technologies that help them stick to their emissions targets - as it would be cheaper to continue polluting and just buy credits - but it would also discourage investment in carbon reduction projects in developing countries as they would have to pay for CDM approval only to find they could not get a good price for the carbon credits they generate.

But, that's ok. The Goracle won't have to worry, because his loyal disciples don't actually live in a reality based society. They don't actually have individual thoughts- they just chant back whatever mantra they're fed. They'll sit in their "cathedrals" (the university), worship at the altar of Gaia, munch on granola, and soak in every word from their prophet.

But still... "The Goracle"... I like that... that's funny...