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To: i-node who wrote (43497)	5/12/2013 2:25:12 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

Qualified? Says who? The people who stand to profit and have financed the imaginary earth not in balance crisis. Solyndra, i.e. you the unsecured US taxpayer, Fisker Automotive, Apple, Current TV and Al Jazeera, and most important Koan's son in law. Al Gore Nets Another Fortune on Apple Stock By Javier E. David Former U.S. vice president Al Gore recently netted a huge payday by selling his cable station. Now, it appears he's making another big profit buying Apple's (AAPL) stock on the cheap. Al Gore According to a filing with the Securities and Exchanges Commission, Gore -- a director on Apple's board -- exercised an option to purchase nearly 60,000 shares of the tech giant at the bargain basement price of $7.48, costing him a total of about $445,000. But with Apple's current market price at about $500 a share, Gore's holdings are worth $29.75 million, giving him a huge windfall-on paper at least. Gore, however, could easily afford to buy Apple's stock at the prevailing market price. In early January, the environmental crusader sold his Current TV venture to Qatar-based news organization Al Jazeera for $500 million. Published reports say the sale of Gore's 20 percent stake in the network - worth an estimated $100 million - would bring his net worth to about $300 million