Posted on 03/17/2007 8:45:47 AM PDT by LdSentinal
Former vice-president and global warming guru Al Gore Jr. received more than $500,000 in royalties from the owners of zinc mines, according to a report on Tennessean.com.
The mine owners held mineral leases on Gore's farm near Carthage, Tenn.
Before being shut down in 2003, the mines emitted thousands of pounds of toxic substances.
Reportedly, on several occasions, the water discharged from the mines into nearby rivers had levels of toxins above what was legal.
Now the mines have a new owner and are scheduled to reopen later this year.
State environmental officials, however, say that overall, the mine has had a good environmental record.
Furthermore, the officials note there is no evidence of unusual health problems in the area.
Did you know that Gore invented zinc?
What a hypocrit!
And now with his Oscar, he probably thinks he owns a gold mine.
"Furthermore, the officials note there is no evidence of unusual health problems in the area.
Except for Al Gore.
Gore invented hypocrisy.
Hillary's Opposition Research Gremlins hard at work, I see.
Not that it's a bad thing in this case.
Sounds like a script from one of those odious, Steven Seagal movies.
It's all good -- Al Gore jr. will just by some zinc credits.
Well! :)...He did invent "Carbon Trade-offs Credits" Scam.....of course, he (completely :) owns the Company, No stocks, No worries....and Absolutely No (Pesky) MSM investigations.....perish the thought.
Where did the Gore family acquire the land and mineral rights?
Was this land part of the Armand Hammer bribe of Gore's father?
How 'bout checking back in 20-30 years?
No wonder he comes over a little strange.
"...no, no blue chips, either...I was thinking about Zinc! (pause) Yeah, Zinc! What's it goin for these days? ...Thirty seven and a half cents---a POUND?? ...Yeah, well, I might be willin' to spring for a coupla TONS!"
As Al Gore generates the "global warming crisis" he has positioned himself to be the chief arbitrator between industry and government if and when industrial carbon trading begins in the U.S. This will be worth billions to him and his partners. That's what the whole Kyoto scam is about.
Did you know that the penny is mostly zinc now? And Gore owns a zinc mine. Coincidence? I think not!
Now, now. Here you are talking about pollution from zinc mining. Al's only interested in global warming [and the money from carbon credit purchases]. No hypocrite he!
Gore is such a freaking hypocrite!
Yes, the Communist Armand Hammer gave this land to Al Gore Sr. as a payoff for something.
But, these were not Algore mines!
These were his daddy's mines, financed by communist Armand Hammer, and only became algores mines when daddy died, way before algore became an environut!
Yes, here is what I found on a quick search, again from WND:
Vice President Gore also benefited through his family's association with Hammer. An Occidental Petroleum subsidiary, Occidental Minerals, negotiated a generous lease to mine zinc under Gore's 88-acre farm in Carthage, Tenn., 25 years ago. The $20,000 annual lease amounted to $227 an acre -- more than seven times the $30 per acre Occidental paid to other landowners.
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