Both Al Gore and Bill Clinton, who ran the White House for 8 years, have publicly declared they can do more to help the world as leaders outside the White House than they could in. A sad statement on the current state of government.
On Sunday night, Gore, received a hero's welcome presenting a Grammy Award. Yesterday he announced the largest and most ambitious global concert plan ever: Live Earth - the concerts to Save Our Selves.
July 7 will be Live Earth day, featuring concerts in Shanghai, Sydney, Johannesburg, London and cities to be decided in Brazil, Japan and the US. There also will be a live performance in Antarctica.
You have to love something called Save Our Selves (SOS).
"We are moving from what Al has done for thousands and the movie for millions, we will put together 2 billion sets of eyeballs on a global basis" said executive producer Kevin Wall.
Gore took his share of oft-deserved criticism as his wooden style literally handed control of the world to the Bush family. But you have to give him his due. With An Inconvenient Truth he woke up millions of us in the western world to having some awareness for the planet's well being. Now, with the most ambitious concert plan ever, he will finally involve China.
Here's to you Al. Dealing with issues starts with awareness, and if this concert helps raise global awareness, then good on you.
In the long run, those hanging chads may have cost you an election, but they may save our collective butts.
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