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May 17, 2007 at 06:56:35

Al Gore Stands Up. Time Cover Story On "The Assault On Reason" Is Out.

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This morning, thanks to our friends at "Time" we have just seen a glimpse into what we believe is one of the most important political books of the year, Al Gore's, "The Assault On Reason."

This <a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1622009-4,00.html">cover story article is fair</a>, balanced and great insight into both Al Gore and the new book.

Of course, this will also <a href="http://www.marlboropolitics.com/2007/05/we_guarantee_al_gore_will_be_a.html">start the attacks</a> - but what you see is a man who knows what's right, what to do and how to fight - not to mention what he is fighting far.

It will be interesting to watch the attacks, because they have to make him an object of ridicule.

Why? Well, here's a quote from a tobacco executive:

"Our offensive strategy is to shoot the messenger."

And here's the perfect example from this morning.

John Edwards wants to end the war in Iraq. Mike Huckabee wants to make fun of his <a href="http://www.cnn.com">haircut.</a> That's pathetic.

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Dave Johnson is a Senior Fellow with the Institute for the Renewal of the California Dream working on progressive messaging, and a Fellow at the Commonweal Institute, where he researches and writes about the activities of the conservative movement's network of foundations and think tanks and the extent of their influence on American society. Dave is on the Boards of Directors of Media Transparency and The People Choose, is an advisor to The Philanthropy Network and is a member of the Netroots Advisory Council of the Drum Major Institute. Dave is the lead blogger at Seeing the Forest. He is a featured contributor at Huffington Post and writes at many other sites including MyDD, AlterNet, Common Dreams, DailyKos and Speak Out California. Mr. Johnson has over 20 years of technology industry experience and has previously held positions including CEO, and VP of Sales and Marketing. He specialized in grassroots "viral" marketing, direct mail, and Internet applications. His earlier career included technical positions in the technology industry, notably in video game design at companies including Atari and Imagic, and he was a pioneer in design and development of productivity and educational applications of personal computers. More recently Dave helped co-found Carbon Tracing, Inc., the company developing the desktop systems to validate carbon trading in the US.

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Electronics and radio communications engineer.
Co6akaElectronics and radio communications engineer.

Assault or rather beating a dead horse?

Well written, except that Al Gore should practice what he preaches and not alter/obfuscate science. Sadly the people who would benefit most from his work will either not bother to read it or will not understand it, and many will just listen to the "editorial book reviews" produced by our "free" mass media.

Since the late 1980s I've been sarcastically quipping "Reading is optional, yes?" to the multitude who refuse to read a few pages of a user manual and even a sentence on their computer screen. In the late 1990s I was forced to add "Thinking is optional, yes?" to my repertoire and now have to use it more than the former. All along, the majority of recipients didn't understand what I meant.

I forward articles like this on to "the mailing list" but what I get return are dumb jokes and silly photos. I then solicit comments and they are either "I didn't have time to read it" or something barely related to the subject. Game over: They have either no time or no clue, or perhaps both. What they do listen to and comprehend are the pundits and attack dogs that constitute our so-called "free" news media. I concede, Adolf Hitler was correct, "If you wish the sympathy of the broad masses, you must tell them the crudest and most stupid things."

What good fortune for those who control our government and great country that the people do not think, yes?

by Co6aka (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 68 comments) on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 12:02:31 PM

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On tobacco

http://www.contrtv.ru/common/2294/

This is again about the hypocricy of the US govt ( Gore included) The US companies are heavily investing in the cigarette production and distribution in Russia ( the above is the Russian original paper on it called ' Investments in Death'). I would advise the authors to ask someone to translate that paper for them. Again, this is not about Gore alone but he is the part of the establishment and we cannot forget that he sold the country to Bush in Y2000.

by Mark Sashine (53 articles, 19 quicklinks, 250 diaries, 3574 comments) on Friday, May 18, 2007 at 7:07:59 AM