Green Apple worships at the eco-temple of Al Gore
Reader Roger B. alerted me to Apple’s huge tribute to Al Gore. They’re “bursting with pride.” Here’s a screenshot of the Apple website’s front page (click for full-size):
Gore sits on Apple’s Board of Directors.
Go ahead. Beat me up for holding on to my Mac.
Sigh.
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I know, when I saw that my first impulse was to throw mine out the window .
screw algore and all his BS.
He did nothing to deserve the n.p.p.
Ignore him and offer your thoughts
and prayers for Nobel Peace Prize to all the Heroes serving in God foresaken places with islamic names.
Never underestimate a BIG COMPUTER’s ability to trumpet their environmentalism to exploit greater revenue generation.
Granny Smith is the only sweet green apple I know of. I’m imagining the green Algore apple is very large by comparison, tasteless and contains one big fat worm…that believes it invented the Internet.
I bought 2 Toshiba’s for less than half of what you paid for your Mac. If I have to toss them because they support AlGORE it will be easy.
I was watching the news and the MSM is wetting themselves over GORE and his award. After his movie? won an award, I predicted he would run and win. If you do not think he will run, Shillery said she would not run either. Dimocraps can’t help themselves - they lie - it is just built in.
A clue for those of you who are not grown-ups:
CO2 is NOT a greenhouse gas and if it were, he would be the first person cited for violations (except for the fact he buys offsets from his own company – he is brilliant). Global warming is NOT man made. Read your history. GORE is doing this for money!!!
Actually after reading a bit on what Apple is doing as far as recycling, take back programs and such,having a Mac might be a good idea. Plus, who would want to take you on Michelle after seeing you box on Wii?
It’s been said here before — the Peace Prize has lost it’s legitimacy, after having been “awarded” to Arafat, Anan, Jimmah,et. al.
The best posture for Algore to take now would be to downplay the prize, and to continue preaching his gospel of global warming.
Most of us here don’t buy into it, but he could maintain some degree of respect that way. OTOH, if he tries to parlay his being awarded the prize into the political arena … well, that’s good ol’ Algore…
…just my 2¢ worth…
–Ken
algore has been suffering from “Green Sour Apple Syndrome” (with an emphasis on SOUR)ever since the voters rejected him in 2000.
One more won’t hurt him, unfortunately.
I question the timing. They could have waited until after Ramadan. I refuse to believe this is not planned and GORE is an excuse to rub it in our faces.
From another thread.
LINK
After awhile, the winners of this morphed “peace” prize are going to look at the company they’re in from the past several years and realize that it’s not an honor but that they served as a “useful” idiot for those who want to make a political statement.
C’mon — “Bellowing” Al Gore? Jimmy Carter? Yasser Arafat? Gorbachev? Mohamed ElBaradei? Kofi Annan? Give me a break!
Apple is showing it’s true colors (btw, green apples can make you sick) and taking a stand like Miller Brewing and the Ford Motor Company on social issues. They should stick to producing a product and stay out of the social and political arena.
I only wonder whether Algore is going to be as generous as Bill Gates when it comes time to bail out Apple again.
This green stuff is everywhere. We all know that Fox is going carbon neutral by 2010, don’t we? Can you believe that these words below are Murdoch’s?
“I GREW up in Melbourne, Australia; the last few months and years have brought some changes there:
In Melbourne, 2006 was the 10th straight year with below-average rain fall. And 2005 was the hottest year on record throughout Australia. Australia is suffering its worst drought in 100 years.
Now, I realize we can’t take just one year in one city or even one continent as proof that something unusual is happening. And I am no scientist. But there are signs around the world, and I do know how to assess a risk.
Climate change poses clear, catastrophic threats. We may not agree on the extent, but we certainly can’t afford the risk of inaction.
We must transform the way we use energy - and not only because of climate change. When I look around the world today, I see continued dependence on oil from vulnerable regions - and oil money going to leaders of countries hostile to us.
More, our audiences - hundreds of millions of people - care about this issue. Three quarters of the American public believes climate change is a serious problem - and the numbers are higher in many other countries.
And, as many companies have already learned, acting on this issue is simply good business. Reducing our use of energy cuts costs. Inviting our employees to be active on this issue helps us recruit and retain the world’s best.
And for us, as a media company, this is a chance to deepen our relationships with our viewers, readers and Web users.
The initiative we’re launching today will involve every business, every function. We’re not a manufacturer or an airline, but we do use energy. Printing and publishing newspapers, producing films, broadcasting TV signals, operating 24-hour newsrooms: It all adds carbon to the atmosphere.”
Perhaps someone here can help me, I had heard once that the My Pinautubo(sp) volcanic eruption produced, by itself, the equivalent of 100 years of man made pollution.
Can anyone point me in the right direction here? I’ve had no luck and would like to get some straight facts on this specific event. Thanx
Just maybe GOD has something to do with our weather changes.
Man shouldn’t take all the credit, now should he?
I’ve heard that methane from cattle (and Al Gore) is a heavy contributor. I wonder if he’s factored that into his carbon credit calculation?
When Greenland turns green again, I’ll figure we’ve caught up to the last global warming that man had nothing to do with and maybe get a little concerned.
Nothing wrong with enviromentalism, everything is wrong about the current climate change model. It is simply obtuse. Rather than assume the obvious cause, sun temperature, which has risen for 17 years and is provenly responsible for the last 9 minor temperature cycles, Gore and his minions leep to a dramatic conclusion of a man made cause that just happens to require suffocating International lsw and personal sacrifice for every American to ameliorate but requires nothing of the worlds most enviromentally unfriendly nations. The man is a fool. As are the scientific lemmings in his wake, each desperate for money and attention.
Ironic, seeing as computer and electronics waste is the biggest environmental problem landfills are facing, and they are also the items most likely to not be recycled. With all the high levels of metals and mercury in computers and iPods and such they cause really big problems by leaking into the ground once they go into land fills. One would think that the Al Go(d)re would be having a hissy fit over how often Apple comes out with a new iPod and makes me throw out my old one.
Exit Question: Whats on the “inventor of the Internet’s” iPod?
Are you saying that Al Go(d)re is a Pagan, and that maybe he should spend more time reading a Bible?
Raging, I read this on apple’s site earlier, re-cycle that stuff. they seem to be doing alot more than most.
apple environment
Wrong! Its just a corporation being corporate. Here are two quick links to other leading computer manufacturers that are also tooting their horns about how good they are for the environment:
Dell
HP
And… the Libs bend their knee to a powerful rich white guy. So much for “party of the people.” In fact, it kinda looks like PRWG’s are pretty much running the show over their on the Left and using the young & stoopid and the poor as their footsoldiers.
Marx is spinning in his grave.
The thing I love about corporate “green-ness”. It’s working soooo well for Ford Motor company. Last I checked, they are falling behind faster than ever.
Oh, and Apple consists of a bunch of elitist whining poseurs with a much more protectionist business model than Microsoft ever dreamed. And they always have.
Maybe we can get Al started on the planet Mars next. You see, Mars is also experiencing a “global warming”, with a relative temperature increase very close to that of Earth.
Since we all now know, because Al told us, that global warming is caused by man and has nothing to do with that big yellow thing in the sky that only appears in the daytime (how strange is that?), that there must be men on Mars emitting copious quantities of greenhouse gases. Men and greenhouse gases - little green men? But I digress…
The Earth constantly goes through climate changes. The sun constantly goes through periods of emitting more heat and less heat. Any contribution by man to warming is insignificant compared to the power of our planet and that star 93 million miles away. To dismiss the impact of the sun and harbor a belief that man has that much control over his environment harkens back to early times when man threw rocks at the moon to scare it away.
The Nobel Peace Prize? More appropriately the PT Barnum Prize.
OK, I see you’re point but I dont think I’m entirely wrong, it looks like most are trying to do some good.
we do have to give credit where credit is due. AlGore is amazingly good at self promotion and taking credit (whether or not any is due) Further you have to recognize the lemming-ness (how’s that for a word) of much of the world. If nobody bowed down to Al….
What does Al know about running a computer company? Oh sorry - forgot - he invented the internet. Wonder if he can spell IP and packet routing.
I’m not going to toss out either of my Macs or my iPod just yet. Even though I think that global warmism is over-hyped, that Al Gore is a hypocrite of the highest order, and that his Nobel “Peace” Prize is little more than leftist political point-scoring, I also respect Apple’s attempt to put out a quality product in an environmentally-friendly manner.
Environmental Corporate Loonies? Yes, DELL is one of them, bought a computer from them lately? Following is what I found last time I was on their website buying one, my options “to offset my computer usage”.
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Want to help the environment? Through Dell, you can plant a tree to help offset the carbon dioxide emissions generated to power your new system. You can also recycle your PC or donate it to someone in need.
+ None
+ Free Recycling Kit add $0
+ Support Reforestation: Plant a Tree for Me [add $2]
+ Recycling Kit and Plant a Tree for Me [add $2]
Damn! I was eyeing an IPOD for Christmas too. As far as corporate greenish goes it appears everyone is in a big race to prove they recycle the most lately. Before any of this Global Warming hysteria came to be I was able to serve an internship with Anheuser-Busch finishing up my Manufacturing Engineering degree in 1997. Their plant in Suisun, CA (just outside of Travis AFB when I was station there) allowed me to finish my senior project providing them with a report on the operational effectiveness of one of their sections in the plant. Part of this sections responsibility was the recycling of materials used in the manufacturing process. I discovered they would recycle over 95% of their waste cycle. They actually earned tax credits and refunds from the state of California due to the vast amount of materials recycled during the year. Basically it was extremely cost effect for the company and a great public relations bonus. Not all manufacturing processes can do this economically. Sometimes the return on investment does not make it worth while as we can see with some of the other companies jumping on the “Big Green Bandwagon.” Almost reminds me of the latest greatest Management or process improvement craze (Covey Training, TQM, ISO 9000, SIGMA 6, etc.) that only result in more paperwork generated for no benefit.
Personally, I think were doing more damage sucking stuff out of our Planet than putting it in the air. Earth needs these natural lubricants or it will shrivel up like a prune. Next Al movie title.
“We Suck”
Fall to your knees before the all knowing Goracle!!
Besides, it’s probably for the children!!!1
If I may be so crass I would like to repeat what I said yesterday …
They have become as worthless, due to politicization, as all of those entertainment awards that have evolved into an every other week “event” on TV …
Michelle,
Is it “iGore” or “Igor”?
http://www.jibjab.com/view/124220
Based on the level of scientific method Al has brought to the table, “Igor” might be the more appropriate term.
Eh. Is it any news that Steve Jobs is an overgrown hippie? For that matter, most of the engineers behind my preferred OS (Unix) are overgrown hippies.
I’ve been an “Original Mac” user, a PC user, and now a Mac OSX user. I use my IMac at home because it handles all of my photo and video family stuff with great style and ease-of-use. I use PCs and hire Windows programmers at work because that software ecosystem makes the most sense (and money) for my business.
Put it another way: should I turn up my nose at a new Ford pickup truck simply because I generally don’t like big labor unions?
Go with what works for you, Michelle. Save boycotts for stuff like Heinz ketchup and Miller beer.
Am I one of the few people that noticed that they gave him the prize for peace and not for SCIENCE.
Michelle never said anything about a boycott…geez
Here! Here!
ok … on a serious note about the “green” stuff … unfortunately, in 2002, US industries were basically forced to sign on to an EU agreement referred to as “RoHS” … which stands for “Restriction of Hazardous Substances” … every US manufacturer had to change the composition of many of the metal compounds in their products to eliminate Lead, Mercury, and a list of other chemicals or they would have been banned from selling their products to the EU countries. As a simple economic choice the Apples, Dells, HPs, IBMs, et. al, have had to comply. The changes all had a deadline of July 1, 2006 to be in place.
Therefore, much of the current hand-wringing as it relates to dangers from what you are buying today is misplaced … this agreement does not eliminate the recycling problems totally but it is the older items that contain the higher levels of lead and mercury and other now banned substances which pose the most concern.
You can learn more about this at the following link:
http://www.rohsguide.com/rohs-faq.htm
The real travesty is having Gore on the Board of Directors. To color the Apple green is to do what any other company would do when one of its board members is so “honored.”
MM,
I thought only libbs, and hollyweird types had MACbooks. What can you do with a MACbook that you can’t do with windows? I won’t fling my peas any harder than that.
Bryan Preston
Apple “bursting with pride.” for Al the Gore? Gag me with a spoon.
And no one is going to beat you up for your choice of laptops. They do make a nice machine. But no one can compete with you in the way you use that machine!
Curse you, Apple for making a product I still won’t abandon even after your association with algore.
proud never to have owned one
I just heard on the news that Al Gore will be accepting his Nobel Prize via teleconference from Tennessee to set an example and generate fewer greenhouse gasses.
Just kidding. If you believe that you’ll believe anything Al Gore tells you.
You might be a moonbat if you knowingly pay twice as much for a computer just so you can be trendy with an apple
I wouldn’t give up my Macs if Gore, Hillary, Reid, and Polosi all sat on Apple’s Board of Directors together. It would be the smartest thing any of them ever did. Gore is addicted to his Mac. I guess he’s not the whacko I thought he was. Part of his brain actually works just fine.
You can have my Macs when you pry them from my cold dead hands!
You know, I believe in the planet. It was here long before my great, great, great, great, great grandfather was here and will be around long after the same number of future generations are gone.
I do, however take a sort of biblical perspective when it comes to my ecological responsibility. God put us in a stewardship position and I take that seriously. Am I a fanatic about it? No. I still fly when I have to get somewhere quick, I own two cars, three video game systems and four laptops (including a 17-inch Mac Powerbook. SWEET!.) But I have replaced the lightbulbs in my house with the new energy efficient kind. I pick up litter and put it in the trash can, and I do plant the occasional tree. Does it make much difference? Probably not on a planetary scale, but energy efficiency saves me a few bucks a year and planting trees beautifies my living space. It can’t hurt.
I remember as a kid, my dad (who is a true conservationist) teaching me to try and leave a place better than it was when I arrived and that’s what I try to do.
As for Al Gore and his ilk, when they stop taking private jets to criss-cross the planet telling me how bad I am because I’m not bicycling everywhere and living in a darkened cave, the whole time, while they are living in the lap of luxury and spewing more pollution than my entire neighborhood combined, I might stop to give them a listen.
Until then keep your sanctimonious bloviating to yourself and keep your hands out of my pockets.
/rant
Can anyone point me in the right direction here? I’ve had no luck and would like to get some straight facts on this specific event. Thanx
Start here
Can you say sun spots and warming? If you look at the movie? IC, GORES graph on comparing the rise of temps and CO2 levels together, the timeline goes backwards. Now, someone was showing how stupid this whole idea was by playing with the data in the movie.
Fact: CO2 does not raise temps, temps raise CO2 which is a good thing!
What’s good for General Motors is no longer what is good for America. And what is good for Applesoft (I work for one of the two companies), is just terrible for this country. I can assure you the tech industry is obsessed with Diversity/Affirmative Action as much as it is Ecology. Instead of addressing the huge problems with the American educational system — other than funding loud, frivolous experiments that go nowhere — they have given up on this country and view the primary source of their technical people as outside of this country. Grown men have wept for less.
P.S. my favorite part of the movie was his prediction that the following year would be the worst for hurricanes in history. Not one hurricane made landfall that year and there were very few catagory 5’s if any.
I don’t understand what the hype over Macs is all about. I used them because they were the only ones available in my Video/Film class in high school (last year) and I didn’t like them. The interface was too clunky, it had a habit of doing things I didn’t want it to do and it just didn’t seem like that great of a computer. I guess that being raised on Microsoft products makes you prefer them, but I would take my Dell with XP over a Mac any day.
My dad went on a little rant this morning making it very clear how much Gore is profiting from his “world peace work.” “We’re making the world destroy itself by releasing carbon dioxide into the air, so if you give me money I’ll promise to help fix things!”
No matter how much you dislike the guy, you have to admit that his money-making plan is absolutely brilliant. Too bad he had to throw all morals out the window to do it.
I hate to tell you this, OneofThem (#54), but as a professional Democrat politician, Gore had no morals left to throw out the window.
Mac has made some great products over the years. Too bad that they put Gore on their board–now that I am aware of that, I’m going to have to do penance for buying a Mac product.
The Ultimate RIGHT Man To Promote Apple — Guess Who?
The damnest thing is, outside Gore’s pseudo-science and the media and school systems’s disgusting fawning over him for it, is what’s Gore’s ever REALLY done for Apple — Really? If anyone, Apple ironically owes at LEAST several million sales to someone who hawks his Macs and iPhone to several tens of millions of people each day any chance he gets, yet not only has he NEVER received any recognition from Apple (or Apple’s user magazines and community) for it, but they would just assume spit at his feet than even give him time of day. And yet despite Apple’s political scorn of his existence, he hawks Apple’s product with pride and enthuse.
Who’s that man?
Would you believe Rush Limbaugh?
James Greenidge
Queens New York
(currently performing Gore and green exorcisms on his eMac and 900 mHz iBook)
Super sighs.
Apple has a poor environmental record, nice smoke blowing for them to honor eco-Al.
They make many portable products with expensive and/or unreplace-able batteries - which causes a large number of their products to end up in and contaminate landfills.
This is a bit obscene in the language department. But I still find it hilarious. No nudity (I don’t plan on getting banned like a previous user and his laura flynn boyle picture), but if you aren’t offended by four letter words it’s a great rant on Macs.
Next up for the peace (booby) prize, Cindy Sheehan.
I love the backbending that Mac users are offering in this thread to justify their continued investment in a Democratic money-machine company that Gore has made millions off of in the last few years.
Great thought linking to the Ramirez cartoon, Michelle. Too bad its meaning will be lost on the majority who read it (other than your readership or that of other like-minded blogs). His ‘toons are a refreshing change from the local versions we get in the Denver dailies. Please consider linking to them more often. F.A.B.
Oh how I love these liberals work, they love the creation but hate the Creator
I’m sorry, but I don’t drink the Apple flavored cool-aid. Can’t stand their marketing and “WE KNOW WHATS BEST FOR YOU” attitude. No MACS nor IPODS for me. Bad enough we have Micro$oft dictating what our PCs should be. Long Live Open Source Software, Long Live Linux! (Posted on PC running Linux using FireFox!)
Dr. William Gray recently called Gore’s position ridiculous and added that those behind Gore know nothing about the science behind climate change.
Unfortunately, you will not find any reference to Dr. Gray’s presentation in the MSM. Guess it would take the glow off the Nobel. And while Dr. Gray’s remarks are news, they are not the kind of news that helps the left’s causes.
If you want to see the article on Dr. Gray’s speech, it was picked up by an Australian newspaper:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/gore-gets-a-cold-shoulder/2007/10/13/1191696238792.html
I wonder if Apple will make a computerized version of my new game, Global Warming Family Feud.
3 macs for sale. G-5, G-4 dual, and an imac.
That had better be a Big Mac…