tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post3057733864185658271..comments2023-11-05T03:20:46.695-05:00Comments on The Ostroy Report: Would Gore Lead the Pack if He Announced? An Informal Air America Poll Says YesThe Ostroy Reporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04955421147082736335noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-44161007611395364912007-07-12T15:52:00.000-04:002007-07-12T15:52:00.000-04:00he's a one issue candidate, and he's a hypocrite o...he's a one issue candidate, and he's a hypocrite of his only issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-49305326427518573702007-07-11T22:45:00.000-04:002007-07-11T22:45:00.000-04:00I don't think the people would swarm around Gore'...I don't think the people would swarm around Gore's camp this time around. He's a one issue candidate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-66065607863678601552007-07-10T13:11:00.000-04:002007-07-10T13:11:00.000-04:00OK, more from the obvious department: Global Warm...OK, more from the obvious department: Global Warming Alarmists like Al Gore are lying to you. Al Gore is a Global Warming hypocrite.<BR/><BR/>- He owns 3 enormous houses. He keeps all 3 of his houses heated during the winter, but he obviously can use them all at the same time.<BR/><BR/>- He invests heavily into the oil industry. Gore's income from his oil investments is larger than most American's annual income.<BR/><BR/>- Gore's utility bills for just one of his 3 houses is 20 times that of the average American. Include his other 2 houses and its even higher. His groupies will argue that its OK because he pays into the carbon offset industry. The carbon offset industry is a total scam.<BR/><BR/>- Gore makes annual income in one of North America's largest polluting Zinc Mines. Gore and his zinc mining cronies have been caught emitting thousands of pounds of toxic substances and several times, the water discharged from the mines into nearby rivers had levels of toxins above what was legal. The mine also puts high quantity of Barium, Iron, and Zinc in the Caney Fork river. The soils of the riverbank are also showing the presence of Arsenic, Chromium, and Lead with traces of Cyanide.<BR/><BR/>- Gore never travels on commercial airlines. For Gore, it has to be private air travel.<BR/><BR/>- Traveling on the ground, Gore requires at least 7 large SUV's in his ontourage. He was even caught taking his ontourage 4 blocks to a movie theater when his Inconvenient Truth propaganda flick was released. Poor Gore, the next day, he actually had to walk a few blocks.<BR/><BR/>- Gore doesn't even pay for the carbon offsets that his groupies will argue he purchases. The offset purchases are actually made for him by Generation Investment Management, a London-based investment firm that Mr. Gore co-founded, and which provides carbon offsets as a fringe benefit to all 23 of its employees, ensuring that they require no real sacrifice on the part of Mr. Gore or his family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-84832535524593944902007-07-09T19:12:00.000-04:002007-07-09T19:12:00.000-04:0012:03 Go man. Keep on stating the obvious.12:03 Go man. Keep on stating the obvious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-79648118510811423842007-07-09T12:03:00.000-04:002007-07-09T12:03:00.000-04:00including Al Gore's son.including Al Gore's son.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-30181617616463916132007-07-08T14:31:00.000-04:002007-07-08T14:31:00.000-04:0011:36 What a bazaar conclusion you have reached. ...11:36 What a bazaar conclusion you have reached. That no one should follow the law anymore is not even implied. The idea is obviously that everyone should follow the law and suffer the consequences including presidents; the powerful and those with powerful friends and family; and more times than not, those pardoned by a president. The idea is the law should be fair, just and no one should be above it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-31076776852226017692007-07-07T11:36:00.000-04:002007-07-07T11:36:00.000-04:006:36 PM, So, according to your logic, since Presi...6:36 PM,<BR/> So, according to your logic, since President Bush (and President Clinton, and every other President in US History) has pardoned someone, nobody has to follow the law anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-32689851308399449012007-07-06T18:36:00.000-04:002007-07-06T18:36:00.000-04:006"06 This is my first visit to this blog so I'm n...6"06 This is my first visit to this blog so I'm not the one with whom you've been blogging. However, I have to tell you that I have no idea what the kid's punishment should be for having all those drugs in his car when the president pardoned a man who lied to a grand jury and now we'll never know the true criminals behind the lies told to all of us about the WMDs and all the other lies to get us into an abominable war that has killed thousand. Of course the Gorr boy could have killed several as could have Bush when he was a drunk driver. But we do know the thousands of lives that have been lost as a result of the Scooter bunch who won't come clean. Bush has really turned our judicial system about what's fair, equal and right on it's head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-26804923462255184412007-07-06T18:06:00.000-04:002007-07-06T18:06:00.000-04:002:16 pm, You are wrong about home school. I'm a ...2:16 pm,<BR/> You are wrong about home school. I'm a victim of a government/NEA controlled education. But, that's another story.<BR/><BR/> My "it's a fact" comment was a response to anonymous 6:22 pm's ambiguous "What example are you basing your prediction about Gore's son on?" question. I thought he was challenging the fact that Al Gore's son was arrested for having enough drugs to make Rush Limbaugh blush. I apologize to anonymous 6:22 pm for telling him/her to take his/her head out of the sand. <BR/><BR/>I thank you for pointing my mistake out, but believe you are an idiot for trying to draw a correlation between a simple mistake and a home school education. You are like Ostroy and his ridiculous iTard posts.<BR/><BR/>Now, to address anonymous 6:22 pm's question, "What example are you basing your prediction about Gore's son on?"<BR/><BR/>Its a bet. I don't have to provide reasons for my bet. I believe Al Gore will use his political influence to get his son out of trouble. <BR/><BR/>What do you think the punishment should be for someone driving 100 MPH with Marijuana, Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, Adderall and Soma (no prescriptions) in the context of his 2002 drunk driving arrest and his 2003 marijuana arrest history?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-81165595429299348442007-07-06T14:16:00.000-04:002007-07-06T14:16:00.000-04:0010:03 11:22 said "Who wants to bet that Gore does...10:03 11:22 said "Who wants to bet that Gore does not believe ... " When a person "bets" on something, he is predicting or thinking/guessing/praying that it will happen. It is not a fact. You must be yet another homeschooled victim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-44508731678990776762007-07-06T12:37:00.000-04:002007-07-06T12:37:00.000-04:00OK, to summarize the results of this thread, the f...OK, to summarize the results of this thread, the following list is unchallenged fact about Al Gore:<BR/><BR/>- He owns 3 enormous houses. He keeps all 3 of his houses heated during the winter, but he obviously can use them all at the same time.<BR/><BR/>- He invests heavily into the oil industry. Gore's income from his oil investments is larger than most American's annual income.<BR/><BR/>- Gore's utility bills for just one of his 3 houses is 20 times that of the average American. Include his other 2 houses and its even higher. His groupies will argue that its OK because he pays into the carbon offset industry. The carbon offset industry is a total scam.<BR/><BR/>- Gore makes annual income in one of North America's largest polluting Zinc Mines. Gore and his zinc mining cronies have been caught emitting thousands of pounds of toxic substances and several times, the water discharged from the mines into nearby rivers had levels of toxins above what was legal. The mine also puts high quantity of Barium, Iron, and Zinc in the Caney Fork river. The soils of the riverbank are also showing the presence of Arsenic, Chromium, and Lead with traces of Cyanide.<BR/><BR/>- Gore never travels on commercial airlines. For Gore, it has to be private air travel.<BR/><BR/>- Traveling on the ground, Gore requires at least 7 large SUV's in his ontourage. He was even caught taking his ontourage 4 blocks to a movie theater when his Inconvenient Truth propaganda flick was released. Poor Gore, the next day, he actually had to walk a few blocks.<BR/><BR/>- Gore doesn't even pay for the carbon offsets that his groupies will argue he purchases. The offset purchases are actually made for him by Generation Investment Management, a London-based investment firm that Mr. Gore co-founded, and which provides carbon offsets as a fringe benefit to all 23 of its employees, ensuring that they require no real sacrifice on the part of Mr. Gore or his family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-85998628553819105772007-07-06T10:03:00.000-04:002007-07-06T10:03:00.000-04:006:22 pm, It's not a prediction, it's a fact. It ...6:22 pm,<BR/> It's not a prediction, it's a fact. It happened in California on July 4th. Take your head out of the sand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-23957942623299141412007-07-05T18:22:00.000-04:002007-07-05T18:22:00.000-04:0011:22 What example are you basing your prediction...11:22 What example are you basing your prediction about Gore's son on? <BR/><BR/>Bush's daughters who were arrested for drinking; Jeb's dauighter or son or both who were charged with drug possession; Bush the president who was arrested for driving while drunk, Bush the president who didn't report for his military duty; or perhaps Scooter is uppermost on your mind as a model to what happens to the Republican "elite" in our country. They all got off. Yet, the Pope himself could not persuade that Compassionate Chrisitain George Bush to let Karla Faye Tucker live (not free her - just not execute her) after her conversion to Christianity and the fact that she too, was on drugs, when she did her crime. <BR/><BR/>How does a politcal "dud" get to be VP and elected President of the United States, even though of course it was later stolen from him. The "duds" were the American people for allowing that to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-63625245628275571162007-07-05T11:22:00.000-04:002007-07-05T11:22:00.000-04:00I'd like to see if Gore gets his son some special ...I'd like to see if Gore gets his son some special treatment in the judicial system.<BR/><BR/>Who wants to bet that Gore does not believe his son deserves the same treatment that the average American would get for his crimes?<BR/><BR/>This just goes to show what can happen over the course of 2 generations. Gore Sr. the successful politician -> Gore Jr, the political dud -> Gore III, the druggyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-56171329723314073532007-07-05T10:44:00.000-04:002007-07-05T10:44:00.000-04:00I hope everybody overlooks Gore's son's drug episo...I hope everybody overlooks Gore's son's drug episode the way they overlooked Bush's drunken driving offense and cocaine use. After all Gore's son is not our president nor probably ever will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-34180553099911826392007-07-05T09:26:00.000-04:002007-07-05T09:26:00.000-04:00It looks like Al Gore is raising lil' Bush ...or ...<B>It looks like Al Gore is raising lil' Bush ...or is he raising lil' Limbaugh ?</B><BR/><BR/>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 24-year-old son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday (July 4, 2007) after he was stopped for speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius, a sheriff's official said.<BR/><BR/>Al Gore III -- whose father is a leading advocate of policies to fight global warming -- was driving his environmentally friendly car at about 100 miles per hour on a freeway south of Los Angeles when he was pulled over by an Orange County sheriff's deputy at about 2:15 a.m.<BR/><BR/>The deputy smelled marijuana and searched the car, said sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino. The search turned up a small amount of marijuana, along with prescription drugs including Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, Adderall and Soma. There were no prescriptions found, he said.<BR/><BR/>Gore was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and booked into the Inmate Reception Center in Santa Ana, about 34 miles south of Los Angeles, on $20,000 bail. Although he quickly identified himself as the son of the former vice president, Amormino said Gore received no special privileges.<BR/><BR/>Gore made bail and was released at 2 p.m., Amormino said. He will receive notice of a court date within 30 days.<BR/><BR/>The youngest child and only son of the former vice president, Gore has had previous brushes with the law. He was arrested in 2003 for marijuana possession and in 2002 for suspected drunken-driving.<BR/><BR/>In 1989, aged six, Gore almost died when he was hit by a car, and required extensive surgery and physical therapy.<BR/><BR/>A spokesman for the elder Gore said he was traveling and could not immediately be reached for comment. The one-time presidential candidate is one of the organizers of the Live Earth concerts taking place around the world on July 7. The concerts are designed to raise awareness of global warming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-58017414664424731862007-07-04T08:00:00.000-04:002007-07-04T08:00:00.000-04:00Anon...all of your soyrces reference the same phon...Anon...all of your soyrces reference the same phony article by the same phony group."The Tennessee Center For Policy Research"<BR/><BR/>You believe them because you hate Al Gore, you are a rightwing clone and you are a Republican...you probably do not believe that Bush was AWOL during the Vietnam war, or that he committed insider trading crimes that were suppressed by Daddy when he was on the board of Armbrusco. You probably believe he was diligent in the month before 9/11 by "protecting" the nation after the PDB that said Osama would attack us, and he went on vacation.<BR/><BR/> Your silly attacks on Al Gore are simply partisan smear-swift-boating, and we are sick of ytour Bullsh..Try it...you have the money and freedom and the rightwing noise machine, but we arn't buying your crap. It's over for the Republicans.The nation sees you for the liars you are.Patti and Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675539902520517271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-56198378677203403462007-07-03T17:48:00.000-04:002007-07-03T17:48:00.000-04:00Patti and Marty, I cited the Wall Street Journal,...Patti and Marty,<BR/> I cited the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, The Tennessean, www.snopes.com, and the Tennessee Center for Policy Research. What proof do you have that these sources are <B>all smear guys</B>?? Please cite your sources.<BR/><BR/> You cite algore.org and off-grid.net as your information source.<BR/><BR/> Regarding www.algore.org:<BR/><BR/>What proof do you have that Dylan and Christine Malone, from Everett, Washington, know more than all the sources I cited? Do you know these people?<BR/><BR/> Regarding off-grid.net:<BR/><BR/>Nick Rosen from London. Sounds like you found a <B>really bulletproof</B> information source.<BR/><BR/>I think these people say things you like, and as far as you are concerned, their statements must be fact. Unfortunately, you are not only stupid, but you are also wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-22802701000726299022007-07-03T13:58:00.000-04:002007-07-03T13:58:00.000-04:00But the smear guys...those sources are really real...But the smear guys...those sources are really really impartial, right Anon. We are not stoooopid, but You are a dupe.Patti and Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675539902520517271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-89511404434778402582007-07-03T13:43:00.000-04:002007-07-03T13:43:00.000-04:00algore.org ...now that's a independent source if I...algore.org ...now that's a independent source if I ever saw one.<BR/><BR/>Patti and Marty, you are just stooooooooooooopid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-2211319410066738692007-07-03T13:23:00.000-04:002007-07-03T13:23:00.000-04:00Such ridiculous twaddle....if Gore can afford a he...Such ridiculous twaddle....if Gore can afford a heated pool, he should not????Environmentalism does not mean you must live in a tent, or swim in a cold pool, if you choose not to. It is none of your business to dictate to Gore whether his pool is to be heated or he doesn't meet your standards...and is thus a hypocrite. In any event he doesn't tell anyone how we must live except to point out where the profligate use of carbon based resources is leading us. We need research into how we are going to cope, and calling him a hypocrite is only a ruse to tar and smear a spokesman for the risks of Global Warming. You 2 are the group of 20%ers who support the corporate desire to pretend Global warming is a myth...like that clown Imhofe...like Michael Crichton. That is why you are so upset that Gore uses private jets( There is no reason he should not!!!!) or has a large home( there is no reason he should not). It has NOTHING to do with hypocracy on Gore's behalf, it is smearing him that you are attempting to do.<BR/><BR/>Where did you get this "The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month"...the Energy company has stated that they NEVER gave that information out to anyone. Right...it came out the arse of a Gore-basher....name the source for this BS.<BR/><BR/>Geothermal heating is terrific...good for Bush....how much did he pay for this mansion, and did the taxpayer pay for it. How much are his energy bills. Does he have a heated pool. If the taxpayers paid for this lovely house, hell-yes....don't you think that might make a difference in how you might build a house. And how old is Gore's house...if it is an old house, it can't be as energy efficient as one the taxpayers built for GW after he bought his "ranch" just before his 2000 election run.<BR/><BR/>"In 2001, White House officials introduced a policy of having the President interviewed in carefully selected backdrops including the ranch, to make pro-environmental statements, as they hoped this would draw attention away from more contentious proposals, but the strategy was dropped as it served only to highlight the hypocrisy of the administration on this issue. For Bush is no eco-nut . Early in his presidency he angered environmentalists by rejecting a treaty to reduce global warming, suspending new limits on arsenic in drinking water and breaking a vow to cut carbon dioxide emissions by power plants. And the energy policy he unveiled on gaining office eased curbs on drilling for oil and gas on public lands. "<BR/>Hooray for Bush the great environmental phony.<BR/><BR/>http://www.off-grid.net/index.php?p=680<BR/><BR/>"The Bush ranch is the kind of place we’d all like to live. Too bad his environmental policies are moving the rest of the country in exactly the opposite direction."<BR/><BR/><BR/>So...who paid for this lovely home....Bush or us?<BR/><BR/><BR/>As to a pool,"Heymann argued that a swimming pool would interrupt the stark landscape. After all, the house is meant to be an integral part of the land. But the twins wanted a swimming pool. “I kept fighting that, but it happened,” he says, acknowledging that his wishes didn’t stand a chance. President Bush calls it “the whining pool” — whine long enough and you get it."<BR/><BR/>Hey----is it heated. ? That seems to be a burning question for the anti Global Warming Gore-Bashers. If it is, the pres must be a huge hypocrite right???<BR/><BR/>Now to the Gore Tennessee home......"This afternoon, a group calling itself "The Tennessee Center For Policy Research" sent out a press release denouncing Vice President Gore for the size of his household electrical bills. <BR/><BR/>Let's start right there. How did they get the utility bills? They also didn't have the courtesy to ask Vice President Gore about them (despite their hollow claim of being non-partisan.) And why would a "think tank" possibly care about what Al Gore spends on gas?<BR/><BR/>Actually, let's start with a more basic question. Who are these people? Well , a quick check of Alexa reveals their web site gets no traffic. Are they legitimate? Well, again, they claim to be non-partisan but only link to far-right and conservative groups so regardless of what their status is with the IRS, this is a conservative, strongly-leaning Republican organization."<BR/>"Tennessee Center's President Drew Johnson comes straight out of the right's network, coming from Exxon-funded American Enterprise Institute and the right-wing-funded National Taxpayers Foundation.<BR/><BR/>They are part of the right's State Policy Network. According to PFAW,<BR/><BR/><BR/>"SPN is a national network of state-based right-wing organizations in 37 states as well as prominent nationwide right-wing organizations. Through its network SPN advances the public policy ideas of the expansive right-wing political movement on the state and local level."<BR/><BR/>So you rightwingnut bloggers think this data from an extreme hard exxon supported Republican outfit is impartial truth. Go stick this somewhere you liars.<BR/><BR/>souce http://www.algore.org/node/245<BR/><BR/>FRom the Anonymous Liberal"Moreover, Gore lives in a large home (10,000 sq. ft.). If you look at the data, it's clear that Gore's energy usage per square foot (even assuming the 221,000 kWh number is accurate) is well within the average range for his climate region. So all this accusation boils down to is a claim that it is somehow "hypocritical" for Al Gore to live in a large house.<BR/><BR/>That's awfully weak. Gore's a former Senator and Vice President of the United States. Does he have to move into a studio apartment before he has the right to talk about climate change?<BR/><BR/>And more importantly, as Think Progress reports, even this watered-down hypocrisy charge entirely misses the point. What Al Gore wants people to do is reduce the carbon footprint of their residence as much as possible and then purchase carbon offsets to reduce the remaining footprint to zero. Gore has installed solar panels in his home, he uses fluorescent light bulbs and other energy saving technology, and he purchases his energy from Green Power Switch, a provider which utilizes solar and wind power. He then purchases carbon offsets to reduce his remaining carbon footprint to zero.<BR/>"Could Gore use less overall energy if he and Tipper moved into a one-bedroom apartment? Of course. But he's not asking people to move into smaller homes. He's asking them to reduce their carbon footprints, which is exactly what he has done. He practices what he preaches.<BR/><BR/>And last but not least, I'm always amazed by the triumphalism displayed by right-wingers when they think they've managed to humiliate a messenger, as if doing so somehow undermines the message itself. It's bizarre. I mean, suppose Al Gore was caught tomorrow driving around the country in a fleet of Hummers that run on solid coal. Would that somehow invalidate decades of scientific research? "<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sorry for the lenghthy post, but the absurd trolls complained that their 3 articles from brazenly Republican sources were definitive, and where were my sources. They are all here you moronic dupes.Patti and Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675539902520517271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-52934354723875014772007-07-03T12:21:00.000-04:002007-07-03T12:21:00.000-04:00Patti and Marty, YES, it IS HYPOCRITICAL for Al G...Patti and Marty,<BR/> YES, it IS HYPOCRITICAL for Al Gore, the environmentalist who wants us all to change our lifestyles, to heat his swimming pool.<BR/><BR/> Liberals claim he *needs* to fly privately. He *needs* to have an ontourage of SUV's wherever he travels, he *needs* to have 3 houses, and large utility bills, and blah blah blah.<BR/><BR/> Al Gore <B>does not need</B> to have his swimming pool heated. I'm sure it won't kill him to have a slightly colder swimming pool. He lives in Tennessee for God's sake, how cold can it possibly be?<BR/><BR/> You need to take off your blinders and open your eyes. The Democrats are not any better than the Republicans. You are like a caveman worshipping the shadows on the walls of his cave.<BR/><BR/> Democrats and Repulicans are both corrupt liars trying to take power away from all American citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-30742357790387975352007-07-03T12:11:00.000-04:002007-07-03T12:11:00.000-04:00Patti and Marty (The Asshole Team)Thanks for compa...<B>Patti and Marty (The Asshole Team)</B><BR/><BR/>Thanks for comparing Al Gore's house to Bush's. This is quite the interesting comparison, and unlike YOU, I will cite sources for my claims. You apparently cannot cite any sources even though you jump to make me cite my sources. I think it is because you are too dumb to cite sources, but it may be because you don't believe in facts, you believe in what makes you feel good.<BR/><BR/><B>http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp </B><BR/><BR/><B>LOOK OVER THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TWO HOUSES AND SEE IF YOU CAN TELL WHICH BELONGS TO AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.</B><BR/><BR/><B>HOUSE # 1:</B> A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern "snow belt," either. It's in the South.<BR/><BR/><B>HOUSE # 2:</B> Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.<BR/><BR/><B>HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion)</B> is outside of Nashville, Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) <B>Al Gore.</B><BR/><BR/><B>HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house)</B> is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as "the Texas White House," it is the private residence of the President of the United States, <B>George W. Bush.</B> <BR/><BR/>So whose house is gentler on the environment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1875613086919848012007-07-03T10:08:00.000-04:002007-07-03T10:08:00.000-04:00'Patti and Marty, You obviously know more than th...'<BR/><BR/>Patti and Marty,<BR/> You obviously know more than the Wall Street Journal and all the sources cited earlier in this thread. Maybe you can educate us on Al Gore's heated pool-house, which runs a $500 in natural-gas bill every month.<BR/><BR/> Gore uses more energy to heat his pool house, than I use in 3 months to heat/cool my 3600 sq. foot house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11636447.post-1738307755437119452007-07-03T10:03:00.000-04:002007-07-03T10:03:00.000-04:00Patti and Marty You are the idiot(s). Cite your s...<B>Patti and Marty</B> You are the idiot(s). <B>Cite your sources</B> if your facts are so obvious. The facts are the facts, whether you like it or not. <BR/><BR/>- He owns 3 enormous houses. He keeps all 3 of his houses heated during the winter, but he obviously can use them all at the same time.<BR/><BR/>- He invests heavily into the oil industry. Gore's income from his oil investments is larger than most American's annual income.<BR/><BR/>- Gore's utility bills for just one of his 3 houses is 20 times that of the average American. Include his other 2 houses and its even higher. His groupies will argue that its OK because he pays into the carbon offset industry. The carbon offset industry is a total scam.<BR/><BR/>- Gore makes annual income in one of North America's largest polluting Zinc Mines. Gore and his zinc mining cronies have been caught emitting thousands of pounds of toxic substances and several times, the water discharged from the mines into nearby rivers had levels of toxins above what was legal. His mine also puts high quantity of Barium, Iron, and Zinc in the Caney Fork river. The soils of the riverbank are also showing the presence of Arsenic, Chromium, and Lead with traces of Cyanide.<BR/><BR/>- Gore never travels on commercial airlines. For Gore, it has to be private air travel.<BR/><BR/>- Traveling on the ground, Gore requires at least 7 large SUV's in his ontourage. He was even caught taking his ontourage 4 blocks to a movie theater when his Inconvenient Truth propaganda flick was released. Poor Gore, the next day, he actually had to walk a few blocks.<BR/><BR/>- Gore doesn't even pay for the carbon offsets that his groupies will argue he purchases. The offset purchases are actually made for him by Generation Investment Management, a London-based investment firm that Mr. Gore co-founded, and which provides carbon offsets as a fringe benefit to all 23 of its employees, ensuring that they require no real sacrifice on the part of Mr. Gore or his family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com