Video: The most depressing commencement address ever?
posted at 9:25 pm on May 18, 2010 by Allahpundit
I’m posting this for one reason only: If Specter wins, the blow will fall so heavily on some of us that it could prove fatal unless we’re prepared for it first. Consider this preparation. After you watch, you’ll be so bummed that not even an Ingmar Bergman marathon on TCM could make a dent. Why, a Specter victory might even seem cheerful by comparison.
Exit question: Is Gore right?
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‘Insane?’
More like ‘crazy like a fox’. Just think of it as “Pulling a Palin” without the ethics charges: he left a career in pure politics for a much more profitable job in the private sector. And since he’s not in elected office, it’s much harder for any scandal to touch him.
Dark-Star on May 18, 2010 at 10:44 PM
can’t ….click….on Bore…..
Fighton03 on May 18, 2010 at 10:45 PM
If this is the warmest weather evah…then why, two weeks ago, was my flight out of Colorado delayed due to snow.
Snow. In May. In the year that is the warmest evah.
ramrants on May 18, 2010 at 10:46 PM
What a self absorbed piece of shit.
And to think, he was just a handful of electoral votes away from the Oval Office.
Hell, he wouldn’t have been the first con man we’ve had there. Just look at the gumbas we have in there now.
BacaDog on May 18, 2010 at 10:53 PM
To the deniers:
This is why people mock you.
crr6 on May 18, 2010 at 10:56 PM
Okay that was humorous. Exactly like a Debbie Downer SNL skit. Did he really say all that in one commencement? El stupido!
Oh the places you’ll see…
petunia on May 18, 2010 at 10:58 PM
That goes for both sides. I’m sick of all the yahoos who think that the wether in their little neck of the woods somehow validates or invalidates AGW beyond a shadow of a doubt.
Dark-Star on May 18, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Goracle and Snarlin Arlen need to spend quality time together. Just to cheer one another up.
Mr. Joe on May 18, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Oh yeah we’re worried about what people who would believe and obvious mental defect mock!
I am seriously laughing too hard to type!
That is why we mock you…. oh man!
petunia on May 18, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Thank you thank you thank you Supreme Court!
OH what a bullet we dodged!!!!
petunia on May 18, 2010 at 11:01 PM
Why isn’t there a bounty on this guy?
Mirimichi on May 18, 2010 at 11:01 PM
Did you say,”Consider this preparationH?
He is a pain.
Open The Door on May 18, 2010 at 11:01 PM
Inspirational fraud.
Travis1 on May 18, 2010 at 11:04 PM
Blah blah blah. . .
What a puffed up piece of stink.
scullymj on May 18, 2010 at 11:05 PM
Why does every one at HA mock you???
BigWyo on May 18, 2010 at 11:06 PM
To the koolaid drinkers:
This Al Gore video is why we mock you.
‘Hide the decline’ is why we pass when you offer us the same koolaid.
Scientific evidence that provides evidence that is contrary to the type of doomsday AGW meltdown preached by Al Gore is why we, as you put it, ‘deny’ your trumped up ‘evidence’.
JadeNYU on May 18, 2010 at 11:07 PM
You’ve heard of preaching to the choir. Al Gore just introduced us all to preaching to the crypt.
ajfederation on May 18, 2010 at 11:12 PM
Heh, poor little AGW cultist, drank too much of Al Gore’s koolaid.
This is why sane people mock you.
Spiny Norman on May 18, 2010 at 11:13 PM
The devotees of the Warmenist Church of AL Gore do not see the big picture. They deliberately ignore context.
Long term global cooling is a far greater danger. The last 150 years is just a blip.
Spiny Norman on May 18, 2010 at 11:19 PM
Specter may be gone in seven months, but as of this moment he is probably in the process of “Going Rogue”.
J_Crater on May 18, 2010 at 11:22 PM
Wow,poor kids! My daughter graduated with honors from a small college here in Nebraska last weekend. The commencement speaker was a local 85-year-old man, a decorated WWII vet and philantropist with several advanced degrees and a fascinating life story. When he reminded the grads to appreciate and thank those who inspire them along life’s way, he mentioned that no one had inspired him so much as ‘a man who hung on a cross 2000 years ago..’ nearly the entire gymnasium erupted in applause. (No, it’s not a Christian or religious college) So far, no one has complained, boycotted, sued, or burned the place down. Awesome! :)
Cornhusker on May 18, 2010 at 11:22 PM
Fess up: this is previously undiscovered footage from Jonestown, just prior to the mass suicide, is it not?
ya2daup on May 18, 2010 at 11:27 PM
And afterwards, the entire graduating class left the building and marched off a cliff.
PoodleSkirt on May 18, 2010 at 11:45 PM
For those of you now depressed by Algore, this video will lift your spirits right up.
WarEagle01 on May 18, 2010 at 11:48 PM
I’m devastated that people who don’t believe this gas bag are mocked.
kahall on May 18, 2010 at 11:48 PM
That man must be awesome. I can only wish I had attended that sort of event. Do you have a link?
and btw… don’t even think about small college and stuff. Here is wishing your daughter all the best.
antisocial on May 18, 2010 at 11:51 PM
Whoah!
kahall on May 18, 2010 at 11:53 PM
Is there any bigger fraud than Al Gore? Pompously spouting his erroneous ‘facts’ is a far greater threat to global warming than anything he misidentifies.
Sheerq on May 18, 2010 at 11:58 PM
I am sure you hold the mocking record here on HotAir…you have been chased back under your rock so many times we laugh at how quick you disappear when you discover your “facts” aren’t quite facts.
This speech was perfect for you, it makes you look F’in brilliant.
In fact just today some stupid liberal (I know redundant) was posted and someone mockingly called for you to defend them.
You have the same reputation as Annin, except she may be a bit smarter then you.
Please, keep posting, it just cracks me up…I especially like your legal opinions, those are really good.
right2bright on May 19, 2010 at 12:00 AM
For those about to mock, we salute you.
SlimyBill on May 19, 2010 at 12:07 AM
Al Gore is Zardoz! He created god and recreated man. That’s why he’s always hot and sweaty.
Vince on May 19, 2010 at 12:11 AM
I suspect the only troll mocked more than crr4.0 was getalife….though growfins was funny too.
Fighton03 on May 19, 2010 at 12:18 AM
How about happyfeet?
lonesomecharlie on May 19, 2010 at 12:21 AM
Ummmmm, I think you got a little carried away, but I won’t mock you for being such an avid fan.
right2bright on May 19, 2010 at 12:30 AM
Certainly…but there can be just one…and crr6 is the one left.
We take what we can in life…he is certainly mocking material.
right2bright on May 19, 2010 at 12:32 AM
Jean-Paul Sartre’s ghost is channeling Al to brighten his presentation.
“Poor graduates. I sure is hot in here isn’t it? My name is Al. Despair is your friend. Make no mistake your future will be bleak on the best of days. Send all you can to: Al Gore’s New Gulfstream Jet and Mansion Fund. Be sure the check can clear before you die. Thank you graduates. May your inescapable doom bring me more cash to market my Love Story swindle to other
suckers, uh, er, huh, huh, er, groupies. Thank you.”viking01 on May 19, 2010 at 1:21 AM
Yeah, and instead of tossing their caps, they all blew their brains out in unison.
EarthToZoey on May 19, 2010 at 1:29 AM
Al Gore is a charlatan.
scotash on May 19, 2010 at 1:59 AM
Is that Gore’s Pope of the Green movement uniform?
infidel4life on May 19, 2010 at 1:59 AM
Once every thousand year events occurring more frequently?
How exactky does THAT work?
Mr_Magoo on May 19, 2010 at 2:47 AM
Someone simply HAS TO edit this scene together with the scenes from Airplane! The movie where passengers are committing suicide rather than listen to the main character drone on and on…
any skilled editors out there?
American Elephant on May 19, 2010 at 2:53 AM
Hey, at least his new mansion on the beach in California is nice. I guess you can’t blame the guy for cashing in, if idiots are willing to pay him the big bucks to put on this dog and pony show.
funky chicken on May 19, 2010 at 3:46 AM
Wow. LOL! :) :) :)
Theophile on May 19, 2010 at 4:36 AM
Scary stuff! 2010 is the hottest year of the last 130 years! The earth is over 4 billion years old. What is that, like .0000000000002% of the planet’s history?
I guess that pretty much proves the scenario of doom then!
TheBlueSite on May 19, 2010 at 4:38 AM
I had been wondering about where Algora was hiding. He surfaces only to pollute our environment with his methane from the upper mouth. I am surprised some of the kids didn`t point a red laser pointer at his dome just to scare him.
That guy in Sweden tells the truth and is in danger for his life.
Algora gushes lies and gets to present commencement speeches.
You really can`t make this stuff up, friendos!
Sherman1864 on May 19, 2010 at 5:30 AM
Congratulations to her and well done to everyone there! Any chance of that speech making YouTube?
Last weekend my stepdaughter received her Masters at Boston U. She’d done her courses from here in Virginia over the past few years but wanted to walk for her diploma.
She’d made her arrangements and later found out that U.S. AG Eric Holder was going to be the speaker. The diploma walk was Saturday night and his speech was Sunday afternoon. She rescheduled her return flight for Sunday morning.
TugboatPhil on May 19, 2010 at 7:02 AM
This man is a ticking time-bomb.
You’re nuts if you don’t see Jim Jones potential here.
Think I’m kidding? Between Algor and Little John Edwards, the latter was always considered the sane one. And he went mental so at this point, when you’re talking about democrats, anything is possible.
Keep close tabs on these people.
jeff_from_mpls on May 19, 2010 at 7:18 AM
Holy crap! I’ve always known he was an effing liar but, the Louisiana spill won’t match the exon valdez for 5 months if it was left unchecked! There was a mexican accident that pumped oil into the gulf for 10 months a few years ago and you never even hear about that. How can gore lie so shamelessly and the msm look in the mirror? That is more mind boggling then anything we see every day.
peacenprosperity on May 19, 2010 at 7:34 AM
It really, REALLY SUCKS to be AlGore.
*sob*
franksalterego on May 19, 2010 at 7:34 AM
The sources of all Global Warming….the hot air coming out of this windbag!!!!!!!!
flytier on May 19, 2010 at 7:35 AM
Do you know what this is?
franksalterego on May 19, 2010 at 7:39 AM
What’s that mean, jerkoff? Like gore receiving a bag of money from the daughter of a chinese general at a fake buddhist monastary? Is it an ethics charge when the democrats are in power and cover it up? How about pushing a fake crisis while helping build an exchange in chicago that will profit from the results? Are those even ethics questions to you,jerkoff? While your answering tell us about the ethics complaints about Palin that turned out to have an iota of merit and that weren’t nuisance complaints but your fellow jerkoff travelors.
peacenprosperity on May 19, 2010 at 7:40 AM
Please tell me that that fishface is “past tense”.
As for the exit quesiton – is Gore right? Yes. But only in the sense that we’re all going to die … someday.
Rod on May 19, 2010 at 7:42 AM
Al Gore in his academic gown? If they ever make a live-action film of South Park, this is what it will look like.
anonymous irishman on May 19, 2010 at 7:47 AM
Edward Elgar really had his finger on the pulse of English academic achievement and celebration, didn’t he? Loved the background march.
ExpressoBold on May 19, 2010 at 7:50 AM
Hey, they edited out the part where he said “Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!”
John Deaux on May 19, 2010 at 8:02 AM
What’s up with the little lord Fauntleroy outfit? Oh, I forgot this was at UTenn.
Kissmygrits on May 19, 2010 at 8:23 AM
With all those horrible things going on, I’m surprised that we’re not dead already.
On a side note, I loved how bored some of the profs were behind him…one guy kept fidgeting and another picked up the program and started reading it. Course, in the end, they all stood and clapped for him. Oh well.
CarolinaGirl6 on May 19, 2010 at 8:30 AM
My husband and I, along with 14,000 other people, had to sit through this speech as we waited to hear our children’s name be announced for graduation. My daughter, along with many of the graduates, detested his speech and were quite upset when Gore went on to blame their parents and earlier generations of ruining the earth for them. No one around me clapped, and the applause overall was minimal at best. Dolly Parton who was announced as last year’s speaker received a louder round of applause than anything Gore received. That was very telling of the mood of the audience.
Gore delivered an uninspiring, pitiful speech. He was more interested in promoting his books and movies, than he was the accomplishments of the graduates.
Fortunately for us, my daughter graduated from the Honor’s College and we had a special graduation event the day before, so I was able to block out the commencement speech and replay the speeches I heard the day before and remember the inspiring words spoken then.
The graduates and their parents deserved much better than having Gore as the main speaker.
InquiringMind on May 19, 2010 at 8:30 AM
See kids, with zero talent and a lot of persistence you too can make truckloads of money. Kevin Costner got rich pretending to be an actor and Al Gore got rich pretending to be a scientist.
Anything is possible.
pugwriter on May 19, 2010 at 8:38 AM
InquiringMind – I am so sorry you had to sit through that. You’re absolutely right – those graduates deserved far better. Our sympathies are with you!
CarolinaGirl6 on May 19, 2010 at 8:40 AM
I would have walked out on him. What a douchebag.
Jarhead68 on May 19, 2010 at 8:41 AM
LOL, that is hillarious!
I’ll beleive in Global Warming when someone can point me to the computer model that predicted the global cooling trend we are seeing. According to the Scientific Method, you need to make pedictions and prove them. I have yet to see any predictions come true from these lunatics.
jeffn21 on May 19, 2010 at 8:43 AM
Although I don’t like Gore and his global warming crap, I was going to write a post about perhaps this was all taken out of context. I say that because I had been to a Commencement Address by Lester Thurow from my college in 1982, and that was when the big threat was the Japanese at that time taking over America, and there were many depressing facts he cited. But it was overall a very inspiring speech, with the thrust being, “go out there and change the world.”
I thought perhaps this may have been what the Gore speech was. However, if you were there, and the speech was a general bummer, then I’ll defer to you.
asc85 on May 19, 2010 at 8:54 AM
Is Gore right? I say, both left, and right. And up the middle. And over the top.
Clearly, the only answer to this hodgepodge of vexations is to: (a) give corpulent Al dominion over your body, your soul; (b) give corpulent Al dominion over your assets.
Perhaps one of Al’s staff will read this thread. If so, please report back to the boss: thanks for the entertainment. He does the bloated, pompous lying sack of excrement act at Oscar levels of performance.
shaken on May 19, 2010 at 8:55 AM
The people of Tennessee have never questioned Gore’s intentions because they are obviously clear. What they do question is his sanity. Remember, if Gore had carried Tennessee, his home state, he would’ve been president and and Florida would’ve been irrelevant. Life as we know it would’ve been forever gone.
volsense on May 19, 2010 at 9:02 AM
NASA has been reassigned by Obooba from boldly going where no man has gone before to proving gorbal warming.
So no, Gorey is not right.
Akzed on May 19, 2010 at 9:08 AM
My favorite was “Once in a thousand year events, are occurring more frequently”.
Dudes a time traveler.
ttime500 on May 19, 2010 at 9:17 AM
This is freaking hilarious.
BobOfTexas on May 19, 2010 at 9:24 AM
crr6: Why is 3.6% of C02 emissions ( man caused ) the part we need to stifle, regulate and turn over to the dumbest among us ( the Feds )?
Three point six percent, AND C02 isn’t even that effective a greenhouse gas.
You are the denier, denier of facts and reason.
DavidM on May 19, 2010 at 9:55 AM
By definition, whatever Gore spouts, is wrong.
MassVictim on May 19, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Fixed.
Meanwhile in the real world outside of academe, the Mt. Washington Observatory here in New Hampshire reports that their temperatures last week ranged from 1 degree below normal to 20 degrees below normal, and even dropped into the single digits.
Del Dolemonte on May 19, 2010 at 10:16 AM
This man is a joke, a dangerous one but a joke.
He is raking in the dough perpetrating the biggist fraud in history on the world, he is a poor loser and what better way to get even than destroy his own country, France is more his style.
Who do you think is going to profit from Crap and Trade, selling invisible air,why is he on the board of CCX, and democrats talk about Wall Street greed, nothing even close to this sham.
concernedsenior on May 19, 2010 at 10:34 AM
This vid needs to be re-cut with various shots of students sleeping, playing Russian roulette, etc.
I did like the “floating, disembodied head on a platter look”, however.
The Zoo Keeper on May 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Denier of facts and reason, perhaps, but the AGW Cult knows exactly what they are doing: regulating the “peasants” into submission.
Spiny Norman on May 19, 2010 at 11:07 AM
Thank You Florida!!!!!
GrayDog on May 19, 2010 at 11:16 AM
Del Dolemonte on May 19, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Science doesn’t have trends. But I know what you’re driving at del.
Fighton03 on May 19, 2010 at 12:27 PM
That commencement speech was a real wrist slitter. Graduate and crawl into a fetal position.
scrubjay on May 19, 2010 at 12:55 PM
That was a great commencement speech for a mass suicide!
MCGIRV on May 19, 2010 at 1:27 PM
Oh, Allah . . .
Why would you even ask? Of course Gore is wrong because this is the weather and climate cycle.
I know you are not a God believer; however, call it God or nature, my Dad taught me an important lesson when I was a kid. We had a creek that bordered our property. Some years the creek ate land on our side. Some years it ate land from the neighbors’s side and left extra for us. It always evens out if you just let nature take her course and be aware that she is going to take her course eventually no matter what humans do to try to offset it.
You can sleep alot easier if you just unshoulder some of the burdens that you really can’t fix and try to enjoy what you have earned or lucked into during your life.
Greyledge Gal on May 19, 2010 at 2:02 PM
Think of a
commencement speakerself-promoting huckster from the far left as a final exam. Those students without enough common sense to bring their iPods deserve to listen to this kind of tripe, and probably fall for it to boot.Blacksmith on May 19, 2010 at 2:32 PM
I think Kermit the Frog said it best when he sang,
“It’s not easy being green, when that’s not all there is to be….”
Lily on May 19, 2010 at 3:21 PM
LOL, except for one-Algore’s meal ticket.
Del Dolemonte on May 19, 2010 at 4:57 PM
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