Guest Jim Alder Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 "David Moffitt" <dmoffitt@weaselstomping.org> wrote in news:13m6enh7rk30aff@corp.supernews.com: > > "Zzzzzt!" <Zzzzt@zzzzt.zzt> wrote in message > news:j326m3dq44322ota8o2soif0hk7g8a8m4f@4ax.com... >| On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:40:44 -0700, Captain America >| <america.captain@gmail.com> wrote: >| >| >Looks like Gore's house was still under renovation when the republicans >| >were acting like little bitches and whining back in February. >| > >| >BWAHAHAHAHA >| > >| This was true, it was the construction that brought the matter to >| attention and no one bothered to find out what was actually going on. > > %%%% At the time Gore was screaming about global warming his home was not > green. He didn't start until last March on any construction. Hmmm. Wasn't that about the time his $20,000 utility bills hit the news? > Remember you > are paying your carbon offsets so Gore can remodel his mansion. OTOH it is > still lit with power from a coal fired plant. The home may be enviromentally > friendly but is still uses the power of more than 10 normal homes. > > "Ignorance gives politicians a free > hand to exploit the politics of envy. Our education system creates a > growing surplus of that ignorance." --Walter E. Williams > > > > > >| > >| >| >~~~~~~~ >| > >| > >http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Gore-Tennessee-Home.html?_r=2 &oref=login&oref=slogin >| > >| >NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Al Gore, who was criticized for high electric >| >bills at his Tennessee mansion, has completed a host of improvements to >| >make the home more energy efficient, and a building-industry group has >| >praised the house as one of the nation's most environmentally friendly. >| > >| >The former vice president has installed solar panels, a >| >rainwater-collection system and geothermal heating. He also replaced all incandescent >| >lights with compact fluorescent or light-emitting diode bulbs. >| > >| >''Short of tearing it down and staring anew, I don't know how it could >| >have been rated any higher,'' said Kim Shinn of the U.S. Green Building >| >Council, which gave the house its second-highest rating for sustainable design. >| > >| >Gore's improvements cut the home's summer electrical consumption by 11 >| >percent compared with a year ago, according to utility records reviewed >| >by The Associated Press. Most Nashville homes used 20 percent to 30 >| >percent more electricity during the same period because of a record heat wave. >| > >| >Shinn said Gore's renovations are impressive because his home, which is >| >more than 80 years old, had to meet the same rigorous standards as new construction. >| > >| > Gore has said the criticism was unfair because the 10,000-square-foot >| >mansion was undergoing extensive remodeling. He said this week that >| >''global warming denier'' groups were trying to discredit him because >| >they don't like the attention he has given to climate change. >| > >| >More at link... >| > > > -- President Bush was so buoyed by the warm reception he was given in Albania that he immediately gave all 3 million Albanians American citizenship, provided they learn Spanish. - Ann Coulter Quote
Guest Jim Alder Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 "David Moffitt" <dmoffitt@weaselstomping.org> wrote in news:13m6gao372sqte7 @corp.supernews.com: > "In the wrong hands, samurai swords are dangerous weapons," Home > Office Minister Vernon Coaker said. Obviously the same can be said of government. -- President Bush was so buoyed by the warm reception he was given in Albania that he immediately gave all 3 million Albanians American citizenship, provided they learn Spanish. - Ann Coulter Quote
Guest Jim Alder Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 Phlip <phlip2005@gmail.com> wrote in news:Yo2dnZT7gpOn0_ 7anZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d@adelphia.com: > David Moffitt wrote: >> http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1319327520071214?sp=true >> LONDON (Reuters) - The government said Wednesday it would ban the sale >> of samurai swords because the weapons had been used in a number of >> serious, high-profile attacks. > > Good. The average attack, with any tool, is usually only one strike. So if that > strike has less chances of being lethal, then we will have fewer fatalities. > > I'm not talking politics here, just the mathematics of early-intervention and > harm-reduction. And the fact that you've already outlawed my right to defend myself from that first strike? -- President Bush was so buoyed by the warm reception he was given in Albania that he immediately gave all 3 million Albanians American citizenship, provided they learn Spanish. - Ann Coulter Quote
Guest leonard78sp@gmail.com Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 On Dec 14, 4:40 pm, Captain America <america.capt...@gmail.com> wrote: > Looks like Gore's house was still under renovation when the republicans > were acting like little bitches and whining back in February. > > BWAHAHAHAHA Another laughing hyena absen of sense > > > NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Al Gore, who was criticized for high electric > bills at his Tennessee mansion, has completed a host of improvements to > make the home more energy efficient, and a building-industry group has > praised the house as one of the nation's most environmentally friendly. I wonder how much energy Gore squandered making all those enhancements ?? <G> Quote
Guest Jim E Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 "Captain America" <america.captain@gmail.com> wrote in message news:Jt-dnRG8QtTBZf_anZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d@comcast.com... > Looks like Gore's house was still under renovation when the republicans > were acting like little bitches and whining back in February. > > BWAHAHAHAHA > > ~~~~~~~ > > http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Gore-Tennessee-Home.html?_r=2&oref=login&oref=slogin > > NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Al Gore, who was criticized for high electric > bills at his Tennessee mansion, has completed a host of improvements to > make the home more energy efficient, and a building-industry group has > praised the house as one of the nation's most environmentally friendly. > > The former vice president has installed solar panels, a > rainwater-collection system and geothermal heating. He also replaced all > incandescent lights with compact fluorescent or light-emitting diode > bulbs. > > ''Short of tearing it down and staring anew, I don't know how it could > have been rated any higher,'' said Kim Shinn of the U.S. Green Building > Council, which gave the house its second-highest rating for sustainable > design. > > Gore's improvements cut the home's summer electrical consumption by 11 > percent compared with a year ago, according to utility records reviewed by > The Associated Press. Most Nashville homes used 20 percent to 30 percent > more electricity during the same period because of a record heat wave. > > Shinn said Gore's renovations are impressive because his home, which is > more than 80 years old, had to meet the same rigorous standards as new > construction. > > Gore has said the criticism was unfair because the 10,000-square-foot > mansion was undergoing extensive remodeling. He said this week that > ''global warming denier'' groups were trying to discredit him because they > don't like the attention he has given to climate change. > His private jet flights spew more carbon than a hundred families. He is a hypocrite. Jim E Quote
Guest Click@Knicklas.com Posted December 16, 2007 Posted December 16, 2007 On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:18:02 -0600, Jim Alder <jimalder@ssnet.com> wrote: >"David Moffitt" <dmoffitt@weaselstomping.org> wrote in news:13m6gao372sqte7 >@corp.supernews.com: > >> "In the wrong hands, samurai swords are dangerous weapons," Home >> Office Minister Vernon Coaker said. > > Obviously the same can be said of government. Nixon, Reagan, Bush Worst AMerican presidents in history Liars, subversives, and self-serving fuckwits Which is why YOU like them, ALDERLOON SNICKER >============================================================ For the Comic Relief factor, someone gave us the ALDERLOON in Full Pasty-faced color: >http://www.jimalder.com Quote
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