It appears America's closest ally is beginning to see through Al Gore's international global warming con game.
On November 30, the Nobel Laureate was the keynote speaker at the Fortune Forum's Summit 2007 in London, "An historic evening of spectacular entertainment, dining and inspiration to raise global awareness and to influence good policy."
Unfortunately, the former vice president badly disappointed attendees which included Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Sir David Frost, Sir Bob Geldorf, and former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
In fact, by all accounts, Gore was a miserable flop. Think American media will be sharing this revelation with their patrons any time soon?
While you ponder, England's Daily Mail reported Sunday (emphasis added throughout):
Al Gore has come under fire for making personal gain from his mission to save the planet after charging £3,300 a minute [about $6,600] to deliver a poorly received speech.
The former American Vice-President was also accused of being "precious" at the London event, demanding his own VIP room and ejecting journalists, despite hopes the star-studded gathering would generate publicity for the fight against global warming.
Many of the audience at last month's Fortune Forum summit were restless as Mr Gore, who has won both a Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar for his campaigning work this year, delivered the half-hour speech that netted him £100,000 [about $200,000].
Seems a metaphysical certitude our media will thoroughly ignore the Global Warmingist-in-Chief's deplorable behavior:
But a source told The Mail on Sunday: "Many guests looked tired and began to talk among themselves during his speech. Heads began to twitch with tiredness.
"Al uses his position for great personal gain. He goes from event to event delivering a similar speech, earning a large fee, and a lot of the time he doesn't actually inform the audience.
"He refused to speak to journalists and security would usher away VIP guests and the Press.
"He was being very precious and demanded his own VIP room before the event, where he held his own exclusive reception.
"The other guests were cut off. It was very clear that many guests were disappointed by this."
How long has NewsBusters been telling you that this whole charade is about Gore getting rich? But I digress:
Even some of the charities benefitting from the event were unhappy with the actions of 59-year-old Mr Gore and his entourage, especially the way they treated invited guests.
Paul Hetherington, media relations manager for WaterAid, said: "Pictures couldn't be taken and people were being moved out of the main hall so they couldn't experience the event. It was very disruptive.
"We had to apologise to people who were invited. We wanted to say thank you for all the support that many people had given us, but some of them were asked to leave.
"Many guests were invited by the hosts, so why should the speaker have any control over these guests and removing the media? It defeated the object of trying to raise awareness of the cause."
When will people learn that the only cause Al Gore has ever been concerned with is himself?
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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Be still my heart!
December 10, 2007 - 00:55 ET by candanceA British newspaper criticized Al Gore - and it wasn't even The Guardian? What is this planet coming to?
It has to be a late April Fool's joke or something. Everyone check your seats for whoopie cushions.
I have to get up early and fill young, impressionable minds with leftwing propaganda. Wish me luck! -Professor TP&C
I know, amazing, isn't it?
December 10, 2007 - 07:54 ET by motherbeltI know, amazing, isn't it? I went to the window for "flying pigs" recon.
I read the first line:
Al Gore has come under fire for making personal gain from his mission to save the planet
And my first thought was "Crikey!! (as they say in Britain) it's about flippin' TIME!"
Mom, I always thought
December 10, 2007 - 13:09 ET by MikeBMom, I always thought "crikey" was an Australian exclamation. "Blimey" seems to be the equivalent British exclamation. If you didn't see any airborne swine, we seem to be in the middle of the fly-way here, and they're all headed south to avoid all that global warming happening to the plains states.
I have one small nit to pick with the newspaper, though. They said AlGore "earned" his large fee. From the sound of the story, he didn't earn the fee, he simply charged and got the fee. It sounded to me like the audience felt like they got gipped, therefore he did not earn the fee he received. However, for a newspaper, they did amazingly well at reporting what happened instead of editorializing about the event.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Too funny.
December 10, 2007 - 00:58 ET by RESTLESS 1The object of their affection spurns them and humiliates the hosts by having invited guests removed. Of course, these idiots are more concerned about the message not getting out. If the goracle of agw is not concerned enough to get the message out at an event like this, maybe, just maybe, there is no real message to begin with?
And still these people will act like the spurned lover, and make up with albore at the first sign of contrition. They just can't help themselves.
Me too
December 10, 2007 - 01:13 ET by Scout FinchThat was my take on it when I read it.
The others were more worried that "the word" wasn't going to get out, not that Gore is a two-faced money-grubbing liar.
Well, if they were going to
December 10, 2007 - 10:04 ET by dscottWell, if they were going to shell out a paultry $200k for a speaking engagement, what did you expect of Al??? Haven't you guys heard of a schedule of fees and services? Al wasn't paid in advance for the photo ops, he wasn't paid to sign autographs, he wasn't even paid to "chat it up" with VIPs, he was only paid to speak. These Brits are such cheap skates. <sarcasm>
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. dscott's corollary: The line between malice and stupidity is called depraved indifference.
That much money?
December 10, 2007 - 00:58 ET by goldboughWho made the decision to fork over $200,000 for a speech they probably could have put together from past speeches and gotten the exact same thing?
They drink in the agw
December 10, 2007 - 01:05 ET by RESTLESS 1They drink in the agw kool-aid daily, so they probably aren't all that smart to begin with. Just think though, how much of these fees could be set aside by gore and used to pay for CO2 reduction. Actually, the wind out of his mouth when speaking at these engagements raises CO2 levels to dangerously high levels. He should do his part to save the planet and shut the hell up.
Gore getting rich?
December 10, 2007 - 01:09 ET by ff_emt1You didn't include this statement from the article:
"However, a spokesman for Mr Gore, who won his Oscar for the polemic
documentary An Inconvenient Truth, told The Mail on Sunday: "Mr Gore
donates a percentage of all of his speaking fees to the Alliance for Climate
Protection"
And just who is the Chairman of the Board, Alliance for Climate Protection? Yes, Al Gore Jr.
He donates the money to an organization he runs . . . nice work if you can get it.
A Democrat is someone who wants to put YOUR money where HIS mouth is.
I love it, ff!
December 10, 2007 - 01:14 ET by Scout FinchA Democrat is someone who wants to put YOUR money where HIS mouth is.
Suggestion Mr. Sheppard
December 10, 2007 - 01:14 ET by Lame CherryMr. Sheppard as Al Gore is looking more each day like the ghoul who guards the Transylvania graveyards of Dracula..........
Can you please find out numerous news busting stories on this India chic who is posing with Al.
Hopefully, you can find several of her in Bollywood films, a Maxim photo shoot or perhaps take the very hard task of interviewing her for Newsbusters.
One piece of advice to Al Gore though, when you rip off money like he does.........do not pose with the most babelicious woman in the room as it only makes you look anemic.
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LC
December 10, 2007 - 01:17 ET by Noel SheppardLC,
That's Renu Mehta, the founder of Fortune Forum. ns
Noel
December 10, 2007 - 01:31 ET by RESTLESS 1Damn, I thought Tipper had gone to see Dr. 90210 for a second. ;>)
Now THAT'S funny, I don't
December 10, 2007 - 01:57 ET by Gary P JacksonNow THAT'S funny, I don't care who you are!
I can't believe it.
December 10, 2007 - 02:26 ET by SlicksterWho knew?
"But a source told The
December 10, 2007 - 02:43 ET by Blazer"But a source told The Mail on Sunday: "Many guests looked tired and began to talk among themselves during his speech. Heads began to twitch with tiredness"
"Do You People Know Who I Am ? !! I'm Al Gore Goddammit !!!!!"
By the way how in the hell does one bore the British ?
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
By the way how in the
December 10, 2007 - 08:29 ET by Jack Bauer"Touchdown... touchdown..." That's usually a good place to start!
The more I see of this Gore
December 10, 2007 - 05:07 ET by AlgerHissThe more I see of this Gore character, the more I am reminded of Ramsey Clark.
Rochester, Minnesota: A Fem_Leftist City!
Is the 'algore" club shrinking??
December 10, 2007 - 08:19 ET by VIDEOJOHNLet's all hope so. It (the movie) was 'bunk' to start with.
He blackmailed the Academy Award deal while he was VP, long before the (make believe) film was made.
Happy trails.
-
December 10, 2007 - 09:16 ET by dahliatraversThe thing is, if he had done the speech on a volunteer basis, he could have gotten away with some of this.
But he didn't. So now he looks like a prima donna and an elitist.
Just heard AlGore suggest that GW skeptics are Neville
December 10, 2007 - 09:32 ET by RJChamberlain....compare Global Warming to WWII....and equate himself with the "prophets."
Well, why not? We've already been compared to "holocaust deniers", and Gore's over-inflated ego is a matter of record.
***All this during the no more than two minutes of his Nobel acceptance speech that I could stand to listen to. Had to switch it off at that point. Someone else will have to listen to the rest of his pompous bloviating.
Have pity
December 10, 2007 - 09:36 ET by sarcasmoGodwin's Law is the only way they can be right about the debate being "over."
JMR
Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul. (All purpose anti-slander-link, sadly-needed these days...)
The debate's over: Algore's
December 10, 2007 - 10:25 ET by mattmThe debate's over: Algore's a lying, stinking, charlatan.
The man gets no respect.
December 10, 2007 - 10:47 ET by danboPoor Al. He helps create the hysteria of AGW. Feeds it and makes a mint off of it.
Now the choir is starting to notice that the emperor has no clothes.
Poor Al, after all he's done. This is the respect he gets.
What will they expect next? That he fly commercial? That he use only 5X's the energy of the average American in his home?
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
el Bore
December 10, 2007 - 11:42 ET by dbo"Many guests looked tired and began to talk among themselves during his speech. Heads began to twitch with tiredness.
If they want excitement out of this man all they have to do is wire him up to a polygraph machine while he is talking.
Al Gore is a liar, a hypocrite and a propagandist
December 10, 2007 - 12:00 ET by PopularTechI feel bad everytime I post this, I really do...
Al Gore only has a B.A. in Government (no higher degree achieved, no science degrees)
The Education of Al Gore (The Washington Times)
"Mr. Gore's high school performance on the college board achievement tests in physics (488 out of 800 "terrible," St. Albans retired teacher and assistant headmaster John Davis told The Post) and chemistry (519 out of 800 "He didn't do too well in chemistry," Mr. Davis observed) suggests that Mr. Gore would have trouble with science for the rest of his life. At Harvard and Vanderbilt, Mr. Gore continued bumbling along.
As a Harvard sophomore, scholar Al "earned" a D in Natural Sciences 6 in a course presciently named "Man's Place in Nature." That was the year he evidently spent more time smoking cannabis than studying its place among other plants within the ecosystem. His senior year, Mr. Gore received a C+ in Natural Sciences 118.
At Vanderbilt divinity school, Mr. Gore took a course in theology and natural science. The assigned readings included the apocalyptic, and widely discredited "Limits to Growth," which formed much of the foundation for "Earth in the Balance." It is said that Mr. Gore failed to hand in his book report on time. Thus, his incomplete grade turned into an F, one of five Fs Mr. Gore received at divinity school, which may well be a worldwide record."
Hypocrite:
Al Gore and Global Warming - Is He a Hypocrite? (Video) (10min)
Al Gore's Gulfstream (Video) (7min)
Al Gore, Environmentalist and Zinc Miner (The Wall Street Journal)
- Environmentalist Gore allowed zinc mine (USA Today)
Al Gore's Inconvenient Toxic Waste Dump (NewsMax)
Al Gore, polluter? (WorldNetDaily)
Al Gore Refuses to Take Personal Energy Ethics Pledge (US Senate Environment & Public Works Committee)
Al Gore: The Other Oil Candidate (CorpWatch)
Bush's Ranch House 'Far More Eco-Friendly' Than Gore's (CNSNews)
- George W. Bush's eco-friendly ranch compared to Al Gore's energy-expending mansion = True (Snopes)
Eco-warrior Al Gore serves up endangered fish at daughter's party (Daily Mail, UK)
Gore home's energy use: 20 times average (WorldNetDaily)
- Al Gore's residence uses considerably more energy than the average American home = True (Snopes)
Gore isn't quite as green as he's led the world to believe (USA Today)
Hypocrite Gore Should Practice What He Preaches (The Tech, MIT)
Integrity in the Balance: Al Gore's Record On the Environment (CorpWatch)
Meet the real Al Gore (WorldNetDaily)
Occidental Petroleum Corporation Connections (The Wall Street Journal)
Old-Growth Timber used to Rebuild the Veranda of the Vice Presidential Mansion (Newsweek)
Whose Ox Is Gored? The Former Vice President's Environmental Exaggerations and Hypocrisy (The Wall Street Journal)
Al Gore Pushes 'Pollution Tax' (NewsMax)
Profiteering:
Al Gore Gets Rich ($100 Million) After White House (ABC News)
Gore's 'carbon offsets' paid to firm he owns (WorldNetDaily)
Gore Cashing in on $6 Trillion Energy Business (NewsMax)
Global Warming, Inc. (The Wall Street Journal)
The Money and Connections Behind Al Gore’s Carbon Crusade (Human Events)
Will Not Debate:
Dennis T. Avery Challenges Al Gore to a Debate (The Heartland Institute)
Lord Christopher Monckton Challenges Al Gore to a Debate (Center for Science and Public Policy)
Ivy League Professor Bets Al Gore $10,000 He’s Wrong About Global Warming (NewsBusters)
Why Won’t Al Gore Debate? (The Heartland Institute)
Will Al Gore Melt? If not, why did he chicken out on an interview? (The Wall Street Journal)
Sign the Petition: Al Gore, Debate Global Warming (5500+ Signatures)
Al Gore's climate change film 'is propaganda' (The Daily Telegraph, UK)
UK Court finds 9 Inaccuracies in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth (The New Party, UK)
- Gore’s Nine Lies (FrontPage Magazine)
- Al Gore told there are nine inconvenient truths in his film (The Times, UK)
- British Schools Ordered to Offer 'Balance' When Showing Al Gore's Global Warming Film (FOXNews)
35 Inconvenient Truths (Science and Public Policy Institute)
25 Inconvenient Truths for Al Gore (The National Review Online)
23 Scientific Errors (Science and Public Policy Institute)
16 Errors in Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth (Science and Public Policy Institute)
6 Inconvenient Truths Indeed (Robert C. Balling, Ph.D. Geography)
The Anti "Man-Made" Global Warming Resource
Why do you feel bad about
December 10, 2007 - 13:16 ET by MikeBWhy do you feel bad about posting it? I would only be annoyed at having to post it more than once or twice. Perhaps you are more empathetic than I, but I always enjoy bursting the baloon of a lying, pompous windbag of a con-man. It also feels good to see the light bulb get turned on when even one person finally gets the message.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Error posted twice,
December 10, 2007 - 14:09 ET by danboPT I think you've heard,
December 10, 2007 - 13:53 ET by danboPT I think you've heard, But I bel;ieve that D Al got in science was from none other than his mentor in global warming, Dr Roger Revelle.
Dr Revelle is not noted for having agreed with Gore. And after Revelle's death, Gore henchmen tried to portray him as senile.
Source
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Keep posting this as needed
December 10, 2007 - 14:02 ET by celatorDon't feel bad about posting the dumb-as-a-stick academic resume of Herr Gore. Do it as needed. People must be reminded of the outlandish hypocricy of this fraud, as well as the enabling attitude of the MSM in constantly promoting Gore.
Arm candy...
December 10, 2007 - 12:55 ET by slayerwatcherA little off topic, but does anyone know who that woman is in the picture above? That is all...thanks.
I hope this doesn't frighten you but..
December 10, 2007 - 13:09 ET by MightyMouthI was going to post the exact same thing! Right down to the words "Arm candy".
You beat me to it! :-)
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
mm, How dare you refer to
December 10, 2007 - 13:14 ET by Chris Normanmm,
How dare you refer to the Goddess of Global Warming as "eye candy". You will be flogged...
No problem if the "Goddess" does the flogging :-)
December 10, 2007 - 13:17 ET by MightyMouth"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
"No problem if the "Goddess"
December 10, 2007 - 13:27 ET by Chris Norman"No problem if the "Goddess" does the flogging"
Problem. The flogging will be done by Al Gore (you can imagine the rest)... :)
Before I make a descision...
December 10, 2007 - 13:37 ET by MightyMouthIsn't that Al Gore fourth from the right?
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Not sure. Does leather
December 10, 2007 - 13:42 ET by Chris NormanNot sure. Does leather stretch that much? :)
Only if it's wet...oooh, but watch out when it dries!
December 10, 2007 - 13:56 ET by MightyMouth"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Omigod, his head was huge
December 10, 2007 - 14:23 ET by Chris NormanOmigod, his head was huge already! :)
Lol Chris...
December 10, 2007 - 14:26 ET by MightyMouthNicely done, good wrap up :-)
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Noel Sheppard identified her
December 10, 2007 - 13:12 ET by Chris NormanNoel Sheppard identified her in a reply to an earlier comment. See above.
Ah...thanks
December 10, 2007 - 15:39 ET by slayerwatcherFound it...her name is Renu Mehta. Next stop...Google.
People of europe, Meet Mr. Gore....fer real...
December 10, 2007 - 18:44 ET by JayTeeSounds like GORE in PERSON was Re-discovered in europe, and they suddenly found out what the People from Tennessee KNEW about Gore... ....and in the 2000 elections the people that know Gore the best, did NOT vote fer him.....or he would be President
What good is a Free Press, if it is a False Press ? David Foote GoE
" and a lot of the time he
December 10, 2007 - 22:43 ET by Immodius390AD" and a lot of the time he doesn't actually inform the audience. "
I would like to know what kind of morons are going to Al Gore speeches expecting to be 'informed?' What exactly do they expect Al Gore to know that they themselves can't find out from the same sources? I mean its science, not the cold war. You don't have to waterboard a KGB operative, just pick up a science journal. I'm starting to think that these people actually believe he is their leader, and are awaiting instructions from him. Wonder if he'll ever invite them to a party at that 20,000 square foot forest heater he calls home for 2 weeks a year?