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Fox News: ‘Blame Al Gore For Your Rising Food Prices’

Yesterday on Fox News’s Hannity’s America, host Sean Hannity attempted to blame Al Gore for skyrocketing global food prices:

But how did the food shortage become so acute so fast? The growing consensus is that the crop deficit is directly related to the increased demand for production of, quote, “earth friendly” bio fuels, an effort pushed by none other than the vanquished vice president Al Gore and all in the name of quote, “saving the planet.”

Fox News also promoted the segment on its website with the headline, “Gore’s Grocery: Blame Al Gore for your rising food prices.” Watch it:

[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2008/05/gorehannfood.320.240.flv]

Hannity pins ethanol production — and hence, the entire food crisis — on Gore by pointing to a 1998 statement in which the then-vice president said he was “proud to stand up for the ethanol tax exemption when it was under attack in Congress.” But as Ellen at News Hounds points out, Hannity failed to mention that more recently, Gore has endorsed cellulosic ethanol over corn-based ethanol.

Additionally, there is no one cause for the food shortage. Biofuel production has been a factor but is not solely responsible. The real culprits are: changing diets, global warming and drought, high energy costs, and investors fleeing the dollar and going into commodities.

Later in the segment, Hannity once again attempted to smear Gore by falsely stating that he said Tropical Cyclone Nargis was a consequence of “global warming.” As The Wonk Room’s Brad Johnson pointed out, this allegation is based on a doctored clip of an NPR interview with Gore.

Digg It!

Transcript:

HANNITY: But how did the food shortage become so acute so fast? The growing consensus is that the crop deficit is directly related to the increased demand for production of, quote, “earth friendly” bio fuels, an effort pushed by none other than the vanquished vice president Al Gore and all in the name of quote, “saving the planet.”

Now, this is how it works. Global warming alarmists preach that filling our cars with bio fuels like ethanol that that’s the answer to protecting the environment. Then, larger portions of food crops are set aside for fuel production which cuts into the amount of corn, rice and wheat that make it to families all over the world. In the end, less available food causes sky rocketing prices. And it’s low income families that are hurt the most. Al Gore himself took credit for the increase in the ethanol production in a speech that he delivered to the Third Annual Farm Conference back in 1998.

“I was also proud to stand up for the ethanol tax exemption when it was under attack in Congress; at on point, supplying a tie-breaking vote in the senate to save it. The more we can make this home-grown fuel a successful, widely-used product, the better off our farmers and our environment will be.”

But a recent study by two professors at the University of Minnesota who specialize in economics and food policy, says misguided policies like that one are to blame for the food shortage that we are all feeling now.

BEN SENAUER, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: With all of this attention bio fuels is getting, it’s supplying about three percent of the transportation fuel needs in the United States. If we use the entire corn crop, leave any of it to feed livestock and export, we could supply about 18 percent of our transportation of fuel needs. So in that sense of the word ethanol in and of itself is not the answer. […]

HANNITY: But the fact is, Al Gore has a financial stake in spreading global warming hysteria. He’s admitted to investing in the kinds of companies that will profit from his plea, to, quote, “Go green.” Was Al Gore thinking about saving the planet or perhaps lining his pockets? [...]

Of course, Al Gore’s friends in the liberal media jumped on the global warming bandwagon, sounding the alarm on rising sea levels, melting glaciers and demise of the polar bear.

But they continue to ignore the fact scores of scientists all over the world say human activities are not heating up the earth at all. In fact, some studies indicate is poised to begin a period of global cooling. But the network news outlets – well, they never seem to report on that.

So did Al Gore blatantly disregard climate information that he didn’t help his bottom line? Or is he just terribly wrong? Instead of making room on the mantel for his Academy Award, maybe Gore should have been looking a little bit harder at the impact of the shortsighted, quote, “go green” agenda. Now that the wheels are coming off of Al Gore’s global warming bandwagon, well, even some of his loyal supporters may have to make a choice, “Should I follow Al Gore’s half-baked notion to save the planet or feed my family?” The answer should be obvious.



83 Responses to “Fox News: ‘Blame Al Gore For Your Rising Food Prices’”

  1. RUCerious says:

    Of course! Please don’t blame the Hummer and GIGANTIC SUV drivers who have to stop every other day to pump hundreds of gallons of fuel into their egomobiles.


  2. Leftside Annie says:

    Sean Hannity is a braying ass.


  3. MCMetal says:

    The GOP has moved from blaming all the mistakes and ills of the Chimpy administration and the garbage GOP (where it rightfully belongs) , to now heaping everything upon Al Gore’s shoulders.

    Is it Al Gore’s fault the partisan nature of the SCOTUS finally decided to show its ugly face in 2000 ?

    She-Yawn Insanity ; poster boy for GOP/Chimpy excuse-making and apologist behavior…………


  4. robbez_92107 says:

    Nope – the SCOTUS made sure that we couldn’t blame the Goracle.
    Put the blame where it lies – at W’s feet.


  5. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    Typical waaahhhhpublican logic, it’s gore’s fault, clinton’s fault, obama’s fault, fdr’s fault. jfk’s fault, everyone’s fault except their tin idol in the white house who screwed the pooch


  6. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Geez, it must be so awesome to be a troll and get your own TV show. Trajan must be totally jealous of Hannity.


  7. Yankeluh says:

    Are we so far gone as a country that this crap is believed by a large part of our electorate? Has the Republican Party so damaged the educational system that no one can see through these partisan lies?
    Even if we take back the Oval Office and increase the majority in both houses can we ever get rid of these liars?
    Just wondering what future this once great country has in store.


  8. paleolib says:

    Time to put a laugh track on Sean Insanity’s comedy hour. The deeper into Incurious George’s adventure he continues to blame Democrats for the world’s ills the more comical he sounds.


  9. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    Words that make the lil midget sean hannity crap his nappy, “AL GORE, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENT”.

    How many waahhhpublican presidents have received this honor?


  10. trollsbwild says:

    Hannity will blame everyone but the GOP. Lockstepping trolls tend to do this from time to time.
    The twenty seven percenters will buy this. The remainder of individuals capable of independent thought know better.
    Can’t wait for November. The GOP will be given their walking papers.


  11. specialist f says:

    WAIT…I thought that cyclones,hurricanes,ect. were caused by God to punish SINNERS!


  12. Zimzone says:

    “Should I follow Al Gore’s half-baked notion to save the planet or feed my family?” The answer should be obvious. (Hannity)…

    Yes, the answer is obvious, InSannity, YOU’RE the problem.

    Watch the Repukes blame Ethanol for the mess they’re created.
    Corn production in ‘06 was about 11 Billion bushels. ‘07 was 13.5 Billion.
    Total amount of corn used for Ethanol production was LESS than the difference between those two years.
    Cellulostic conversion is the next step; granted. But we needed to get there incrementally. Cellulostic is just now beginning to emerge, but we’ve had ethanol in our pumps in MN for almost 20 years now.
    This is just another ‘Repuke moment’ telling us black is white.
    Should anyone really consider Hannity’s opinion on anything as accurate? He’s been playing the race / religion card on Obama for two months now, babbling on & on about his character. Now, he’s trying to do the same to Al Gore.
    Hannity:
    -College dropout
    -Didn’t serve
    -Lies for a living
    -Wants America to be a 1 Party system
    -Druggie Limpdick, Jr.


  13. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    The one bonus of faux snooze is it’s so far up on the satellite clicker that the only people who seem to watch it are grannie on their way to the qvc channel or mouth breathers looking for the muff n moan channel


  14. Shayne says:

    Several months ago I severed ties with an old friend because she passed on an email that blamed everything that’s gone wrong in the last 7 years on Al Gore. This ignore the failure of W and blaming everything on the only man to every have won the presidential election and then had it stolen from him might just be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. This might be the evil insanity that pushes Americans too far.


  15. Bozo The Neoclown says:

    Shayne Says:
    “This ignore the failure of W and blaming everything on the only man to every have won the presidential election”

    So much for the party of “personal resposibility”, more like the party of, “whine, cry and point fingers like a three year caught with hias hand in the cookie jar”


  16. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Shayne Says:
    Several months ago I severed ties with an old friend because she passed on an email that blamed everything that’s gone wrong in the last 7 years on Al Gore.

    Holy moly, Shayne, imagine how much sh!t we’d be in if Gore had actually WON the presidency and had control over the exectuvie branch for the last seven years???

    No wonder Bush has been such a failure. He’s had to fight off Al Gore’s diabolical schemes in order just to keep our nation’s had above water. He had no time to manage the economy or fight global warming or find bin Laden. It was all “algore algore algoe” all the the time.

    Except when the brush was a-callin’ in Crawford, o’course…


  17. misshusseinmolly says:

    The real culprits are: changing diets, global warming and drought, high energy costs, and investors fleeing the dollar and going into commodities.
    ________________________________________

    And which of these culprits would have worked quickly enough to have made the food prices skyrocket “so fast”? Diets have been changing for some time. Ditto for global warming doing its thing (although the southeast drought we had this year was probably responsible for part of the spike). And ethanol production didn’t just start last month.

    I nominate as the runner-up the flight from the dollar, as that has been plummeting relatively recently — something Gore can’t be blamed for. Point the finger at the borrow-and-spend policies of Bushco.

    And the winner? Fuel prices. While everything on the list is ultimately a factor, it’s the exploding fuel prices that have affected the cost of transporting food and everything else. And as they get higher, so will groceries.

    I find it amusing that even when the Republicans control most or all of the government, they still manage to blame Democrats for their screw-ups.


  18. houtum says:

    CHANGING DIETS??? That’s the first cause? Gore is certainly not to blame (he’s just the right’s favorite punching bag) but give me a break. Changing diets caused the SUDDEN jump in food prices.(?) Sounds like more asinine reasoning to me.


  19. SP Biloxi says:

    Memo to Fox News: Step away from the koolaid before you overdose yourself.

    The most braindead and retarded statement by the Clown Network.


  20. MCMetal says:

    HANNITY: But the fact is, Al Gore has a financial stake in spreading global warming hysteria. He’s admitted to investing in the kinds of companies that will profit from his plea, to, quote, “Go green.” Was Al Gore thinking about saving the planet or perhaps lining his pockets? […]

    Course , She-Yawn conveniently fails to mention petroleum , the oil companies and former (failed) oil-man , Chimpy , and the close association they all have with each other and the effect it has on the increase of food caosts…………


  21. SpoxLogic says:

    You know…I once watched a documentary about the Serbian war in which the state run media was so good that it wasn’t until bombs starting droping on the capital that people first realized that the UN was fighting their government. In fact, they didn’t even know about the genocide because the state media only told them that the govt troops were only rooting out “terrorists”. The news was never about any conflict.
    Kind of like what Fox is doing now. Can you say “State Run Media”?
    Right here in the good ol’ U.S. of A, too. Never saw it coming, either.


  22. LividLib says:

    there are 6.6 billion reasons why there are food, water, fuel, etc shortages.

    http://www.npg.org


  23. dixie blood says:

    It will be a wonderful Green Day when Hannity goes Green…in the face…in a coffin…


  24. Marie says:

    Fox propagandists make me sick – I will never understand why people watch Fox.

    It’s cloudy today where I am – if that’s not Gore’s fault, it surely is the fault of the Democrats.


  25. IgnoranceIsNotBliss says:

    Another thing that is going to continually raise the price of food is people who don’t understand why there are shortages and start hording food.

    When they panic and don’t fully read and do some research on the material which they are reading, we all lose and end up paying moreat the grocery store.


  26. raynman says:

    Okay… let me get this straight. If at first you don’t succeed, blame Clinton.

    If you get caught blaming Clinton, blame Gore.


  27. Buckie Boy says:

    Sean Hannity spends the evening on the toilet dropping the kids off at the pool then takes and does a reading of it, and tada there he has it, the next days pile of shit to feed the brainless morons who watch Faux Noise – Far from Balanced.

    Liars love telling lies, it’s what they do.


  28. JBaddo says:

    Sean “Baghdad Bob” Hanitty saying silly things for which he is paid handsomely. He is an entertainer not a sage or guru on the events of the day. he is getting paid to IRRITATE and drive people mad…thats the Murdoch business model.


  29. texaslady says:

    The best right wing comment regarding Al Gore, is that Gore has a company that will make money off of all carbon footprint solutions. So, there is no Global Warming it is all just for Gore’s profit.
    Whatever is going on with our climate needs serious research with all the earthquakes from Nevada through Iowa and in China. Horrible weather, more tornadoes in the first five months this year than til August last year.
    So, all you bush supporters where are you going to go when there is no safe place on earth?


  30. Wayne A. Schneider says:

    Come on, Hannity. This is stupider than your usual schtick. Look, unless Al Gore is eating all the food (and I can see why some might suggest he is), then he is in no way responsible or to blame for food shortages. Besides, it’s rice that’s the real problem. How much rice was grown in this country and used for biofuels instead of food?


  31. MCMetal says:

    texaslady Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    The best right wing comment regarding Al Gore, is that Gore has a company that will make money off of all carbon footprint solutions. So, there is no Global Warming it is all just for Gore’s profit.
    Whatever is going on with our climate needs serious research with all the earthquakes from Nevada through Iowa and in China. Horrible weather, more tornadoes in the first five months this year than til August last year.
    So, all you bush supporters where are you going to go when there is no safe place on earth?

    May 12th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Didn’t you hear ?

    It was Al Gore who precipitated the earthquake in China , along with the tornados in the middle of the US , in a nefarious and twisted plot to make more money ……………


  32. lokidog says:

    So Sean Handjob believes a good Democrat like Al Gore weilds the kind of influence and power that makes world markets move with just his words? Words from a man who no longer holds any office? Wow.

    Just further proof how important it is for this country (and world) to have another Democrat in the White House.

    Thanks wingnut!


  33. texaslady says:

    Well if Al Gore didn’t do it, it must have been Bill Clinton, or any Democrat just to make poor bushie look bad. Let’s see how much AID bushie allots for our States. Defenders like VAVoter cling to anything they can.


  34. gummitch says:

    I always knew that Al Gore was godlike in his powers, but I didn’t realize he could single-handedly create a drought in Australia that destroyed one of the largest rice crops in the Pacific. Awesome.


  35. Xisithrus says:

    The liquor stores are full of bio-fuels!!! Heh. Anyway, there are droughts in Australia and China, the sub-prime investors are moving investments to commodities since the implosion. Duhh. I guess Al Gore is also to blame for the high price of gold and oil as well?

    Who knew, the price of gold goes up because its a little warmer in the world.

    LOL @ Hannity


  36. ninique says:

    Hanity is an ass. really. he’s gonna sit there and try to tell people that because we’re recycling, not using plastic baggies, planting trees and walking to work that that’s why there’s a food shortage? idiot! I bet you he drives a huge gas guzzler and runs over baby ducks and sappling trees in his spare time


  37. Badger says:

    When Americans buy Gas or Groceries, and pay a lot more than they did a couple years ago…they are Paying the BUSH TAX.

    By running up the National debt to over 9 Trillion dollars, and sowing the seeds of instability in the Middle East with an illconceived War….the Bush Policies have caused Investors and Speculators to flee the Dollar for Oil, Grain, and other Commodities.


  38. abarts says:

    Is Hannity still hawking those GMC Trucks and SUVs? He may want to look to them.


  39. Xisithrus says:

    But there is no drought its raining here in Texas!!

    C:\snark\meteorologist snark.inf\


  40. Wayne says:

    Geez, I guess “Its Clinton’s fault” was used a bit too much and had become worn from overuse.

    So now the GOP cry is “It’s Gore’s fault”
    makes as much sense ( which is no sense at all, zero still equals zero )


  41. texaslady says:

    Seriously, it may take a year or two but with continued drought, tornadoes, and even huge rainfall it will begin to affect the crops. Iowa farmers are just beginning to get into the fields about 2-3 months later than usual. And not all are planting corn. Living in the South, we are seeing shortages in fruit and vegetables as well as lower quality. Again weather related. So, laugh at Gore and the rest but remember when you are fighting for potatoes, we could have changed things.


  42. ninique says:

    ok, all I know is that we had as earthquake in China, a Cyclone in Burma, Tornadoes in Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Georgia and an active almost errupting volcano in chile. Not to mention the erradict weather patterns everywhere else. And to think it’s supposed to be lovely in the spring time!


  43. Xisithrus says:

    http://farm.ewg.org/farm/progdetail.php?fips=00000&progcode=corn
    Corn Subsidies
    2005 $9,399,338,468
    2006 $4,920,813,719

    Hmmm. Makes one think eh?

    Anyway, did you know it takes half a gallon of gasoline to grow a bushel of corn? And what has happened to the price of fuel?

    Hannity? Care to answer that one?

    Ethanol can be made for about a dollar a gallon which would REDUCE the cost of growing corn. The cost of gas, as you know, has almost quadrupled.


  44. texaslady says:

    There is also Bio-diesel which Willie Nelson has been using in his bus for several years. Used vegetable oil, amazing isn’t it? Fuel and the lovely smell of french fries two for one.


  45. texaslady says:

    Great documentary regarding using recyled materials to build houses with out in New Mexico, I believe. The builder had to fight the County for the right to build even tho it was in the middle of no where and the buyers were aware of what was to be used for material. Took 5 years and the builder almost went bankrupt to finally build. Why is everyone so afraid of change?


  46. dumbstruck says:

    If we can blame Al Gore for rising food prices then it should only be fair to blame FOX for lower intelligence among Republicans.


  47. hussein toasterhead says:

    houtum Says:

    CHANGING DIETS??? That’s the first cause? Gore is certainly not to blame (he’s just the right’s favorite punching bag) but give me a break. Changing diets caused the SUDDEN jump in food prices.(?) Sounds like more asinine reasoning to me.

    May 12th, 2008 at 4:07 pm

    Yes – this is actually a very big reason for the increase in food prices. As countries like China and India have grown more wealthy, their diets have changed to include more meat and processed foods. Meat is extemely water and fossil-fuel-intensive, as is the industrial agriculture that produces the corn, soy, and wheat that makes most of the world’s processed foods, as is the factory production that produces our processed foods. The demand for these foods had little impact on commodity prices when oil was at $30/gallon, but with oil at $120/gallon, the cost to produce food quadrupled.


  48. hussein toasterhead says:

    Not to mention the years of IMF/World Bank structural adjustments in the 1980s and 1990s that forced the developing world to produce cash crops and build textile factories instead of investing in staple agriculture, thus making developing economies dependant on heavily-subsidized U.S. and European commodities for basic sustenance.


  49. hussein toasterhead says:

    Oh yeah – did Hannity mention that companies like Monsanto and Archer Daniels Midland are pulling in record profits this quarter?

    Hmm, didn’t think so.


  50. ninique says:

    that doesn’t make it Al Gore’s fault, though. to think he’s to blame for food shortage is preposterous.


  51. Xisithrus says:

    Besides food for human and livestock consumption, corn is used in paint, paper products, cosmetics, tires, fuel, plastics, textiles, explosives, and wallboard – among other things -Internet

    Well, it must be those c**ts and trollops that apply heavy makeup.

    C:/trollops/McSnark.dat/


  52. RUCerious says:

    Xis ~ ROFLMAO!!! Where’s my damn trowel>>>???


  53. BrianFL says:

    Hannity is the same clown who blames our current economic downturn solely on the media. You see, if they hadn’t reported all those alarming statistics, none of us would have realized how poor the economy was, hence, it is their fault.

    The “party of responsibility” once again passes the buck.

    The Republican-controlled Fed Reserve kept fed interest rates too low for too long in order to try to stimulate the economy and housing market. It was always a bubble that was going to burst. Now, their answer is more and more rate cuts, essentially putting more and more money into the market. That causes more and more inflation, and a weaker and weaker dollar. We need a tighter monetary policy, not a looser one.

    ….but let’s pretend it’s all Al Gore’s fault.


  54. dixie blood says:

    #29 JBaddo Says:
    ——————————————————————————–

    Sean “Baghdad Bob” Hanitty saying silly things for which he is paid handsomely. He is an entertainer not a sage or guru on the events of the day. he is getting paid to IRRITATE and drive people mad…thats the Murdoch business model.

    And he claims to be a Christian…go figure…

    These religious JesusMongering nut bags like Sean HandOnPP induce projectile vomitting among the non-25%ers!!!!


  55. texaslady says:

    Perhaps the high price of food isn’t all bad. When you look around and see overweight children and adults from eating larger portions of fast food, with more preservatives which leads to diabetes and other health factors. If we had to cut back can that be all bad ?


  56. ralph the wonder llama says:

    BrianFL Says:
    Hannity is the same clown who blames our current economic downturn solely on the media. You see, if they hadn’t reported all those alarming statistics, none of us would have realized how poor the economy was, hence, it is their fault.

    The “party of responsibility” once again passes the buck.

    Brian, I’k not sure you can really pin Hannity’s buck-passing on his Republicanism. It’s mainly just childishness.

    Of course, there are a lot of childish Republicans…


  57. Xisithrus says:

    Xis ~ ROFLMAO!!! Where’s my damn trowel>>>??? -RUC

    Heh.


  58. wwew says:

    theres actually plenty of food, its the prices that are the problem.

    hannity is behind the curve as usual though: http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/4/26/194611/395


  59. Perry logan says:

    That’s the Republican daily schedule: Get up. Screw up. Blame the liberals.


  60. texaslady says:

    Plenty of food here, but other countries not so much, no matter how much you can pay.


  61. ninique says:

    Sean handonpp is a puppet on the string of the party. he’s the dancing monkey in the media. And the media tells the party what it wants to hear so that it can go nighty night with a so called clear conscience, shyeah right!


  62. dbadass says:

    Is it just me or is someone around here fishing with weak bait?


  63. hussein toasterhead says:

    texaslady Says:

    Perhaps the high price of food isn’t all bad. When you look around and see overweight children and adults from eating larger portions of fast food, with more preservatives which leads to diabetes and other health factors. If we had to cut back can that be all bad ?

    May 12th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
    ______

    Better yet – we replace that fast food and processed food with REAL food. If every American increased our intake of locally-grown produce, organics, fruits and vegetables, and whole grains, and decreased our intake of meat, imported staples, industrially-produced grains, and processed corn-by-products, we’d take some major steps towards solving the food crisis, the oil crisis, the health care crisis, and the climate crisis.


  64. dasm says:

    This is ironic- since I blame Fox “News” (God knows they are not news, nor journalists) – for practically everything. And my blame is much more based in fact than their lying smears!


  65. ralph the wonder llama says:

    dbadass Says:
    Is it just me or is someone around here fishing with weak bait?

    You’re not alone in this assessment.

    In its defense, it has made a couple more posts without breaking character than it usually manages. Still, not a very convincing disguise.


  66. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Nope. Still not much of a disguise.


  67. ninique says:

    anybody got some raid roach repellent? I think there’s a rat


  68. dbadass says:

    ninique Says:
    anybody got some raid roach repellent? I think there’s a rat
    —-

    Maybe just turning on the light, is all that is needed


  69. tokin librul says:

    There is precisely one and only one reason for the exponential increase in the price of fuel, and the foolish allocations of farm lands to non-food uses: Speculation.

    Or said another way: Kapitalism.

    Speculation has driven the energy-price bubble into the stratosphere.

    Oh, by the way, I think I heard Goerge Soros say today he was shorting the dollar. Once a speculator, always a mother-fooker, innit?


  70. crooksNliars says:

    …sometimes, I wish Faux Mews was removed from the Direct TV channel lineup.


  71. Shayne says:

    Undercover cockroaches, not very convincing are they?


  72. questioneverything says:

    It’s simple logic–Bush and Cheney and the corporations are responsible for everything and connect McSame to Bush and Cheney. Not complicated.


  73. techsong says:

    Hannity, It’s all part of the agenda. Same targets, same twisted logic. Even the music he uses is silly. Only the Fox dummies believe this garbage. Junk journalism is all you get from Hannity, a college dropout with no degree in anything. I guess you don’t need any education to spread lies HUH?


  74. dbadass says:

    A poorly baited trap yields nothing but insignificant bycatch


  75. dbadass says:

    ecologically all bycatch is significant! Purchase your sea-based proteins wisely! Either farm raised or wild caught, those shrimp cocktails are cause for alarm.
    Thanks-


  76. IAmNotMyPreacher'sKeeper (ThinkOutsideTheBush/SBHC) says:

    What’s next — blaming global warming on Hillary’s farts? Oh wait, there is no global warming. *sarcasm*


  77. tarazan says:

    But Fox never questioned why Gasoline Prices are up and whom should we blame?


  78. Brain From Planet Arous says:

    I know some Libertarians that say it is Al Gore’s fault that the Oil price’s are so high. Their reasoning (or lack thereof) is that environmental laws are making oil companies pass the expenses of maintaining clean output to the public.


  79. Alecto says:

    I just looked it up and confirmed it:
    Hannity is #34 on the list of those to be hung.


  80. Alecto says:

    crooksNliars Says:

    …sometimes, I wish Faux Mews was removed from the Direct TV channel lineup.

    Support Ala Carte TV line up pricing.

    http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/06/congressmen_again_urge_a_la_ca.php


  81. backup says:

  82. SBadclad says:

    Al Gore should be tried for crimes against
    Humanity. Gore lies (about Global Warming) millions die
    (of hunger and malnutrition) plus he makes money while
    doing it (touts investing in biofuels, (read corn and
    other grains)), people in Mexico can’t afford Tortillas.
    It’s “The Law of the Left”, also called, “The Law of
    Unintended consequences”. Read Rand’s “We The Living”
    to see where the Left leads.


  83. youtube says:

    Arguing with them is the same as arguing with your cat. They will scratch, they will hiss, and even on their best days they still, for reasonssohbet unbeknown to the rest of us, pee on your carpet. Hoekstra et al are racist thugs. They will not understand a document as important at the one reported Bedava mp3 indirby the A.P. What this document has said is that for years, words like Jihadists, Islamic Terrorism, Islamic Extremism etccet have done nothing but castigate Muslim men and women.



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