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* ''[[The Assault on Reason]]'': how our system of government has become dominated by the outcome of money-controlled television ad campaigns | * ''[[The Assault on Reason]]'': how our system of government has become dominated by the outcome of money-controlled television ad campaigns | ||
** [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1622015-1,00.html excerpt] | ** [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1622015-1,00.html excerpt] | ||
| − | ** '''2007-05-22''' [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2007/05/22/gore-book.html Democracy in trouble, Gore says in book] | + | ** '''2007-05-22''' |
| + | *** [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2007/05/22/gore-book.html Democracy in trouble, Gore says in book] | ||
| + | *** [http://www.alternet.org/story/52179/ Al Gore's New Book Examines 'The Assault on Reason']: "In his new book, Al Gore explores why reason, logic and truth seem to play a sharply diminished role in the way America now makes important decisions and what we can do to change that." (includes many links) | ||
** '''2007-05-21 video''' [http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/05/21/al-gore-with-diane-sawyer/ Al Gore with Diane Sawyer] discussing the book (or trying to) | ** '''2007-05-21 video''' [http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/05/21/al-gore-with-diane-sawyer/ Al Gore with Diane Sawyer] discussing the book (or trying to) | ||
===Video=== | ===Video=== | ||
* ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'': feature-length movie on the urgency of [[global warming]] | * ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'': feature-length movie on the urgency of [[global warming]] | ||
Revision as of 11:37, 22 July 2007
Overview
Al Gore was vice-president of the United States under Bill Clinton; he also ran for president against George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004.
Links
Reference
The "Invented the Internet" Myth
- 2007-03-23 NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS! Brilliantly, Waldman corrected a lie. Walsh let a new lie spread
- 2000-10-17 Who Invented "Invented"?: Tracing the Real Story of the "Al Gore Invented the Internet" Hoax, by Phil Agre
- 2000-10-17 The Mother of Gore's Invention by Declan McCullagh
- 2000-10-15 The New Science of Character Assassination by Phil Agre: the Republican habit of distorting facts and then accusing their opponent of doing it
- 2000 untitled P.S. probably by Phil Agre
- 2000-07-20 Our current howler (part III): One that did matter
Media
Books
- The Assault on Reason: how our system of government has become dominated by the outcome of money-controlled television ad campaigns
- excerpt
- 2007-05-22
- Democracy in trouble, Gore says in book
- Al Gore's New Book Examines 'The Assault on Reason': "In his new book, Al Gore explores why reason, logic and truth seem to play a sharply diminished role in the way America now makes important decisions and what we can do to change that." (includes many links)
- 2007-05-21 video Al Gore with Diane Sawyer discussing the book (or trying to)
Video
- An Inconvenient Truth: feature-length movie on the urgency of global warming