Comments on: An Inconvenient Truth http://blog.evandodds.com/2006/06/19/an-inconvenient-truth/ Evan's non-work-related blog Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:02:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Evan http://blog.evandodds.com/2006/06/19/an-inconvenient-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Evan Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:28:11 +0000 http://blog.evandodds.com/2006/06/19/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-176 Sheesh Jodi, you're being pretty hard on Kansas! And to be fair, if the oceans rise 10-20 feet, it'd be pretty strange if we didn't see a cascade effect of the connected lakes and river systems throughout the world rising pretty severely as well. The bigger problem is getting folks to SEE that danger, as the very folks who are least likely to think they'll be affected by it naturally are the same folks who are least likely to listen to scientific reason about it. Sheesh Jodi, you’re being pretty hard on Kansas! And to be fair, if the oceans rise 10-20 feet, it’d be pretty strange if we didn’t see a cascade effect of the connected lakes and river systems throughout the world rising pretty severely as well.

The bigger problem is getting folks to SEE that danger, as the very folks who are least likely to think they’ll be affected by it naturally are the same folks who are least likely to listen to scientific reason about it.

]]> By: Evan http://blog.evandodds.com/2006/06/19/an-inconvenient-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Evan Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:27:45 +0000 http://blog.evandodds.com/2006/06/19/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-175 Catherine - Yeah, I believe he was here in Seattle during our SIFF for the opening here too (not 100% positive though, and I certainly didn't make it to that one, unfortunately). Seems like he makes a great speaker if this sort of thing interests you. It's my big vicarious regret that the 2000 election was done the way it was. Two key mistakes, in my opinion, which would have made a huge difference if they'd gone differently: 1) Lieberman as running mate - yes, let's have a moderate southern democrat president with a northeastern conservative republi... er... democrat as vice president. Choosing conservative Lieberman as his running mate was perhaps the biggest problem I had with that ticket in 2000. 2) Not being authentic - changing personalities during the debate, blah blah. Those are the obvious examples. Let's cut to it: Al Gore is a moderate to slightly conservative southern democrat on nearly everything except the environment stuff where he veers green/liberal. That's fine. It's who he is. He's also hella smart, and not afraid to show it. That's also who he is. It's a shame his handlers were trying so hard in 2000 to get him to roll up his sleeves and be a frat-boy to compete with Bush. A damn shame. Catherine – Yeah, I believe he was here in Seattle during our SIFF for the opening here too (not 100% positive though, and I certainly didn’t make it to that one, unfortunately). Seems like he makes a great speaker if this sort of thing interests you. It’s my big vicarious regret that the 2000 election was done the way it was. Two key mistakes, in my opinion, which would have made a huge difference if they’d gone differently:

1) Lieberman as running mate – yes, let’s have a moderate southern democrat president with a northeastern conservative republi… er… democrat as vice president. Choosing conservative Lieberman as his running mate was perhaps the biggest problem I had with that ticket in 2000.

2) Not being authentic – changing personalities during the debate, blah blah. Those are the obvious examples. Let’s cut to it: Al Gore is a moderate to slightly conservative southern democrat on nearly everything except the environment stuff where he veers green/liberal. That’s fine. It’s who he is. He’s also hella smart, and not afraid to show it. That’s also who he is. It’s a shame his handlers were trying so hard in 2000 to get him to roll up his sleeves and be a frat-boy to compete with Bush. A damn shame.

]]> By: Jodi http://blog.evandodds.com/2006/06/19/an-inconvenient-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Jodi Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:06:45 +0000 http://blog.evandodds.com/2006/06/19/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-174 The fundies in Kansas don't care if the coastal cities are swallowed up by water - they are all a bunch of damn liberal hippies anyway. Maybe they think the world would be a better place without polar ice caps. The fundies in Kansas don’t care if the coastal cities are swallowed up by water – they are all a bunch of damn liberal hippies anyway. Maybe they think the world would be a better place without polar ice caps.

]]> By: Catherine http://blog.evandodds.com/2006/06/19/an-inconvenient-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Catherine Mon, 19 Jun 2006 15:31:25 +0000 http://blog.evandodds.com/2006/06/19/an-inconvenient-truth/#comment-173 Evan, Al Gore is actually coming to speak at Chautauqua July 24th, and the cinema (where I work) is showing "An Inconvenient Truth" on July 25-27. We're hoping that his schedule will allow Mr. Gore to come speak at the first showing! P.S. Yes, you are now the first to have my new email :) Evan,

Al Gore is actually coming to speak at Chautauqua July 24th, and the cinema (where I work) is showing “An Inconvenient Truth” on July 25-27. We’re hoping that his schedule will allow Mr. Gore to come speak at the first showing!

P.S. Yes, you are now the first to have my new email :)

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