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POWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'
Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, an independent, nonprofit and
nonpartisan research organization committed to achieving a freer, more
prosperous Tennessee through free market policy solutions, issued a
press release late Monday:
Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An
Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature,
but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore
deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.
Gore’s mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom] located in the posh Belle
Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the
average American household uses in an entire year, according to the
Nashville Electric Service (NES).
In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.
The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh)
per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured
nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.
Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than
twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses
in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s
average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.
Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption
has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to
18,400 kWh per month in 2006.
Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill.
Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080
per month last year.
“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore
has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it
comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research
President Drew Johnson.
In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.
For Further Information, Contact:
Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431
editor@tennesseepolicy.org
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| http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/12/D8MJU5901.html
You all know I'm a fan of the Bush Administration. Perfect- not by any means. However, how come they dont get credit for the souring economy or the fact that the deficit is shrinking (still way to high grant it)? How come people? The economy is doing so well and more and more jobs are being created. But all we focus on is Iraq (a huge mess I agree). Just curious.
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TAKING DAY OFF FOR FOOTBALL COSTS DEMS CREDIBILITY
By DICK MORRIS
January 10, 2006 -- House Democrats lost considerable credibility
yesterday when their opening session was cancelled so that members
could attend the Ohio State-Florida State football game.
This is not a joke.
It is, however, a blunt metaphor for how genuinely out of touch the
members of Congress really are. How many other Americans do you suppose
were given the same perk? A day off because of an evening football
game? And how many school kids would like to have time off to watch
their own favorite teams? What kind of message is the House leadership
sending?
Is it that they don’t get how bad it looks, or that they don’t care?
Their record has been dismal. Last year, the House and Senate worked an
average of about two days a week for their salary of $162,500. Nice
work if you can find it. Responding to well-deserved criticisms, the
new House majority leader, Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), with great fanfare,
promised a five-day work week. But that was just talk. When it was the
Republicans who were scheduling the eight-day month, Hoyer was
outraged. But now that the Democrats control the calendar, he considers
a football game to be a legitimate excuse for a vacation day. As he
said in reference to the new House minority leader, John Boehner
(R-Ohio), “There is a very important event happening Monday night,
particularly for those who live in Ohio and Florida. In the spirit of
comity, and I know if Maryland were playing, I would want to be
accommodated, and I want to accommodate my friend, Mr. Boehner.”
Apparently Mr. Hoyer is not familiar with the disdain that American
voters feel for members of Congress. A mid-December Gallup poll showed
that 74 percent of Americans disapproved of the job that Congress was
doing. Hoyer is certainly doing his best to keep those negative poll
numbers.
And there won’t be a five-day work week at all in January. The Martin
Luther King holiday falls next week and the Democrats and Republicans
are holding respective retreats during the following two weeks. The
Democrats are planning a day of speeches in two weeks, including one by
Bill Clinton. Hey folks, ever think about doing this on a weekend?
So the promised “five-day” work week starts on Tuesday at 6:30 and ends
at about 2 on Friday — more like a two-and-a-half-day work week.
And that might not even happen if there’s another important football game.
Meanwhile in the Senate, while Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), Russ
Feingold (D-Wis.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and
John McCain (R-Ariz.) fight for an independent watchdog to enforce
lobbying laws, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) insists that
hearings must first be held on the issue. This is hardly a new idea.
It’s been proposed for years and makes sense. We’ve seen how little
policing of lobbyists has been done — witness Jack Abramoff and his
cohorts. Requiring hearings is just another stalling tactic. And, in
any event, Reid is the last person who should be in charge of designing
the self-policing of lobbyists. For years, his three sons and
son-in-law made millions by lobbying for Nevada interests — often
working out of his Senate office. Only when the press called attention
to the practice did Reid bar the boys. Talk about the goats guarding
the garbage! Sen. Obama spoke of “institutional resistance” to the
watchdog provisions. That institutional resistance has led to serious
lobbying transgressions that must be s topped.
If the Democrats want to stay in power, and if Congress wants to win
the support and trust of the American people, they’d better start
thinking about how their actions resonate with the average voter. Looks
like it’s already time for new Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to use
her “mother-of-five voice” and turn things around in the House. As for
the Senate, let’s hope the new members speak out and force real and
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| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1jy-4ieG8M
good video
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