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What is most frustrating about this piece is how close Wodiczko’s depiction of war comes to feeling real. He manages to truly immerse the audience, particularly with the absence of apparent gore, but the dialogue he pairs with the images is ineffective. The men talking seem as if they are reading off a script; what they say is a clichéd version of what one might expect soldiers to say, and the way that they say it is stilted rather than realistic...
Lieberman, who was Al Gore's running mate in 2000, is technically not a Democrat anymore. He left the party in 2006 after losing a primary to challenger Ned Lamont but continued to caucus with the party after winning in the general election as an independent. But he has gone rogue before, straining his relations with the Democrats, most notably when he endorsed Republican John McCain for President and vociferously campaigned for him - often sharply criticizing Barack Obama. Soon after, his Senate Democratic colleagues voted on whether to allow him to stay in their caucus. With the support of Obama...
...Entered Democratic politics immediately after graduating, serving as communications director for President Clinton's initiative to add 100,000 police officers. Joined the communications office of Al Gore's presidential campaign in 2000. Went on to work for the Democratic Governors Association and Democratic Senators Tim Johnson, Tom Daschle and Evan Bayh...
...Gore also framed the climate change issue in economic and security terms, arguing that much of the U.S. economic deficit and military presence in the Middle East can be traced back to “our ridiculous and absurd dependence on oil, coal, and other carbon-based fuels?...
...said James J. McCarthy, a biology professor who co-chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “Myths that the technology is non-existent, myths that the technology is too expensive, myths that somehow the problem will solve itself without the public and political will [Gore] inspires in this book and in his talks...