Al Gore's Moral Obligation

Excellent article

I find it all so frustrating! There are times when I think the Internet will change the way the world looks at things, then I watch the news and realize, it's all pink noise. No one is really listening. We just move along with no real change. Talking about it doesn't change it! America needs to clean house, both houses. We need truth to overcome spin. That's not happening! Spin wins! We watch spin politics while George W. plans war with Iran.
**Mainstream media spends a lot of money trying to figure out how to give us exactly what we want. this is their only agenda...you give them way too much credit.** Sorry, but I don't agree! They were co-conspirators in taking us into war with Iraq. That's not what ordinary Americans wanted, they were misled by mainstream media. We were sold a war of aggression using false facts. Who has benefited? Corporations, Neocons, this Administration and their friends. We would not be in Iraq if they had spent their money giving us exactly what we want, truth in journalism, truth in government. Ordinary Americans did not want lies after 9/11; they wanted facts and were given spin. We were spun into a war for war profiteers.

Food for thought: George W. has changed the office of President. Al Gore could have turned the tables and used the power now given the president for good over evil. Wouldn't it be good to see the office of President doing good things for America and righting the wrongs of the past 8 years? As President he could have expose the corruption that has gone on for 8 years. America needs to clean house, both houses. Then move along and become a country of compassion over greed! Mainstream media has misled Americans; they need to be exposed first! Journalism should not be sold to the highest bidder, that's propaganda!

dnphsmith - thanks for that link. Excellent article.

I would like to hear Al Gore in the first person on this network because reading what someone interpreted about conditioning the battlefield didn't work for me. I believe Mr. Gore's political obligation is clear. To act is not to talk, and the populace, after 8 years of inaction in the battlefield, is more than ready to create, if Gore will run, an inevitable Golden Age and turning point in the American culture. The gift of life, to be on this planet, is Al's true salvation. It is the opposite spirituality of tying on a suicide bomb jacket. The fulfillment of a life, consequent in a life giving action - that is the only moral obligation.

If you enjoyed this article, you should also investigate "Why Al Gore is not President," by Rick Jacobs. Can be found at: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/01/23/6597/

Jan, I thought of you when I read it!

Wow, and to think how maligned I was for thinking this way all along. He is truly a great man.