Nobel Laureate Al Gore was mocked Thursday at the Apple shareholders meeting in Cupertino, California.
As the subject of whether or not he should be reelected to the tech giant's board of directors surfaced, one longtime shareholder stood up saying, "[Gore] has become a laughingstock. The glaciers have not melted."
According to CNET, the gentleman then wisely said, "If his advice he gives to Apple is as faulty as his views on the environment then he doesn't need to be re-elected" (h/t Gateway Pundit via Glenn Reynolds):
Gore was seated in the first row, along with his six fellow board members, in Apple's Town Hall auditorium as several stockholders took turns either bashing or praising his high-profile views on climate change.
At the first opportunity for audience participation just several minutes into the proceeding, a longtime and well-known Apple shareholder--some would say gadfly--who introduced himself as Shelton Ehrlich, stood at the microphone and urged against Gore's re-election to the board. Gore "has become a laughingstock. The glaciers have not melted," Ehrlich said, referring to Gore's views on global warming. "If his advice he gives to Apple is as faulty as his views on the environment then he doesn't need to be re-elected."
Of course, if Gore would have lost his reelection bid, I'm sure he would have asked for a recount!
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Who dug Al out ?? Shoud a
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 15:00 ET by creekratWho dug Al out ?? Shoud a left him buried under all this global warming !! Idiots all !
Get this straight now!!!
Sun, 02/28/2010 - 10:05 ET by Patriot IIAl Gore is not becoming a LAUGHING STOCK! Al Gore was ALWAYS a laughing stock lol.............roflmao!!!!
Despite Al Gore, Apple seems
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 15:03 ET by samhermanmdDespite Al Gore, Apple seems to do well with its products. I can't imagine he is worth much more than name value. His life is proof that incompetence, ignorance and intransigence can be overcome with a recognized last name and a herculean public relations effort.
And lots and lots and lots
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 15:28 ET by MrSnugglesAnd lots and lots and lots of daddy's oil money.
RE...
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 19:10 ET by danybhoyAl Gore has made more money pimping carbon offsets & by being given seats on corporate boards then his old man ever made in the oil industry. The man is a fraudster, & he should be investigated scamming the public over "GlobalWarming/ClimateChange" & for trying to abuse his connections to force gov't to legislate laws/regualtions that if imposed, would make Gore an extremely wealthy man.
ALL BASED ON A HOAX...
"Please awake & see the truth, he can only be if you believe what he tells you...Remember who you are, what you stand for...There will always be way"- WITHIN TEMPTATION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fir0Cffv1ng&featured=related
buying apple products
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 15:08 ET by jon_torlinThis is one good reason why I won't buy an apple product of any kind. If someone gave me an iPhone, I'll give it back.
I've got no problem with making things energy efficient, but they have to be productive at the same time and they need to do it not for the reason of protecting the environment because that's a boondoggle. It makes about as much as sense as using an umbrella against the rain to protect a garden. Energy Efficiency should only be used for the one reason that stands out above all else: Saving money. That's it.
But to continue associating with a fraud like ManBearPig who says the earth's core is millions of degrees, that's more than enough for me not to want to buy any of their products.
-Jon
As more and more of the "smartest-folks-in-the-room"...
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 15:09 ET by wnaegele..realize they've been had, the nastier and nastier things will get for the Algore.
Glad they called him out...
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 15:10 ET by HeavyChevyThat must have been one awkward @$$ moment for chuckles. I would have given good money to see that.
ditto!
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 15:14 ET by jon_torlinIs there a video of this?
-Jon
Not sure Jon
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 19:34 ET by HeavyChevyWith it being a shareholder meeting I don't think so, but who knows.
HC... I haven't googled
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 19:40 ET by bigtimerHC...
I haven't googled it, I just assume since it was a shareholder meeting it wasn't as well... when I heard about this a couple of days ago, I cracked up laughing, put the link all over the place too...it was about time someone did that to the arrogant crook....I hope Inhofe does get him to the Hill...of course we already can hear his lying blather now.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
BT! Long time no chat how's it going?
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 20:08 ET by HeavyChevyAll I can say is old Al isn't feeling the love anymore and it's just going to get worse for the little boy who cried wolf. Just for giggles though I will try YouTube.
HC... Yeah...do that...if
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 20:11 ET by bigtimerHC...
Yeah...do that...if you find it...let us know...I'll have fun with that!
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
HC
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 16:34 ET by well99You aint kidding.Hopefully someone was selling popcorn so you could sit back and enjoy it.
Well99
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 19:39 ET by HeavyChevyI can just see Gore sulking in his chair getting ready to explode and I am not kidding when I say I would give good money. I would not mind eating Ramon noodles until next payday to see this fraud twitch in his chair while he is being verbally b!t(h slapped by pissed shareholders :-)
Nobel Peace of Sh*t
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 15:24 ET by fromphoenixWhat a disgrace the Nobel Prize is now, between Gore, Obama, Carter, and a few others, its obvious its just a leftist talking point, another lie.
Other notable "peace" prize
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 16:11 ET by ThisnThatOther notable "peace" prize winners other than Gore, Obama, Carter:
Arafat -- you know, the Palitinean terrorist?
Dalai Lama -- that's the person obama (a great peace prize winner, himself) ushered out of the WH back way past the trash.
Kofi Annan -- head of the UN. Probably for that great oil for food program. Where is his son, now?
The UN's IPCC -- for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change
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"He [obama] got the best press known to man" - Tina Brown. "In the entire universe" - Howard Kurtz
Nobel
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 19:29 ET by CiampinoYou left out Nelson Mandela.
piece prize
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 20:19 ET by kangarooYou also left out Tiger Woods,
whoops nevermind, Tiger got the other piece prize
"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on"--Thomas Jefferson
He has "Become"
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 15:46 ET by Joe CamelSeriousily, he has "become" a laughingstock? Has means he was not that in the beginning, which I am sure most would agree that "still" is a more appropriate term for the Gormaster..
apple will never get one
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 16:05 ET by pepsimanapple will never get one consumer dollar from me with that idiot on the payroll... i'm serial
he should be liable in a
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 16:10 ET by pepsimanhe should be liable in a monetary way to reimburse and buy back every bottle of snake oil he has sold around the world...that would be the best if a few cash distressed european countries that got conned by him came after him
this appears to be a good sign
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 16:08 ET by spepperthis appears to be a good sign that companies like Apple are not letting wacko environmentalists (or wackos of any kind for that matter) determine the course or direction of their business-- if they want to keep Al Gore on their board, it's their business-- but I do have one suggestion if they choose to: offer him only ONE job description to accept: dress up at their corporate events, in a new mascot outfit: the last remaining polar bear!
Gore's "laughingstock" status...
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 17:44 ET by PrairieSkyis certainly true, and precedes his buffoonish involvement with the hysterical global warming movement. I'm just very happy that someone associated with him has finally had the spine to publicly call him out on it... It's about time.
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan
I Know How He Can Win
Sat, 02/27/2010 - 18:19 ET by TylerPHe should write another poem. That will sweep them off their feet.
How The Mighty Have Fallen
Sun, 02/28/2010 - 13:30 ET by DaMamaIn the Old Testament, Numbers 32:23 - "be sure your sins shall find you out".
The global warming hoax has been exposed, and Al Gore is the patron saint of this false movement.
There is nothing more vicious than a liberal when they find out one of their sacred cows has been exposed as a fraud. The liberal elite will turn on Al Gore like piranha's.