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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BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
There is your spiritual leader democrats!
Inanemergencydial on May 18, 2010 at 9:28 PM
In the Midwest it’s pretty much the mildest year ever… thus far…
ninjapirate on May 18, 2010 at 9:28 PM
What a tool.
Red Cloud on May 18, 2010 at 9:29 PM
Holy crap. What a total gassbag.
Tennman on May 18, 2010 at 9:29 PM
I want Spector to win…it will make it much sweeter when Toomey beats his @$$ in Nov.
akaag on May 18, 2010 at 9:29 PM
Specter needs to win …to lose better in November.
He’s the weaker candidate for the Fall.
GO ARLEN!
profitsbeard on May 18, 2010 at 9:30 PM
Excelsior!
Fletch54 on May 18, 2010 at 9:31 PM
What a giant friggin dome.
greggriffith on May 18, 2010 at 9:31 PM
Bwahahahahaha!!!
Dallas, TX had over a foot of snow in February–a new record.
Sorry, Owlie Bore!
Jenfidel on May 18, 2010 at 9:32 PM
Not sure how I’m typing this. I killed myself 30 seconds into that.
TugboatPhil on May 18, 2010 at 9:32 PM
I hope most of the students had flasks under their gowns since they had to sit through that nightmare.
txag92 on May 18, 2010 at 9:33 PM
1998 was the warmest year on record…until the data was revised and it became 1934.
I don’t believe any of it after ClimateGate.
amerpundit on May 18, 2010 at 9:34 PM
What a miserable prick.
David in ATL on May 18, 2010 at 9:36 PM
And while the sky is falling and the seas are rising
Al the penguin Gore buys himself a new house on the beach!!
macncheez on May 18, 2010 at 9:36 PM
Towards the end I was expecting some poor dolt to off himself in the background.
How long did he gore them like that?
I did enjoy the forced golf claps though.
Guardian on May 18, 2010 at 9:37 PM
Snow level’s going to be 3,000 feet in Oregon tomorrow…
Realist on May 18, 2010 at 9:37 PM
ROFL!
You can’t make this crap up.
IrishEi on May 18, 2010 at 9:37 PM
Made it less than a minute. Sorry guys, couldn’t do it.
Midas on May 18, 2010 at 9:37 PM
No controlling legal authority.
SlaveDog on May 18, 2010 at 9:37 PM
Algore has finally Dunked the Polar Bear.
sulla on May 18, 2010 at 9:37 PM
The only uncontrolled gusher I see is the Grecian formula seeping into his brain.
JammieWearingFool on May 18, 2010 at 9:38 PM
Sunspots are an act of God telling us that everything was George W. Bush’s fault. Settled science.
J.E. Dyer on May 18, 2010 at 9:38 PM
I don’t know how much longer I have. This may be my last comment.
The rising sea level may engulf the chair I’m sitting on any minute.
Good bye cruel world.
SlaveDog on May 18, 2010 at 9:39 PM
He is super cereal!
cjtony97 on May 18, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Party on, Al.
stenwin77 on May 18, 2010 at 9:41 PM
…even my liberal friends are cracking jokes about the idiocy of Global Warming…….
….Gore is an idiot, only the hollywood crowd and leftist base still take this guy seriously.
…besides the scientist and their “research” being exposed for the cut-and-paste frauds that they are……they really jumped the shark when every single weather pattern no matter how hot or cold was considered “Global Warming”……
…absolutely stuck on stupid.
Baxter Greene on May 18, 2010 at 9:42 PM
And they clapped.
AshleyTKing on May 18, 2010 at 9:42 PM
A Specter win is a good thing because Toomey polls better numbers against Specter.
Gore is a tool of Satan.
ROCnPhilly on May 18, 2010 at 9:43 PM
Better get them death panels going double time.
fourdeucer on May 18, 2010 at 9:43 PM
He’s full of good cheer!!
Tasha on May 18, 2010 at 9:43 PM
Sweetie,
Where’s the Alleve?
ncjetsfan on May 18, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Father’s in the audience leaned over to mother’s and asked, “We paid for this crap?”
ted c on May 18, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Who gives a damn what this mentally ill jackass who failed to steal the 2000 election, has to say?
Go back to your mansion and eat 16 baloney sandwiches you worthless idiot Gore.
NoDonkey on May 18, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Look here, guys. There is a snark limit around here.
You simply cannot make every comment snarky. It numbs us.
Like an algore orifice discharge.
platypus on May 18, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Gores sporting an extra chin….
ted c on May 18, 2010 at 9:45 PM
Don’t believe any scientists who say 2010 is the warmest on record – don’t forget the winter we just had.
They’ll “revise” it down after we’ve passed cap and tax and we’ve destroyed the economy.
HondaV65 on May 18, 2010 at 9:45 PM
Hehehehehehehehe
Bishop on May 18, 2010 at 9:45 PM
The commencement speaker at my college graduation also spoke of environmental doom and gloom in the immediate future.
I graduated 20 years ago.
Sorry, Chicken Algore. I didn’t buy it then and I’m not buying it now.
AaronGuzman on May 18, 2010 at 9:46 PM
Was going to pass, but after reading the comments just HAD to watch it. It really helped that the music was SO loud that it was easy to not listen to what he was saying. Was that the point?
Two minutes was long enough. Can’t imagine that going on for what? Thirty minutes?
kim roy on May 18, 2010 at 9:46 PM
Are you serial?
ZK on May 18, 2010 at 9:46 PM
The size of his skull must be worthy of some prize. That man has a very large cranium and the mandible. I have a new respect for the hats he wears; those hats have to be enormous as well.
ericdijon on May 18, 2010 at 9:47 PM
I used to think I got a raw deal at my commencement ceremony because we had a second-rate lieutenant governor give the address. But after watching Obama and now Gore, I’m actually sort of grateful. At least I wasn’t tempted to ram a pair of scissors into my brain, like I am now.
greggriffith on May 18, 2010 at 9:47 PM
Where’s the “Truth in Advertising”?
“My name is Al Gore, and I stand to make BILLIONS on currently worthless pieces of paper if I can get you to buy into my shtick”
GarandFan on May 18, 2010 at 9:48 PM
Um, sorry. He’s effing nuts.
The music was priceless.
How appropriate that the only thing I can think to call him is, um, a squirrel.
Chewy the Lab on May 18, 2010 at 9:48 PM
LOL!!!
Cindy Munford on May 18, 2010 at 9:48 PM
His “neighbors” in Nashville? Were we supposed to forget about this?
KGB on May 18, 2010 at 9:49 PM
I remember when I had my first beer.
mrt721 on May 18, 2010 at 9:49 PM
If it was on South Park, Terrence and Phillip would suddenly appear, say “How’s this for global warming?” and then jump up and fart in his face. Cartoons are better than real life.
radjah shelduck on May 18, 2010 at 9:49 PM
Thats a collasal size gusher of polution your spouting there Al.
fourdeucer on May 18, 2010 at 9:50 PM
Ok…Lemme get this straight.
Coal fired power plants put 3 TIMES the amount of Global Warming Pollution into the atmosphere every day as the oil spill puts into the Gulf of Mexico???
Uhhh…really?? The oil spill is putting Global Warming Pollution into the Gulf of Mexico???
I have to notice that Al didn’t inform us as to how much ‘Global Warming Pollution’ that Iceland volcano put into the atmosphere.
Just imagine…President Gore.
Sleep tight.
BigWyo on May 18, 2010 at 9:50 PM
I hope these kids’ guilt and depression is assuaged by the comfort of knowing the ascetic lifestyle Gore will be retiring to in his full bore carbon factory new mega-mansion.
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on May 18, 2010 at 9:51 PM
SLAP!
shick on May 18, 2010 at 9:53 PM
Hilarious!
ya2daup on May 18, 2010 at 9:53 PM
I nodded off after his first sentence. I think ManBearPig is hiding in one of his chins.
Monica on May 18, 2010 at 9:53 PM
So he just said that global warming caused my neighborhood in Nashville to flood. Sheesh.
unmeritedfavor on May 18, 2010 at 9:54 PM
Hey, hold on there. This is Al Gore we’re talking about here. There is no controlling snark authority. Al Gore has a fever. He betrayed us! etc.
SlaveDog on May 18, 2010 at 9:54 PM
Yeah, why are we upset of Specter wins? He’ll get mopped in the general whereas Sestak might enter the general with momentum. Barry can’t claim victory either if Specter wins since the WH abandoned that race- almost makes it look like less Obama is better for campaigning Dems…
BKeyser on May 18, 2010 at 9:55 PM
Alright- I watched the video. I didn’t want to, but I did.
Poor dead horse.
BKeyser on May 18, 2010 at 9:58 PM
He forgot that pesky volcano in Iceland. Oh wait. Man didn’t do that.
Or did we?
smokinjoe on May 18, 2010 at 9:58 PM
Good night and good luck.
The Ugly American on May 18, 2010 at 10:02 PM
“What were you thinking?” — The graduates to the administration who invited this moron!
rebuzz on May 18, 2010 at 10:02 PM
Imagine being one of the graduates and having your big happy,eagerly awaited event ruined by such dreck.
Edouard on May 18, 2010 at 10:02 PM
OT but amusing: Bob Beckel is on Hannity’s little panel, and he’s in total denial about recent GOP and conservative election victories.
He’s still mad about Gore losing, I guess. And it seems that he and Al are on the same diet.
SlaveDog on May 18, 2010 at 10:02 PM
They had to do something with the Cheney/Rove Hurricane Machine after the election.
TugboatPhil on May 18, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Head for the hills boys and girls! Head for the hills! Twenty, count them, TWENTY (for those of you that don’t do alphabetical, that’s 20) tarballs have been found on the beaches in Key West!
Um, am a nuts that if I found 20 freaking tar balls in my backyard, I’d be, like, grateful that I found 20 freakin’ tarballs in my backyard (instead of a giant oil slick I couldn’t sorta pick up and throw in the trash)????
Cheez Louise…I’m missin’ what?
Chewy the Lab on May 18, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Of course not. Here’s why. Al just missed the memo.
Oldnuke on May 18, 2010 at 10:03 PM
Able to guzzle more energy than dozens of normal men! Producing more hot air than a locomotive! Able to pile up carbon credits higher than a tall building in a single bound!!!
Look UP in the sky! It’s ChickenLittle! It’s FlyingSnakeOilSalesman! It’s the Sultan of Hanging Chads! It’s the Ayatollah of Heat! It’s the High Priest of the Inquisition! It’s the Doctor of Doom! No, it’s CarbonMan in a private jet painted green! And now following in the tradition of other great men such as Jimmy Carter and Yasir Arafat, he is the proud recipient of a Nobel Prize!!!
CarbonMan, strange visitor from an alternate reality who came to Earth with claims and scary predictions far beyond those of any sane and honest man, disguised as Fat Albert, and now joined by other members of the Royal GreenLeague such as BioFuelHummerMan and EcoCleaningWoman, they all fight a never ending battle for science-fiction, hypocrisy, power grabbing, money grubbing and the Hollywood way!
MB4 on May 18, 2010 at 10:04 PM
And don’t forget to have some fun!
rebuzz on May 18, 2010 at 10:04 PM
It didn’t get warmish in Houston till it turned May. It’s been fairly cold here and we’ve had a real spring, which isn’t normal, we normally go from wet, dreary winter to blazing hot. If this is the hottest year ever then I’ll take it. It’s been a lovely year so far.
lizzie beth on May 18, 2010 at 10:05 PM
Al Gore, the All American Buzz-Kill. I’d closely watch the suicide rate of that graduating class over the next few weeks.
Sailfish on May 18, 2010 at 10:08 PM
God bless the Youtube poster “AforP” for putting that one together. Best comedy relief I’ve had in a while.
Oh, and God bless those poor souls in the audience who had to suffer through it. May they not experience recurring nightmares from it.
listens2glenn on May 18, 2010 at 10:08 PM
Did those poor graduates have to pay a carbon-trading Ponzi scheme admission to their own graduation for the “privilege”" of listening to that buffoon?
onlineanalyst on May 18, 2010 at 10:10 PM
The soundtrak overlay is priceless!
Archimedes on May 18, 2010 at 10:11 PM
A surefire cure for insomnia.
Sanjoboy on May 18, 2010 at 10:12 PM
someone correct me – if you don’t live in a Flood Zone then the INs. companies will not sell you flood ins. right?
In Ga, my State Farm ins Agent said we could not buy flood ins. since our house is not in a Flood Zone.
And one more thing…..
Why did God put all this energy in the earth when he created it if He didn’t want us to consume it…in a responsible way?
poppieseeds on May 18, 2010 at 10:13 PM
Remember kids, if you flunk out of divinity school, have political connections and manage to con half the world, you too can be a billionaire gasbag!
Good Solid B-Plus on May 18, 2010 at 10:14 PM
I forgot about that thing. I’m glad they put it to good use screwing with the Europeans.
smokinjoe on May 18, 2010 at 10:14 PM
He must ge a hoot at cocktail parties…
Seven Percent Solution on May 18, 2010 at 10:16 PM
OT: anyone seen this yet? Specter lost the primary.
Bishop on May 18, 2010 at 10:19 PM
Our local channel in Harrisburg, PA just called it for Nutsack.
DethMetalCookieMonst on May 18, 2010 at 10:19 PM
What’s so scary is that this guy actually sold his manure to enough people to almost get him elected President. In fact, before O’bama came along, Algore garnered the most votes of high school dropouts in a Presidential election, around 60%.
In 2008, O’bama did 10 points better. T\Proving once and for all that the Democrat adults ARE in charge!
Del Dolemonte on May 18, 2010 at 10:19 PM
It takes one to know one.
Dopenstrange on May 18, 2010 at 10:21 PM
If I had been in that audience, I’d have poured gasoline over myself and set myself on fire.
Because it would have been less painful than listening to Gore.
More interesting too.
SagebrushPuppet on May 18, 2010 at 10:22 PM
The most depressing commencement address I’ve ever heard was how scroomed the graduates would be in our search for jobs thanks to corporatism, lobbyists, and previous generations’ idiocy.
But it didn’t get made at the ceremony itself; the stuffed shirts in charge came down on the writer like the wrath of the Almighty. Instead we got another starry-eyed candyland nonsense speech about ‘bright futures’ and such.
Sad thing was, like with Gore, a lot of people actually believed it.
Dark-Star on May 18, 2010 at 10:24 PM
At 1:19… one guy starts intently reading his program, as if he’s looking for a reason that the Gore Blob is spewing all of that anti-human activity propaganda.
RalphyBoy on May 18, 2010 at 10:25 PM
This is me talking.
serendip2b on May 18, 2010 at 10:27 PM
Was Algore passing out diplomas after the speech or Kool-Aid?
RobCon on May 18, 2010 at 10:27 PM
I can’t speak for Georgia, but that is not the case in Texas, unless something has changed since my time in the insurance business.
If you qualify, you can buy what is called, IIRC, “low-risk” flood coverage.
SagebrushPuppet on May 18, 2010 at 10:27 PM
LOL! Nothing to worry about, just a post-mortem spasm – a last blast of Hot Air. But look on the bright side, it’s probably global cooloing that’s delaying the onset of your rigor mortis.
leilani on May 18, 2010 at 10:29 PM
Eric, I dunno, for some reason I cannot stop laughing uncontrollably at this comment. I mean, I am rolling in the aisles with tears streaming down my face at your droll wit..
(Note: I am not being sarcastic! My prayers are that you stop back by this thread and see my plaudits. If you do, please give me some indication.)
The War Planner on May 18, 2010 at 10:31 PM
Go to this link and click on the “Flood Maps” link to the right. They will walk you thru how to view the FEMA Flood Maps for your town.
http://www.fema.gov/
FEMA maps designate what are “flood zones”; there are many different zone names.
Del Dolemonte on May 18, 2010 at 10:31 PM
Four years ago, I sent a fairly conservative high school graduate to the University of Tennessee. Last Friday I was in the arena and listened to Airbag Gore finish off the liberalization of my Summa Cum Laude, honor graduate. We must take back our institutions of higher learning so that our kids have balance in their education. His honorary degree, like his speech were both disgusting to me. As a Nashvillian, it is infuriating that these environmental wackos are running around using the recent floods to promote the myth of man-made global warming while so many are still suffering from this horrible natural disaster.
tnarch on May 18, 2010 at 10:33 PM
I’m waiting for this gasbag to go up on a stage some day and spontaneously combust. It just seems right.
rrpjr on May 18, 2010 at 10:35 PM
..I’m thinking that scene out of Airplane! where the hero gets three people to do the deed — including that old lady hanging herself and the Hindu opting for self-immolation.
The War Planner on May 18, 2010 at 10:35 PM
He got paid too. Probably enough for 100 illegals to live sustainably for a few years while running drugs. He is one of Histories greatest snake oil salesman who will probably escape unharmed with fraud charges.
If we all shut our eyes tight and prayed to Gaia (or the Corn Cob God) we might induce powerful cyclical bouts of hemorrhoids in Al.
BL@KBIRD on May 18, 2010 at 10:36 PM
Makes me glad I rigged the 2000 election.
AaronGuzman on May 18, 2010 at 10:36 PM
So, the world suuuucks, you’ll never get a decent job, and the Earth is dying, good luck, graduates!
Party it up, kids, for tomorrow we all die.
di butler on May 18, 2010 at 10:37 PM
This? And Obama is POTUS? Can I hang myself now? Oy.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on May 18, 2010 at 10:37 PM
Dude went insane after the 2000 election didn’t he?
Hummer53 on May 18, 2010 at 10:38 PM
“…and in conclusion, graduates, remember: bacon kills.”
PattyJ on May 18, 2010 at 10:42 PM
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