An Inconvenient Truth

The film has opened in New York City and Los Angeles (so all the libs can masturbate to Al Gore, no doubt!!!). I am going to see Al Gore speak tonight in Manhattan (at the Town Hall theatre in midtown); looking forward to that. Then tomorrow night I am seeing the film with some friends. It will be a Gore-filled weekend.

The reviews from my local papers are in. The Daily News gives it three stars and calls it "undoubtedly the most stirring lesson in meteorology and greenhouse gases you're likely to experience" and notes that it ends with a message of hope about ways we can all make a difference. Rupert Murdoch's NY Post not surprisingly gives it one star only. They call Gore "shameless", state the film suffers from 'truth decay', and implies that the only reason liberals are concerned about climate change is an excuse to steal more tax money and scold people (oh crap, they're onto us!). Finally, the NY Times gives it a rave review, calling it "a necessary film" and describing Gore as "engaging". On a humorous note, the ratings info they post for the film states "Some of the subjects discussed might be upsetting." Indeed.

Finally, the anti-Gore smear campaigns reach a fever pitch of their own, soaring to absurd new levels, courtesy of Fox News and the Big Oil-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute. This really is the best they can do.

If pictures are allowed tonight, I will post info tomorrow on how that goes.

[Further reading:
-CSM/AP: Gore back in the limelight, and setting off a buzz
-Salon: Hurricane Al
-Salon: "Global warming kills"]