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Thursday, April 5. 2007

Hey, Al Gore

Right now, in Hartford, CT, it is snowing. Fairly heavily, too. What's up, Al?

And here's news to me: Al Gore gets paid $125,000 for showing up to speak about the warming crisis. Small Dead Polar Bears. Good gig for a huckster. Somebody call me. I'll do it for half of his fee - and I will explain to you why mankind should pray for a return to warming to fend off the next ice age.

And, whoa. Al Gore's offset company spends only 25% of the money on offsets. The debate is over on Al Gore. Guess what? This guy is a greedy capitalist pig!

Somebody remind me how he got all of that pre-IPO Google stock. I forget. I tried, but I could not get any from my stockbroker. The VIPs hogged it all, and made out like bandits. Al Gore is into the real Green now, I suspect. What is his net worth, without ever holding a real job?

Posted by The Barrister in Politics at 08:17 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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"Right now, in Hartford, CT, it is snowing. Fairly heavily, too."

It's sunny here in Niles, IL. But I had to break the ice off the bird bath and after this sub-freezing blast there may be yet another again next week.
There goes the early planting!
That aside, why does the photo of Al Gore remind me of Benito Mussolini? Are they related?
#1 John Hetman on 2007-04-05 10:31 (Reply)
you can buy heated bird baths online
#2 bird dog on 2007-04-05 10:39 (Reply)
It's a pretty sad state of affairs when Gore flies in on a Gulfstream, takes a limo to the auditorium and then lectures on global warming and people eat it up.
#3 Santay on 2007-04-05 10:56 (Reply)
"you can buy heated bird baths online"

Thanks, but my birds and I don't want to appear as decadent effete liberals. It's our responsibility to provide a good example of the pioneering spirit that made this country great.
#4 John Hetman on 2007-04-05 11:09 (Reply)
hahaha. Brave birds. I don't have one either, but I have noticed them. Sort of like having a heated swimming pool.
#5 bird dog on 2007-04-05 12:19 (Reply)
A solution that may be acceptable, a small air pump that creates a stream of bubbles. The bubbles keep the ice from forming.
#6 John on 2007-04-06 10:19 (Reply)

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