Al Gore's Canadian Smackdown

Nicely summed up by friend Crazy Politico in a post aptly entitled, "Bitch Slapping Al Gore." A fun excerpt: Al was complaining about the Canadian government's plan to reduce their current greenhouse emission by 20% by 2020; about 15% less than the Kyoto protocol would have them doing by 2012.... "In my opinion, it is a complete and total fraud," Gore said Saturday. "It is designed to mislead the Canadian people." Canada's Environmental Minister John Baird wasn't buying what Al had to sell, and in a wonderful smack down, replied:"The fact is our plan is vastly tougher than any measures introduced by the administration of which the former vice president was a member." In fact, in case Al needs reminding, the Kyoto Protocol Treaty has never been presented to the US Senate (over which he presided in 1998 when it was drafted). THE WHOLE CATFIGHT...