Al Gore recently told a crowd, “Our country is in very serious trouble. But that does not mean I am optimistic.”
Then the former vice president shifted focused to the topic of money and politics and trotted out last year’s catch phrase, “Our democracy has been hijacked.”
Mr. Gore went on to say “The NRA is a complete fraud because it is financed by the gun manufacturers.” Gore’s belief is that the NRA is in league with the gun manufacturers as opposed to actually defending the Second Amendment rights of the people.
Al Jazeera is just fine though! In a rambling explanation, Mr. Gore justified the sale: “I did extensive diligence and found some pretty remarkable things; it has won major awards around the world for integrity in journalism.”
Al Jazeera is almost as propagandistic as the American media. I guess that’s why he likes it. With an estimated $100 million gross profit from the sale of his Current TV to pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera, Gore is now worth more than $300 million, according to an estimate from Forbes.com.
Gore’s net worth is greater than Mitt Romney’s but that’s not a problem for the poor. He’s a Democrat! He’s a hypocrite. That’s not a problem.
Gore also has his hand in a global investment company called Generation Investment Management, which he founded in 2004 with ex-Goldman Sachs executive David Blood.
Together, Blood and Gore have reportedly built a company with assets under management of more than $6 billion.
Gore sale of Current to Al-Jazeera, which is backed by Qatar, “reeks of irony,” given Qatar’s oil-based economy, which might not jibe with Gore’s environmental message from “An Inconvenient Truth.” He’s a hypocrite. That’s not a problem. Gore refused to sell his company flailing television station Current TV to Glenn Beck; too unsavory a character evidently.
Rather, he sold the company for $500,000,000 (with Gore pocketing $70, to $100 million) to Al Jazeera, a Qatar owned television station.
Where does the Al Jazeera get its funding? From the oil-rich Qatar government — more than half its revenue comes from oil — and the royal family. He’s a hypocrite. That’s not a problem.
Mr. Gore went on to say “The NRA is a complete fraud because it is financed by the gun manufacturers.” Gore’s belief is that the NRA is in league with the gun manufacturers as opposed to actually defending the Second Amendment rights of the people.
Gore would never get in bed with someone whose interest is contrary to the American public. Well, not unless there’s money it! Then he can peacefully sleep with the enemy
Gore’s personal financial involvement in Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), is blatant, especially through Goldman Sachs — a large shareholder of CCX, and in 2004, the creator of Gore’s very own London-based hedge fund, Generation Investment Management.
The U.N.s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that future warming due to human causes will be approximately half their most recent predictions and much lower than the amount of warming predicted in IPCC’s first three reports.
According to the IPCC a doubling of CO2 will lead to a warming of just 2.9 to 3.1 0F, significantly lower than the 5.4 to nearly 7 degree warming most recently estimated.
But does that matter to Al Jazeera, the American media or Mr. Gore, a pathetic snake-oil salesman and supreme capitalist that always makes a buck from his political allies? No. Nor do the low information voters ever catch on. He’s for the poor.
He’s a charlatan and a hypocrite. But ... it’s not a problem, just an “inconvenient truth.”
William Leasure
Lonaconing
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It’s not a problem ... not in some people’s eyes
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Cashing in
As anyone who lives in the area knows, economic gains have been hard to come by in recent years. The opening of the Rocky Gap Casino Resort is one of the biggest boosts the region has seen in some time.
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Why have the media been silent all this time?
When I read the Cumberland Times-News Editorial this morning, Friday, May 17, entitled, “Outrageous,” I laughed like a kid at a birthday party!
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What are chances this much money will be spent on road?
I was intrigued by cost data summarized in reporter Kathy Mellott’s recent article, “Completing southern link of U.S. Route 219 said to be best use of highway funds,” which appeared in the Cumberland Times-News on Tuesday May 14 (Page 1A).
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School board should be doing better job with less money
The Allegany County Teachers Association (ACTA) board of directors recently submitted a letter to the editor asking the Allegany County commissioners to fully fund the Board of Education’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year (“Commissioners should fund school board request,” April 29 Times-News).
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Better ‘Click It’
If you notice more police on the highway this week, it’s for a couple of reasons.
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They do bite
This week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week. For anyone thinking that is not such a big deal, consider that 4.7 million Americans annually are bitten by dogs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Stop buying licenses; let them find the money somewhere else
A few months ago, I received two cards from the National Rifle Association. These were dealing with a legislative alert.
They asked that I should contact Sen. George Edwards and Delegate Kevin Kelly concerning the anti-gun legislation. -
Strength of gun laws is not reflected in grisly statistics
According to the FBI’s uniform crime reports, California had the highest number of gun murders in 2011 with 1,220, which makes up 68 percent of all murders in the state that year and equates to 3.25 murders per 100,000 people.
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An old story
What for years has been an on-again, off-again battle over funding between the Allegany County Commissioners and the Allegany County Board of Education seems to be growing even uglier.
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‘Forgotten warrior’ not forgotten
The Korean War is often called “The Forgotten War.” My generation remembers the Battle for LZ X-Ray at Ia Drang, The Tet Offensive, and Khe Sahn of the Vietnam War.
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