Hannity Previews Hit Job On Al Gore
Fox News host Sean Hannity has repeatedly attacked Al Gore, calling him an “alarmist” and a “hypocrite” on global warming. Earlier this month on his website, Hannity asked his viewers to send him pictures of “Al Gore getting onto private planes”:
Today on Fox News, Hannity previewed his smear campaign which will air on Sunday night, promising to calculate the carbon used by Al Gore in his travel. Watch it:
Hannity argued, “My attitude is, if you want to lead on this issue, then you’ve really got to lead by example.” That’s exactly what Al Gore is doing. This afternoon, ThinkProgress reached Vice President Gore’s office for response to Hannity’s attacks. Here’s what his office told us:
– Gore lives a strict carbon-neutral lifestyle both in his work and private life. That means he tries to reduce his emissions as much as possible, and then purchases carbon offsets for the remaining emissions.
– In his private life, Gore tries to reduce his emissions as much as possible. He drives a hybrid, flies commercially whenever he can, and purchases green power. In the few instances where work has demanded that he travel privately, he purchases carbon offsets for the emissions.
Full transcript:
MARTHA: According to Sean Hannity, the truth may be a bit inconvenient for Al Gore. The global warming globe trotting former vice president is flying around on private jets, and those jets it seems are quite bad for the environment. Joining us now is Sean Hannity. Hey, Sean.
HANNITY: Martha, how are you?
MARTHA: I am well, thank you. I know on Hannity’s America, you’re working on this investigative report. Tell us what you found.
HANNITY: You’ve know, we’ve heard the term “limousine liberal”? We’ve got a new term. “Gulfstream liberals.”
[…]
HANNITY: Anyway, so Al Gore portrays himself in this movie — An Inconvenient Truth — he’s traveling around the world, lecturing about the damage of climate change, etc. So we decided to look into a little bit of his background, and even for example if you go to the website for his film, it has a carbon calculator. We decided to calculate the carbon used by Al Gore for what we’ve been able to document in terms of his own travel.
MARTHA: And what’d you find?
HANNITY: That’s a big secret. Sunday night.
[…]
HANNITY: You know what, Martha, if they’re not willing to lead by example, I think that’s hypocritical. The idea that somebody can get in a private jet — we are going to calculate the carbon emissions and fuel usage on a private jet — for them to think that they’re so much more important than the rest of us. We’ll let our audience decide. But my attitude is, if you really want to lead on this issue, then you’ve got to lead by example.
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I hate Hannity! What an idiot!
February 16th, 2007 at 3:03 pmIt’s funny that Hannity says Gore should lead by example. If Gore did, do you think Hannity would follow the lead? What CO2 that Gore is putting into the air is for the greater cause, I don’t think that that is asking for much.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:05 pmYou gotta lead by example. Just like all those rooting for the war are packing their kids off to the war zone.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:06 pmJust like those against stem cell resaerch are adopting snowflake babies - or whatever they are called.
I suggest we email gorepictures@hannity.com and let them know. I also plan to attach a picture of me giving them the finger.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:07 pmIn that first photo, Gore must have caught a whiff of one of Bush’s famous farts. Eeeewww… my, GOD!
February 16th, 2007 at 3:07 pmJust who out there is STUPID enough to fall for this line of reasoning? Nobody has suggested that mankind abandon modern life and return to caves. Air travel will always be important and necessary, especially for global leaders like Al Gore. Nobody is suggesting that everyone completely eliminate energy use. That the right wing propaganda machine has been riding this silly fallacy for months now shows just how desperate they have become to change the subject. But honest to God, what person with a functioning brain would buy this reasoning?
February 16th, 2007 at 3:07 pmWas going to write a scathing post on the hypocrisy of Repukes demanding that Gore lead by example, but Charlie T beat me to it. ^_^
Good post, Charlie!
February 16th, 2007 at 3:09 pmUsing Hannity’s logic I am assuming that he has enlisted for Iraq and is encouraginng his foloowers to do so. After all if he wants to lead on the issue he really has got to lead by example. Annyone have video footage or photot’s of Hannity avoiding Iraq service?
February 16th, 2007 at 3:11 pmwhen the republicans are proven wrong they attack, they don’t think about the argument or how stupid they will look - this is a perfect example!
February 16th, 2007 at 3:13 pmWhat exactly is Hannity trying to say here? Is there a psychologist in the house? Could this mean that deep down Hannity is actually really concerned about global warming? No, he’s just a news monkey.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:13 pmI will answer my own question in #6. I have known people stupid enough to buy into this kind of asinine reasoning: they are the same kind of people who think that WWF wrestling is real.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:13 pmLike the average fox viewer is going to know what carbon credits are and how they function. Of course, I guess that we can expect Hannity to fully explain the carbon credit concept so that even a moron would get it. I mean, that is what is called “speaking to your audience”, right?
February 16th, 2007 at 3:14 pmJust who out there is STUPID enough to fall for this line of reasoning?
Comment by VerbalKint — February 16, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
Umm… just a wild guess here… Republicans?
February 16th, 2007 at 3:18 pmWell Gore is a leader…I guess the republics are so scared of him Hannity is starting this campaign.
If he isn’t suppose to travel over seas by airplane, then I suppose they think he walks on water. Damn I would be scared of him to, if I were a republic, wouldn’t you.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:18 pmcomment for #11
I agree with you, I am worried that the 30 percenters are going to latch on to this one and keep denying that our world is in danger of global changes.
Fox news sucks!!!!
February 16th, 2007 at 3:20 pmGore is the only leader I see.
Hannity is a Sheeple-GasBag.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:20 pmWhat does this line mean…”he purchases carbon offsets for the emissions”? Is that a sarcastic take on the “cap and trade” Bushit strategery polluters are being allowed to use?
We should deluge that email address. Hannity, O’Reilly and Limbaugh are truly amazing animals…completely without morals.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:21 pmNext up on Hannity:
Video of Ralph Nader visiting a car show and sitting in a Chevy Corvair with a big smile on his face. (Yes, folks, this really happened).
February 16th, 2007 at 3:23 pmHannity can just go to this page and put in his zip code:
http://www.goarmy.com/ contact/ find_a_recruiter.jsp?hmref=cs
It will give him his local Army recruiter.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:24 pmLet’s calculate the carbon coming out of Hannity’s mouth over his lifetime every time he’s opened it. Surely it trumps any emissions by Gore’s plane travels.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:25 pmHannity is rehashing this old dismissed lie? He must really fear Gore is going to run and win the presidency.
Gore already practices carbon offsetting through sponsoring tree planting and other environmentally friendly efforts to reduce the impact of his flying.
What would a global warming denier like Hannity know about such practices though. That would require him to become educated on the subject, instead of taking cheap ignorant republican shots. Hannity, the voice of ignorance, and lies yet again.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:26 pmY - let’s pick on al gore, ’cause he really has done a lot of harm in his career???????????????????????????????????????????
wtf righties?
hannity, the bully, is bad enough, but the people who stand behind the bully, urging him on, those are the real sickies.
really un-manly, really anti-courageous, no matter how you slice it.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:27 pmWe should deluge that email address.
Absolutely. I’ve already sent them an email.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:29 pmHannity is an inconvenient douche.
-GSD
February 16th, 2007 at 3:33 pmLead by example?
How about sounding the alarm on global warming?
How about appearing in the documentary An Inconvenient Truth?
How about speaking across the country and abroad about this issue?
That’s not leading? That’s not setting an example? More than anyone in recent memory, Gore is taeaching people how individuals can make a difference, as opposed to being indifferent, which is a mood that characterizes the entire right wing.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:37 pmall of al gore’s travel is carbon-neutral and is offset by NativeEnergy. is fox telling the whole story? it’s actually a pretty stunning commitment by gore to offset his travel. fox should be publicly humiliated if they don’t get this story right.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:37 pmI suggest a new headline:
Hannity’s open mouth: Bad for reality, bad for the truth.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:38 pmI’m glad Hannity and Fox are speaking out about this; they demonstrate who and what they are in a very comprehensible way.
The most encouraging thing about the situation is how concerned and wise our children are getting about Global Warming. Both my 9-year-old and my 13-year-old are very aware of the problem and willing to work hard to fix the situation. It was the children who took the lead on recycling.
The more the blow-hards on Fox follow their loud and obnoxious course, the more they show themselves to be mean-spirited, wrong-headed, disengenuous and greedy in a way that a whole generation of future voters will understand and remember.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:38 pmThere are enough hyprocrites in this administration and Congress for Hannity to focus on (i.e., where was he during the Congressional Page scandal?) where he could actually do some good. I’m sure he could even manage to find currently-serving Democrats who are not practicing what they are preaching, if his main criterion is that his victim is NOT a Republican.
Off-topic, but every time I think of Sean Hannity, I think of Kathryn Harris flirting with him and telling him how good he looks on a horse. Ewwww!
February 16th, 2007 at 3:40 pmSounds like Gore walks his talk…and having dealt with the Rw noise machine in the past might have even been expecting this tact.
Nothing to see here, Sean, move along…
February 16th, 2007 at 3:41 pm“If you want to lead on this issue, then you’ve got to lead by example.”
What, kind of like doing something about climate change instead of whining?
“But Mommy, China and India aren’t signed up, why should I have to anything?”
“But Mommy, that evil Mr Gore has a private jet just like Uncle Kenneth and Uncle Donald do. Doesn’t that make him one of us?”
No son, leading by example is not something that America does, it’s just something we nice people claim that we do in order to defeat those nasty Democrats. And Al Gore is a Democrat, so he’s not one of us. Now drink your kool-aid and go to sleep.
Everything’s going to be just fine.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:42 pmHannity does not care about global warming, why is he criticizing Gore’s lifestyle? It makes no sense.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:43 pmSean Hannity is an ALARMIST HYPOCRITE…a MUCK-RAKING, TWO-BIT CHEAP SMEAR ARTIST whose VILE YAP-TRAP SPEWS FORTH NOTHING BUT INNUENDO and JINGOISTIC DEMAGOGUERY …Hannity’s BIG MOUTH should be rented out so all good Earth and Enviromentally-Friendly can SHOVEL ALL THEIR DISPOSABLES, GARBAGE and OFFAL into that CAPACIOUS ORIFICE, otherwise known as “The Foetid Maw of Fox”! Why don’t we do studies on all these right wingnut pundits and big talking cheese-heads and see how much CO2 they emit, how much fuel they consume, how much WASTE they produce? I’ll bet you anything that they produce a lot more waste and waste a lot more fuel and resources than ANYONE they criticize–VILE LYING HYPOCRITES, ALL OF THEM!!!!!
February 16th, 2007 at 3:46 pmWonder if Hannity would be upset, if I sent a picture of my cock to him?
For a preview click below.
http://www.aspencountry.com/ aspen/ assets/ product_images/ product_lib/ 33000-33999/ 33704.jpg
February 16th, 2007 at 3:48 pmAl Gore is a hypocite? Certainly. He appointed his cronies John Hayes and Craven Crowell to the governing board of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and used them to hand out financial favors. That’s right. TVA has the 3rd worst record for power plant CO2 emissions in the US, emitting over 103 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere (NRDC April 2006 Report, Benchmarking Air Emissions). The oil companies that Al smears and attacks for contributing to global warming don’t even come close to the deplorable record of Al Gore’s buddies at TVA.
Bring it on Al. Bring! It! On! Bunghole.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:51 pmspam that email address now!
February 16th, 2007 at 3:51 pmHm, Krazny, should we really click on your link? ;-)
February 16th, 2007 at 3:53 pmTrust Jane =P
February 16th, 2007 at 3:55 pm#37,
It is my understanding that Mr. Gore is happily married and therefore your sexual advances towards him will go unanswered.
However, I hear that Ted Haggard is available…
February 16th, 2007 at 3:56 pmKrazny is a pervert. :)
February 16th, 2007 at 3:57 pmThe problem is not Al Gore; the problem is this ignorant administration who has consistently supported gas-guzzling vehicles forcing americans to purchase Japanese vehicles. The problem is that this administration could have easily curbed their environmentall-polluting corporations; instead, they relaxed the regulations on carbon emissions. The problem has always been this administration and to think that Al Gore should, instead, “walk” to his destinations is absolutely ridiculous logic. All anyone can do is “their personal part” of this major catastophe in the making - to suggest that he is a hypocrite for utilizing mass transportation is absurd. I’d suggest that Sean Hannity is the “POSTER CHILD FOR HYPOCRISY” in this country and should keep his garbage-emitting trap closed.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:57 pmOr maybe Sean Hannity is the “POSTER CHILD FOR ADULT STUPIDITY”?? Which is it? Or can he epitomize both?
February 16th, 2007 at 3:58 pmOOps…I also forgot that Sean Hannity is the “quintessential media whore” as well.
February 16th, 2007 at 3:59 pm#34: Hannity does not care about global warming, why is he criticizing Gore’s lifestyle? It makes no sense.
Hannity doesn’t care a whit about Gore’s lifestyle, or about global warming. The only thing to understand is that Hannity will seek political advantage wherever he thinks he can find it. The flavor of the month right now is “Gore is a hypocrite.” Never mind the facts about global warming.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:04 pm#37: The oil companies that Al smears and attacks for contributing to global warming don’t even come close to the deplorable record of Al Gore’s buddies at TVA.
So I assume you’re mad enough to insist on mandatory caps on carbon dioxide production, regardless of who’s creating it?
February 16th, 2007 at 4:06 pmThanks Spudge, I can’t really get into this, and besides the humorous side of me wants to come out and play.
Steed,
ummm yeah STFU, I know Gore is one of the favorite whipping boys of the right, I also know it is out of fear he could run for president.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:06 pmOkay, nice, er, cockscomb, Krazny! (Trust, but verify?) :D
February 16th, 2007 at 4:11 pmI heard, I believe on Stephanie Miller’s show…that Hannity demands a private plane, and not just a private plane, a certain type of private plane to travel to his speaking engagements..and of course that plane must be paid for in addition to the speaking fee. Anybody have any pictures of Hannity boarding his private planes..??
February 16th, 2007 at 4:12 pmDear Steed - What a kind person you are! Appreciate the fact you attempted to enlighten “progressives” but they don’t like to hear “an inconvenient truth” - it gets in the way of their power play.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:12 pmSo, the wingnuts are so afraid of Gore that Hannity is attacking him, and Al’s not even running for office!
Attack, attack, attack. That’s all these idiots know how to do.
The crap coming out of their pie holes these days is amazing. I can’t linger on Faux Spews for very long, or it makes me ill. Same goes for Glenn Beck. Beck is a complete loser, more so than Hannity, if that is even possible. Last night, he was raving about Bush and salivating at the thought of the U.S. bombing Iran. What a tool.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:15 pm……………………
Hannity is a guttersnipe and douchebag. He always will be.
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#46
Hey Kranzy, nice cock! Heh.
Comment by Spudge_Boy — February 16, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
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February 16th, 2007 at 4:26 pmI always knew this boy was queer. And the evidence here speaks for itself you turd peanut suckers.
Appreciate the fact you attempted to enlighten “progressives†but they don’t like to hear “an inconvenient truth†- it gets in the way of their power play.
Comment by valiant venus
Spoken by someone that never posts facts but opinions.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:26 pmyou never back up your statements with any proof at all and would not know a real fact if it slapped you on the head with a 2×4
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February 16th, 2007 at 4:31 pmWayne,
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Did it sink in yet?
Stupid anti creationist pond spore.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:34 pmAl Gore has it coming as do the other brownshirt climate change folks. The left are the biggest hypocrites on energy and climate and it’s time to point out the facts.
Unfortunately, I do not think Gore will run for President and that’s a real shame. The right-wing is not finished with lying would-be election thief just yet.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:35 pmWasn’t it Republicans that came up with the idea of buying carbon credits? Sean?
February 16th, 2007 at 4:38 pmSince my comment didn’t show up the first time, I’ll try again before I go home:
Dear Steed - What a kind person you are! Appreciate the fact you attempted to enlighten “progressives†but they don’t like to hear “an inconvenient truth†- it gets in the way of their power play.
Comment by valiant venus — February 16, 2007 @ 4:12 pm
Doesn’t this sound like a watered-down version of Mighty Aphrodite?
February 16th, 2007 at 4:38 pmWhy hasn’t there been a campaign yet to fill that mailbox with junk pics of Hannity? Lets give Hannity’s staff some work… and nightmares…
http://www.peteykins.com/images/FarkDec03/Hannity.jpg
February 16th, 2007 at 4:39 pmlying, election thief just yet.
Comment by Liberals Heart Terrorists — February 16, 2007 @ 4:35 pm
LOL a slight change, and you are talking about Bush. Also you need a comma between lying and election thief. Otherwise it is poor grammar.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:39 pm#57,
Actually, we are not so good at it, we just think we are.
WWI - Not an attack, but a defensive response (USA 1, Germany 0)
WWII - Not an attack, but a defensive response (USA 2, Germany/Japan 0)
Korea - Launched attack and lost
Vietnam - Launched attack and lost
Afghanistan - Launched attack and was winning, but then lost
Iraq - Launched attack and then accomplished mission by losing
So, if anything I would say that we are very good at “responding” and absolutely horrible at “attacking”. But, hey, some neocon will come around and tell you that they have a new and improved attack plan that will defy history and be successful.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:42 pm#59: Al Gore has it coming as do the other brownshirt climate change folks. The left are the biggest hypocrites on energy and climate and it’s time to point out the facts.
And what are the facts?
February 16th, 2007 at 4:44 pmLooks like valient venus is also psychotroll rachel.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:44 pmThanks for verifying my theory rachel.
Realistically Tuber, the initial attack on Iraq, and Afghanistan were pretty good. It was the post war response, and peace plans that failed.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:44 pmJane it is MA.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:45 pmHannity is such a hateful piece if scum.
He thinks everyone is “Far Left” but the truth is that he and his ilk are the extremists.
They jumped onto the Neocon bandwagon, rode for miles to the right and then somehow thought that we were the ones who moved “FAR” away from the center.
Bunch of ignorant robots!
February 16th, 2007 at 4:46 pmI dont see the war monger leading by example. Shouldent he be in iraq right now?
February 16th, 2007 at 4:51 pm#66,
I understand what you are saying, but it’s a bit like claiming you won the first inning but ended up losing the game. Bottom line is that the game is lost.
The reason that our initial attacks in Afghanistan and Iraq were successful is a testament to our military might only. The fact that we have lost both is a testament to ill-conceived missions and horrific management.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:52 pmI can’t disagree with you their Tuber. The focus should have been in Afghanistan, and should have stayed there. The UN, and Europe were not perfect in controlling Saddam, but he was not a threat. The recent outing if douglas Feiths activities in the Pentagon, have once again unearthed the invade Iraq mindset the administration had long before 9.11. I am glad to see the facts are getting out there, and the American public is realizing just how insane and far right Bush & Company are.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:55 pm“….flies commercially whenever he can, ….”
So let me see if I understand - Al Gore sometimes needs to go places at “inconvenient” times. Sounds like a time “issue” - like the rest of us sometime face.
So he may need to get somewhere not easily served by commercial carrier?Where? Timbuktu? Katmandu? Trust me, if other “regular” Joes and Janes can manage to get someplace, so could our favorite former Veep. So lets see - he buys “pollution permission” and pats himself on the back because he’s doing the polluting and not some evil corporation. (And progressives wonder why conservatives find Leftys so amusing.) Progressivism really is symbolism over substance - and moreso when those substances are destroying the atmosphere.
That’s why I love progressives! The reason they believe themselves to be so bright: if you made EVERY issue and problem as complicated as they do (Gore’s TVA connections are FACT - not my opinion), you’d would need to delude yourself, too!
February 16th, 2007 at 4:59 pmComment by Krazny — February 16, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
I don’t think Hannity would understand it. LOL
February 16th, 2007 at 5:00 pmComment by ForTruth — February 16, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
Well, at least she’s briefer and has lost the excessive punctuation marks. It’s a slight improvement.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:02 pmCharlie T, you took the words right out of my mouth.
Lev, no, in Hannity’s world, HE and only HE is right, so Gore’s obvious leadership and caring about the planet is lost on the moron. A mongoloid like Hannity does NOT like to be told that he is wrong, because he believes that he is, at the very least, God.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:02 pmJane - Glad to see your internet priveleges were not suspended. How is Wayne keeping up with His Brain?
February 16th, 2007 at 5:10 pmJane - Glad to see your internet priveleges were not suspended. How is Wayne keeping up with His Brain?
Comment by valiant venus
Another little glimpse of how Venus feels women are inferior.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:17 pmWe had a message this morning from the Global Climate Crisis.
Hannity IS dating the GCC, but they are not having sex — apparently because Hannity’s equipment is already leased to Exxon.
The GCC still plans on wedding bells, describing happy afternoons lazing at Hannity’s Bahamas co-op with forty foot high waves and 200 MPH winds.
The GCC says she is worried that VP Gore is outing her past and trying to ruin her fun. But she said that there is no truth to the rumor that throwing arch-traitor George Bush into a volcano will stop her antics.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:18 pmKrazny’s cock is well groomed.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:18 pm72 Valiant Venus,
I couldnt have said it better myself. Spot on without the progressive bullshit you are Valiant Venus!!
You have an uncanny knack at heading off progressive spin before the spores of the spin can take hold and take root. That is very rare in this day and age.
Again brvao to you Valiant Venus. You are a true patriot and a credit to your country.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:21 pmHannity needs to admit he is a closeted hypocrite like Rush Limbaugh.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:23 pmComment by rick lord
Nice one ValientVenus.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:23 pmThank you, m’lord!
February 16th, 2007 at 5:32 pmFunny How Valiant Venus is now sucking her own cock.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:36 pm#84,
I’ve never been a big fan of sexist language but I have to acquiesce in this case that “licking her own clit” wouldn’t have had the same impact as your comment, though it would have been more accurate.
Carry on…
February 16th, 2007 at 5:47 pmTuber,
you are assuming, that Valiant Venus is truly female, and not a in-the-closet drag queen.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:49 pmOh OK Venus, I get it now…
You’re saying that there is indeed man-made climate change but it’s all Al Gore’s fault, and that he’s trying to cover this crime up by bringing the issue to the forefront.
What a cunning plan.
I just feel sorry for poor lil’ Exxon and the other Oil corporations that are the true victims of Climate Change.
*sarcasm alert*
I almost feel sorry for you, you misguided fool.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:50 pmDo you have pictures of neocon being draft dodgers ?
Cowards with vote Bush Cheny stickers sueing the army recuitiers for targeting them ?
post them here
February 16th, 2007 at 5:55 pmIs that all you have? C’mon Fox, is that all you have? It would take just a little peak into you people at Fox news to find enough anti-environment excess to pop that balloon.
February 16th, 2007 at 5:59 pmDo you have pictures of neocon being draft dodgers ?
Cowards with vote Bush Cheny stickers sueing the army recuitiers for targeting them ?
post them here
No, but I have pictures and a movie of Greasy Potato in the Ass Boy taking on ForTruth and BigPapa with Greasy Potato in the Ass Boy getting a double penetration in the ass by ForTruth and BigPapa.
Shall I send it in anyway?
February 16th, 2007 at 6:01 pmComment by Krazny —
And you are a little bitchkick shiznitz. Pfffft!
February 16th, 2007 at 6:09 pm#90,
Disturbing sexual fantasy you have there and you have a HUGE problem. Freud would say that it’s because you want to f*ck your mother. I say that it’s because your father shouldn’t have.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:12 pmTravis - You just shot a hole in my theory Progressives, are, by necessity, bright. Let me clear up a few of your misperceptions.
- I believe climate change is occurring. I believe this change is due to natural phenomenon and man-made pollution. The earth is continually changing through induction, subduction, shifts in the ozone layer, etc. The earth has warmed and cooled cyclically since time beganl.
What amuses me is the arrogance of the Left - like the little Dutch boy trying to plug the holes in the dyke. Most realize the human factor as part of the equation. What do you suggest? Killing every one out of two? But the most laughable aspect of progressive’ pollution sollutions? Their wobbly stance on India and China. Once again, symbolism over substance
February 16th, 2007 at 6:15 pmTP and it’s mothership, Center for American Progress, are the pot calling the kettle black.
CAP purchased about $1 million of Plum Creek Timber shares in 2004.
Plum Creek owns millions of acres in the US, including 90% of timber industry’s land in Montana - over 1.5 million acres of prime timber lands. It is stripping America’s forests at a rate greater than 500 million board feet per year, then redeveloping the land for huge real estate projects.
Plum Creek has not paid federal taxes since 1989.
Plum Creek profits from royalties and on properties rich in oil & gas and coal.
Plum Creek is financially tied to SPO Partners and Robert Bass, the Texas oil billionaire.
SPO director, William Oberndorf, contributed $75,000 to the campaign against Cali Prop 82.
Plum Creek has proposed a huge development in Maine, the massive Moosehead Lake Project, outraging local conservation groups. Plum Creek has demonstrated a disregard for timber laws and natural resources.
http://www.nrcm.org/news_detail.asp?news=1053
Plum Creek is the “Darth Vader of the timber industry”, and is great contributor to the global warming problem with it’s clear cutting, conversion of forests to pavement and production of carbon fuels.
TP phonies, you’re the hypocrites.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:15 pmWow. I’m glad I sold my Plum Creek.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:31 pmAnd you are a little bitchkick shiznitz. Pfffft!
Comment by rick lord — February 16, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
OH well that’ll learn me, *yawn* next.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:37 pmAL GORE…Saving the environment with as little private jet flights as possible.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:40 pmThe earth has warmed and cooled cyclically since time began.
Comment by valiant venus — February 16, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
Yes a little over 6,000 years to be precise.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:43 pmYes, on average, TP is pretty hypocritical. Al Gore is quite a hypocrite. Oh he buys carbon offsets? And how are those traced and ensured? Here, let me reach into my deep pockets to buy carbon offsets so I can take a flight across country. Everyone can afford carbon offsets right? We can all afford to put $20,000 solar panels on our houses right? Individuals can try to limit their lifestyle while drawing power from coal fired power plants and pumping gas into their cars, but the change has to come from municipal and state governments, not individuals. The local and state govts are what can build wind and wave power plants. An individual can’t change what the power plants burn. Most individuals can’t rig up an electric car. They certainly aren’t for sale. And most individuals just aren’t going to fork over money into a black hole called “carbon offsets.” Change has to come from government, not individuals.
Does anyone remember Al Gore’s appearance on the Daily Show about a year ago? Jon Stewart asked him if his critics have a point when they point out that he flies around the country in private jets to talk about global warming. Al Gore didn’t answer. He stumbled and changed the subject. He was caught. Now it looks like Al has an answer. “Oh, I buy carbon offsets.” Yeah, everyone’s going to get on that bandwagon.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:44 pmYes a little over 6,000 years to be precise.
Comment by rick lord
Just scootch that up to 4.6 billion years old, yup.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:45 pmAL GORE…Saving the environment with as little private jet flights as possible.
Comment by mandolin
Well, when you dont have the Presidency, and are experiencing the “letdown” psychodrama that he is, from thinking you he was going to be president all the time he did in 2000, these are the types of acts one stoops to, to try and attain what little glimmer of the spotlight you thought was rightfully yours.
Kind of a “red-headed-stepchild” latent tantrum syndrome, I beleive is the clinical term.
Gore is a bigger psychopath and megolomaniac than our curerent Commander in Chief anyday X 20.
Beware of Gore. He is a dangerous man.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:55 pmI played music at a private party last night and the owners were showing off their new electric party barge. They seemed so proud that they were helping reduce CO2 emissions by spending time on the lake without using fossil fuels. I have to say it was hard for me to take them seriously with the SUVs parked under the garage of their 6000 sq ft house.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:58 pmThe only thing worse than a limosine liberal is a Gulf Stream environmentalist.
As common sense lends itself so it seems those on the left lend themselves not so common. Listen to yourselves.{pause}Common sense ain’t so common to the educated elitist. They use their education in such a way that it becomes obsolete. In perfect example of open honest debate. Your educationed {get it libs!!} mind in debate takes presidence and states that we’re not educated enough and we dont have the right to be in any type of debate. You render the possible means of understanding between eachother, therfore all things learned are not heard and become useless. (libs for example)So it goes with global warming………did I not hear if we try to reverse the natural phenomenon of mother nature we will one day receive the opposite thereof. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….
February 16th, 2007 at 6:59 pmExactly how does Hannity expect Gore to travel across country or to another country. Since he hasn’t perfected his “beam me up Scotty” technology, he really has no choice other than to fly.
I guess that Gore could drive across country in his hybrid car. But, I’m willing to guess that he would be contributing more hydro carbons to our atmosphere than Gore’s portion of the flight on an airplane. Gore does not fly by himself in an airplane. He is one of many people on the airplane. So, he is not responsible for all the fuel on the flight.
This is just another Hannity “straw man” argument. He is such an idiot!
February 16th, 2007 at 7:01 pm#102 - little ricky,
Being a psychopath does not make you an authority on psychopaths, it merely means that you are psychopathic. So, you have to forgive the rest of the sane world (which I try to visit as often as possible by the way) for not buying into your sophomoric attempt at a character assassination.
So, let’s try something new for you and deal with only facts. Which facts that Mr. Gore has presented in regard to the Global Climate Crisis do you dispute, specifically?
February 16th, 2007 at 7:03 pmTuber,
I suspect that little lord ricky is racheal et all don’t bother
February 16th, 2007 at 7:07 pmOf course Hannity is attacking Gore. The neocon apologists are attacking the most viable candidates: Gore, Obama (the attempt to link Obama with bin Laden), John Edwards and Hillary (claiming the Edwards blogger information came out of her office). They are running darn scared but this time people won’t be fooled again. The American people have gotten wise to this smoke-and-mirrors bunch.
February 16th, 2007 at 7:08 pmBy: Anais
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Of course Hannity is attacking Gore. The neocon apologists are attacking the most viable candidates: Gore, Obama (the attempt to link Obama with bin Laden), John Edwards and Hillary (claiming the Edwards blogger information came out of her office). They are running darn scared but this time people won’t be fooled again. The American people have gotten wise to this smoke-and-mirrors bunch.
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- Of course Hannity is attacking Gore. The neocon apologists are attacking the most viable candidates: Gore, Obama (the attempt to link Obama with bin Laden), John Edwards and Hillary (claiming the Edwards blogger information came out of her office). They are running darn scared but this time people won’t be fooled again. The American people have gotten wise to this smoke-and-mirrors bunch.
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February 16th, 2007 at 7:09 pm#103,
The only thing worse than cowards who criticize people behind their back is the coward that withholds their back stabbing only until the check clears.
So, since you are about to tell me that you are not a coward, then I have to assume that you confronted your employers about your being uncomfortable with what you determine to be their hypocrisy and that you didn’t perform the gig and get paid for it. Right?
February 16th, 2007 at 7:10 pmWhat part of the US do you live in? Hey how about those icebergs up towards iceland,preventing the good ol’ fisherman from making a catch?NOT seen in forty or more years.. go mandolin
February 16th, 2007 at 7:24 pmSomeone needs to make a doll or a game for you democrats. For all the “slippery slopes” you folks always climb. You could call it
“Slipppery Al 2000″
“Slip Slidin Away 2000″
“The One That Got Away 2000″
“Slick Willy and Wierd Al 2000″
February 16th, 2007 at 7:31 pmMaybe Hannity should try not breathing - he’s putting too much carbon dioxide into the air, not to mention the bullshit that comes out of his mouth.
February 16th, 2007 at 7:35 pmBeware of Gore. He is a dangerous man.
Comment by ricky lord — February 16, 2007 @ 6:55 pm
You have a typo. I have fixed it for you:
Beware of Bush. He is a dangerous man.
(No need to thank me. It was no problem.)
February 16th, 2007 at 7:39 pmMarie, please read #104, should I curse?
February 16th, 2007 at 7:41 pmThe brains rest with Al Gore. Hannity is a doofus, wantabee.
February 16th, 2007 at 7:49 pmPlease explain to me why Gore’s daughter married into the elite Schiff family?
You’re all being manipulated by the elites. Wake up!
Follow the money … it all leads to the illegal internationally run Federal Reserve.
All Americans should unite and abolish the Federal Reserve.
February 16th, 2007 at 7:51 pmMarie, copy?
February 16th, 2007 at 7:53 pmoh yeah jonny I forgot ! thanks for the memories!
February 16th, 2007 at 7:58 pm#105 - “Exactly how does Hannity expect Gore to travel across country or to another country. Since he hasn’t perfected his “beam me up Scotty†technology, he really has no choice other than to fly.”
The argument with the former Veep is not flying to a location - I have a gripe with the hypocritical Environmental Ambassador Extraordinaire flying in private aircraft. He should arrive at the airport early, go through TSA checks, and jump on a commercial jet like the rest of the flying public - that would really cut down on emissions.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:03 pmTuber - Conservatives LOVE taking money from self-congratulating Liberals - and we do so love to laugh at them behind their backs. (Honestly, can you imagine trying to change the mind of a PC Progressive? Now that’s a waste of time. Besides, they derive a great deal of satisfaction thinking they are “doing something” - we’ll let them enjoy the fantasy.)
February 16th, 2007 at 8:11 pmOur motto: they are entitled to their opinion - and we’re entitled to make fun of it.
Democrats and Progressives remind me of this analogy that we have ALL seen before:
You see a 500 lb fat woman in front of you at the grocery store. She has 2 shopping carts full of all of the fatty shit she likes to eat and it seems like I am waiting forever for her to unpack her shit. I have nothing better to do than muse at what a struggle it is to get all of it unpacked. All sweets, corn chips, snack foods of all kinds. Everything that was ever bad for you to consume, she had it in there.
After she finally gets it all unpacked and I think I might be able to inch forward with my stuff, she stops the chain of progression in the checkout because she forgot her 4 cases of DIET SODA to justify all the harm she was causing to herself and others, as she places them sheepishly on the counter, thinking no one knows what she is up to.
Now she feels better. She has just justified her mindless misdeeds by offering up the “cureall” panacea for all that is wrong, in this case DIET SODA.
In Al Gores case, GLOBAL WARMING.
Prove me wrong oh ye “expert” debaters.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:12 pmLiberals are a riot!!!!
February 16th, 2007 at 8:26 pmWhat do the Neo-Con Wingbats and their sychophants at Fox Noise fear the most? A Democratic Congress with the gonads to stand up to the chimp in chief or that Al Gore will be able to galvanize enough folks to force a change to action on the enviroment and global climate change?
February 16th, 2007 at 8:37 pmProbably both! (one can hope)
The absolute best way to reduce greenhouse gasses is to go vegan, which Al Gore isn’t, and conveniently leaves out of his movie. I think he’s doing a great thing, don’t get me wrong, but in these modern times it’s MUCH easier to be vegan (or at least vegetarian) than to not drive a car - depending on where you live.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:41 pmHey, it is a picture of a blond skank. I am guessing…Fox?
February 16th, 2007 at 11:26 pmWell, I emailed the address and let them know just how I feel. I urge everybody to do the same.
February 16th, 2007 at 11:29 pmI am surprised that SEIXON the Norwegian was not on this thread. He hates Al Gore bigtime.
February 17th, 2007 at 12:16 amThe argument with the former Veep is not flying to a location - I have a gripe with the hypocritical Environmental Ambassador Extraordinaire flying in private aircraft. Comment by valiant venus — February 16, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
You criticizing others of hypocrisy is a riot, especially when the legitimate president uses carbon offsetting for his private flights, making him not a hypocrite, but you a liar.
He should arrive at the airport early, go through TSA checks, and jump on a commercial jet like the rest of the flying public - that would really cut down on emissions. Comment by valiant venus — February 16, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
Do you believe he doesn’t do this, simply because sometimes he flies private? Do you also believe that Cheney, Bush and Murdering Laura also need to fly public? Or is your judgement of hypocrisy only aimed at liberals, as is typical of ‘Hypocritical Conservatives’ such as yourself?
Eat another tic-tac Mighty Anorexic, your arguments are as thin as your skinny twigs for legs and arms!
February 17th, 2007 at 1:20 amTuber - Conservatives LOVE taking money from self-congratulating Liberals - and we do so love to laugh at them behind their backs. Comment by valiant venus — February 16, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
How self congratulatory of you, Mighty Hypocrite.
(Honestly, can you imagine trying to change the mind of a PC Progressive? Comment by valiant venus — February 16, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
How closed minded of you - you have a very conservative opinion. Of course you do… I can imagine trying to change the mind of a PC Progressive, I just can’t imagine trying to change it to a wrong opinion like yours!!!
Now that’s a waste of time. Comment by valiant venus — February 16, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
When the opinion is as wrong and useless as yours, yep, that’s a waste of time. The trouble with you CONs, is that you assume the issue is with progressives, instead of realizing it’s because you’re wrong!
Besides, they derive a great deal of satisfaction thinking they are “doing something†- we’ll let them enjoy the fantasy.) Comment by valiant venus — February 16, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
That’s really funny, considering the do-nothing attitudes of conservatives like yourself. Especially when you’re too lazy to realize that you derive a great deal of satisfication in thinking that your ‘doing nothing’ is smart - we generally let you enjoy your fantasy, until you try to destroy the planet, other countries, or our civil rights. Which unfortunately is a common occurrence for you freaks.
Our motto: they are entitled to their opinion - and we’re entitled to make fun of it. Comment by valiant venus — February 16, 2007 @ 8:11 pm
Our motto: conservatives are entitled to their opinion - and we’re entitled to make fun of you, and keeping your ignorant and superstitious opinions from destroying the world.
Then again, when the mind of a child (you) that governs conservatives, we have to keep you from destroying yourself and everyone else. It’s what spoiled, and ignorant children do, break things.
February 17th, 2007 at 1:26 amI took the email address literally - gorepictures@hannity.com - and sent some gore pictures of dead soldiers and civilians in Iraq to show what would likely happen if Hannity ever “led by example”. What an absolute coward and degenerate that “man” is. It is galling that characters such as he, coulter, and limbaugh will likely never get their comeuppance even when in future times history will show how misguided and repellent their attitudes are. I guess there are still some out there who consider the Vietnam War a great success. It’s just sad, and incomprehensible, that people like that have so much media power.
February 17th, 2007 at 5:05 am‘If you believe in the United States you stay in and you keep doing it and you accept the risk.’â€
Uh? Duh? Hello?
Since when did the military become the nations “welfare youth camp”?
There have always been risks in the military and anyone who signs up knows this BEFORE they enlist. Again I ask, since when did you Liberals make the military the nations “post leave the nest babysitter”?
Welcome to the new world people. Us Conservatives want OUR MONEYS WORTH out of these “troops” we have deployed in Iraq.
No more sitting around with a thumb up their ass getting paid and getting fat while us Conservatives have to foot the bill. These boys need to get their asses in gear. No more patty cake here. Lets see some results for a change.
We are doing the American taxpayers a great service by DEMANDING the American troops STEP UP TP THE PLATE and give us a better performance.
Hopefully Duckworth is a fighter and not a silly “Liberal Progressive Useless Eater” getting fat stateside.
February 17th, 2007 at 6:25 amDemocrats and Progressives remind me of this analogy that we have ALL seen before:
You see a 500 lb fat woman in front of you at the grocery store. She has 2 shopping carts full of all of the fatty shit she likes to eat and it seems like I am waiting forever for her to unpack her shit. I have nothing better to do than muse at what a struggle it is to get all of it unpacked. All sweets, corn chips, snack foods of all kinds. Everything that was ever bad for you to consume, she had it in there.
After she finally gets it all unpacked and I think I might be able to inch forward with my stuff, she stops the chain of progression in the checkout because she forgot her 4 cases of DIET SODA to justify all the harm she was causing to herself and others, as she places them sheepishly on the counter, thinking no one knows what she is up to.
Now she feels better. She has just justified her mindless misdeeds by offering up the “cureall” panacea for all that is wrong, in this case DIET SODA.
In Al Gores case, GLOBAL WARMING.
Prove me wrong oh ye “expert” debaters.
February 17th, 2007 at 6:27 amDemocrats and Progressives remind me of this analogy that we have ALL seen before:
You see a 500 lb fat woman in front of you at the grocery store. She has 2 shopping carts full of all of the fatty shit she likes to eat and it seems like I am waiting forever for her to unpack her shit. I have nothing better to do than muse at what a struggle it is to get all of it unpacked. All sweets, corn chips, snack foods of all kinds. Everything that was ever bad for you to consume, she had it in there.
After she finally gets it all unpacked and I think I might be able to inch forward with my stuff, she stops the chain of progression in the checkout because she forgot her 4 cases of DIET SODA to justify all the harm she was causing to herself and others, as she places them sheepishly on the counter, thinking no one knows what she is up to.
Now she feels better. She has just justified her mindless misdeeds by offering up the “cureall” panacea for all that is wrong, in this case DIET SODA.
In Al Gores case, GLOBAL WARMING.
Prove me wrong oh ye “expert” debaters.
February 17th, 2007 at 6:45 amOne private flight across the Atlantic uses more fuel than a Hummer in one year. Thats not setting a good example.
February 17th, 2007 at 9:52 amthe rich and powerful declare war, and the poor and powerless fight it.
February 17th, 2007 at 10:05 amMy response to Hannity:
Have you folks no conscience?? The world would be in such a different place if that carbon abuser, Al Gore, had not be been cheated of his presidency by the antics of Fox News and the “take back Florida swindle” in 2000. Just think - we wouldn’t be billions of dollars in debt, thousands upon thousands of people in Iraq, not to mention our own armed forces, would still be alive or not faced with living their lives blind and/or limbless. It boggles the mind to consider what the differences would be. The die, however, was cast. Can you sleep at night? Your pseudo-evangelical conscience should constantly be whispering, ” the wheels of justice grind slowly, yet they grind exceedingly fine,” and, “there will be a final judgment,” and if it is like your base (not that those of you manipulating this base, actually believe what your base believes) espouses, there will be a lot of carbon where you are headed! Guess what? Al Gore won’t be there to advocate for you. Have a good eternity.
February 17th, 2007 at 11:08 amGulfstream Liberal?
omfg Sean you’ve done it! You’ve come up with the cutdown of the decade. Now I’ll just return to the bent over position, the ideal position for your audience.
You’re so smart! You just figured out the dirtiest secret behind all of humanity. We consume. lol. I sense your heartfelt concern on the issue. Just think Sean, at this rate you’ll become an activist in about….400 years.
February 17th, 2007 at 11:18 amSTRYKER - Keep it on topic or GTFO! -miserable jarhead punk.
February 17th, 2007 at 12:58 pm#132: No more sitting around with a thumb up their ass getting paid and getting fat while us Conservatives have to foot the bill. These boys need to get their asses in gear. No more patty cake here. Let[’]s see some results for a change. We are doing the American taxpayers a great service by DEMANDING the American troops STEP UP [TO] THE PLATE and give us a better performance.
Why do you hate our troops so much, Sgt. Stryker?
And you’re aware that all Americans–not just conservatives–pay taxes, right?
February 17th, 2007 at 2:19 pmRemember “I like Ike!” Well “I adore Gore” If he runs he will be the next president. All your petty critisizm won’t change the fact that he is the smartest and best leader we have in our time.
February 17th, 2007 at 2:26 pmHannity had a boyfriend in college so I hear - Hmmm
February 17th, 2007 at 2:30 pmHey Gomer Pyle (Stryker). Can you write something original for every post or would you like to keep cutting and pasting?
February 17th, 2007 at 10:56 pmTime to find some funny pictures of Hannity…come to think of it, most every picture of him is…
February 18th, 2007 at 7:18 am140 - a black boyfriend, is what i heard. name of kareem, or something like that….
February 18th, 2007 at 3:58 pmFox News is a little slow on the scoop here, The Onion has already reported on this.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/56631
February 18th, 2007 at 4:03 pm(A) What person, for their own personal use and benefit, has the largest “carbon footprint†in history?
(B) Does Al Gore really believe what he has been selling, or has his rank hypocrisy exposed his cynical exploitation of a theory?
In his book, “Earth In The Balance,†Gore warned that “sacrifice, struggle, and a wrenching transformation of society†would be necessary to save the planet, yet he has demonstrated zero personal inclination to heed his own warnings and imprimaturs. Why? Based upon his actions rather than his words, would it not be safe to conclude that he is less than sincere in his warnings?
It has been calculated from Air Force II’s (then a 707) itinerary that took the Vice President from Washington to Florida to Washington to Alaska to Kyoto, Japan and back — all in just 72-hours for the 1997 Kyoto Conference, that Gore burned 70,737 gallons of carbon belching fuel to attend the foundation forum for his pronouncements.
A 7/11/00 Washington Times article by George Archibald titled “Gore Campaigns As Frequent Flier On Air Force Two†(now in the for-fee archives) outlines Gore’s use of his/our $26,250/hour perk The article reveals that rich&powerful Al logged 375 flight hours from April 1999 to May 2000. That is $9,843,750 if anyone is keeping track just for that 13 months alone in that one airplane. While the article concentrates on the economic abuses of Gore’s usage, the author overlooked the real import of his information – the spectacular use/waste of fossil fuels, and the CO2 produced from that use. However, Archibald did established the true working numbers of flight hours by the ex-V.P. when he reviewed the flight schedule, and talked to the ground crews, the accuracy of which the Gore’s camp admitted by it’s total silence and lack of any denial when asked to confirm or deny. Besides, we were there at the time, and the figures have the total ring of truth. He is invited to deny/explain away what is evident anytime he wishes even at this late date, if he can.
Air Force Two in this period is described as a Boeing 747 after being loaned the craft for campaign purposes by President Clinton. The regular Air Force II was not big enough, you see. This airplane has four GE cf6-80c2b1 engines, and the fuel usage of such a configuration can be found on the net for anyone interested. The actual flight time coupled with the aircraft type and configuration gives us the fuel usage by the World’s Best Known Champion of Minimalist Fuel Use. It reveals that AL GORE IS THE SINGLE MOST PROFLIGATE PERSONAL USER OF FOSSIL FUELS in memory, probably EVER. I will not even attempt to assess the carbon usage from other years, from his other activities, or the chase planes needed for security/convenience reasons.
I have chosen the term “personal user” as the ex-Vice President’s two constitutional duties, to preside over the Senate and to assume the presidency upon the death or incapacity of the president, were both to be carried out in the District of Columbia and needed no travel – certainly not one so lavish and exorbitant. This term is therefore to distinguish from official duties, and show the use for what it was - a matter of choice for personal convenience and benefit of Gore alone and his political campaign.
The math: Boeing 747 @ 375 hrs x 10 tons fuel/hr x 321.9 gallons kerosene/ton = 1,207,125 gallons of kerosene burned by Gore from April 1999 to May 2000. Note: 10 tons is a low average as fuel usage varies with the mode of usage (takeoff, cruise, landing) and the weight of the aircraft as fuel is expended. It should also be noted that because only approximately 7% of a barrel of crude oil is turned into kerosene, it would thus have taken 17,446,400 gallons of crude oil to produce enough fuel to have flown Mr. Gore to his fund raisers, pep rallies, and Buddhist “prayer sessions.†Remember, the infamously massive Exxon Valdez spill was a mere 10 million gallons of crude. One could say, “it took nearly two supertankers a year to keep Gore in the air.” Rather than release our strategic oil reserves, Al could have helped us all by merely taking one of our measly Gulfstreams instead of the biggest perk in history to squire his rapt and admiring minions from the press corp to one droll staged event after another. (Note - Nancy Pelosi now demands the similar perk of a 757, while adopting in toto the alarmist AGW mantra of Gore & Co.)
More recent escapades have documented him at Cannes debuting his new movie while he and his entourage used five vehicles to go five hundred meters from the Carton Hotel to the Palace where the film was shown. http://in.today.reuters.com/news/ne…ia-250330-1.xml The man was also spotted and photographed arriving at the Sierra Club convention in San Francisco on 9/09/05 in a Cadillac Escalade of his choosing on the occasion of giving another in a his long string of speeches accusing normal people of abusing his sensibilities by using wasteful fuel strategies like driving large SUVs. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1482655/posts Recently he claims to be “carbon neutral†due to various off-set schemes and showing up in a throw-down hybrid, while his staff follows in the usual Suburbans. How many forests does he plant to off-set the millions of tons of carbon he claims are such a threat, and where is the accounting to prove it? How much carbon does he claim he must off-set to be neutral and where can I go to get that figure?
If I am incorrect in my charges, I challenge the Vice President or any of his sycophants to point out a single bigger user. Sure, there may be another U.S. Administration executive that could possibly qualify – Clinton, Bush or Cheney – but none of them have made a fashion of touting cave dwelling as the preferred way of life for their subjects either, nor has their use of jet aircraft been so “in your face,†as has the ex-VP’s. No other humans come close. I would cite chapter and verse from his turgid tome, but I couldn’t find a copy at the local used bookstore, so it must remain for others to struggle through his endless morass of didactic drivel for quotes to illustrate his reeking hypocrisy. I am sure valuable examples could be gleaned where he rails against air conditioning as a waste of fossil fuels, and point out he has never been outside air conditioning in the last forty years except to show off his new earth tones in a photo op. I will leave it to others to calculate the massive effluents into the atmosphere from his jet fuel use, but I am sure it is considerable to those, such as Gore himself, who count such things and discount the ability of the earth to counteract those substances. In environmentalist’s terms, Al Gore has one of the biggest environmental “footprints” on earth today, and as far as I can count, the very biggest.
His most recent excursions around the world since leaving office are marked by one airplane trip after another to all corners of the Earth lecturing all within earshot or reach of print how everyone else is a cosmic disappointment, while he best among us all can show the correct path, if we will just do as he says, but not as he does. I would point the interested reader to http://streams.cei.org/ where the Competitive Enterprise Institute keeps a semi-current running total of the disparate totals between the preacher and the flock on carbon footprints, as he jets about lecturing. It is important for everyone to know Gore for what he is- THE WORLD’S BIGGEST, ELITIST PHONY.
When the living large Beltway Jesters start piling out of Toyota Prius clown cars instead of their usual black Suburbans, 747s, and personal business jets, then I perhaps will stop to consider if they are really serious when they lecture us about we, the “little people,” living small. As they, including the subject of this exercise - Al Gore - have not shown any sign of seriously doing as they instruct others, I will thus not even consider their rantings, and will merely pass them off as more ballyhoo and bluster.
No one, and I mean no one, lives larger or has a bigger footprint on Mother Gaia, than the one shouting the loudest demanding others deprive themselves – Albert A. Gore, Jr. If he does not believe his own message, why should we?
February 18th, 2007 at 10:32 pmOut of 145 posts I only found about three offering a rational line of thinking. The rest are nothing more than attacks without the facts.
Though not a petroleum, or a forestry engineer (yes their IS such career), I took the electrical engineering route, the laws of physics and the laws of nature remain unchanged through the millenia. Science is nothing more than man revealing the existence of these laws and trying understand them.
In most research, all you produce is data - evidence, truths, facts. In the early phases of data analysis, especially limited sampling, we can do nothing more than take a SWAG at a possible outcome. The individuals protesting the most, have provided the least.
So who is one to beleive? Reactionary zealots rallying to attack those that do not hold to THEIR beliefs? (Almost sounds like the definition of a terrorist.) Or those simply presenting their findings so we may draw a rational conclusion.
What I’ve witnessed tonight is an unbelievable outpouring of hatred, whining, and odium towards an iconoclast attempting to bring revelation to the masses.
The ostensible truth is meant to be a sweet-smelling aroma that fills one’s nostrils after a Spring rain — instead it has become an acrid stench to the supposedly intellectual elite. They refuse to beleive the self-evident truths set before them.
Facts are facts. Truth is truth.
If you don’t like either one of them — too bad.
I’ve never seen any government capable of changing the Laws of Physics OR the Laws of Nature.
JJ Jackson
February 19th, 2007 at 2:44 amHannity is right on!! The Hollywood liberals need to clean up their own act and stop the hypocrisy!!
February 19th, 2007 at 11:45 amreally braycat - you spend a lot of time hanging out with “hollywood liberals” do you??? wtf do you even know about what you’re saying??? ignorant-ass dittohead. pop another oxy and settle down and listen to your bosses on the radio - they need your $.
February 19th, 2007 at 12:01 pmRegarding post #145 by Joe Guyton
This is perhaps the only post on here with logical reasoning applied to this debate. This symbolizes the vast difference between liberalism (call people names, send nasty pictures to people, e.g. post #36) and conservatism (debate of ideas based on logic and reality). Nicely done Mr. Guyton!
I would be interested in hearing Al Gore respond to Hannity’s story.
February 19th, 2007 at 4:26 pmRe: post #145 &148
Let’s have a look at the amazing logical reasoning of Mr. Guyton’s post.
He claims that Al Gore “has demonstrated zero personal inclination to heed his own warnings and imprimaturs…”
This is simply a false claim. Gore drives a hybrid, purchases green power, and buys carbon off-sets. Sorry, but that does not amount to “zero personal inclimation,” it shows he is aware of the problem and is trying to do something about it.
Next Mr. Guyton says,
“If I am incorrect in my charges, I challenge the Vice President or any of his sycophants to point out a single bigger user. Sure, there may be another U.S. Administration executive that could possibly qualify – Clinton, Bush or Cheney – but none of them have made a fashion of touting cave dwelling as the preferred way of life for their subjects either, nor has their use of jet aircraft been so “in your face,†as has the ex-VP’s.”
I’m not sure why anyone who supports Gore should try to find someone who burns more fuel than he does. You are the one making the claim that Gore uses the most. So have you examined anyone else’s life style and done the math to demonstrate that you are correct? I can think of quite a few people that might fly as much and perhaps more than Gore. As you said, Bush and Cheney come to mind (as I recall during the last Presidential Election Bush was on quite a campaign jet flying marathon).
And how about people like Bill Gates, Donald Trump, and Rupert Murdock? Do you think they don’t fly very much and drive hybrids? Do they do anything to cut back or off-set their emissions? And is Gore really “in-your-face more than “the Donald?” I’d love to see a graph of the fuel use of the world’s billionaires compared to Gore’s fuel use. Until you or your friends produce one you are just making unfounded accusations. In other words, you can’t logically say that Gore’s environmental foot print is the “biggest” until you compare it to others. “Big” is a relative term, big or biggest compared to whom?
But you are fond of making unfounded a