The Swiftboating of Al Gore...more of the same old sh*t

[Triana]

...the Repubes must feel threatened (still) by Al Gore. Here's one of their diatribes:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060810/cm_usatoday/goreisntquiteasgreenashesledtheworldtobelieve

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Gore has held these apocalyptic views about the environment for some time. So why, then, didn't Gore dump his family's large stock holdings in Occidental (Oxy) Petroleum? As executor of his family's trust, over the years Gore has controlled hundreds of thousands of dollars in Oxy stock. Oxy has been mired in controversy over oil drilling in ecologically sensitive areas.

Living carbon-neutral apparently doesn't mean living oil-stock free. Nor does it necessarily mean giving up a mining royalty either.

Humanity might be "sitting on a ticking time bomb," but Gore's home in Carthage is sitting on a zinc mine. Gore receives $20,000 a year in royalties from Pasminco Zinc, which operates a zinc concession on his property. Tennessee has cited the company for adding large quantities of barium, iron and zinc to the nearby Caney Fork River.

The issue here is not simply Gore's hypocrisy; it's a question of credibility. If he genuinely believes the apocalyptic vision he has put forth and calls for radical changes in the way other people live, why hasn't he made any radical change in his life? Giving up the zinc mine or one of his homes is not asking much, given that he wants the rest of us to radically change our lives.

[Kurovski]

1. Screw 'em, those bullshitters have seen their day.

They're done.

If Gore held up a bank, opened an oil well in his back yard, and drowned a sack full of kittens, he'd still be one-hundred percent correct on the unfolding fate of the Earth.

[nam78_two]

3. LOL

If Gore held up a bank, opened an oil well in his back yard, and drowned a sack full of kittens

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

He is MUCH worse even than that...HE EXAGERRATES-he claimed to have created the internetz-only back then it was called the internet :sarcasm:

[nam78_two]

2. yawn...that old hypocrisy argument

Can't they come up with anything better-they seem to be trying so hard :eyes:

I couldn't even read that predictable garbage through to the end....
Pathetic...

[orpupilofnature57]

4. Like it or not Al is our only Chance in 2008 ,and he has more..

Moral fortitude in his pinky, than Shrub and his whole gaggle of sleaze do compiled.

[Warren DeMontague]

6. Oh, I like it.

I like it ALOT.

I really hope he runs.

[nam78_two]

9. I don't like it

I LOVE it....

I have always thought Gore is awesome...

Gore 2008
:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Hmmm. Perchance, Is someone frightened?

:hide: ...HE'S coming! :scared:

[orpupilofnature57]

7. Cooool!

[Triana]

11. Bwahahaaa! Love the graphic...

...heheeee!

[nuxvomica]

8. For one thing, the oil company stock is not an issue

As executor of a trust, Gore's fiduciary responsibilities outweigh any social or scientific interests of his own. Every decision he makes must ultimately be in the best financial interest of the trust. I know there are probably other problems with this guy's analysis but that one struck me immediately.

[jwirr]

10. Idea for a bumper sticker: "Support our Troops - Get Rid of the

Swiftboaters"

[Kurovski]

12. Kick.(nt)