*Al Gore's Inconvenient Loot; Why He'll Grow Rich As We All Grow Poorer From the

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Thanks to Kirk M for this.

 

*Al Gore's Inconvenient Loot; Why He'll Grow Rich As We All Grow Poorer From

the Fight Against " Global Warming " *

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Former Vice President Al Gore has built a Green money-making machine

capable of eventually generating billions of dollars for investors,

including himself, but he set it up so that the average Joe can't afford

to play on Gore's terms. And the US portion is headed up by a former

Gore staffer and fund raiser who previously ran afoul of both the FEC

and the DOJ, before Janet Reno jumped in and shut down an investigation

during the Clinton years.

 

As Bill Hobbs first pointed out, Gore supposedly pays for his

extra-large carbon footprint through Generation Investment Management

(GIM) - and if you're looking to go green, and have your wallet go along

with Gore, think again - average people are too insignificant to play -

verifiable from this pdf.

 

Generation is based in London, with its U.S. offices in Washington, DC.

The firm will manage the assets of institutional investors such as

pension funds, foundations and endowments, as well as those of select

high net worth individuals.* Generation expects to make extensive use of

long-term performance based fees. Generation will begin its investment

management business in early 2005.

 

* like Al Gore

 

Gore's company, GIM was specifically established to take financial

advantage of new technologies and solutions related to combating Global

Warming. The Global Warming crowd has told us that just recently new

science emerged confirming the alleged fact that Global Warming is man

made. So, ask yourself, why is it that Gore set up his Green money

machine three years ago back in 2004? Is it possible Gore knew what the

science would say before it was out? And even if not, can an individual

who stands to make millions from Global Warming really be trusted as an

honest broker on that topic? Talk about giving the fox the keys to the

hen penthouse.

 

Even if Global Warming did exist, in principle, what's the difference

between war profiteering and this? One could justifiably argue that Gore

is taking advantage of, in his opinion, a catastrophic situation to

clean up - and I don't mean the environment.

 

Here's a list indicating what it takes to make money along with Al.

Funds associated with these companies have placed millions of dollars

under Al Gore's control. And, as you'll see below, Gore's selection for

the US President of GIM might raise a few eyebrows as well.

 

AFLAC INC - AQUANTIVE INC - AUTODESK INC - BECTON DICKINSON & CO

BLACKBAUD INC - GENERAL ELECTRIC CO - GREENHILL & CO INC - JOHNSON CTLS

INC - LABORATORY CORP AMER HLDGS - METABOLIX INC - NORTHERN TR CORP -

NUVEEN INVTS INC -STAPLES INC - SYSCO CORP - TECHNE CORP - UBS AG - VCA

ANTECH INC - WATERS CORP - WHOLE FOODS MKT INC

 

According to their own documents, GIM intends to invest in, or buy

companies poised to cash in on Global Warming concerns. If we borrow

John Edward's so-called two Americas concept for a second, this all

means higher prices and taxes with more regulation and an altered

standard of living for people like you and me, while Al Gore sits

ensconced in his other America reaping profits from each new government

mandate for us, business and even government itself. It's win win,

alright, but mostly for Al.

 

To add insult to injury, Gore chose Peter S. Knight, an old friend and

colleague some are sure to recall, as the US President of GIM.

 

Peter S. Knight, formerly Managing Director Met West Financial, lawyer,

Chief of Staff for Senator Al Gore (D-TN) from 1977-1989, and Campaign

Manager for President Clinton's successful re-election in 1996, is

President of Generation U.S.

 

This would be him: Reno Rejects Inquiry Into a Clinton Aide

 

Atty Gen Janet Reno decides against any further investigation of Peter

Knight, Pres Clinton's 1996 campaign manager in connection with office

building development in nation's capital; such an investigation could

have led to naming independent counsel to look further into activities

of Knight, who is also former top assistant to Vice Pres Al Gore.

 

Yes, thanks to Janet Reno, no one ever found out how $20,000 in stock

turned up in an account for Knight's then 13 year old child.

 

Dispute over Democratic Party campaign-financing shifts to Zachary

Knight, 13-year-old son of Peter S Knight, Clinton-Gore campaign

chairman in 1996, who was given $20,000 in stock by William Haney 3d,

chairman of Molten Metal Technology Inc; Republicans believe gift, which

came after father was named chairman of campaign, was really payment to

Knight, who had worked as $7,000-per-month lobbyist for company; Knight

denies involvement in any impropriety; photo

 

If Gore's motivation in pushing Global Warming is so altruistic, was it

really necessarily for the already wealthy Gore to establish a

multi-million dollar corporation in England to cash in? And given the

history of Gore and Knight, are these people we should trust to drive a

re-vamping of the world economy at the same time they're lining their

pockets because of our much smaller carbon footprints?

 

If Al Gore is successful with this latest scheme, Gore and his cronies

are going to be much more $green$ than most of the earth. And the only

green in this for you and me is the kind that accompanies envy as Gore

trucks around on private jets putting dollars to offset his extravagance

into a cash machine generating profits on the backs of the middle class

with misrepresented science that doesn't deserve to be called science at

all.

 

Mr. Gore starts out, ironically enough, asserting the importance of

peer-reviewed science. I call this ironic because the misrepresentation

that follows (a) hasn’t been peer reviewed, and (b) the peer-reviewed

literature contradicts the misrepresentation.

 

From the Center For Public Integrity: one of the issues involving both

Knight and carbon friendly Al was the installation of a hot tub and

steam shower in the Master Bedroom of the VP's house. How Green is that?

 

Here's what the Center found about some of the most generous

contributors to the foundation: Peter S. Knight...

 

Peter S. Knight, Gore's former chief of staff, managed Gore's first bid

for the presidency in 1988. In 1989, he began lobbying for the firm

Wunder, Diefendorfer, Cannon and Thelan. Given his closeness to Gore and

the rest of the Clinton administration, corporations now pay Knight

upward of $10,000 a month to wield his influence with Gore. With the

help of his new clients, Knight soon cemented a new role for himself as

Gore's " chief of fund raising. "

 

Since 1996, Knight's various lobbying and fund-raising activity has been

the subject of a Federal Election Commission investigation, a Justice

Department inquiry and two House Commerce Committee probes.

 

Gore chose Knight to act as chairman of the foundation during Gore's

first vice presidential term. Three of Knight's clients - millionaire

publishing magnate Vance Opperman, Bell Atlantic and Fluor Corporation —

showered the foundation with $10,000 each.

 

Knight also solicited $10,000 contributions from foundations run by

Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), Coca-Cola Company, MCI Communications

(now MCI WorldCom, Inc.), Time Warner Inc. and Microsoft Corporation

(Chairman Bill Gates also contributed a $30,000 glass sculpture). Under

Gore's supervision, the foundation pledged to take corporate money only

through their foundations, not from corporations directly. The $10,000

paid by the Coca-Cola Company, however, came out of the corporate account.