Comments on: Gore Calls for Civil Disobedience at Clinton Global Initiative.

By: American History Aztec Gods American History X

American History Aztec Gods American History X — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:30:07 +0000

American History Aztec Gods American History X…

I didn’t agree with you first, but last paragraph makes sense for me…

By: adiction

adiction — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 07:24:34 +0000

Very funny to read

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:45:40 +0000

Frankly, I’m tired of hearing how Gore needs to get arrested doing CD against coal plants. He’s not going to until a lot more of us start doing it. Thousands more. I think that is what he is trying to communicate when he says things like young people need to be doing civil disobedience. Same goes for most other luminaries and celebrities that we all want to see cross that line.

Right now groups of a half dozen and dozen are digging in and putting their bodies on the line at coal plants, coal financiers and corporate offices. I celebrate Earth First!, Rising Tide and others doing this, but I’m really ready to see folks associated with more mainstream groups begin taking this risk as well.

It’s fine to blog and comment and got to safer protests and rallies etc., but if we want Al Gore to cross the line and say, like Thoreau, “thus far and no further” we need to commit ourselves to direct action. There’s an old saying that goes “if the people lead, the leaders will follow,” it pretty much sums up what needs to happen if you want Al Gore to become Gandhi or King.

By: Midwestern Atheist

Midwestern Atheist — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:24:00 +0000

I hope.

By: Southern Buddhist

Southern Buddhist — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:27:52 +0000

I loves me some Al Gore. Is it me or is he dressing and shaving more like a politician again? Obama Cabinet position?

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:02:38 +0000

I agree with Nick.

We need a national movement where everyone takes part. If Gore think CD is important, he should be out front getting arrested–what better way to set the example.

By: Generation E’s Task: Protest or Invention? - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

Generation E’s Task: Protest or Invention? - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:15:35 +0000

[...] 12:15 p.m.: Nice blow-by-blow coverage by Itsgettinghotinhere.org of the Clinton Global Initiative panel in which Mr. Gore pushed for all kinds of cllimate activism, [...]

By: Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:43:10 +0000

I am a fan of history, but, not so much of my own! The same greedy bastards responsible for the meltdown on Wallstreet are responsible for the meltdown of the planet. How else do we get there attention? If they want to burn down the house why should it matter who lights the match?

By: Apollo Daily Digest » Blog Archive » September 25, 2008: Al Gore Calls For Civil Disobedience

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:19:15 +0000

[...] this week’s Clinton Global Initiative, Al Gore called on young people to engage in civil disobedience to halt coal plant [...]

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:52:51 +0000

Good for Gore, but I find it humerous that he assumes only the young are capable of civil disobediance (how about Gandhi, Al?). Also interesting (and laudible) that Gore has switched his position on “clean coal” - I recall he was much less opposed to it in “An Inconvenient Truth.”