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To: Sully- who wrote (79367)	4/29/2010 3:09:23 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

Al Gore Has a New Carbon Footprint For Us to Fill In By Doug Powers on global warming Clearly Gore’s humble Nashville abode was way too confining, so Al has purchased a new gigantic pulpit from which to preach to the rest of us about how our gas-powered leaf blowers and electric can openers are killing the planet: <<< Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have added a Montecito-area property to their real estate holdings, reports the Montecito Journal. The couple spent $8,875,000 on an ocean-view villa on 1.5 acres with a swimming pool, spa and fountains, a real estate source familiar with the deal confirms. The Italian-style house has six fireplaces, five bedrooms and nine bathrooms. >>> It’s perfectly understandable — when you’re full of that much s#*t you need a lot of toilets — but a seaside mansion? Gore doesn’t seem too intimidated by the imminent rising oceans his fellow enviroscammers keep predicting. What a brave soul! Even the commenters at Democratic Underground are turning on Gore. You know, when it comes to Al Gore, this is one time I heartily agree with Obama: <<< “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.” >>> .

To: Sully- who wrote (79367)	4/29/2010 5:50:43 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	1 Recommendation Respond to of 90947

Thomas Hobbes, who also wrote about life being nasty, brutish and short. About concurrently Malthus gave a good analysis of the human condition as it then existed. Been years, but I think Adam Smith subscribed to the labor theory of value. Understandable. At the time effort had to be directed to satisfying subsistence needs for the next day, week or season. Those minds couldn't conceive of the potential benefits of the capitalism then emergent. Here's another olde goodie I'm fond of. There be dayly many things found out, and dayly more may be which our Forefathers never knew to be possible in Nature. Sir Robert Filmer (1653)