Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Friday, April 17, 2009 11:58:43 AM
What brings me back so soon to these treacherous seas (I promise not to pursue this metaphor despite the irresistible tug of recent pirate tales) can be summed up in two words: Al Gore.
Yes, the global-warming, Nobel Peace Prize-winning Al Gore. That one. The man who might have been president, were it not for a few hanging chads, has just announced that he will participate in a $20 million biotech venture to pursue induced pluripotent stem-cell technology. That strange sound you hear is the collective gasp of pro-life conservatives who would rather un-impeach Bill Clinton than embrace “Algorithm,” as he’s affectionately known in the right reaches of the politisphere.
“I just think it’s a very important breakthrough that is filled with promise and hope,” said Gore, a partner in the venture-capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which is backing the research.
It's unfortunantly, not about pro-life for Al. It's about investing in something that will make him money. That's what his global warming march is about, and that is what this is about. He can talk these things up and reap the mighty dollar form it.
You have to admit, he knows how to make money.