Time's Joe Klein is pleased that Al Gore isn't squishing out on global warming in order to make a 2008 campaign run more palatable for the American people.
As if that wasn't a liberal-enough talking point, Klein's March 22 "Swampland" blog post describes Gore's willingness to resort to the usual tax and spend policies as "putting his [Gore's] money where his mouth is." Portion in bold is my emphasis.:
Yesterday, I wrote--based on incomplete reporting of ongoing testimony (no criticism of live-blogger Brian Beutler; the hearing was in midstream when I posted)--that Al Gore seemed to be backing away from his carbon-payroll tax swap. I haven't seen the complete testimony, and the press reports are not sufficiently wonky to give all the relevant details, but it appears that Gore is still up for the tax swap (an idea I supported in this column last year). In fact--no surprise--he's for a very tough global warming regime, including a ban on new coal-fired power plants and an intense cap-and-trade regime.
I speculated yesterday that if he stepped away from the tax swap, it might mean that Gore has political plans--but that speculation obviously was idle and kind of dumb. In 2000, Gore proposed spending $150 billion on global warming over the next 10 years (essentially, he wanted to spend the entire budget surplus on global warming...you remember the budget surplus). So he isn't averse to putting his money where his mouth is on this issue, even when running for office. Is he running? Dunno. But, as Jake Barnes once said to Lady Brett Ashley (or vice versa), it would be nice to think so.
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Wrong. He's putting our mone
March 22, 2007 - 13:27 ET by tnculpWrong. He's putting our money where his mouth is.
You took the word's right out
March 22, 2007 - 14:02 ET by GalvanicYou took the word's right out of my mouth, tnculp.
In fact, the only money of Gore's that seems to be going where his mouth is, are the bucks he spends on "carbon offsets" from a company he is the CEO off.
Another stunning example of t
March 22, 2007 - 13:41 ET by mattmAnother stunning example of the idiocy of Liberalism.
That's the problem. The l
March 22, 2007 - 13:49 ET by kimschThat's the problem. The liberals think of the taxes we pay in as "their" money... So they can put "their" money where their mouths are.
Al Gore wouldn't pledge to use less energy because he takes care of it with carbon offset credits (that the company pays for for him, not out of his actual pocket is it?)
I say that there must be a family in Africa, or India, or China who doesn't have a car and doesn't use a lot of electricity and I call dibs on that family as my offset family. I do use compact fluorescent bulbs in most of my light fixtures (nightlight and chandelier bulbs don't come in CF yet), I keep the heat from 64-68 and the air conditioning from 74-78 and open the windows whenever I can. For the one vehicle our family owns, we have a GMC Yukon, but that goes on the once a quarter trips to the warehouse club and to Home Depot for that kind of stuff. (4 kids when my stepdaughter is in town as well).
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March 22, 2007 - 13:50 ET by kimschduplicate comment removed by author
Someone should tell Joe Klein
March 22, 2007 - 13:54 ET by RJSomeone should tell Joe Klein that the Reverend Al Gore (who has admitted that he lied about Kyoto) has refused to take the Personal Energy Pledge.
So much for Gore "putting his money where his mouth is", Joe....
I wonder how much time Al spe
March 22, 2007 - 15:54 ET by Airforce_5_OI wonder how much time Al spent playing at the Zinc Mine in his youth? Wonder if he is going to ask for tax dollars to clean it up?
As we all know, the most sign
March 22, 2007 - 16:32 ET by niner-four-whiskeyAs we all know, the most significant cause of global warming is rich, straight, white men, usually protestants who aren't paying enough taxes.
Certainly, the biggest cause of global warming is insufficient taxation.
Yep 94w,If the dems get the
March 22, 2007 - 16:35 ET by MightyMouthYep 94w,
If the dems get their way, they will TAX us into the next ice age!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Gore needs a designated speaker
March 22, 2007 - 21:42 ET by pbthinkerMaybe Gore should go to Ed Begley, Jr. and see if he can show him a few tricks for his house. Better still, buy his carbon offsets from EB, Jr. so he can get some benefit from the frugal life he's been living, because he really, really believes.
Has anyone asked Gore why, if he really believed, he hasn't done a thing, himself, in 30 years?
Gore needs a designated speaker
March 22, 2007 - 21:42 ET by pbthinkerMaybe Gore should go to Ed Begley, Jr. and see if he can show him a few tricks for his house. Better still, buy his carbon offsets from EB, Jr. so he can get some benefit from the frugal life he's been living, because he really, really believes.
Has anyone asked Gore why, if he really believed, he hasn't done a thing, himself, in 30 years?