Al Gore trains a global army

[babylonsister]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-04-24-gore-trainees_N.htm

Al Gore trains a global army
By Marco R. della Cava, USA TODAY

NASHVILLE — The stocky man with the soft Southern accent rivets the hotel ballroom crowd with his plea: "We are in a time of peril, so please allow me to explain a topic that has overwhelming importance in my life."

Meet, no, not Al Gore, but Gary Dunham, 71, a grandfather from Texas who was the first of 1,000 Americans Gore trained to deliver his Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth slide show to schools, Rotary clubs and nursing homes around the nation.

Two weeks ago, the last 150 of this hand-picked crew arrived here — paying their own way for everything but food — to go through a two-day seminar starring Gore but effectively led by Dunham and a few other graduates of the former vice president's global-warming boot camp.

To date, The Climate Project has drawn everyone from Wal-Mart workers to Cameron Diaz. And though the 1,000 mark has been reached, "we keep hearing whispers that (Gore) might do more," project director Jenny Clad says. "I wouldn't call this final."


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[Bicoastal]

1. Nice...

...but did they really have to use the term "army"? Yarrgh...

[phantom power]

2. Sweet. Is it an Angry Fembot Army?