“The lawmakers gazed in awe at the figure before them. The Goracle had seen the future, and he had come to tell them about it.”
That’s how Dana Milbank starts a report on a recent appearance by Al Gore before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The story is With Al Due Respect, We’re Doomed. Read it, and ask yourselves a few questions, such as: Why is this matter being discussed before this particular committee? Why is Al Gore testifying on this matter? And why do these senators say the things they do: “I’m not questioning you; I’m questioning myself. … Will you join me this summer at the Jersey Shore? … The little snow in Washington does nothing to diminish the reality of the crisis. … And if we have the dire circumstances we’re facing, we need to find every way to skin every cat.”
