[Vision2020] Gore Provides Surprising Reason for Son's Behavior

[heirdoug at netscape.net]

Oh, Keely,

I just got an email from you favorite "disciple" Tom-Tom Hansen.

He reminds me of my 2 year old that repeats everything that his older 
sister says. We call them Pete and Re-pete!



-----Original Message-----

From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>

To: 'keely emerinemix' <kjajmix1 at msn.com>; heirdoug at netscape.net; 
vision2020 at moscow.com

Sent: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:20 pm

Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Gore Provides Surprising Reason for Son's 
Behavior































































Yo, keely –















Haven’t you caught on to the script

yet?















“Comb-Over” Courtney lies

(relying on such stout news sources as Fox News) and “No-Clue”

Farris swears to it.





















Seeya round town, Moscow.







Tom Hansen



Moscow, Idaho







"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college

students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."







- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)

























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From:

vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On 
Behalf Of keely

 emerinemix



Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:08

PM



To: heirdoug at netscape.net;

vision2020 at moscow.com



Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gore

Provides Surprising Reason for Son's Behavior





















Visionaires,







What Doug has posted below was included last week in Dale Courtney's 
odious

blog, "Right-Mind," and in both cases the fact that the article is

not true -- it's a satire, and not a very good one at that -- is not 
noted; it

was simply lifted from another humor blog.  I emailed Courtney to tell 
him

that I think he is once again reckless in posting crap that many, if 
not most,

of his readers think is true -- without the "hey folks, this is humor 
and

entirely fictional" disclaimer that shouldn't be necessary but, sadly,

is.  He at least acknowledges on his site that he got it elsewhere,

although he doesn't tell the reader it's a work of fiction from a humor

site.   I would hope at least a handful of savvy readers would check

out the source, enjoy the chuckle, and forget about it, but I have my

doubts.







Of course Dale didn't respond, and of course the "article" is still

there, looking just enough like a serious news story that the 
uninformed,

close-minded, naive and unthinkingly conservative reader will use it as 
a

confirmation of why Al Gore is a bad, bad man and, worse, a terrible 
example of

a head of household.







That Doug Farris has now posted it, with not even a reference to the 
blogsite

 from which it was originally printed as satire, tells me that either he 
is

uninformed, close-minded, naive and unthinkingly conservative, or he is 
so

impressed by Dale Courtney's finesse as a cultural commentator that he 
longs to

follow in his footsteps.  Either way, it's sad.  Like the

"Jewish conspiracy" satire Dale posted last month, this looks and

sounds like the smoking gun that bigots and far right-wingers have been 
waiting

for, and both men should be ashamed.  I love -- and sometimes write --

sharp satire, but I don't hide it behind a cloak of legitimacy so that 
my

less-analytical readers can use it to bolster their prejudices.  Both 
Dale

and Doug have every right to enjoy and share good satire, but both 
should not

count on their buddies to discern satire from truth.







Because the fact that they applaud and support these culture warriors 
tells me

that "discernment" is not a characteristic greatly in evidence by any

of their pals.  And on that, I speak entirely without satire,

exaggeration, or humor.







keely























"And these women that you spit on as

they try to change their worlds/



Are immune to your consultations . . . they're quite aware of what 
they're

going through"



(With apologies to David Bowie)











> To: vision2020 at moscow.com



> Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:49:00 -0400



> From: heirdoug at netscape.net



> Subject: [Vision2020] Gore Provides Surprising Reason for Son's 
Behavior



>



> Gore Provides Surprising Reason for Son's Behavior



>



>



>



> BERKELEY, CA - By now we all know that Al Gore III,

son of the former



> vice president, was arrested last week. Gore III was pulled over for



> driving about 100 mph. During the arrest, police officers found



> marijuana along with several other "medications."



>



>



>



> The surprise this week is not that the former vice president is



> defending his son; the surprise is the reason he is giving for his



> son's behavior.



>



>



>



> In a speech at Cal-Berkeley yesterday, Bill Clinton's number 2 said,



> "My son, Al III, has a very sensitive side, especially when it comes

to



> the environment. You know how I feel about nature, but my son has 
taken



> it much farther. He has a deep desire to defend the Mother Goddess



> against all of those evil conservatives who want to destroy her."



>



>



>



> At that point, the summer-school students who came to listen to Gore



> gave him a standing ovation and shouted, "Impeach Bush! Impeach

Bush!"



>



>



>



> Gore continued, "Last week my son hit a new low. He was just so



> depressed about the state of the environment. I could not cheer him 
up



> at all. Even the Live Earth concerts could not lift his spirits. My 
son



> told me, 'Dad, I just can't get

past the problem with global warming.



> Our beautiful planet is going to die in less than 25 years due to



> global warming and there isn't anything we can do about it. If only 
you



> had won the election in 2000!' I reminded him that I actually did 
win,



> but was robbed in Florida.

Anyway, my son was very upset."



>



>



>



> After a dramatic pause, Gore summed up his son's behavior and arrest,



> "My boy was upset about global warming. The terror that is global



> warming was the cause of his arrest. He was so upset that he



> momentarily lost control of his emotions and began driving too fast.



> The medications he possessed were not enough to help alleviate his



> depression."



>



>



>



> Gore concluded, "If we would spend less time focusing on sin as the



> cause of people's problems, and begin looking more closely at global



> warming, pollution, and the rapidly decreasing ozone layer, we could



> make some real progress in this country."



>



>



>



> At the end of the speech, Gore took one question. We at TBNN were



> grateful to supply it. We asked, "If your son is so concerned about

the



> environment and global warming, then why was he driving so fast,



> thereby consuming greater amounts of gasoline and expelling extra



> greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere?"



>



>



>



> Gore answered by simply saying, "Global warming was the cause of his



> arrest." He reportedly quickly departed to catch his private jet to a





> movie premier in Paris.



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