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Awake from his winter hibernation, Algore has left his cave with about $300 million ready to spend on brainwashing America.

His work is cut out for him. All of our candidates, both Dems and the one we call a Republican, are on board with AGW. Nevermind the long list of scientists who denounce the myth. As far as they're concerned, it's "settled science" and the rest of us had BETTER get on board. Algore intends to make sure of it.

From the Washington Post,

Former vice president Al Gore will launch a three-year, $300 million campaign Wednesday aimed at mobilizing Americans to push for aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, a move that ranks as one of the most ambitious and costly public advocacy campaigns in U.S. history.

"This climate crisis is so interwoven with habits and patterns that are so entrenched, the elected officials in both parties are going to be timid about enacting the bold changes that are needed until there is a change in the public's sense of urgency in addressing this crisis," Gore said. "I've tried everything else I know to try. The way to solve this crisis is to change the way the public thinks about it."

Oh boy. Appearently making our kids watch "An Inconvenient Truth" wasn't enough. Get ready for the propaganda campaign from hades.

In an effort to penetrate Americans' consciousness and change lawmakers' political calculus, the group aims to enlist 10 million volunteers through a combination of network and cable commercials, display ads in magazines ranging from People to Real Simple, and online social networks. By contrast, the civil rights and antiwar movements in the 1960s each boasted about 5 million activists.

Algore has everyone in his sights. Even the Girl Scouts (thank God my daughter is no longer peddling cookies).

In an effort to broaden the campaign's appeal, the alliance has already forged working partnerships with groups including the Girl Scouts and the United Steelworkers of America. One of its early ads will feature the unlikely alliance of clergymen Pat Robertson and Al Sharpton sitting on a couch on Virginia Beach, talking about their commitment to address climate change.

Thankfully, there will be *some* resistance, but not much. Dutifully, the drive-by media will make sure we know they are just "deniers" in bed with coal & oil companies.

The climate alliance's initiative, however, will not go unchallenged by climate change skeptics. Americans for Balanced Energy Choices, a nonprofit funded by the coal industry and its allies, is spending about $35 million this election to bolster support for coal-generated electricity. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based think tank that receives part of its funding from oil and gas companies, recently spent close to $35,000 to run a television ad both in the District and in scattered cities throughout the country attacking Gore, and plans a follow-up campaign. The ad argues that Gore and his allies in Hollywood use plenty of energy but that "Al Gore wants to cut our energy use, putting our jobs and our future in jeopardy."

*Sigh* Sorry, but that WON'T be enough. Good Lord, I think we're doomed. Here's to praying for a cool summer.

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