Gore’s presentation on climate change draws 800 as 200 protestors gather outside
By George Bennett Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Confused Palm Beach County voters helped thwart Al Gore’s 2000 bid to become president of the United States, but he was introduced as “president of the planet” when he returned here Saturday night to deliver an environmental lecture.
The former vice president spoke on climate change at the Mizner Park Amphitheater to a crowd of about 800. More than 200 protesters gathered across the street from the event, and their boos and chants could be heard inside the amphitheater as Gore began his presentation.
Gore lost Florida, and the White House, by 537 votes to George W. Bush in a 2000 as many Palm Beach County Democrats said they mistakenly voted for conservative Pat Buchanan because they were confused by the county’s “butterfly ballot” design.
After losing the presidential race, Gore became arguably the world’s most famous advocate for curbing carbon emissions, gaining eco-celebrity status with the film An Inconvenient Truth and winning a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.
“It’s an interesting twist of fate here in our own backyard that former Vice President Al Gore has taken on a new platform and is now a catalyst for world change,” said Marci Zaroff, an “eco-entrepeneur” who introduced Gore.
“So, in essence, he’s president of the people. He’s president of the planet. And the work that he’s doing is more important than any other work that could possibly be done.”
Tickets for the event sold for $44 to $339, with proceeds going to the nonprofit Alliance for Climate Protection that Gore chairs.
Gore began his remarks by calling climate change “the most dangerous problem we’ve ever faced. But it is also a tremendous opportunity for us to solve problems that have been neglected for a long time.”
Organizers allowed the media to cover only the first few minutes of Gore’s presentation.
In addition to his nonprofit advocacy, Gore is a partner in a venture capital firm that finances “sustainable” and alternative energy businesses, prompting some critics to accuse Gore of promoting environmental policies that will fatten his bank account.
“Cap & Tax — Don’t Be Fooled: Al Gore Will Make billions,” read a sign carried by Alan Tudor, who drove from Tampa to attend Saturday’s protest.
“Gore’s Favorite Green Product? Your money in his pocket,” said another sign.
Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider said Gore’s investments are consistent with positions he has held for decades.
“Former Vice President Gore has made long-term investments in ‘sustainable’ companies, the vast majority of which are not directly involved with efforts to solve the climate crisis. He has also invested in some companies that have attempted and will continue to help solve the climate crisis. These are a reflection of his values,” Kreider said in an e-mail.
“If he did not invest in technologies that he supported, these very same people would accuse him of being a hypocrite,” Kreider said.
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“If he did not invest in technologies that he supported, these very same people would accuse him of being a hypocrite,” Kreider said.
No…we call him a hypocrite already, because he is one!
“If he did not invest in technologies that he supported, these very same people would accuse him of being a hypocrite,” Kreider said.
Nahhh… It’s the houses, boat, and the jetting around in a private fuel-inefficient plane that triggers the accusations of hypocrisy.
Ginning up a fake crisis and attempting to make money off of it isn’t hypocritical. That’s as American as apple pie.
“…These are a reflection of his values,” Kreider said in an e-mail.
He’s a politician for heaven’s sake! He has no values.
Now let’s sue all Climate Alarmists
Hypocrite? My, no. We are talking big time con here.
The product he is offering is pure snake oil for something that ails nobody.
His solution is to become the world’s first Trillionaire by driving his own nation off a cliff.
Look at all those nice dictators and tryants that are unloved & misunderstood. If we gather them all together to rule the world, they will cancel each other’s evil out and become good. They just need enough money and power, then they will finally be at peace.
It’s a real shame he doesn’t speak Chinese. Imagine the good he could do for the planet if he only spoke a little Chinese.
“Organizers allowed the media to cover only the first few minutes of Gore’s presentation.”
For a “president of the planet”,he is gosh darn secretive and he does this a lot too,where ever he goes to peddle his doom and gloom.
For all the rubbish he has espoused for the last 25 years, Gore deserves every bit of the opprobrium now being directed at him.
Did any of the ancestors of our American cousins ever have sympathy for Snake-oil Salesmen in the Old West?
People are always confused about “non-profit” organizations. All that means is that the corporation as incorporated is not supposed to make a profit. No more, no less. It does not mean that they cannot pay their employees an exorbitant salary. There have been several examples of this in various entities such as the United Fund, etc. The non-profit that sponsored the talk might indeed not make a profit. But that does not mean that they did not pay “Big Al” a lot of money for his speech. It is the age old dodge of a lot of these bogus causes. Non-profit, sure, get rich scheme for a scamster, you betcha.
He is also known as “inventor of the Internet.”
How did the planet survive all these years without Al Gore?
“eco-entrepeneur” says it all.
@Yertizz (10:47:13) :
“Did any of the ancestors of our American cousins ever have sympathy for Snake-oil Salesmen in the Old West?”
I had written above:
H.R. (10:34:18) :
“Ginning up a fake crisis and attempting to make money off of it isn’t hypocritical. That’s as American as apple pie.”
What I forgot to mention was that the traditional response to snake oil salesmen was to tar and feather them and run them out of town on a rail; a response also as American as apple pie.
(Hmm… that’s it for me for this thread. I’m gonna’ go get a piece of apple pie.)
I would join H.R. in that piece of pie, but looking at that picture above has turned my stomach. People have forgotten that this guy and his wife tried to stifle free speech in America. Megalomaniac is the word that comes to mind. Control of the public is clearly the agenda here. Believe what you are told to believe. How long would it be before he, as “president of the world” would round up all skeptics and have them “reprogrammed”. All under the guise of saving people from themselves.
A Man In Full,
or
The FlimFlam Man?
People are always confused about “non-profit” organizations. All that means is that the corporation as incorporated is not supposed to make a profit. No more, no less. It does not mean that they cannot pay their employees an exorbitant salary. There have been several examples of this in various entities such as the United Fund, etc. The non-profit that sponsored the talk might indeed not make a profit. But that does not mean that they did not pay “Big Al” a lot of money for his speech. It is the age old dodge of a lot of these bogus causes. Non-profit, sure, get rich scheme for a scamster, you betcha.
One way to ensure you don’t make a profit is to pay those exorbitant salaries! Hey, Gore is doing the corporation a favor by taking all that money.
Tickets for the event sold for $44 to $339, with proceeds going to the nonprofit Alliance for Climate Protection that Gore chairs.
Seems like giving money to something you run shouldn’t be considered ‘nonprofit’.
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”
–H. L. Mencken
HR, it appears we are in accord.
David Ball says: Megalomaniac is the word that comes to mind.
Absolute nutcase is the phrase I would use!
Lets see, he’s had what? 17 years now to get the most energy efficient home (sprawling mansion) on the planet….and he still hasn’t done it.
Hurray! It’s about time!
I thought [snip, let’s not get completely carried away~ this was insulting term for Obama] was president of the planet. When was the coup?
Hmmm, and to think that the whiners sent Bernie Madoff to prison for a mere $50 billion…
The money he has made from Washington funneling grants to his green venture capital firms is truly criminal.
Here’s a video on Al Roge:
Being president of the people seems to incredibly profitable.