The Goracle Has Spoken
The irrepressible Al Gore, father of the internet and environmental scaremonger par excellence, is once again making himself useful, in ways that we can only wish that he wouldn’t.
It’s come to light that Gore advised Google about “search quality” a couple years ago. Because Google, a fly-by-night band of business cowboys if ever I saw one, clearly knew nothing of the intricacies of the interweb back then and needed the expertise of Gore, the man whose eternal brilliance is blazing a pathway to enlightenment for all of humankind (of the Left-wing variety).
More than likely, this wasn’t about “search quality” per se, but more about the nasty fact that there’s a vibrant conservative presence online. Which means that when the great unwashed attempt to seek out information for themselves, they could be presented with – gasp – conservative viewpoints.
Which wasn’t at all what Gore had in mind when, out of pure munificence, he created the internet.
It’s not just the ChiComs who censor the internet. An increasing number of Western governments, perturbed by the power of cables and data to transfer power out of their hands and into those of the mob, are contemplating culls of threatening internet sites. It may start with those displaying/offering obscene (and often criminal) content – although I’m of a mind to let such people go right ahead and advertise their depravities, before then prosecuting them – but it will move onto those provoking dissent or merely disagreement.
But the statists had better think carefully about revoking internet access from deviants such as us. What would they rather: that we make fun of them indirectly through the web or that we buy some megaphones and start mocking them to their faces (or, as Innominatus points out, do something far less zen and Gandhi-like)?
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Actually. Could I have had it so wrong all this time? Megaphone city would be awesome.
October 16th, 2009 at 18:48
Wow. I haven’t seen Skinny 1990s Gore since, like, the ’90s! Nice find!
In seriousness, though… Under the circumstances you describe, I don’t think people would settle for mere megaphones as their means for confronting the oppressors.
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October 16th, 2009 at 19:03
innominatus – yeah, quite the change, isn’t it?
Check out my Sotomayor category for an even better example of the ravages of time…
And you’re right: were this to happen, the due response would be not to buy megaphones but heavy ordnance.
October 16th, 2009 at 19:58
Watch out for the thought police.
October 16th, 2009 at 20:02
Pitch forks. Really really sharp pitch forks.
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October 16th, 2009 at 20:02
We have an Al Gore 1.6 gallon per flush toilet in our guest bathroom.
I tell the guests that it’s an Al Gore commode so flush early and flush often.
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October 16th, 2009 at 21:12
Yes. His brilliance was already apparent when he dropped out of Vanderbilt Divinity School and then Vanderbilt Law. Al Gore wasn’t placed on earth for such mundane callings as the Clergy or the Law. No, His purpose here was to protect us, the hopeless unwashed, from ourselves. We just aren’t grateful enough to appreciate his terrible burden and sacrifice on our behalf. Phtttttttttttttttttttt
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October 16th, 2009 at 21:22
LA – I love this money quote:
Mr. Gore is someone only a liberal could regard as an expert on climate change. He took exactly two science courses as an undergraduate at Yale, scoring a D in Natural Sciences 6, and a C in Natural Sciences 118.
October 16th, 2009 at 21:52
And here I always equated the unwashed masses with all those liberal freaking hippies from the 60s. Gorenormous is the epitome of hypocrisy. We’re all supposed to live in huts and eat berries so that he can what? Ride around in gas guzzling death traps and eat to bursting? Maybe he and Josiah can kick it for a while at MickieDs. The man cannot be taken seriously. I did btw take a shower today. A day late. I usually take 2 a month whether I need them or not.
October 16th, 2009 at 22:50
Track: Thanks for pointing me to the RCP link. Don’t know why I don’t mine them more often.
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October 17th, 2009 at 00:03
Al has got to keep peddling his mantra of trash; he’s got all of that square footage to air condition.
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October 17th, 2009 at 00:17
Let’s see…we get to live in cold and heat thanks to the “smart grid,” and Algore get to live in his gigantic mansion, ride in private planes, and profits all the way. I guess that’s life in Amerika!
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October 19th, 2009 at 08:10
LOL! Thanks, I needed that. Gore is such a legend in his own mind.
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