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An inconvenient truth....
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   ....Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth is really [1]an inconvenient lie.

     Inaccuracies in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth
     The decision by the government to distribute Al Gore's film An
     Inconvenient Truth has been the subject of a legal action by New
     Party member Stewart Dimmock. Although a full ruling has yet to be
     given, the Court found that the film was misleading in 11 respects
     and that the Guidance Notes drafted by the Education Secretaryâs
     advisors served only to exacerbate the political propaganda in the
     film.
     In order for the film to be shown, the Government must first amend
     their Guidance Notes to Teachers to make clear that 1.) The Film is
     a political work and promotes only one side of the argument. 2.) If
     teachers present the Film without making this plain they may be in
     breach of section 406 of the Education Act 1996 and guilty of
     political indoctrination. 3.) Eleven inaccuracies have to be
     specifically drawn to the attention of school children.
     The inaccuracies are:
     * The film claims that melting snows on Mount Kilimanjaro evidence
     global warming. The Governmentâs expert was forced to concede that
     this is not correct.
     * The film suggests that evidence from ice cores proves that rising
     CO2 causes temperature increases over 650,000 years. The Court
     found that the film was misleading: over that period the rises in
     CO2 lagged behind the temperature rises by 800-2000 years.
     * The film uses emotive images of Hurricane Katrina and suggests
     that this has been caused by global warming. The Governmentâs
     expert had to accept that it was ânot possibleâ to attribute
     one-off events to global warming.
     * The film shows the drying up of Lake Chad and claims that this
     was caused by global warming. The Governmentâs expert had to accept
     that this was not the case.
     * The film claims that a study showed that polar bears had drowned
     due to disappearing arctic ice. It turned out that Mr Gore had
     misread the study: in fact four polar bears drowned and this was
     because of a particularly violent storm.
     * The film threatens that global warming could stop the Gulf Stream
     throwing Europe into an ice age: the Claimantâs evidence was that
     this was a scientific impossibility.
     * The film blames global warming for species losses including coral
     reef bleaching. The Government could not find any evidence to
     support this claim.
     * The film suggests that the Greenland ice covering could melt
     causing sea levels to rise dangerously. The evidence is that
     Greenland will not melt for millennia.
     * The film suggests that the Antarctic ice covering is melting, the
     evidence was that it is in fact increasing.
     * The film suggests that sea levels could rise by 7m causing the
     displacement of millions of people. In fact the evidence is that
     sea levels are expected to rise by about 40cm over the next hundred
     years and that there is no such threat of massive migration.
     * The film claims that rising sea levels has caused the evacuation
     of certain Pacific islands to New Zealand. The Government are
     unable to substantiate this and the Court observed that this
     appears to be a false claim.

   Oh my! That's got to chap Al's hide. To be found guilty in a British
   court of law of pulling the wool over people's eyes with his Academy
   Award winning film -- that's almost sacrilege.
   Hopefully the world will wake up before this huge swindle designed to
   steal more of your freedom is imposed upon you. (Hat tip to [2]Bob
   Parks.)
   Tags: [3]Al Gore [4]Inconvenient Truth [5]global warming [6]swindle

References

   1. http://newparty.co.uk/articles/inaccuracies-gore.html
   2. http://blackandright.mensnewsdaily.com/2007/10/10/new-partys-win-over-gore-pic/
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/Al%20Gore
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Inconvenient%20Truth
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/global%20warming
   6. http://technorati.com/tag/swindle