Christian Newswire: Gore's mansion uses 20X national household average of electricity!

[Bluebear]

Well, they're persistent, I will give them that.

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Contact: David Almasi, Project 21, 202-543-4110

WASHINGTON, Mar. 21 /Standard Newswire/ -- The black leadership network Project 21 urges Congress to ask the former Vice President about his own lavish energy consumption -- and his advocacy of a society in which only the wealthy could enjoy amenities most Americans currently take for granted, like home heating.

Gore's proposals would result in a society in which the rich get warmer and the poor get colder.

Gore's mansion in Nashville uses more than 20 times the national household average of electricity.

http://www.earnedmedia.org/ncppr0321.htm

[NYCGirl]

1. And that gives me a good excuse to repost this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson-and-james-boyce/a-far-too-convenient-mea_b_42171.html

[Bluebear]

5. We should all phone Mr. Almasi with the convenient truth.

:)

[redqueen]

2. Such willful, persistent ignorance...

Just gotta deal with it each time you encounter it, I guess.

*sigh*

[havocmom]

3. Does it mention it is also a place of business & employment?

Most Americans don't work at home and have staff employed there ;)

[Donnachaidh]

4. and how MUCH does the WH? Or Cheney's?

I'd REALLY like a side-by-side comparison. Especially with this TIMED assault on someone who ISN'T running for office.

[gatorboy]

6. His Mansion uses more electricity then my 3 bedroom home?

Whoda thunk it? :eyes:

It's like exclaiming, Air Force One uses 20x the fuel my car does.

[madrchsod]

7. i thought christians should`t beat dead horses

but with so many things about the christian right i was wrong. it`s acceptable to beat dead horses.

[Blue Belle]

25. I'd be interested to know if the "Christian News Wire" is influenced by...

the same "Christian" organizations that get funding from Exxon-Mobil.

[buff2]

8. Well, nothing like keeping the rightwingnut talking points on the front burner.

I thought this was all explained days ago. I am so damn sick of the Gore bashing I could throw up. :puke: Nothing new here,moving on....

[jwirr]

9. Classic example of not being able to refute the facts so you kill the

messenger.

[buff2]

11. That's the only thing rethugliKKKans are good for

Ignorance is bliss in the GOPervert party.

[NMMNG]

10. What about Pat Robertson's mansion?

Jim Dobson's?
Jerry Falwells?
GWB's?

Those whose leaders live in energy sucking mansions shouldn't cast aspersions.

[redqueen]

13. This is coming from Project 21... an organization of Black conservatives.

Which is itself an offshoot of the The National Center for Public Policy Research... in other words, another hit piece pushed around as if it were actual information and not well-funded BS.


This 'the regulations would hurt poor people' claim is just unadulterated BS. Astounding that people out there might actually buy that crap.

[NMMNG]

27. Ugh, a Conservative Think Tank

An oxymoron if I ever heard one.

[TechBear_Seattle]

12. Let's compare apples and apples, shall we?

How does it compare to the energy useage of Jerry Falwell's mansion? Pat Robertson's?

[blondeatlast]

19. But their mansions are fueled by Divine Provenance, you see.

No messy, mortal carbon footprint on them...

[Forkboy]

14. a society in which the rich get warmer and the poor get colder.

So what's fucking new? Gore's mansion would have had to have been built centuries ago to be responsible for this sad trend,a trend those who are bitching have no trouble perpetuating in every other way save their whiny lip-service.

They can go fuck themselves.

[LongTomH]

15. Countering these charges

Has someone started a website to counter the rightwing's propaganda on Gore? It's only going to get worse as we get closer to 2008.

And, it's not like we could expect the M$M to give us the truth!:grr:

[LSK]

16. DEBUNKED LAST MONTH

CANT THIS FUCKING BULLSHIT EVER GO AWAY???

- He uses Green Power Switch, a program that uses alternative energy.

- His mansion has extra quarters for secret service

- UTILITY BILLS ARE PUBLIC RECORD SINCE WHEN???????????????

[redqueen]

21. If people would read the attached article...

they'd see it's taking a different tack ... this piece acknowledges the offsets, and finds a new and different way to attack Gore (and the fight against global warming).

[NYCGirl]

23. And it's a false premise — VP Gore is asking people to do what they can.

Even low income people can change their lightbulbs to CFL — even one at a time.

[redqueen]

26. Yup... total BS... but look where it's coming from...

only a total idiot would expect anything OTHER than BS from the vast majority of so-called conservatives at this point.

[Initech]

17. Do these idiots even think things through anymore?

[ContraBass Black]

18. A cartoon to this effect appeared in my school newspaper yesterday.

[Benhurst]

20. It's always nice to know what the church-going "Christians" are thinking.

[redqueen]

22. This is from Project 21. n/t

[shield20]

24. They're saying the hypocrisy IS in the offsetting...

"Gore receives his offsets from a company that he co-founded -- Generation Investment Management -- and reportedly does not pay for them himself. Interestingly, Carbon Neutral Company, which provides Generation Investment Management with its offsets, says its offsets "will be unable to reduce greenhouse gas emissions... in the short term."

It actually reminds me of the mafia in the Godafther, where the trucking companies they owned ruined the roads, so what next? Start a company that fixes roads! And of course the Unions doing the labor too. The more money you have, the more you are allowed to buy your own forgiveness - from yourself! What a great scam - one these evangelists ARE WELL AWARE OF!

They are comparing Gore's actions to this type of behavior.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

28. Actually, Gore's mansion uses renewable energy

...the carbon offsets are for the flights he takes to publicize the problem.

You can buy as much renewable energy as you want. That's the whole point. It renews.

Get your facts straight, shield20, before you start repeating a Republican smear.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[KamaAina]

29. Gore came out against home heating for the poor?

and his advocacy of a society in which only the wealthy could enjoy amenities most Americans currently take for granted, like home heating.

I must have missed that. Hmmmm... maybe that's why he's not running? :sarcasm:

[ourbluenation]

30. These people are swan diving into a pool of irrelavancy. Good for them.

:rofl: