Al Gore's fish dinner turns out green

Source: Telegraph U.K.

The reaction was swift: writing in in the Australian Daily Telegraph, Rebecca Keeble of Humane Society International, a conservation pressure group, complained of the danger to the species from "from illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities".

She noted that "more than 50 per cent of toothfish traded is illegally caught, and includes juveniles vital to the ongoing toothfish population". She called on the US government to help crack down on illegal fishing by sanctioning Spain for allowing its nationals to fish illegally for the species in conservation areas.

And in the meantime, she acidly suggested, "Al Gore could choose something else to eat". Her attack on the former vice-president, and his implied hypocrisy, were rapidly picked up by bloggers around the world.

But the fish enjoyed by the Gores were not endangered or illegally caught.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/07/19/eagore119.xml

K/R

Poor Rebecca. You're not as bright as you thought, are you, hon?

that the speed of light is really faster than the speed of sound (she looked bright until she opened her mouth :) )

Touché!

:toast:

:rofl:

Refreshing, that. MKJ

one can appreciate.

We shall be led from the darkness by artists and their best friends! MKJ

I am only a couple chapters into The Assault on Reason, and am so psyched by what I am reading! Truly, the information in it and the way it is written makes it such a dynamite reminder for our times that I wouldn't care who wrote it (though it's not surprising it's Gore.) I think everyone should read it...seriously, a smart and sorely needed poke at The People to wake up and participate again by keeping their eyes and minds open, and about speaking up. This is certainly a book which I'll buy further copies of for friends. Can't wait to get into the rest of the chapters!

I'm glad that this fish story is winding down. I hope that scrutiny of Mr. Gore's diet won't continue to dog him as a non-campaign non-issue.

Al rocks! :headbang:

Buy it for enemies.

Friends, heck, you're just preaching to the choir. We need to get this book into the hands of people who NEED their eyes opened, and their heads pulled outta their asses.

I'm also thinking about a number of friends (younger people 20-somethings) who are really apolitical---and therefore don't participate by reading, writing, or voting.

They're the custodians of tomorrow's America, ya know?

and totally agree that friends should get this book. I know many apolitical people of all ages who should read it.

many of us younger people 20-somethings (and many, many teenagers) are very clued in.:hi:

And so why DU is such a great refuge of sanity! No, I know many are, but in my field &coworkers it's a lot of attention spent elsewhere, sad to say. I keep trying to nudge 'em to think about crucial national issues, especially when I have 'em all for a long drive somewhere. :evilgrin: I think Gore's book would be perfect for them.

Thanks for noticing my post, and hope I wasn't getting too off-topic.

:hi:

Still, though...don't stop with friends. Get some enemies to read it, too.

Even think I made a convert today on my commute: someone next to me on the subway asked me about the book, and we talked for almost an hour. She's more "to the right" but I convinced her it is a book for our times, and that the governmental wisdom in it is civic-minded, historically proven, and useful for all of us.

Fingers are crossed.

And tomorrow, somebody else....

:hi:

and a little more informed about the politics in the US? Liberals are always guilty until proven guilty.

Don't you know we liberals are on the "wrong" side of sensitive political issues? Don't you know it is easier to simply attempt a red herring to discredit your opponents, because they can't possibly win on logical, reasoned debate...because the facts are all on our side??

Yes, I got hold of a copy of the conservatives playbook. Not that it isn't easy to figure out, anyway.

George W Bush would have never been President, imagine that.

I'm shocked that people would try to distort the truth to undermine al gore and his message :sarcasm: :grr:

just check with Wikipedia to see who owns the paper, if it's News Corp. owned, there's a good chance it's BS.

if it's News Corp. owned, there's a good chance it's BS.
Yep.

I remember that thread here, too, but unfortunately it was locked before I could post--I was planning on posting that there are chilean sea bass caught in sustainable fisheries.

he has to resort to this BS of propagandizing people. It shows he has little confidence in his ideology.

propaganda is the only chance they have ;)

Stupid people can't even figure it out, a simple look in Wikipedia will suffice.

As with the company he is buying his electricity from -- he's going out of his way to show that it's reasonable to pay a bit more, for less-harmful options. No doubt he is used to the media going off half-cocked and dumping gleefully on him for any perceived infraction, but having them barge in on his daughter's wedding is rather unpleasant -- especially when the instigator is supposedly on the same side.

The more he's right, the more people hate on him.

Do they have, like, a "hating liberals 101" course in J-School these days?

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Dennis Kucinich was just hospitalized earlier in the week with severe food posioning.

who the HELL is stalking Al Gore? Who's paying their bills?

You do make a good point.

profusely and sincerely.

:eyes:

(cue Brian Kilmeade voice)

Why can't the headline just be that? You KNOW that's what it means, so why beat around the Bewsh? Any fucking chance these assholes get to mock Al Gore, they're on it like maggots on the dead.

It appears that Rupy's influenza is everywhere.

I suspect just about all of them were "concerned" about the former VP's dietary habits.

and any evidence to the contrary was summarily dismissed by the OP's involved. They had two threads going on the subject, and refused to back down. Coincidentally, they both had a very low post count, so I'm convinced there was an agenda, no matter how much they protested to the contrary.