| Davos is where Bubba wishes he was; however, | | | | lorries, petrochemical products, hair gel." |
| getting those free rides on Air Force One and | | | | Bono was there to push his pet project which is |
| sleeping in the White House, even if in a different | | | | world wide poverty. And Gore, well you know what |
| room, is more important these days. So, Bubba is up | | | | he was doing there, but let me elaborate. |
| to his nose in controversy in the South Carolina | | | | "Climate change is occurring far more rapidly than |
| primary, leaving Davos to Bono and Gore. And Soros, | | | | even the worst predictions" Al Gore said on |
| Gates, etc. They want to know what's up with all | | | | Thursday. He also added, "Recent evidence shows |
| this weird weather. Is it normal, cyclical, or signs of an | | | | the climate crisis is significantly worse and unfolding |
| impending doom? | | | | more rapidly than those on the pessimistic side of |
| Sharing a stage with the former US vice president Al | | | | the IPCC projections had warned us." |
| Gore, at the annual gathering of world movers and | | | | Could global warming be part of the anticipated 2012 |
| shakers in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the Bono | | | | global catastrophe? |
| joked that their friendship was a source of pressure | | | | There are now some forecasts that the North Pole |
| on the domestic front. | | | | ice caps may disappear entirely during summer |
| "He's been round my house and it's like... here's the | | | | months within five years. And then you can get |
| recycler Al, you know... I've got a posh car, but it | | | | others who say this is nothing but a normal cycle. In |
| runs on ethanol Al," Bono said. | | | | 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| Acknowledging that a career in rock music was not | | | | (IPCC) issued a massive report the size of three |
| always conducive to a green lifestyle, Bono | | | | phone books on the reality and risks of climate |
| compared a conversation with Gore to an act of | | | | change, its 4th assessment in 18 years. One is to be |
| religious contrition. "It's like being with an Irish priest. | | | | impressed with the volume of any reports! |
| You start to confess your sins," he said. "Father Al, I | | | | But, regardless of who is saying what, global warming |
| am not just a noise polluter, I am a noise-polluting, | | | | is a key theme at this year's meeting of the world's |
| diesel-soaking, gulfstream-flying rock star. "I'm going | | | | business and political elite in Davos. And every major |
| to kick the habit. I'm trying father Al, but oil has been | | | | player is there- except Bubba of course! |
| very good for me -- those convoys of articulated | | | | |