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| Gore announces 'global climate change warming' concerts |
| 2007-02-15 |
| Mark your calendars, folks... LOS ANGELES - Al Gore announced on Thursday a series of worldwide concerts to focus on the threat of climate change, with a powerhouse lineup from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Snoop Dogg to Bon Jovi. Rock on, dudes. Does Prius make a stretch limo yet? You gonna fly there by hot air balloon? The 24-hour event on July 7 is part of a campaign, Save Our Selves — The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis, that promoters hope will trigger a broad movement to address what the former vice president calls a global climate crisis. Oh, god. Not a new term. So now it's "global climate change warming crisis"? "In order to solve the climate crisis, we have to reach billions of people," the environmental activist, filmmaker and 2000 Democratic presidential nominee said in a statement. "The climate crisis will only be stopped by an unprecedented and sustained global movement." ...and then he got in his Gulfstream and flew away. Gore is often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2008 despite his repeated statements that he's not running. Recently, some former aides met in Boston to discuss a campaign to draft the former vice president. So how is Tipper, Al? Fine, Hillary, why do you ask? Oh, it might be nice if she stayed that way... The concerts on seven continents will bring newfound publicity to Gore, who already is enjoying celebrity status with his Oscar-nominated documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth." Gore said he was thrilled that the film, on the perils of global warming, was nominated for best documentary and for best song, the latter nod coming for Melissa Etheridge's "I Need to Wake Up." The Academy Awards are Feb. 25. Is that before or after the Nobel Peace Prize thingy? I'll bet Al's head is just spinning with all this stuff... More than 100 performers are scheduled to appear at the July concerts, including Etheridge, the Foo Fighters, Lenny Kravitz, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Duran Duran, Korn, Pharrell, the Black Eyed Peas, Akon, Enrique Iglesias, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. ...and I hope they've already bought their carbon credits? Oh, I'm sure they have. Promoters said the Live Earth concerts will take place in Shanghai, China; Johannesburg, South Africa; Sydney, Australia; London and cities to be announced in Japan, Brazil and the United States. Good. Spread that carbon depletion around. Promoters said the concerts — dubbed Live Earth — could reach 2 billion people through attendance or broadcasts. Proceeds will create a foundation to combat climate change led by The Alliance for Climate Protection, which is chaired by Gore. The Save our Selves campaign was founded by Kevin Wall, who won an Emmy as Worldwide Executive Producer of Live 8. Don't get sucked in by them groupies, Al. They'll eat ya alive... |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #9 "Live Earth" - sniff, sniff, and to think it only took 30-plus yarns to do the concert. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-02-15 22:26 |
| #8 A 'Global Warming' tour... In Summer (well, not in Jo'burg or Sydney) when it's usually warm. Priceless...... |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2007-02-15 17:08 |
| #7 A 'Global Warming' tour... In Summer (well, not in Jo'burg or Sydney) when it's usually warm. Priceless...... |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2007-02-15 17:08 |
| #6 |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-02-15 16:53 |
| #5 I don't know how is where you are but it has been colder than Bill and Hilliary's bedroom this winter. Good one, JohnQC. Yeah, the local lake ice is so thick this winter (as it has been in 4 of the last 7) I think you could drive a car on it. Hmmm, maybe a local TV news crew could try that out and report on it... |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-02-15 15:52 |
| #4 I don't know how is where you are but it has been colder than Bill and Hilliary's bedroom this winter. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-02-15 15:28 |
| #3 If they really believed this anthropogenic global warming crap,they wouldn't be doing this. They would say "We want to have a lot of concerts, but the carbon footprint from such a thing, especially the private jets, the limos, the trash, etc. etc. is too much." Instead they tell us peons that we must sacrifice to save the planet. |
| Posted by: Rambler 2007-02-15 15:25 |
| #2 So, how many megawatts will be consumed to power up these shows? WWSTD (What would Spinal Tap do)? The Campaign for a Climate in Crisis Maybe the Climate just needs some therapy - calling Dr. Phil. Personally, I'm convinced the Climate doesn't give a rat's ass about us or any changes. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-02-15 15:21 |
| #1 Save our Selves Oh, god. The irony is almost too thick to believe. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-02-15 15:15 |