Hemi's for Hybrids

Al Gore says it with passion, emphasis and understanding. Not too strong, not too weak. Like a good cup of coffee (or tea), like the one I had a Muddy Joe's following the flick. But if it were me I'd climb the tallest building with a blow horn (like in the NY State Lottery Ad commercials) and shout "Global Warming is killing us people! Wake up and smell the carcinogens"! A tactic that you'll be tempted to do too after watching Davis Guggenheim's "An Inconvenient Truth."

The Al Gore documentary opened in Albany this weekend to sold-out audiences in round-the-clock viewings. A good sign. The 2-hour film is all-consuming, invoking just the right mix of fact-sharing, humor, personal stories and activism to have a lasting impact on everyone - blue and red states alike. The slideshow-style delivery of information is based on Al Gore's last 1000 environment speeches he's given across the planet.

Repeating the same message over and over and over he hopes to drive home the consequences of what is and will happen to Planet Earth (in less than 50 years) if bad habits aren't changed. It's not preachy or sensational. It doesn't play on fear-mongering or finger-pointing or a hidden agenda. It's honest, candid and realistic. For those who didn't read his book, people of all political-persuasions will be shocked at how educated and confident Al Gore is on this issue. He's less a politician and more of a morally conscience authority on earth matters. It's his truest medium and one he's very effective at delivering.

This is a movie that makes too much sense to ignore and I'm praying that the driving public swap their Hemi's for hybrids as a result -and that's just for starters.