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2008-05-21 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Al Gore calls on Israel to solve Middle East water crisis

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Posted by Fred 2008-05-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 T'shtok.

Posted by gorb 2008-05-21 03:10|| 2008-05-21 03:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Gore made the comments at a high-tech conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.

I wondered why it was so cold (by Israel's standards of early summer) for the last couple days.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-05-21 07:28|| 2008-05-21 07:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Hey, cut him some slack, a man's got to make a living, he's got a great racket, I'm sure he was handesomely paid for that "high tech" coference appearance. He sure is a great salesman, you've got to give him that.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-21 08:10|| 2008-05-21 08:10|| Front Page Top

#4 The real reason he was in Israel: to pick up a $1 million check. The Saudis aren't the only ones can play the ex-world leader bribe game.

Posted by ed 2008-05-21 08:35|| 2008-05-21 08:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Lefties run around talking about teh eevil imperialist Zionists are hogging the poor pals water and will never give it up. Gore is making the completely sound case that technology is the answer to the regional water problem. And hes reminding everyone of what israel has already achieved technologically.

I know you guys dont like him, but theres nothing objectively wrong with this speech, is there?

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-05-21 09:27|| 2008-05-21 09:27|| Front Page Top

#6 LH, you're just plain too rationally objective and level-headed. I say that for your own good, you know. Why fight the Dark side? Embrace it. Join us.

OTHO, what will exactly that $1 million speech by al achieve toward the stated goal?

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-05-21 09:39|| 2008-05-21 09:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Al Gore always has some liberal and socialist bent and intent behind anything he does.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-21 09:45|| 2008-05-21 09:45|| Front Page Top

#8 #6 its gotten about the only pro-israel coverage in the MSM on the 60th anniv that isnt qualified with "but for the Pals, its the anniv of the Nakhba" or " the speech was made by controversial Pres Bush" Id pay a million for that.

#7 Socialist? You mean like the state owned Israeli water company? Or maybe state involvement in desalination and other water schemes? Or maybe just pointing out the role that Kibbutzim have had in irrigating the desert? :)

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-05-21 10:03|| 2008-05-21 10:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Besides, appealing to the Arabs would be a total wast of time.

Posted by Kelly 2008-05-21 10:58|| 2008-05-21 10:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Socialist? You mean like the state owned Israeli water company?

No, I mean him and his fellow watermelons (Green on the outside and Red in the center and filled with mush). They will use Green and socialism to keep you down to using only rocks while they live comfortably and away from us ignorant peasants.

You are confusing government regulated operations with pure socialism drivel.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-21 11:48|| 2008-05-21 11:48|| Front Page Top

#11 not regulated, owned. Has been since 1950, I think. Israel used to have alot more socialism, but they went on a privatization trend in the '90s like everyone else. But the National Water Carrier is still govt owned, IIUC.

Im using socialism to mean, you know, socialist polices like govt ownership of industry, public utilities, etc. Not as a synonym for "yucky"

Israel has actual you know, socialists. Not folks who are into writing books about the West being eevil, but folks who actually live on collectively owned farms, or work for labor union owned businesses, or stuff like that. Not as many as it used to, of course (and the collectively owned farms now pay based on work done, which was somewhat traumatic for them), but still quite a few.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-05-21 15:42|| 2008-05-21 15:42|| Front Page Top

#12 "They will use Green and socialism to keep you down to using only rocks while they live comfortably and away from us ignorant peasants."

the wealthy already live comfortably and well awayh from us peasants, including the Repub wealthy.

As for sticks, I dont think that will be necessary to deal with GHGs. Not at all.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-05-21 15:44|| 2008-05-21 15:44|| Front Page Top

#13 As for sticks, I dont think that will be necessary to deal with GHGs. Not at all.

Well when they stop using their private jets, I'll believe it might be an issue.

And the best way to deal with GHGs, stop trying to fuck with them. CO2 is not an effective GHG since its infrared absorption are nearly at saturation at current levels and there are natural variations of weather patterns all the time.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-21 16:12|| 2008-05-21 16:12|| Front Page Top

#14 So why is it up to Israel to solve the mid-east water crisis. How about we trade water for oil? I guess the surrounding countries are too screwed up to solve anything.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-05-21 16:26|| 2008-05-21 16:26|| Front Page Top

#15 john i was about ask the same question. Why would they help out their bitter enemies

Posted by sinse 2008-05-21 16:51|| 2008-05-21 16:51|| Front Page Top

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