Gore's message loses bite (Served endangered species at daughter's wedding)

The Daily Telegraph (Australia) ^ | July 18, 2007 12:00am | Rebecca Keeble

[Paleo Conservative]

ONLY one week after Live Earth, Al Gore's green credentials slipped while hosting his daughter's wedding in Beverly Hills.

Gore and his guests at the weekend ceremony dined on Chilean sea bass - arguably one of the world's most threatened fish species.

Also known as Patagonian toothfish, the species is under pressure from illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in the Southern Ocean, jeopardising the sustainability of remaining stocks.

The species is currently managed by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources, the body which introduced a catch and trade documentation scheme as an attempt to tackle illegal poaching of this species.

Working with non-government organisations, the Humane Society International's focus is now on pursuit of illegal fishing operators who, in the rush to cash in on the highly valued species, plunder stocks with no regard for sustainability.

It has been estimated that more than 50 per cent of toothfish traded is illegally caught, and includes juveniles vital to the ongoing toothfish population.

[Paleo Conservative]

I was in Beverly Hills Friday evening, and the Gores didn't invite me to the rehearsal dinner. If I had know about it ahead of time, I would have invited myself and as many Freepers as wanted to stand outside Freeping it.

You'll have to follow the link to read the rest of the story.

[Marie2]

Do as he says, not as he does.

[Mamzelle]

Darn. Chilean sea bass is absolutely the best fish I’ve ever tasted.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Better than Halibut??? You’re serious?

[FixitGuy]

No one should be surprised at this pretentious loon. Edwards is another just like him. Wealth and ??power?? and fame seems to act like a fertilizer on these people.

[Para-Ord.45]

A-Ha-haa !!!

The gift that keeps on giving, algore.

turns out the livearth in hamburg is one million

dollars in the hole to boot !!!

LOL A-Ha-haaaa

[Argus]

“There he is
Your Komodo Dra-ha-gon...”

[Biblebelter]

As big as Gore is getting, ANYTHING he is fond of eating should be put on the endangered species list.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Well, Al Gore and family are not perfect.

At least his son was driving a Prius when arrested recently.

[Chode]

Ohhh Woe is me... why's everybody pickin on me???

[Thebaddog]

100 mph in a Prius. The kid might as well have invented the internet.

[rusureitflies?]

Latest Weather Channel Headline:
GORE’S GLOBAL FLATULENCE ENDANGERS BASS GAS!

[Man50D]

Darn. Chilean sea bass is absolutely the best fish I’ve ever tasted.

Your father should know better! ;O)

[Biblebelter]

You forgot to mention the weed he had been smoking was organically grown not the kind grown in someone’s basement hogging energy on artificial lighting.

[Bullish]

The heck with it. Conservation is for the “little people”.... Right AL?

[toomuchcoffee]

Rest of the story is about the fish, not Algore. Totally bummed.

[martin_fierro]

"I'm shocked. SHOCKED!"

[chessplayer]

He will just deny he knew anything about it.

[joebuck]

Al Gore is like a rural Pastor who slips out to the local cathouse every Saturday night.

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[Mark]

I’m sure he has an “off-set” scheme figured out for fish.

[Recovering_Democrat]

FREEPER (yours truly) pointed out this hypocrisy by LIMOUSINE LIBERAL AL GORE two days ago!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Darn. Chilean sea bass is absolutely the best fish I’ve ever tasted.

It is very good. I'm sorry to hear the fish is endangered.

[EGPWS]

Gore and his guests at the weekend ceremony dined on Chilean sea bass - arguably one of the world's most threatened fish species.

As long as he doesn't promote the enjoying of it by the "little" people en mass, I guess it's okay. /s

[IrishCatholic]

Thanks for the find. Screamingly funny.
I bet the centerpieces were trimmed with spotted owl feathers.

[surrey]

I agree. Can’t often find it in MA. When I visit my son in CA. I can sometimes stumble upon it at about $24 a pound.

[editor-surveyor]

"Gore and his guests at the weekend ceremony dined on Chilean sea bass - arguably one of the world's most threatened fish species."

But he purchased Bass Credits, honest! He's Bass-neutral....

[EGPWS]

Chilean sea bass is absolutely the best fish I’ve ever tasted.

Freshly caught Minnesota Walleye in the 3 pound range would change your mindset. ; )

[editor-surveyor]

"Better than Halibut???"

Definately! but nowhere near as good as Copper River Sockeye. Halibut is really mediocre.

[EGPWS]

I’m sure he has an “off-set” scheme figured out for fish.

Of course for there is a sucker fish born every minute. ; )

[badgerlandjim]

“ALL YOU PEOPLE IN THERE... PUT THE SEA BASS DOWN AND COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP... WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED!!”

[AnnaZ]

I used to eat it all the time when I lived in Venezuela. They call it mero there, and, yes, it is absolute perfection.

[ronnie raygun]

Yes he eats endangered species, owning and running several homes, he leaves a carbon footprint of 5 American families, they drive SUV’s and fly all over the world. But he makes all of this up by planting trees to give back what he takes out! WHAT A FRIGGIN HYPOCRITE! It’s like John Edwards, he’s for the poor don’t ya know. This slip and fall lawyer millionaire with 400 dollar hair cuts is trying to convince you and me because he already convinced the lemmings that he was always for the poor, REMEMBER I FEEL YOUR PAIN?

[doc1019]

The gospel of environmental protection, as preached by the Rev. Algore (et. al), is to be practiced by the little people not the pontiffs of Global Warming and Environmental Saviourism.

[gbs]

Have you ever had FRESH: Yellowtail, Wahoo, Yellowfin tuna, or Mahi Mahi. Caught bled and cooked within a half hour of catching? Some Sashimi style or beer batter deep fried. Making you hungry?? Go sailing in the south Pacific and Sea of Cortez and you can get all those. I ate that diet for three years on our cruise, and can tell you that Halibut is good but doesn’t beat those! Oh yeah, I should add reef Grouper to that list, but it wasn’t quite as good. Fun to shoot though.

[Calpernia]

Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, ha!

:)

[Bladerunnuh]

is this how things are going to go down now? Someday the fashion police is going to come for me, blowing their little whistles. Maybe I’ll just get off with a spanking, or a stern look.

[aruanan]

Darn. Chilean sea bass is absolutely the best fish I’ve ever tasted.

For a surprisingly good fish, try the much-hated sail-cat. A really large one provides only a couple of small fillets, but the meat has a good texture, is very white, and tastes better than sea trout. The secret is using a high pressure hose to blast the slime off it before filleting. My brother, who is a professional fishing guide, remembered how the delicious snook was once called the soap fish and tossed aside as trash after the big fight of landing it. He decided to see what sail cats were like. Ha ha. Really, really good.

[cripplecreek]

I’m sure he has an “off-set” scheme figured out for fish.

He has ordered his domestic help to raise guppies.

[Calpernia]

>>>>Latest Weather Channel Headline: GORE’S GLOBAL FLATULENCE ENDANGERS BASS GAS!

Speaking of which....what undergarmets does this family wear?

Wind breakers (Global Warming friendly underwear?)

[HiramQuick]

And Thas’ a Fac Jac!!

Fresh Walley, right off a mepps spinner ....lightly baked, encrusted in a cocoon of slivered almonds, butter and lightly peppered ... a brief squeeze of half a lemon and you have a meal that is far better than .......

hmmmm ...... hmmmmm .....let me see ..... yeah you know where this is going.

Fruit Salad?

[Captain Peter Blood]

Anybody remember that movie “The Freshman” with Matthew Broderick and Marlon Brando? Brando and his crew ran a scam called The Gourmet Club where people paid to eat endangered species, of course it was all a fake but what great fun watching that movie. Best scene was with Bert Parks singing “Margarita”.
Wonder if that restaurant called it Chilean Sea bass and it was old fashioned Catfish just made up and priced at $100 a person??????????????????????

[RightOnline]

Oh heck......they don’t get it. Chilean sea bass are only endangered when it comes to The Little People, not for the Elite such as the Gores, donchaknow.

I mean, everyone knows that, right.........

[EGPWS]

yeah you know where this is going.

I do?

[sauropod]

< snigger> < giggle> < chuckle> < gasp> < wheeze>

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[sauropod]

brag, brag, brag...

;-)

[AnnaZ]

LOL!

[Larry Lucido]

How many chilean sea bass credits did he have to buy for that?

[ColdSteelTalon]

I wonder if there is a carbon offset for that???

[sergeantdave]

I know who catered that event. It was actually wet cardboard shaped like a fish and made in China. The caviar was Chinese toothpaste mixed with sawdust.