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Originally Posted by Tchocky
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Originally Posted by August
Working his ass off making money you mean.
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Er, yes. What's wrong with making money? He gives a lot of money to carbon-offset and carbon-neutral endeavours.
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You have any proof of that? I've read that he hasn't signed up for the higher "green" electric rates and i have also read that the companies he buys carbon offset credits from are actually owned by him (ie he pays himself).
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Do you give out about doctors getting paid as well?
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If a doctor was smoking a butt while lecturing me about the evils of cigarettes, then yes, I might have a problem with that as well.
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Look at what his work is, working towards reducing the dsamage we are doing to our planet. This mypoic focusing in on his house seems not last-ditch, but close.
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Defend him all you want but the only thing Al Gore is working towards is making money. If it weren't promoting global warming hysteria it would be some other lucrative liberal cause.
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And it's not just one house but a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville, and a 4,000-square-foot home in Arlington, Va. (He also has a third home in Carthage, Tenn.) Lets not forget also the private jet he used to fly around the country promoting his lucrative scare movie as well as numerous limos, hotels and other expensive habits of the ultra rich.
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Who is kidding who? A private jet is not the same thing a bus ticket or a coach seat on Budget Airline. Let me refer you back to the article.
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Using more energy than the average citizen is unfortunate, but universal among elected officials. I'm sure Gore's other activities more than offset the house.
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No you are not sure, you just want to believe it.
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Blatantly ignoring? i don't think so.
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Ok maybe not blatantly, but ignoring none the less...