Inconvenient Facts

A British judge has smacked Al Gore, Jr upside the head with regard to the "Goracle's" An Inconvenient Truth mockumentary:

The British government decided that it would be a good idea to send copies of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth to all schools, with then Environment Secretary (now Foreign Secretary) David Miliband declaring that “the debate over science is over.” Well, it may be, but not in the way Gore portrays it. A truck driver and school governor, Stuart Dimmock, took the government to court, alleging that the film portrays “partisan political views,” the promotion of which is illegal in schools under the Education Act 1996.

The judge has decided that this is indeed the case and that the Government’s guidance notes that accompanied the film exacerbated the problem. For the film to be shown in schools, therefore, several facts would have to be drawn to students’ attention:

Here's my favorite:

* The film claims that a study showed that polar bears had drowned due to disappearing arctic ice. It turned out that Mr Gore had misread the study: in fact four polar bears drowned and this was because of a particularly violent storm.

Of course that was one of the most talked-about parts of the movie and it was the biggest falsehood.

Why can't liberals ever just tell the truth? They have an irritating habit of taking facts that stand on their own and doubling or tripling the severity for effect (or outright twisting them so as to remove any truth). It ends up that they just look like idiots.

Again, yes the world is getting warmer and no, I don't believe it's from CO emissions. The fact that other planets in the Solar System are warmer leads me to believe that it is a natural warming cycle the likes of which have been occurring for millenia. Will we see increased ocean heights and funky weather? Probably, but as I said, the Earth has been changing for billions of years and will continue to change for millions more regardless of what we do or don't do.

It's good to see that The Goracle is getting slammed two days before he receives the Nobel Sham Prize.

The pic of Crazy Al above contributing to global warming via Synthstuff.