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Al Gore backs Occupy Wall Street protests
The Hill ^ | October 13, 2011 | Andrew Restuccia

Posted on 10/13/2011 9:37:45 AM PDT by maggief

Former Vice President Al Gore threw his support behind the Occupy Wall Street protests Wednesday night, arguing that the country’s elected officials have failed the public on everything “from the economy to the climate crisis.”

Gore, a vocal advocate of policies to address climate change, called the protests — which have spread around the country — a “true grassroots movement.”

“From the economy to the climate crisis, our leaders have pursued solutions that are not solving our problems; instead they propose policies that accomplish little,” Gore wrote on his blog Wednesday night.

“With democracy in crisis, a true grassroots movement pointing out the flaws in our system is the first step in the right direction. Count me among those supporting and cheering on the Occupy Wall Street movement.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: algore; carbon; climate; gore; manbearpig; occupy
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To: Pearls Before Swine

maybe Gore didn’t hear about them complaining they want those millionaires and billionaires to give up their money to pay for their education

nice one Al, you give up your bank account and that billion if you really support these anti social flea, lice infested rats.

Seriously I honestly think even people like Gore has no idea about what really is going on and he has not been getting the news from other sources other than huff post, MSNBC, NBC, NY Times, etc


21 posted on 10/13/2011 9:49:30 AM PDT by manc (Beware pro OWS trolls who promote the protests on here,then send freep mail. Marriage= 1man+1 woman)
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To: maggief

Big Al smells money in the taxpayers’ pockets


22 posted on 10/13/2011 9:50:41 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: maggief
Al Gore backs Occupy Wall Street protests

That's a given..............

23 posted on 10/13/2011 9:51:12 AM PDT by yoe
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To: maggief
One of the most absorbent, non-productive sponges our society has ever produced.

He has never produced a thing of value, but has managed to soak up enough wealth for a small country and enough calories for a large city.

He's a black hole on the value of civilization.

24 posted on 10/13/2011 9:51:29 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

got to love the hypocrisy though.

All these pro homo cross dressing media elites , all these DC beltways fools, all these millionaires from Hollywood and billionaires like Soros of which I might point out got a lot of money from the markets, all these millionaires like zero, Van Jones etc support these lice , flea infested rats living in an unsanitary obamaville slum and yet they don’t give their money up and the sheep who are being eaten by bedbugs, lice, fleas etc are not understanding how they’re being used by these rich folks who seek more power and money.

Just imagine if we had a free and fair press and how this country would know what is going on.


25 posted on 10/13/2011 9:56:44 AM PDT by manc (Beware pro OWS trolls who promote the protests on here,then send freep mail. Marriage= 1man+1 woman)
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To: manc
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2785484/posts

£10m payday for Gore’s partner David Blood (2008 Obama London fundraiser co-chair)
Financial News ^ | September 26, 2011 | Giles Turner

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 11:28:36 AM by maggief

David Blood, president, chief executive and co-founder of socially responsible asset manager Generation Investment Management with former US vice-president Al Gore, was awarded a 39% pay rise last year after a strong 12 months for sustainable investing. He took home £10.7m. Profits at the asset manager in the year to the end of last December rose 55.8% to £49.1m, and it currently has approximately $7bn under management, according to accounts filed at Companies House.

Generation’s 20 partners were paid a combined £49.4m, up from £31.6m in 2009.

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Last year, “ethical” investment outperformed more traditional asset classes. The FTSE/JSE Socially Responsible Index rose 11.84%, while the MSCI World Index increased 8.36%.

The company, which is run from purpose-built sustainable offices in London and New York, invests in firms based on economic, environmental and social criteria.

Blood, Gore and Mark Ferguson, the son of Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, founded the London-based firm in 2004.

Before that Blood was chief executive of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and the first recipient of the John L. Weinberg Award in 1990, given to a professional in the investment banking division who best demonstrates the US bank’s core values

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26 posted on 10/13/2011 9:59:01 AM PDT by maggief
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To: yoe

AlGore...... The kiss of death.


27 posted on 10/13/2011 10:00:14 AM PDT by donhunt (Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
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To: maggief

People! People! You must adore Gore! He KILLED ManBearPig!


28 posted on 10/13/2011 10:02:02 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: steelyourfaith

Algore Ping.


29 posted on 10/13/2011 10:02:58 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: maggief

Here's a multi-million dollar mansion they march on (Gore's in Montecito, CA)

30 posted on 10/13/2011 10:03:30 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: maggief

yea strange how the left in power and people like Gore support the protests and yet take money from wall street

I would love to get zero at a town hall event or anywhere and ask
“ you say you understand the protests as does pelosi etc so will you give back all of your money you got from wall street and will you now not take any more money from wall street?”

Infact if we had a decent reporter left in this country then that question needs to be asked.

We need to get to these events and get zero, Pelosi Gore etc to answer the questions like above, real questions that is which our biased media will not ask.


31 posted on 10/13/2011 10:03:49 AM PDT by manc (Beware pro OWS trolls who promote the protests on here,then send freep mail. Marriage= 1man+1 woman)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
Nashville


32 posted on 10/13/2011 10:12:33 AM PDT by maggief
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To: BenLurkin

“Algore an anti-Semite? Yes, I could see that.”

To me (and I have tons of Jewish friends), Algore looks Jewish. (FWIW...)


33 posted on 10/13/2011 10:13:31 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: maggief

Maybe algore should park his GIGANTIC houseboat at the Wall street boat dock and join in on the protest.


34 posted on 10/13/2011 10:18:53 AM PDT by mowowie
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To: maggief

Oh please, tell me AlGore’s going to drop in and visit with them ... then it is sure to snow!


35 posted on 10/13/2011 10:33:37 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (So much stress was put on Bush's Fault that it finally let go, magnitude 6)
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To: maggief

Of course he does. His silly network is one of the leading cheerleaders.


36 posted on 10/13/2011 10:59:38 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Army Air Corps; golux; SteamShovel; Bockscar; Thunder90; rdl6989; marvlus; Fractal Trader; ...
Makes ya wonder what's in it for America's Premier Prophet of Profit. Thanx for the ping Army Air Corps !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

37 posted on 10/13/2011 11:39:06 AM PDT by steelyourfaith (If it's "green" ... it's crap !!!)
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To: maggief
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Algore, well known for his astute observations and scientific acumen has been providing advice to countless organizations (most of them now defunct) for decades.


38 posted on 10/13/2011 11:40:09 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (The 2012 election is coming. Seems we have MORE TRASH TO REMOVE!)
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To: maggief

Plenty of Al Gore support here from the Green nut jobs:

Super Rich Pass Rules Giving Themselves Carbon Credits As A Gift

October 12, 2011 ·

Several years ago when I began vigorously attacking the horrible Carbon Derivatives Market Tax, some people became, as usual, quite angry with me. I also looked closer at what the Bilberberg elites were actually doing —continuing to live high off the energy hog—and decided that they didn’t actually believe there is any global warming. They just wanted this nifty carbon pollution market which would be totally open ended and utterly exploitable…for them, not us…and the stated goal of this being for a pious salvation of humanity was really a looting expedition.

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Of course, this was laughably easy to understand: the Derivatives Beast is a creature designed artfully and carefully by the elites to go to infinity. There are no brakes on the hockey-stick growth of any derivative machine. The machine, itself, is designed to shoot to infinity. Of course,there is a brake: humans facing destruction from these various derivative ventures revolt or the Goddess of Infinity crushes it when it shoots towards her habitation which is in the CAVE OF WEALTH AND DEATH.

We now have perfect proof that the very rich elites, the princes and bankers both don’t really fear ‘global warming’ all that much if at all, and are a bunch of crazy, greedy gnomes who want to stick the rest of us with 100% of the costs of all taxes and schemes: Billionaires to be given free carbon allowances to offset green tax on private jets – Telegraph

Read at:

http://emsnews.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/super-rich-pass-rules-giving-themselves-carbon-credits-as-a-gift/


39 posted on 10/16/2011 6:07:44 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: maggief
Gore, a vocal advocate of policies to address climate change, called the protests — which have spread around the country — a “true grassroots movement.”

LOL! Homosexuals, left-wing radicals, traitors, etc., are "grassroots" ?

No wonder algore can't get elected to anything.

40 posted on 10/16/2011 6:11:23 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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