The Man Who Would Be King

Sir Albert Gore. Has a nice ring to it don't you think?

The Guardian is reporting the British government has signed on Al Gore to sell climate change in the U.S. Sounds like a trip to London is on the horizon for the former next sore loser. Gore's carbon footprint is now bigger than ever - meaning even more sacrifices will be expected from the rest of us. You probably didn't want your thermostat above 45 degrees this winter anyway.

Gore's recruitment is in response to a report by a U.K. Treasury economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, that maintains inaction on climate change will cause a global economic catastrophe as bad as the 1930's Depression. A Stern warning, indeed.

Before you go converting all your mutual funds into gold bullion, consider the implications of an economist making predicitons based on weather forecasts. What could possibly go wrong?

Outside of Liza Minnelli's marriage counselor, is there an occupation that has a worse record of success in predicting the future than either economists or weathermen? Don't go out and buy an apple cart just yet.

Our favorite take on the story comes from former Late, Late Show writer, Julius Sharpe on his News As Gossip blog. (http://newsasgossip.blogspot.com/)

Here's Julius' take on the story:



British Government Hires Al Gore to Help Fight Global Warming in Pompous Way
The British Government has hired Al Gore as part of a plan to combat climate change using a combination of PowerPoint and pretension. Both Tories and whatever that other party is agree that Gore's unique mix of fake humility, intellectual superiority, and a put-on accent will appeal to British people, who all see themselves as much smarter than they actually are. Gore (pictured above making out with Hillary Clinton) said the first step in helping out will be to create some fancy transitions in between PowerPoint slides using a "whoosh" sound effect.
posted by julius at 9:56 AM