President Gore Senate testimony official thread No.1

[Greeby]

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan3_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

:bounce:

[Greeby]

1. Lets keep it all in the official thread please

Getting crowded in GD

[bananas]

62. here's the official thread from his testimony this morning

to make it easier for people to find later:
"Official President Gore testimony thread No.1"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=462310&mesg_id=462310

[Greeby]

2. Chairwoman Boxer laying down the ground rules

Introductions from Senator Alexander and Senator Mikulski

[Pirate Smile]

This thread is working since it looks like cspan 3 isn't.

http://epw.senate.gov/public/

[lildreamer316]

3. Ohh boy. Inhofe wants to talk about the rules.

Here we friggin' go.

[Beaverhausen]

4. excellent

[lildreamer316]

5. Oh Inhofe's gonna be an ASS. n/t

[ezgoingrl]

6. Inhofe

Please, as you watch and listen to this...know that Inhofe does not represent ALL Oklahomans. Thank you.
:puke:

[NYCGirl]

7. Barbara Boxer just slapped him upside the head (figuratively). NT

[SusanaMontana41]

9. "I am not going to tolerate interruptions."

Right on, Barbara.

[LSK]

10. that was great! "I have no time for this, dont interrupt me"

[Shoelace]

11. Inhofe has Koch Oil paying his bills - hope he chokes

he's such an ass! Boxer - give him HELL!

[mod mom]

8. being a fucking ass.

[Beaverhausen]

12. Lamar Alexander is still around?

Geez...

[SharonRB]

13. Way to go, Barbara!

She really gave it to Inhofe.

[mod mom]

14. Al gore is for sound science! Mikulski We need to losten to him.

[Turn CO Blue]

15. c-span not working -- where???

[LSK]

17. works for me

http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3&ShowVidDays=30&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30

Choose stand-alone real player.

[Hepburn]

39. Cannot even get to that page on ANY live streaming...

...getting an error page.

[mod mom]

19. Cspan 3 try again, at first it wasn't working for me.

[Hepburn]

24. Still not working here...

...on the West Coast (So. Calif.)

[tandot]

57. I got an error using Mozilla firefox but it is working with Internet Explorer

I am not sure why.

http://www.cspan.org/watch/cs_cspan3_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

[Turn CO Blue]

21. got it.

[SharonRB]

16. How about PRESIDENT Gore, Barbara?

[helderheid]

18. That was what I was saying!

[SharonRB]

20. GMTA n/t

[helderheid]

23. GMTA?

[SharonRB]

27. Great minds think alike!

[mod mom]

22. IPCC-peer reviewed. Since '61 ocean becoming increasingly acidic. Some say...

but the IPCC says different.

[mod mom]

25. Clean Air Act after Cuyahoga River caught fire. this committee acted.

[lildreamer316]

26. OOO! She just zinged Inhofe!

LOL

[Dr Fate]

28. What did she say? n/t

n/t

[lildreamer316]

38. She's finishing up her remarks..

..and says something like 'now I'm going to turn it over to Sen. Inhofe' and as he's saying 'thank you Sen. Boxer' she pauses and then zings "Five miniutes!"
Made him look stuuuuuuuuuupid. It's all in the timing (AAron Sorkin style..)

[mzmolly]

30. Which cspan is this on?

Can't find it on the tele.

[LSK]

33. 3

http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3&ShowVidDays=30&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30

[mzmolly]

41. Thank ya!

:hi:

[rosesaylavee]

29. Inhofe: We're really close up here.

Ha.

[Dr Fate]

31. Folks-please paraphrase for the cube rats- I cant get CSPAN, n/t

n/t

[LSK]

34. Inhofe is being an asshole, spewing a bunch of "counter" info

[Iwasthere]

35. Idiot!

"... so we're all gonna die"

[Greeby]

32. Inhofe, bite me

:argh:

[mod mom]

36. Inhofe-Peer reviews are radically opposed to your change.

hurricanes-
east antartica might melt-gaining ice mass (Kurt Davis)
NYT says he is losing people because is is too radical.

[Beaverhausen]

37. uh oh

Gore will slaughter this asshole

[Iwasthere]

43. He has 1 minute left

... now 45 seconds

[Beaverhausen]

40. "your guys- the alarmists" FU Imhofe

[Turn CO Blue]

42. Inhofe finally called him Mr. Vice President, he had been

referring to him as Senator.

[Iwasthere]

46. His time is up barbara !!!!!!

[mod mom]

44. Lists national leaders changing position away from Al. blah blah blah

The companies that back him are making profits from backing him. (Shows going green is profitable)

[lildreamer316]

45. I swear he even has a self-satisfied wiggle (Inhofe).

Do you know what i mean? the butt-shift one does when one is sure of something.

[Iwasthere]

53. Oh come on Al ...

Set the SOB straight... at least a sentence or two NOW!

[mod mom]

47. Largest tax increase in history. FU INHOFE!

[rosesaylavee]

48. Sweet.

Inhofe is concerned about those on fixed incomes, the poor, having to pay for this.

Asshat.

[LSK]

49. Inhofe calling Global Warming the largest Tax Increase in history?

:wtf:

[lildreamer316]

50. Sigh.

Must be oil-related in his head.

[LSK]

51. Gore has 30 min to address everyone

[lildreamer316]

58. Oh good

I wasn't paying attention again. Damn ADD. ;)

[shireen]

52. un-freaking believable!!! they're self-destructive morons

are they really that stupid? or are they working for the oil companies?

[lildreamer316]

56. I believe the second one is more likely.

But the first is always a good possibility.

[Darkhawk32]

54. Inhofe quoted a local reseacher, Curt Davis...... **** Lie Alert ****

And therein misrepresented him.... Inhofe is such a bad liar. Five second google destroys a U.S. Senator. Sad really.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Competitive_Enterprise_Institute/Competitive_Enterprise_Institute_And_Global_Warming

"The Competitive Enterprise Institute has produced two 60-second television spots focusing on the alleged global warming crisis and the calls by some environmental groups and politicians for reduced energy use. The ads are airing in 14 U.S. cities from May 18 to May 28, 2006." The ads say that ice is actually thickening and that CO2 is a good thing. <5>

"These television ads are a deliberate effort to confuse and mislead the public about the global warming debate," said Curt Davis, director of the Center for Geospatial Intelligence at the University of Missouri-Columbia and author of the research in a May 19 news release. "They are selectively using only parts of my previous research to support their claims. They are not telling the entire story to the public." <6>



Inhofe is a POS.

[lildreamer316]

60. Good catch.

Marked to remember...thanks.

[Darkhawk32]

61. At first I think Mr. Davis was an ExxonMobil shill, but I was surprised by my findings. n/t

[Darkhawk32]

69. More from Mr. Curt Davis......

http://munews.missouri.edu/NewsBureauSingleNews.cfm?newsid=9842

snip

Davis said that three points in his study unequivocally demonstrate the misleading aspect of the CEI ads.

- His study only reported growth for the East Antarctic ice sheet, not the entire Antarctic ice sheet.
- Growth of the ice sheet was only noted on the interior of the ice sheet and did not include coastal areas. Coastal areas are known to be losing mass, and these losses could offset or even outweigh the gains in the interior areas.
- The fact that the interior ice sheet is growing is a predicted consequence of global climate warming.

snip

[lildreamer316]

73. Heh.

Wow. I can only shake my head. (and replace another light bulb...)
I don't know why, but I am constatnly amazed at the power of spin.
May it die an early death (spin, I mean!)

[Beaverhausen]

55. Oh Al- how do I love thee?

He is so calm as he goes in for the kill

[mod mom]

59. in '38 300 ppm in DC air now 382 ppm. From his father to now. Dramatic effects.

[mod mom]

63. I'm glad he is sticking with facts and not wasting his time trying to answer Inhofe.

Inhofe is irrelevant and wrong, so why bother.

[MiniMe]

70. It would be a battle of wits with an unarmed man

[LSK]

64. "Its been known that CO2 raises temps for over 100 years"

[bananas]

65. They just showed Lieberman. nt

[Greeby]

66. He's building up that commanding voice of his

:bounce:

[mod mom]

67. please take good notes-I promised to take my kids swimming.

:hi:

[LSK]

68. 516,000 signatures on petitions

100 per second.

[helderheid]

71. wonderful!

[Shoelace]

72. amen! the original goal was 300,000 - wow!

DU helped get the word out too - good on us all. May the truth get out there, Inhofe or Outhofe!

[LSK]

74. his speech very much reminds me of his movie

[rosesaylavee]

75. Gore: Cut taxes on employment

and tax CO2 instead.

[rosesaylavee]

76. Gore: This will help the poor

in the adjustments coming down due to warming issues.

[Shoelace]

77. Gore is going for the "whole enchilada"

cap carbon emmissions now, moratorium on new coal, carbon capture, sequestration, etc. Gristmill suggested that this might mean he isn't going to run for pres. Gawd, I hope they are wrong.

We will need to do all that he suggests and more, much more.

[trumad]

78. God this is fun to listen to.

[LSK]

79. you always overreach when you go into negotiations to get what you really want

[ourbluenation]

80. anyone catch the line about whoever takes the oath of office in Jan 09?

and his recommendations for the next president....

[trumad]

81. Ha Ha

Barbara says we have every single Dem on the committee today... Ihofe says Obama's not here--- Barbara looks at him with disdain and says that Obama is not on the committee anymore.

[LSK]

82. 12 minutes with Inhofe next

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[Greeby]

83. Going to the jam session at the pub

Bye all :hi:

[jannyk]

84. Imhofe - holding Gore to use no more energy than average

american.

[LSK]

88. Boxer with the smackdown cause InHofe didnt want him to finish his answer

Gore talking about using Green Energy

[LSK]

92. Inhofe only wants quick yes/no answers to his leading questions

[ezgoingrl]

85. Gosh

I can't stand Inhofe. Just listening to him makes me feel like I need to take a shower.
:scared:

[jannyk]

86. Imhofe interrupted Gore - Boxer insists he let Gore answer.

[jannyk]

93. Ooh Boxer is putting Imhofe in his place good!!

[SharonRB]

95. Spank him good, Barbara

Applause!

Elections have consequences. I love this woman.

[JackBeck]

87. Oooh. Boxer spanks Inhofe.

Give the man a minute to answer the question>

[SharonRB]

89. Ihofe is being a total asshole!

[Breeze54]

102. Go Boxer!!!

Kick his ass!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Boxer just put him in his place! :applause: :applause:

[ourbluenation]

90. ERRRGGHHHHHH! Ihofe!

[ourbluenation]

101. I FRIGGING LOVE MY SENATOR! Go Barbara!!!!!

[DURHAM D]

91. Inwhore - what a sorry bastard. n/t

[Shoelace]

94. what is Inhofe's electrical bill? What an ass he's being

let him have it Boxer.

[Roxy66]

96. This is so funny......Go Boxer!!!!!!!!!!

[Hepburn]

97. Boxer just spanks the heck out of him....AGAIN!

I love it!

[AlGore-08.com]

Inhofe is a total f*cking dick. Go BARBARA!! ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

D*mn straight.

[LSK]

98. "you used to make the rules, you dont make the rules anymore"

MASSIVE CHEERING!!!

[LSK]

"elections have consequences"

[Beaverhausen]

99. what did boxer just say? I missed it

[JackBeck]

105. Holds up gavel and says:"You used to have this. Elections have consequences."

[Breeze54]

106. Told him she makes the rules now!

:rofl:

[JackBeck]

100. Boxer: "Elections have consequences."

Holds up gavel and said you used to use this!

[Daphne08]

103. Elections Have Consequences!

:toast:

[jannyk]

104. Boxer - you don't make the rules anymore - elections have

consequences! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[SusanaMontana41]

107. YEOW, Barbara Boxer!

Slapped Inhofe but good!

[SharonRB]

108. What doesn't he understand about average temperatures?

Global warming doesn't mean every single day is going to be warmer. There are still ups and downs.

[Roxy66]

109. It has to do with the Oceans currents being altered and creating colder

winters. What an idiot!! Didnt he see "The Day After Tommorrow"!

[Beaverhausen]

110. do we need a new thread?

[helderheid]

yes

[jannyk]

113. yes please

[LSK]

114. yes

[MiniMe]

111. Is Inhofe ever going to shut up and ask a question?

[DURHAM D]

112. The laughing Dems on the committee shows the complete

lack of respect for idiot Inhofe. Other than his fellow Oklahoma Senator Coburn can't think of any senator who is so openly laughed at.

[Mass]

115. Inhoffe's witness star (Claude Allegre), who changed his mind on the issue, is a geologist and is

very involved with the oil industry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_All%C3%A8gre

[DURHAM D]

116. Gore wants to have breakfast privately with Inhofe.

In other words, calling him a media dog.

[JackBeck]

117. Gore is such a gentleman.

Talks about having a mutual friend with Inhofe and that they should go to breakfast to talk about all of this.

[jannyk]

118. Imhofe will NOT let Gore respond!!! So Boxer stopped clock

[MoonRiver]

119. INHOFE - STFU and LET PRESIDENT GORE RESPOND

to your lies and smears! :mad:

[Beaverhausen]

120. thread 2 here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x466342

[Breeze54]

121. Imhofe seems to hate Gore! What's his problem?

Sore rethug loser?? :shrug:

What an asshole!

[Fenris]

122. Locking.

Please see thread #2. :hi: