Friday's adoring Associated Press piece concerning Nobel Laureate Al Gore's noble decision to take the train from the Oslo airport rather than the traditional motorcade to his hotel neglected something else besides the huge amount of carbon dioxide being emitted by the Global Warmingist-in-Chief: his luggage!
After all, Gore and wife Tipper aren't going to wear the same clothes this entire trip they wore on the plane, right?
So, where was all their baggage as the couple took the train?
Well, according to the Norwegian website VG Nett, Gore's luggage went by Mercedes van (h/t NB reader in Norway Trond Ruud who supplied the following translation):
Headline: Here the climate conscious Al Gore takes the public train, but his luggage is transported in a MercedesPicture caption: Peace Prize laureate Al Gore and his wife Tipper are having a nice trip on the airport express train. On the motorway, their luggage is being whisked to Oslo in a Mercedes van.Together with the Leader of the Nobel Institute, Geir Lundestad and the Nobel Committee Leader, Ole Danbolt Mjoes, they took the Airport Express train from Gardermoen airport to the National Theatre station in Oslo.Never before, has a Peace Prize laureate chosen this mode of travel.I was told that the Express Train, was both faster and more comfortable, so it was an easy choice. And trains are symbols of environmental consciousness, a vigourous Gore, told the press corps.Much LuggageLeader of the Nobel Ceremony arrangements, Sigrid Langebrekke from the Norwegian Nobel Institute, said they had to use a Mercedes van to handle all the luggage. She says, that all cars being used during the Nobel Ceremony have high environmental standard.
Do you think his luggage bought carbon credits to offset the greenhouse gases emitted on the trip from the airport?
Honestly, would it have been too much like journalism for the AP to inquire about where Gore's luggage was, or might that have interfered with the agenda?
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Noel, thank Trond for us
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 13:06 ET byand lets hope the Goracle waits for the hard freeze so he can take an eco-friendly dog sled back to the states
"everytime you take a shower you are a mass murderer" -- the Profff
I second botg's sentiments;
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 14:18 ET by Sick-n-TiredI second botg's sentiments; send the thanks along. Shows that the stench of a lying fink rat such as Gore stretches world-wide.
In Honor of the Norski's
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 13:36 ET by Lame CherryIn honor of every Ole and Lena joke that comes out of North Dakota by Norwegians, Al Gore and the Nobel committee of comrades has become and even bigger joke.
I could just hear Al Gore say, "Tipper dieser Nobel Preis ist nicht wert das müssen in diesen zug
reiten! Sie haben nicht sogar abgefüllt wasser noch champagner, um
meine Füße zu waschen!"
Translation, No bottled water on these public transporation trains and no champagne to wash my feet.
I do laugh though in how their gas guzzling cars are "eco friendly". They must have eco friendly Airbuses guzzling thousands of gallons of fuel an hour, eco friendly complexes draining power grids and eco friendly.......caviar, champagne, truffles.............the truffles are dug by pigs which do not fart I suppose the Nobel chickie baby will tell the press.
Oh well, Al Gore is done slumming now..........will be a few months off eating goose liver and 60 year old wine coming off on tax deductions.......then it will be on to the Democrat Convention when just like Tim Johnson he will by miracle annouce, "Yes I accept your super delegate begging to save the party from Hillary.....and I will run."
I would love the Nobel comrades to give me the prize.........for my environmental research and frequency study and for solving the Combined Theory, Einstein was limited in looking only in this dimension when he should have been looking at the God dimension for this one is consumptive and only a mirror reflection in part of the original........so the algebraic physical quantum physics solution to make it law is L = L or light equals light in God's combined definition of what the frequency relates, or, regeneration = regeneration.
Einstein did not factor in the genesis light at the beginning of every creation when moulded by God's Thought (Jesus) it transforms into anything or anyone He wills.
Oh well I will just have to save for a Ruger Ranch Rifle as my saddle came yesterday since the Nobel will not be spreading me genius multiple prizes this season. agtG
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"trains are symbols of
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 14:16 ET by mattm"trains are symbols of environmental consciousness..."
Funny, I always thought of trains as symbols, if anything, of the industrial revolution that caused all the greenhouse emmissions he claims to be concerned about.
BTW Where I live, it's colder than Hillary in a tin boustierre.
And exactly what was saved
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 15:28 ET by motherbeltAnd exactly what was saved by having Gore NOT ride in the same Mercedes van as his luggage?????
Talk about "symbolism over substance"!! (Rush Limbaugh)
BS Fog
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 14:31 ET by DanoWhy can't people see through the fog of B___ S___ these people leave?..............like buying carbon credits? They make me sick!
I never understood that
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 16:43 ET by red_dragon311I never understood that either.....so instead of trying to solve the problem, and emit less noxious gases, you can buy "carbon credits" ????
maybe I am just a dumb "neo-con" who is not well informed but how does that help????
Red
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 16:50 ET by Noel SheppardRed,
It doesn't. Carbon credits/offsets is one of the biggest cons in the history of the planet. Honestly, I can think of no larger fraud supported by media in my lifetime. Nothing's close. Yet, because Gore thinks it's a viable solution, the idiots in the press and most on the left actually buy into it.
Journalists and politicians should be ashamed of themselves for either wittingly participating in this fraud, or being so addle-minded that they can't see through it. ns
All "carbon credits" means
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 17:07 ET by motherbeltAll "carbon credits" means is that the wealthy get to use all the energy they want, because they can afford to pay a "surtax" on it. Makes them feel superior.
The rest of us, the plebes, will have to use less, because we can't afford the "surtax."
That's all it is....a guilt offset.
The same thing could be accomplished by law if every K/Hr of electricity, every gallon of gas, every bit of coal or natural gas (over a certain "allowable" usage level) had a "surtax" on it. Same result: the wealthy, like Gore, would pay the surtax and use all they want, the rest would have to stay within the limits.
Red, mb, Tree planting ain't the only thing this tax will be
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 18:15 ET by upcountrywaterinvested in. Pumping co2 into lava fields is another, kook ville plan, got,s to build it big to work. . We can buy uranium from the iranians to power this carbon credit pump.
iranian uranium; iranian uranium, iranian uranium..
So when ARE the Russians going to finish the iranian atoms for peace power plant?
I never said it would be
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 21:17 ET by motherbeltI never said it would be invested in planting trees.
Frankly I don't care what it's invested in. The fact is that the wealthy use as much energy as they want, and buy "offsets" to salve their consciences. They convince themselves that they are actually doing more good that way.
If Algore and his rich buddies really believed in the global warmning crisis, they would greatly reduce their energy usage (like maybe Algore would have built a house only half as big) ON PRINCIPLE. Nevermind buying "offsets."
so it comes full circle,
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 22:07 ET by red_dragon311so it comes full circle, Edwards' 2 Americas, the ones that can pay for the credits and use and waste all they want and then "us"
I mean jezus christ what in the hell is going on with my country....all we hear is about class warfare, and what does Proff truth have to say....c'mon PROF the rich leftist can buy their way out of saving the earth, but those who can't well they have to ride a bike or a horse, and what gets me THEY ARE OK WITH THIS. and WE are called sheep...
no
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 18:35 ET by Sick-n-TiredThat's all it is....a guilt offset.
No ma,
That is socialism. I might even go a step further and suggest that regardless of party affilitation it is a power grab to separate those in power from the masses...................
thats what i was afraid of,
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 19:52 ET by red_dragon311thats what i was afraid of, I figuered that but I just couldn't bring myself to believe it.
and Noel thank you for the expalnation.
so this is just rich people being able to buy their way out of a problem. having the money to ignore the desturction of earth, being able to pay for the world community to look the other way isn't that what liberals hate about the conservitives,
nothing, nada, zilch
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 20:53 ET by acumenso this is just rich people being able to buy their way out of a problem.
A concocted problem. I have seen nothing, nada, zilch to convince me that humans are contributing one iota to any macro climate change that has any conceivable drastic negative effect on the planet as expressed by Gorebots.
Certainly we should all be good stewards of the gifts God gave us but not at the cost of abandoning common sense. (not to mention wasting gazillions of tax dollars and holding developing countries back from using their natural resources to provide a better way of life)
mother... Then we need to
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 13:36 ET by Clear thinkermother... Then we need to start a non-profit that can offer carbon credits at deeply discounted rates so that everyone can belay their guilt.
Rush Limbaugh stated that of the top 5 Republicans running for the presidency, only one was a true conservative. http://www.fred08.com/ Rush then stated that the conservative was Fred Thompson
Frankly, carbon credits
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 03:23 ET by CJK51Frankly, carbon credits sound like the very same thing for which a guy named Martin Luther nailed a list of grievances to a bishop's door. Actions won't punch your ticket to heaven? Just buy it!
-
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 09:04 ET by dahliatraversGood analogy. They've certainly allowed Al Gore to keep up the pretense of being "holy".
Headline...
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 15:04 ET by MightyMouth"Gore Takes Train From Oslo Airport, Luggage Takes Mercedes"
Every once in a while a NB headline just strikes me as particularly funny. This is one of those times..LOL..
What bothers me though is, I am no longer shocked or even surprised!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Nor am I
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 17:31 ET by celator"What bothers me though is, I am no longer shocked or even surprised!"
Nor am I.
We would be shocked indeed, however, if Gore ever did anything genuingly honest or demonstrated a genuine concern for the environment. He is without a doubt one of the biggest phonies in public life.
He rode the train, his
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 15:32 ET by BlazerHe rode the train, his luggage went in a van, no mention however of what his ego took.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
His ego was too big for the train
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 17:00 ET by scamoramaA specially-modified C5A Galaxy was tasked with transport.
Thank's for the answer
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 17:03 ET by BlazerThank's for the answer there scam, I figured they just attached a Goodyear blimp cockpit ad some mooring ropes to it and flew it on it's own over there.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
Now, don't exaggerate
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 17:06 ET by dervishA Chinook would have done it.
He sat on it
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 17:57 ET by celator"...no mention however of what his ego took."
I believe his ego travelled with him. It was that big fat thing he was sitting on.
Really?
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 20:34 ET by scamoramaI thought that was Tipper!
Or the flatbed to haul
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 03:25 ET by CJK51Or the flatbed to haul Tipper's corpulence there.
Did he get the train all
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 15:36 ET by Jack BauerDid he get the train all the way to Norway?
And how did his valet travel?
Leftivist miracle Jack
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 16:39 ET by acumenDid he get the train all the way to Norway?
Conflicting reports Jack - The demedia would have us assume he drifted over on a melting glacier but reports from sinking ecovessels in the area swear they saw the Goracle walking on water.
acumen... ROFL!
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 19:36 ET by bigtimeracumen...
ROFL!
I took Euro Rail every place
Fri, 02/19/2010 - 11:42 ET by davegsI took Euro Rail every place i went that i could, i used fox car rental before leaving to go to the airport
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I wouldn't be a bit
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 19:29 ET by RW_the originalI wouldn't be a bit surprised to find out this train trip was a last minute decision and the whole motorcade was used anyway.
I love how if a republican
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 20:10 ET by red_dragon311I love how if a republican or conservitive has a photo-op it's "IT WAS JUST A PHOTO-OP, HE DOESN'T REALLY believe(whatever it is they are doing when the pic is taken) but Algore takes a train ....(and really how many people do this EVERYDAY)after the hoopla about Bali not having enough space for all the private jets, and the upraor about private jets in general. and he is doing it to save the earth, not for the photo-op.
but he still can't get it right....his bags on in a van going to the same place he is going to. isn't that making more co2? correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that the opposite of what he is preaching,
and since when is the train "eco-friendly" other then being a mass people mover, not as many cars on the road, other then the ones delivering the baggage of those on the train
Do as I say, not as I do
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 19:56 ET by dboDoes this mean that when Big (and I mean really big) Al gets back to the states he's going to park his private jet and start taking Amtrak?
“Are you ready to change the way you live?” Al Gore
"Does this mean that when
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 21:14 ET by Blazer"Does this mean that when Big (and I mean really big) Al gets back to the states he's going to park his private jet and start taking Amtrak?"
What and sit next to everyday common serf's such as you and I, fat chance. I mean extremely fat chance.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
Mercedes Gore (with
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 19:58 ET by Jack BauerMercedes Gore (with apologies to Janis Joplin)..
Jack.... Well... you got
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 20:01 ET by bigtimerJack....
Well... you got me singing this...just glad nobody can hear me!
Excellent as usual.
Hillarious BT
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 20:59 ET by acumenDittos BT. ^%*!@+# Jackson.
I read his lyrics while drinking a coke - and promptly had to replace my keyboard.
As penance I demand Jack and London Dave put this to music with the goracle supposedly singing the lyrics on YouTube. And I'll have that link in my email by the end of the day thank you :)
thanks bt/acu... believe
Sat, 12/08/2007 - 21:37 ET by Jack Bauerthanks bt/acu...
believe me, I'm doing the world a huge favor by NOT singing.
Aw, come now --
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 00:17 ET by dervishYou CAN't be worse than Janis Joplin...
got to say I agree, i never
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 01:19 ET by red_dragon311got to say I agree, i never nderstoood how anyone could like her
"Get off the phone you big dope!!!!!!!!!!" Mark Levin
Devish and Red
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 12:03 ET by Noel SheppardDervish and Red,
With all due respect, I wonder if this will change your minds about Janis being the worst: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FlUAxqQkmc ns
Dude --
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 12:27 ET by dervishHow old ARE you? :~)
I'm sorry to have left the impression that I thought JJ was the worst; she could sing the blues like nobody before or since. But her rendition of "Mercedes-Benz" is beyond parody.
Maybe she thought Mercedes Benz could be seen as
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 12:56 ET by RJa genre called Trailer Park Blues.
Seriously, I thought the song was Joplin just having a little fun. No need to over-analyze it.
Ummm, excuse me everyone
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 13:05 ET by MrShyUmmm, excuse me everyone (or all non-trollish Conservatives)...
What's all this talk about Janis Joplin and rock & roll?? You're all supposed to be bible-thumping, fornication-hating, rock&roll-is-the-devil, right-winged Christian fanatics! I don't get it....?
And I'm not being sarcastic.
/sarc
:)
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shy "everytime you take a
Sun, 12/09/2007 - 13:08 ET byshy
"everytime you take a shower you are a mass murderer" -- the Profff