Inconvenient Indeed

I am working on writing a final for my second year classes right now, and I decided to do a monologue on environmentalism and global warming. The environment is a popular topic in English textbooks in Japan (including the one we use) because it is often a topic on entrance exams, and we have been trying to do more with this theme this year.

I generally try to keep this blog professional, not displaying too personal of information (this is not a diary) or wearing my politics on my sleeve. I just saw this information on Wikipedia when I was researching Al Gore's involvement with the climate crisis, however, found it amusing and had to share:

From Wikipedia's Al Gore site (in reference to his work on An Inconvenient Truth):

President Bush, when asked whether he would watch the film, responded: "Doubt it."
He later stated that "And in my judgment we need to set aside whether or not greenhouse gases have been caused by mankind or because of natural effects, and focus on the technologies that will enable us to live better lives and at the same time protect the environment."
Gore responded that "The entire global scientific community has a consensus on the question that human beings are responsible for global warming and he [Bush] has today again expressed personal doubt that that is true."
White House deputy press secretary Dana Perino stated that “The president noted in 2001 the increase in temperatures over the past 100 years and that the increase in greenhouse gases was due to certain extent to human activity”