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To: tejek who wrote (437213)	11/29/2008 7:24:43 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1575767

I have never seen the northern lights. Every time they are on display here its overcast. You need to see them. Travel if you have to. And take a look in the southeast sky this evening at Venus and Jupiter. But when you look you have to think... and then it becomes wondrous. Republicans don't get it.

To: tejek who wrote (437213)	7/1/2010 2:17:00 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575767

Speaking of canoe trips... Mr. Environment," Al Gore, wasted 4 billion gallons of reservoir water because the Connecticut River was only 6 to 8 inches deep at the time, too shallow to float his canoe for a campaign photo-op. So he had it pumped in at the rate of 180,000 gallons per second. “To me, these [environmental concerns] are more than public policy issues, they are moral issues,” said Gore during the photo "opportunity" on July 22, '99. Does he think declaring it a "moral" crusade gives him a blank check to advocate taking draconian, unconstitutional action? Or was he just trying to boisterously divert attention from the extreme hypocrisy his campaign staff was displaying at that moment - having the Secret Service do their dirty work and ask that 4 billion gallons of precious water be wasted during an exceptionally dry year? Or both? Obviously, a lot of effort was expended just to squeeze out a staged "news" photo good enough to hopefully warm the cockles of gullible voters' hearts. This story is shorthand for the way radical environmentalists like Al Gore always operate - they make all kinds of rules for the rest of us, but give themselves an exception. Gore criticizes using water for irrigation: In his book, Earth in the Balance, Gore complains that three quarters of the fresh water used by humans is used for irrigation, and how, he says, three-fifths of all irrigation water is wasted. He criticizes using water for agriculture to feed people, but wastes 4 billion gallons for a photo opportunity He tells YOU not to water your lawn - But at 2.5 gallons per minute, you'd have to water your lawn 7 days a week, 24-hours a day for 3,042 YEARS to use up 4 billion gallons ! He passes LAWS telling you how much water your toilet can use - but based on the new standards Gore and the other environmentalists helped push into law (1.6 gallons per flush), you'd have to flush 2.5 BILLION TIMES to waste as much water as Al Gore just did ! Gore says YOU don't deserve a tax cut, but wastes $7.1 million on this. Al Gore won't let you get back 27 cents of every dollar you've overpaid Washington, but this "stunt" wasted $7.1 million in water usage fees. It costs $1.33 for 748 gallons of water in New Hampshire. By wasting 180,000 gallons per second, Al Gore's photo op cost $320.05 every second - that's almost as much as the average New Hampshire family earns in a WEEK ($306.90). Of COURSE He Knew About This. Gore SAYS he and his Advance Team didn't know anything about this, but the truth is, his Advance Team MUST have known he couldn't row a boat in 6 to 8 inches of water! This isn't the FIRST time this has happened - back in 1996, his team ordered 96 million gallons of the South Platte River for a photo op. We say he "tapped the Rockies!" Al Gore always claims he didn't know what was going on - he didn't know it was a Buddhist Temple Fundraiser, he didn't know it was wrong to use government phones to shake down corporate CEO's for money, he didn't know Bill Clinton was lying to him. algoreisabigfatidiot.com