Still think there's no money in spreading global warming alarmism?
Well, how'd you like to make $1,200 just for shaking someone's hand and having your picture taken with the sycophant?
This is what Al "I'm Only Doing This To Save The Planet" Gore is charging for such an honor at next week's climate change conference in Copenhagen.
Nice work if you can get it, huh?
As reported by the Washington Times Tuesday (h/t Seton Motley):
"Meet Al Gore in Copenhagen." The official announcement from this fair Danish city says it all. The former vice president is getting star treatment when he arrives with an entire swarm of green-minded gadflies for the United Nations' global warming extravaganza, which begins on Dec. 7.
Think the Times is making this up? Think again, for here's the announcement at VisitCopenhagen.com:
Have you ever shaken hands with an American vice president? If not, now is your chance. Meet Al Gore in Copenhagen during the UN Climate Change Conference in December 2009. [...]
VIP meeting with Al Gore
This is the book, on which Al Gore will base his lecture, when he invites Copenhageners and visitors to hear him speak about what can be done to solve the serious problems of climate change.
Tickets are available in different price ranges for the event. If you want it all, you can purchase a VIP ticket, where you get a chance to shake hands with Al Gore, get a copy of Our Choice and have your picture taken with him. The VIP event costs DKK 5,999 and includes drinks and a light snack.
If you do not want to spend that much money, but still want to hear Al Gore speak about his latest book about climate challenges, you can purchase general tickets, ranging in price from DKK 199 - 1,499 depending on where in the room you want to sit. There will be large screens, so that everyone will get a good view.
How much is DKK 5,999?
Well, according to TheMoneyConverter.com, a Danish Krone is currently worth 20.22 cents.
That means 5,999 Krones is about $1,213.
So, if Big Al can shake your hand and get his picture taken with you in a minute, he'll make almost $73,000 an hour.
Sweet.
Of course, no one knows what the house is getting per ticket or if Gore is donating his take -- whatever that is! -- to charity.
On the other hand, if his share goes to HIS charity, that's better than it going to him for then he gets to control all the proceeds without paying one cent in taxes.
That REALLY is nice work if you can get it.
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I might pay him $10
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:03 ET by BlondeTo let me kick him where it counts.
$20 if I was wearing my steel-toed cowboy boots.
I hope he fails, too.
It would be worth.....................
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 13:00 ET by Patriot IIAt least a dollar and a half to kick the stupid jerk square in the ass!!!!
You'd have to mark off a
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 19:34 ET by misterbee241You'd have to mark off a spot so you'd know where to aim. He's a$$ all over.
"I dont need to read a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber."
Walter Brennan, The Colonel, Meet John Doe, 1941
Any word yet
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:05 ET by jdlybrandAny word yet on what it would cost to slap him upside the head?
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
Hell, I'd give $100 for 10
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:08 ET by RowaneHell, I'd give $100 for 10 minutes alone with him. unarmed even
"You know, when I was asked earlier about the issue of coal, uh, you
know — Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would
necessarily skyrocket" - Barack Hussain Obama
$1,200 to shake Al's hand?
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:16 ET by R D HelmYeah, I guess those utility bills for his lefty ruling-class elitist abode can get pretty confiscatory, particularly with a cold winter heading our way.
I wonder how many idiots will pony up?
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
I'd like to know how Algore
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:19 ET by d1carterI'd like to know how Algore is traveling to Copenhagen.
Apparently, he's produced a
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:28 ET by fitzfongApparently, he's produced a list of "services" and their corresponding prices:
To shake his greasy, clammy hand: $1,213.00
To give him a backhanded b***h slap: $1,500.00
To give him a "Glasgow Kiss": $5,000.00
To urinate on his leg: $10,000.00
To defecate on him (he calls this "mulching"): Free. The perv likes it, I guess.
"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered." -George Best
He needs a good
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:37 ET by CCsteelcityHe needs a good "mulching". He's mulched on the rest of the world everytime he opens his trap.
but the backhanded b***h slap sounds rather nice too.
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." - Will Rogers
Mulching?!
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:10 ET by srqvetToo funny! Laughed so hard the tears ran down my leg.
Wonder what a "gorgasm" costs? Well, maybe not.
that's a good one
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:49 ET by CCsteelcityis that was Mattews has when he gets that "tingle" in his leg?
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." - Will Rogers
Did you mean
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:19 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonDid you mean composting?
Obama, last known *DOCUMENTED* citizenship - Indonesian.
http://gjresult.com
composting is good
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:47 ET by CCsteelcitycomposting is good also.
I myself would still much rather use the unf**k grenade for the clusterf**k of a person he is and the admin that is backing him.
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." - Will Rogers
I just saved $10k, plus the
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 21:38 ET by KJ_sezI just saved $10k, plus the air fare to Copenhagen - I'll wait 'til he keels over, then urinate on his grave (and I'm currently saving up vacation funds so I can pay that same honor to the currently and ever after Good Democrat Sen. Kennedy).
Ewwwwwwwwwww!
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:31 ET by HoosierEmYou couldn't pay me enough carbon credits to go anywhere near Algore. That picture from many years ago of the Algore and Tipper attempt at french kissing did me in. I have nightmares about it. Did I say ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww?
tippsey probably has
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:53 ET by Willis_Leon_Johnsontippsey probably has nightmares about it too.
Obama, last known *DOCUMENTED* citizenship - Indonesian.
http://gjresult.com
Algore...Lord of the gadflies...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:33 ET by generalbroccoliAs such I think he should have an even more glorious title, befitting his hutzpa.....Lord 'Nad of the Green Gadflies!!! Catchy, huh?
I wonder when
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:35 ET by 10ksnookerThis charlatan gets sued by the investors in his scam carbon trading company.
The day after....
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:56 ET by c5thenthe scam is totaly uncovered and the data are shown to have been modified and made up and all the carbon trading schemes set up by him collapse a la Enron.
Should be any day now.
Throw 'da bums out!!!
Before it's too late.
www.loyaltoliberty.com
not only but also
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:40 ET by spepperALGORE, the head Algorian alien from the planet Hotair, should not only not get any takers for his handshake and photop, but if anything, he should be REFUNDING at least that amount, per taxpayer, for all the tax burden he was responsible for creating as Vice President (and voting member of the Senate by default, remember)--
Send this story to David
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 11:44 ET by mattmSend this story to David Wrong (Wright) of ABC "news" to see if this would be something he's want to cover from an hypocrisy angle - like he did with his criticism of private citizen Sarah Palin using her own funds to fly a private jet while promoting her book.
Somehow I doubt anyone in the libtard media would see anything amiss here.
small detail
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:09 ET by OuttaMyWayyou mean the publisher paid for, 3 times, because of scheduling issues.
The money will be used to
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:03 ET by rbosqueThe money will be used to pay for his security so he won't get his ass kicked but 300 million people.
Algore is doomed
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:06 ET by sevenThe Village idiot convention will attract all the scientologists and soothsayers.
$1,213 is chump change for a neurotic to invest in the future.
Bailing out
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:09 ET by jaywlWith the revelations about the scientific work causing normal people to look again at AnthroCC I believe this ass will be looking for the exits, and soon. When his conspirators in government become afraid of losing their seats his paper worth will take a huge hit and he knows it. Between the twin vise-faces of Climategate and massive borrowing to transfer wealth to the third world Al Gore will squeal like a pig deploring the deviation from his narrative. Quietly though, Big Al will begin transferring his wealth into hard stuff like gold or Chinese Yuans. If the MSM get wind of it they won't say a peep until forced to and then with the typical storyline of incompetent reportage of the far right, radical, brown-shirting entertainment people at Foxnews or Nat'l Review. You know, the reverse of a Landrieu moment, "it wasn't $900 million, it was $700 million his company stock was worth when redeemed by taxpayer owned Carbon Credit Corporation. President Obama said 'it was necessary because Al had them first, he actually printed them at home."
While he is shaking their hand
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:19 ET by dark_dsWhile he is shaking their hand the need to keep an eye on the other hand reaching for their wallets .... Ponzi Schemers and Pickpockets they arent all that different
_______ Him and the Unicorn he rode in on
IF I were to shake his
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:21 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonIF I were to shake his hand, first he would be required to firm up his grip.
If I wanted to shake a limp dishrag, I would shake a limp dishrag and save the $1200.
Obama, last known *DOCUMENTED* citizenship - Indonesian.
http://gjresult.com
How Much?
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:24 ET by FuzzlenutterHow much to give him a Sicilian Necktie?
Maybe he'll give that money
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:29 ET by rbosqueMaybe he'll give that money to the poor....
(LOL!)
AG
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:38 ET by merlin61rbosque, that's the funniest statement so far...
This whole global warming,errrrr climate change thing is about money for Al Gore, Obama and all the other politicians across the world. Its a great big gynormous hoax. We will all be paying for this if it ever gets passed. I pray this hoax is over with due to the disclosed e-mails.
Another Buddhist Temple?
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:31 ET by ThisnThatSince GW is now a religion, and Gore is attending its Mecca event, why not use it as he did the Buddhist temple while he was a VP? It's in the open now, so he doesn't have to hide or destroy the evidence.
Oh, wait a minute. The evidence has already been destroyed.
__________
"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song
A worthy cause . . .
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 12:38 ET by GalvanicEach $1200 for a handshake goes toward buying an energy efficient light bulb for a starving child in Africa, or as Al Gore refers to them, "The folks we used to call 'colored' on my daddy's tah-bakky farm."
Free
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 13:16 ET by LibertydudeI have something he can shake. And I won't charge a thing!
A little advice
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 14:45 ET by Kingfish17Before undergoing this type of "entertainment" activity, I would recommend that you seek tax council from ACORN.
OTFLMFAO
Wed, 12/02/2009 - 13:04 ET by LibertydudeLOL
Please ease up on Al Gore
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 14:43 ET by Kingfish17Everyone here needs to ease up on this man. All it takes is one look at him and it's obvious to see that he puts his money where his mouth is. His girth demonstrates that he is a one man effort to consume as much carbon as possible and remove as much as he can from the environment. I'd would guess he has removed a net 5 pounds of carbon per year for the last 30 years or so.
The problem isn't in how
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 15:14 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonThe problem isn't in how much he consumes.
More worrisome is the amount he belches.
I'm betting he can outbelch a decent sized dairy cow.
Obama, last known *DOCUMENTED* citizenship - Indonesian.
http://gjresult.com
Big Al making beaucoup bucks for lying..
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 18:45 ET by sharkeyFirst of all they should rescind Big Al's phony ill gotten and undeserved Peace prize and then they should throw Big Al in the proverbial slammer after convicting him of perpetrating fraud on the American people for knowingly deceiving American citizens, and also the whole World, regarding this hoax called Global Warming. His Inconvenient Truth movie turned out to be riddled with many very convenient "lies" yet the lame stream media still gives him a veritable 'pass' even as he continues to spread his propagandist lies to the public. It is utterly shameful what Big Al has turned out to be after losing the 2000 presidential election whereupon he apparently became a bitter "sore loser" and is taking his vengeance and wrath out on the whole of America and the World by creating this "sham" called Global Warming. His math is so fuzzy (and he knows it) that he won't even debate real scientists in person who happen to question his fuzzy math. He knows his propagandist lies and fuzzy math would be blown out of the water and shredded to pieces so he's decided to shun any and all opposition or differing viewpoints from being discussed with him at all. So much for openness and real scientific debate eh? He seeks to 'profit' in the "billions" of dollars personally if this "sham" of a bill Cap & TAX ever passes. >> Now you know the real reason why he's hell bent on trying to get Cap & TAX passed huh. ;)
And with this latest revelation regarding the U.K. Climatic Research Unit's emails it is just mind boggling how the lame stream media continues to play dumb and the fact that our goose stepping communist leaning purported president Barack Hussein Obama is putting his head in the sand, as usual, as if nothing has happened either. I really think it is a liberal elitist "strategy" to acquire a "One World Government" system where the liberal elitists will try to control the world and the six plus billion people who live in it. If this is not a prime example of a time in our history when the good citizens of the United States of America and the world rise up to thwart this evil plan by this evil administration and others, who are in cahoots with the CRU and IPCC, I don't know what is. As you can tell, America is not going to take this lying down. Democrat Creigh Deeds recently lost in Virgina and Democrat Jon Corzine lost in New Jersey on the same night. It portends to be a very treacherous time to be a liberal Democrat in America in my humble opinion. Also, three Dems just dropped out of running in certain districts around the Country. It appears they saw the writing on the wall and they raised the white flag in surrender, knowing that if they indeed chose to run they would be sitting ducks and lose miserably anyway. Good for them. Our sights will be firmly set on 2010 and 2012 and everything in between as well I might add.
Let's throw these liberal lily-livered slime balls out on their duffs and into the unemployment lines that they've put millions of honest upstanding American citizens into over the past year since BHO took office! And see how THEY like it!! Let's take our Country back from these crooks and thugs who seem hell bent on destroying America as we know it! Instead, let FREEDOM RING! And let LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (without Government "intrusion") shine once again in the hearts and dreams of each and every American citizen!
On the other hand, LET SOCIALISM/COMMUNISM DIE!! The sooner the better too. It's either their necks, or ours and our children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, etc., etc. I would rather see them take the hit rather than all of America, wouldn't you? LET'S VOTE 'EM OUT!! And Big Al should take a hike as well - if he knows what's good for him.
Heard
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 19:32 ET by misterbee241I heard they were changing the name Copenhagen to Hopenchangen. No I didnt.
"I dont need to read a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber."
Walter Brennan, The Colonel, Meet John Doe, 1941
Famous gore quote!
Wed, 12/02/2009 - 11:25 ET by Patriot II"If you think I am in this for the money, you don't know me very well"! roflmao..........this is the most useless, lying scumbag I have ever seen and we have a "BUNCH" of them in govt!!!!
Al Gore Asking $1,200 To Shake His Hand In Copenhagen?
Wed, 12/02/2009 - 11:37 ET by vrwc13...I think he may honestly need to think about paying $1,200 to each person who shakes his hand. Kind of an act of restitution.
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Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very Internet you invented. OH. OH the irony. The iro---ny. - Jon Stewart
Al Gore cancels lecture
Thu, 12/03/2009 - 12:23 ET by tropicalreportTime to get your refunds! Gore has cancelled his lecture just a bit ago. Wonder why? ClimateGate?