Gore Announces S.O.S.

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by David Roberts

As we speak, Al Gore and crew are formally announcing S.O.S. (save our selves), a series of concerts on every continent -- including Antarctica! -- that will make Live Aid look like a community theater production. It all happens on July 7, 2007 -- 07/07/07. You can watch the press conference live here (though the connection is choppy).

This is from the press release:

SOS is designed to trigger a global movement to combat our climate crisis. It will reach people in every corner of the planet through television, film, radio, the Internet and Live Earth, a 24-hour concert on 7/7/07 across all 7 continents that will bring together more than 100 of the world's top musical acts. Live Earth alone will engage an audience of more than 2 billion people through concert attendance and broadcasts. MSN has partnered with SOS to use its reach to make the Live Earth concerts available across the globe. The Live Earth audience, and the proceeds from the concerts, will create the foundation for a new, multi-year global effort to combat the climate crisis led by The Alliance for Climate Protection and its Chair, Vice President Al Gore. SOS was founded by Kevin Wall, who won an Emmy as Worldwide Executive Producer of Live 8.
Here are a few of the participating artists:

Pharrell, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Snoop Dogg, Lenny Kravitz, Bon Jovi, Paolo Nutini, Sheryl Crow, AFI, Melissa Etheridge, John Mayer, Damien Rice, Corrine Bailey Rae, Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, John Legend, Black Eyed Peas, Akon, Enrique Iglesias, Fall Out Boy, Mana Keane, Kelly Clarkson, Korn, Faith Hill w/ Tim McGraw, Ray LaMontagne, Robin Thicke, Kenna
At the press conference, Gore said yet again: "I have no intention of running for president again." If you were involved in a massive worldwide project like this, would you want to enter the grubby, petty misery of a presidential campaign? Me neither.

This thing is going to be a media juggernaut. We'll be hearing a lot more about it.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-roberts/gore-announces-sos_b_41327.html

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Chili Peppers, Foo, Dogg, Bons, Crow, Rice, Snow, Black Eyed Peas, Korn....

Sounds like they signed the lineup from a soup kitchen in the Haight.

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Gore's film won the Oscar. Wonder how that will play out in the political arena?

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Who is going to go to Antarctica for a concert?
What bands will play there?
How will they get there?

I seriously doubt that there will be a concert there.

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Does anyone else notice the irony in this plan for concerts?

Gore and his sycophants are claiming that we are destroying the earth,that we are destroying the climate,etc.

Now,he wants to burn thousands of jet fuel and diesel fuel,to fly these performers to every continent on earth.

Also,he wants to have a concert in what is possibly the last pristine wilderness on earth,Antarctica.
How much trash and pollution will be left behind there?
How many gallons of various fuels ill be wasted to get everyone there,to provide power fr lights,instruments,heat,and everything else that might be needed?

How many animals will be permanently harmed by the influx of all those people (assuming anyone actually shows up)?

Gore wants to save the world by potentially destroying part of it?
Does that make sense to anyone?

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Apparently to Al. If it wasn't for him, there would be no A2K ya' know.

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you two treat Gore in the same way you accuse the left of treating bush..... never a serious consideration only ridicule.... then you cry like little bitches when your heroes the war mongers get any criticism.... you kill me.... Laughing

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Not A2K specifically, but Al Gore definitely got the research funded which resulted in the internet, plus he sponsored the bill which established the network, based on that research, which grew into the internet.

Gore did not invent computer networking-and never claimed to. However, Gore met with various computer researchers and got them the funding to draw up the plans for a civilian network which would link universities so research can be enhanced.

After the research was done, Gore sponsored a bill, eventually successful, which established the network to put these scientists' ideas into practice. Eventually the network went beyond just the universities to individuals who worked at those universitites to the public at large-which also was part of the original plan. That network, once called The Information Superhigway, is now called the internet.

Before the internet, there were commercial networks like AOL, Compuserve and others, who tied the subscriber into a bunch of web pages they set up. Sort of like a private cyber library. And there were people who put their own pages, where you could hook up by phone if you knew their phone number. But the idea that you could put up a webpage which could be accessed by anyone in the world-in short, the internet-took Al Gore's efforts.

In short, no Al Gore, no internet as we know it. And no A2K. And no pack of conservatives trying to take just credit for Gore's important contributions away from him.

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Bi-Polar Bear wrote:

you two treat Gore in the same way you accuse the left of treating bush..... never a serious consideration only ridicule.... then you cry like little bitches when your heroes the war mongers get any criticism.... you kill me....

So his plan to have a large concert in Antarctica,no matter how much damage is done to the ecosystem there,is ok with you?

And his plan to burn thousands of gallons of jet and diesel fuel to get people to these concerts and to provide the power needed for haet and electricity,is also ok with you?

How does that jibe with his claim that we are destroying the earth and global warming caused by human activity?

How can he claim to be trying to save the earth,and then plan for all these concerts?
The two are not compatible.

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the amount of money you are talking about would not equal one DAYS worth of finance for the Iraq mess...

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Bi-Polar Bear wrote:

the amount of money you are talking about would not equal one DAYS worth of finance for the Iraq mess...

So,that makes it OK?
As long as he spends less then what is being spent in Iraq,its OK for him to pollute the environment,and to cause possibly permanent harm to the animals and the environment of a place like Antarctica?

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OK, mysteryman, let's tryit this way.

Suppose this concert goes on. Suppose it makes a big splash in the newspapers and on TV, MTV carries it and plays replays of it, etc. Suppose albums of it are sold and it carries a Woodstock-like impact, which results in much more popular support for programs which limit pollution and hazards which affect Antartica as well as all the continents.

Put aside for a moment whether or not you believe any such programs will result in benefit for the environment. Assume, for the sake of argument, they will.

How would this concert NOT be justified?

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kelticwizard wrote:

OK, mysteryman, let's tryit this way.

Suppose this concert goes on. Suppose it makes a big splash in the newspapers and on TV, MTV carries it and plays replays of it, etc. Suppose albums of it are sold and it carries a Woodstock-like impact, which results in much more popular support for programs which limit pollution and hazards which affect Antartica as well as all the continents.

Put aside for a moment whether or not you believe any such programs will result in benefit for the environment. Assume, for the sake of argument, they will.

How would this concert NOT be justified?

"Woodstock like impact"??
Thats not very reassuring.
Do you remember what Woodstock looked like AFTER the concert?
Are you sure you want that kind of trash and pollution left behind in a place like that?

ANY type of large gathering in Antarctica is unjustified,based on the ecosystem.
There are animals there that would suffer irreparable harm by being exposed to the trash that would be left behind.

How is burning that much fossil fuel,with all the air pollution and smoke and soot that would follow,helping the environment at all?

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MM isn't the new Soldier of Fortune out or something you can read and appreciate?

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Yes, Woodstock was a mess after it was over. But it had zero lasting effect on the environment, for it was a one time thing. It did, however, have a rather large impact on music and society afterwards.

Similarly, the fossils fuels being burned and the trash left behind would be small indeed, since it also would be a one time thing.

But if this concert raises consciousness on environmental matters, and important pro-environment legislation is passed due to the popular support this raises, then the environment in Antartica as well as everywhere else benefits far, far beyond any trash left behind in a limited area. From a one weekend event.

I might point out that since the vendors have to come to Antarctica-normally not a major market-we can assume that cups, etc will be biodegradable.

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Bi-Polar Bear wrote:

you two treat Gore in the same way you accuse the left of treating bush..... never a serious consideration only ridicule.... then you cry like little bitches when your heroes the war mongers get any criticism.... you kill me....

Anyone that takes Al seriously is probably taking too much valium.

And that biodegradable cup comment - OMFGYKM!!! It's Antarctica you nimwits, not a spring walk in Savannah. Any damage to the ecosystem there will literally take thousands of years to recover - if ever. What retardation.

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cj you need to just go kill something small and furry and fantasize about being Ted Nugent... it's what you seem to do best.

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Go - maybe you'll get lucky with a giant penguin.

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July would I think be a very very bad time to hold a concert in Antarctica, seing as how it's the middle of winter.

As to who might attend well... 200 from McMurdo, staff from Mawson, Davis, Casey and Macquarie & Heard Island research centres, throw the crew from a japanese whaling fleet and their shadows the Farley Mowat and the Robert Hunter, a greenpeace vessel, couple of New zealand toothfish fishermen and any number of private 'walk/sled/kayak/climb to the sth pole" expiditions.

Your starting to talk a sizable crowd already without anyone actually making the trip.

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The "Girls Gone Bad" video of the event should be perky.

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