"Repower America" Commercial

[DirtMcGirt]

I have seen this commercial a few times the past couple of weeks. Has anybody else seen it in their region?

The commercial is hilarious, whoever produced it has never left the city their entire adult life. Their idea of a "working man" (Mans-man drinking coffee, reading the paper, shirt-sleeves rolled up, taking care of the wife and kids..

YouTube - Repower America TV Ad - Family Values (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1-7BkYdSEs)





http://www.repoweramerica.org/

Their website Pledge:"I support any legislation that will create millions of jobs and solve the climate crisis"

List of their upcoming events-
Tucson Arizona August 30, 2009
Repower North Dakota Made in America Jobs Tour Fargo North Dakota August 31, 2009
Repower Ohio Made In America Jobs Tour Dayton Ohio August 31, 2009
Repower Missouri Made in America Jobs Tour St. Louis Missouri September 01, 2009
Repower Arizona Made in America Jobs Tour Flagstaff Arizona September 01, 2009
Repower America Made in America Jobs Tour Gary Indiana September 01, 2009
Repower Tennessee Made in America Jobs Tour Knoxville Tennessee September 01, 2009
Repower Iowa Made in America Jobs Tour Adel Iowa September 02, 2009
Repower Nebraska Made in America Jobs Tour Omaha Nebraska September 02, 2009
Repower Florida Made In America Jobs Tour Miami Florida September 02, 2009
Repower Michigan Made In America Jobs Tour River Rouge Michigan September 02, 2009
Repower Alaska Made in America Jobs Tour Anchorage Alaska September 02, 2009
Repower New Mexico Made in America Jobs Tour Albuquerque New Mexico September 03, 2009
Repower Tennessee Made in America Jobs Tour Nashville Tennessee September 03, 2009
Repower South Carolina Made In America Jobs Tour Columbia South Carolina September 03, 2009
Repower Louisiana Made In America Jobs Tour New Orleans Louisiana September 09, 2009
Repower North Dakota Made in America Jobs Tour Grand Forks North Dakota September 14, 2009

[malkusm]

What a crock of crap.

[DirtMcGirt]

Anyone been to one of their events?

[awake]

This whole pipe dream movement is stacked with government wanna be parasites; tax eaters. Every one on this bandwagon of looters thinks the government will force the consumer to make their green company profitable, when in reality, they will simply be an fiat industry that is solely dependent on government deception and thievery.

One big fake market that is forced upon everyone.

[G-Wohl]

The commercial is hilarious, whoever produced it has never left the city their entire adult life. (Mans-man drinking coffee, reading the paper, shirt-sleeves rolled up, taking care of the wife and kids..

I actually felt the commercial was disgustingly "heartland" in nature.

[DirtMcGirt]

YouTube - Repower America TV Ad - Stabenow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd5LUK05-z8)

Here's another sweet one...

[Justin D]

We should tell that guy in the video that if it's needed, then the free market can provide it. Senator Stabenow has no business being in alternative energy.

[Cowlesy]

Digged up a little dirt.

This is an Al Gore project. Repower America is sponsored by the "Climate Projection Fund" which is a fund of the "Alliance for Climate Protection" founded by non-other than, Al Gore.


The Alliance for Climate Protection
The Alliance for Climate Protection was founded in 2006 by Al Gore, Nobel Laureate and former Vice President of the United States. With more than 2,000,000 members worldwide, the Alliance is a unique non-profit, non-partisan organization that is committed to educating the global community about the urgency of implementing comprehensive solutions to the climate crisis. Through its projects — Repower America, the WE Campaign, and the Reality Coalition — and its affiliated organization, The Climate Protection Action Fund, the Alliance seeks to present choices and offer changes that will protect our planet for future generations.

The Alliance draws together a diverse range of individuals and organizations by acting on its belief that the climate crisis impacts every one of us and transcends differences between political parties, faiths, geographies and cultures. It regularly partners with organizations from a broad cross-section of society including representatives of labor, faith, business, schools, women, agriculture, sportsmen, and many other communities. In doing so, the Alliance brings together faces and voices in a way that diversifies and strengthens the national network of concerned individuals who want to take action now on climate issues.

The Alliance is guided by a prestigious, bi-partisan Board of Directors that includes three Nobel Prize winners and accomplished veterans from the worlds of business, politics and environmental advocacy.

So who is on the board of this alliance?


Al Gore
Chairman of the Board, Alliance for Climate Protection
Chairman, Generation Investment Management

Congressman Sherwood L. Boehlert
U.S. House of Representatives 1983-2006
Chairman, House Science Committee – 2001 - 2006
Chairman, House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1995 - 2000
Member, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Member, House Intelligence Committee
Co-Chair, Northeast Ag Caucus, Congressional Task Force on Manufacturing, Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus, Congressional Fire Services Caucus


Orin S. Kramer
General Partner, Boston Provident, L.P.
Chairman, New Jersey State Investment Council


Wangari Muta Maathai
Founder, The Green Belt Movement


Theodore Roosevelt IV
Managing Director, Barclays Capital
Chair of the Pew Center for Global Climate Change


Larry J. Schweiger
President & CEO, National Wildlife Federation


Brent Scowcroft
President, The Scowcroft Group
National Security Advisor to President Gerald R. Ford and President George H.W. Bush

Joseph E. Stiglitz
University Professor, Columbia University


Lee Thomas
Retired President and COO, Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Ronald Reagan


Kevin Wall
CEO, Control Room
Producer, Live Earth/SOS


So Al Gore's firm, Generation Investment Management, a FOR-PROFIT firm, who do they list as their affiliations/alliances?


Partnerships
"We hope to make sustainable investing mainstream and encourage businesses around the world to be more responsible, ethical and sustainable."
—David Blood
Generation is proud of its close relationship with a number of leading organizations working towards a more sustainable future:

The Alliance for Climate Protection
World Resources Institute
National Resource Defense Council
The Climate Project
Mistra Foundation



So people need to realize this is all bullshit. This is Al Gore and his rich friends trying to tug on American heartstrings and saying their "green economy" will create jobs. You know what the problem is, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PRIVATE INVESTORS WITH ANY INTEREST BECAUSE THE RISK OF LOSS IS TOO HIGH.

So what do they do? Run Bullshit ads to make you call your Congressman, and get their f'ing projects funded using taxpayer dollars.

That is what you do if you lack capital. You lobby the gov't to give you a handout.

The Green Push is bullshit.

[sevin]

You know what the problem is, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PRIVATE INVESTORS WITH ANY INTEREST BECAUSE THE RISK OF LOSS IS TOO HIGH.

So what do they do? Run Bullshit ads to make you call your Congressman, and get their f'ing projects funded using taxpayer dollars.

That is what you do if you lack capital. You lobby the gov't to give you a handout.


Precisely.

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship."

[boat6868]

These guys are a bunch of pirates...it disgusts me.

[MsDoodahs]

I actually felt the commercial was disgustingly "heartland" in nature.

Disgustingly SUBURBAN in nature.

Not heartland.

[JeNNiF00F00]

Guy probably never had a real job in his life.

[DirtMcGirt]

YouTube - Repower America TV Ad - Missouri (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDwLN5ziJvs&feature=related)

Same commercial as earlier one posted but instead of Michigan he says Missouri...lol


One last one---

YouTube - Repower America TV Ad - Lincoln & Pryor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp9N0VDE8cw&feature=related)

[DirtMcGirt]

Here's a new one, I just saw...

YouTube - Repower America With Clean Energy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlQc9Kj15NM)