Apple boardroom now includes special "Nobel laureate" chair

Ghey! STFU Al Gore yay whatever. Geezus, I'm starting to regret buying a MBP. Can we leave politics outta my pr0n browsing please?

Who are you people? Seriously.

It is one thing to not like Al Gore, but it is quite another to look at facts and vehemently deny them because they 1.) make you angry the Gore was right, 2.) are inconvenient for you, and/or 3.) Make you "party" look ridiculous.

There are no doubt some inconsistencies in Gore's presentation, but he isn't a scientist so I will cut him some slack. But it doesn't change the fact that scientist s agree -- unless they are in someone's pocket -- that global warming is a very real threat to our way of life.

What's worse, it hasn't got anything to do with the U.S.'s little two-party-play-act we call politics. It is a global issue.

Why are you guys so scared of him?

And as for how climate change touches on peace, it is water. And it is going to get very ugly soon. Heck, we are no strangers to water politics. Take a look at what is going on with aquifers in the U.S. or what the South West has had to do for potable water.

@David Owens:

"moronic peace prize?" What, do you fully believe that war should be made solely for PROFIT? We shouldn't have draft or even a declared war so that Blackwater and its ilk can make huge margins on our tax dollars?

I don't have a clue what "genius" prize you refer to, but who are these "left wingers?"

And by the way, Gore's house has, read my words, NO CARBON FOOTPRINT.
As much green energy as possible is bought for the place, and carbon credits are bought to fully offset the wattage that can't be bought green.

It would appear that Truth, not the media, is liberal. Step out into the real world sometime.

Goebbels, eh? Goodwin's Law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

@Hugues

:oops: -busted-

Good lord! You know what! Is climate change as bad as the media presents it? NO!

Is it a real problem? YES!

Is it good that his documentary is raising awareness? Certainly!

Honestly, all of you are ready to point fingers at the other side, when we really should be coming to the middle to meet!

@XESpawn
I think you should remember what you wrote a few days ago on another thread...and apply it.
"@ Kevin
There's no room in here for that kind of childish, vulgar language. You can disagree, and many in fact do disagree with Jonathan, et. al. However, this is no place for that kind of trash talk."

Wow... lotsa right-fringe loons on TUAW... who woulda known? Keep the comments to all things Apple, lest your Bush-loving ways become too public.

@ Wilder

What a moron.

Every time I encounter one of your type it's the same thing. You have no capacity whatsoever to separate the rhetoric from the method. You get suckered into this notion that if the message is good, then so too must be the means.

Retards!

Yes, I'm politically opposed to Gore for a host of reasons. His message about global warming and its causes are chocked full of lies and distortions. Even a court in the U.K. has found that to be the case, but let's set that aside for now.

You suggest that because I don't like Gore, then I must be in favor of the rampant and immediate destruction of the planet; that I somehow enjoy asaulting children; that I want the elderly run over by cars; that sadistically hurting puppies is a favorite pastime, and that I long for a fascist state.

FUCK YOU!

I agree that keeping pollution under control is a good thing; that reducing energy waste is a good thing; that having a view beyond our own miniscule lives is a good thing. The difference between you and me is that there is a slate of other matters that are also good things, but may be in conflict, so the real issue is a balanced approach.

What your feeble brain can't comprehend is that being vehemently opposed to the MEANS that Gore and his ilk promote to achieve those goals, equates to a complete repudiation of the desired outcomes.

Gore has not made the case that the warming trend is caused by man, nor has he made the case that we are a significant contributor to that trend, so his push for his legistlative agenda is not suppoerted by his position on global warming. He did learn one thing as Clinton's understudy--if you're going to lie, make it a whopper. (Gee, didn't Joseph Goebbels say something like that?)

However, even if all of his global warming assertions were true, I still have no tolerance for THE MEANS by which he would pursue the matter.

Get it dickhead?

(a rhetorical question, because of course the answer is, "No". Your brain isn't capable of understanding that. It's all part and parcel, inexorably linked, and cannot be separated. Do you throw babies away with the bathwater too?)

Back to my point, and this blog entry--as an Apple fan, I'm ashamed that Apple would parade this farce in its marketing channels. It's also bad business, to attach a company to politics. If Gore is Job's baby, then so be it. Don't tie the company and by extension, its shareholders to such a volatile and devisive political issue.

It's entertaining to see all the conservatives parroting the exact same complaints as Limbaugh, O'Reilly, and Coulter, in almost the same order, in regards to Gore.

Robots. I bet you're the type of people who just can't wait to get your national ID card, and who think Saddam Hussein attacked the World Trade Center.

The Climate Crisis IS real. Humans DO have an effect on it, though how much of an effect is still being measured, and Al Gore has done a great job making people see that we can make a difference.

And even IF he were wrong, and we're not causing the Climate Crisis, then SO WHAT? He's advocating using less energy, polluting less, and being environmentally responsible people. WHAT'S NEGATIVE ABOUT THAT?

It's weird to see a whole section of people who actually OPPOSE conserving energy, cutting down on pollution, and tending to the planet we live on. Do you kick dogs and punch children, too? There's nothing bad about Al Gore's message. Everything he advocates is GOOD for our species and the planet, whether or not you want to believe in Global Warming.

Some of you are just spewing garbage because you're politically opposed to Al Gore. He could be helping old people cross the street and curing cancer, and you'd STILL say it's all based on lies and that he's a joke.

He can do nothing right in your eyes, and that's probably because you're only saying what you've been told to say by the pundits on the neo-con side.

Or maybe it's because you've all got investments in big oil, coal, and lumbering concerns. I don't know. All I do know is that the man has worked his butt off to do something he believes is good for the future of humanity, and you can't even be intellectually honest enough to offer him kudos for his convictions and efforts.

You're full of hate. Have a nice day.