| If the Earth is our mother then Al Gore must be | | | | green projects. It will also make rich people feel |
| our daddy. He is the self-appointed prophet of | | | | better about their private jets. If the United |
| climate doom. Since losing to George W Bush in | | | | Nations passes a climate change treaty and |
| 2000 he has been given wealth, power, and | | | | congress passes Cap and Trade, can you imagine |
| prestige like none before him. Hollywood gave him | | | | the money GIM will ultimately make? I think GIM |
| an Oscar, their highest award. The world | | | | is short for "GIMme the money!" |
| bestowed upon him the Nobel Peace Prize. He has | | | | It appears that GIM gets a free pass from |
| made more money than most governments in | | | | government investigations and the media. I can't |
| this decade alone. All in the name of saving the | | | | find where there has been any scrutiny. There |
| environment. I just want to know his carbon | | | | needs to be some before I sign up to be a |
| footprint. | | | | disciple of Al Gore. His rock star status, world |
| I must confess, I have a little problem with career | | | | tours, and rich lifestyle makes his message hard |
| politicians who finally lose an election, and then get | | | | for me to swallow. Before I let him take my |
| filthy rich soon after. The old fashioned way of | | | | money and tell me how to live he needs to show |
| politicians bilking the public was to simply invest | | | | some leadership. Jesus and Gandhi made it a point |
| where the development was going to be. In | | | | to live simple lives as they preached their |
| Chicago we have the "friends and family plan". | | | | message. |
| This is where politicians award government | | | | I often remind people that Al Gore is not a |
| contracts to friends and family. | | | | scientist. He has made it clear he will not debate |
| Al Gore's scheme of carbon trading goes beyond | | | | any of the global warming issues. Gore's latest |
| anything ever done before. Not only will his plans | | | | book is "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate |
| generate incredible personal wealth, it will | | | | Crisis". Even the title shows his arrogance. I don't |
| subjugate entire nations, and regulate personal | | | | know if man is the biggest cause of climate |
| lifestyles. His contrivance makes James Bond's Dr. | | | | change, but to think that man has the power to |
| No, Austin Powers Dr. Evil, or the Republicans Dr. | | | | reverse global climate activity is a stretch. |
| Bush look like playground pranksters. What is his | | | | I went online and did one of those carbon |
| carbon footprint? | | | | calculators to see how much energy I use. I |
| Gore founded an investment firm called | | | | should be the one getting an award! I want Al |
| Generation Investment Management (GIM). As | | | | Gore to tell the world what his carbon footprint is. |
| any good American would do, he based it in | | | | Would it be a hundred times what I use or a |
| London. The co-founder is David Blood, a former | | | | million? He did install solar panels on his mansion, |
| Goldman-Sachs CEO(one of the leading financial | | | | but come on Al, for what you are demanding, we |
| companies screwing Americans and giving big | | | | need a little more transparency. He probably has |
| bonuses). The company advises governments on | | | | more bulbs in his chandelier than I have in my |
| green laws to pass and then make money off | | | | house. I may be a little bitter, but if global |
| those regulations. Incidentally, there are 9 partners | | | | warming is real then Al and the rich should do |
| in GIM, all rich financial gurus, none are women or | | | | more. How about giving up your mansion to live in |
| scientists. I wonder if they are all white guys? | | | | an average size house? |
| The carbon offset industry is their best play. The | | | | I want a clean environment as much as anyone, |
| plan is to charge individuals, companies, and | | | | but I want our leaders to be clean even more. So |
| governments for the carbon they use. A portion | | | | Al, what is your carbon footprint? |
| of this money will go to plant trees and other cool | | | | |