Al Gore Tells All

1.The blog I read was all about Al Gore's efforts since his lose in the election. The blog, Al's Journal, has many posts that were very interesting. They touch on major issues, but especially, global warming. Gore writes a new entry about once a week. His posts cover all different issues and they deeply analyze the government today. I liked the way he writes because he explains the issues, then he states his opinion, and finally gives research to back his opinion. In a couple of the posts, he wrote plans of action for the citizens as well. His blogs are very personalized and when reading them it is like he is talking to you. It was very nice to have that non-distant feeling like we do with President Bush today.

2. This professional blog was a lot more sophisticated than the other blogs I have viewed so far. It was much more focused, and the issues affect the entire world. Also, the writing style is very professional. Some of the gossip blogs I have read were not correctly punctuated and they used slang. Gore also added a lot of evidence that supported his opinions. Most of the blogs I read were opinions with no evidence supporting it. He also added movies and graphs so that viewers could really see his points visually. Finally, this blog had links to action plans, laws, other politicians, ect. The other blogs were basically just a person's thought about an issue. It really did not give research or links to further learn about the topics.

3. The major issue presented in almost every month was global warming. Gore describes this from different perspectives which I thought was very well done. He describes the climate change through different people in different location's eyes. He also presented a series of graphs. On one of his more recent posts from September 8, 2008, he describes how Los Angles is beginning to have massive mud slides. He provides links to articles in the Wall Street Journal to give readers a better feel for the topic. Gore thinks that the climate is changing significantly, and it needs to be stopped. On September 16, 2008, Gore explains his new "Hockey Stick" graph. This graph shows how the temperatures remained the same for 1,000 years until the Industrial Revolution took place. After this, the temperatures increased and they have been on the rise since then. I think that global warming is slowly destroying the world. Species of plants and animals can not live, workers are losing jobs, farmers cannot control their crops because of the increasing temperatures, and the Artic Ice is melting. I think that this is a very important issue, and I am glad to see a politician taking it upon himself to do something about it.