Until we learn that both parties are full of shit, we are going no where. The repubs had a long reign from 2000-2006 - there was little if anything to be proud of in their record. The dems are doing no better. But in Gore's defense - he is not a politician. Hasn't been one in a long time. Are you aware of that drjekyllass? How does it feel to have your head so far up your ass? That's gotta hurt. Hoping that when "you're guy" goes in things will be different/better is delusional. I just voted this morning in NJ - I voted against ALL INCUMBENTS. Regardless of party.
What hurts more is if you're denying the obvious connection between Albert and Crap and Tax. Soros isn't a politician either but he sure seems intermingled in a lot of things political.
Hey Mentos, please point out where I said Al Gore was currently a politician. In the title of the thread I clearly write "Al Gore is a Global Warming Profiteer" It is you who has his head up his ass. Second, how is that a defense of Gore? I don't give a shit if he holds office now or not. The one thing I do know, is he is still influential in the democratic party and he still goes in front of Congress at least once a year and demands that laws be enacted to limit the energy use of everyday Americans.
I said that about Al Gore because he is irrelevant. He's only as important as you make him out to be. As for cap and trade. I agree to an extent with it - at least the policy objective of decreasing wasteful and dirty energy use. My issue is the application of it. Instead of cap and trade, We should have a consumption tax. You want that huge SUV? The giant air conditioner for your McMansion? Then we need a consumption tax BUT with a corresponding relief to the income tax. Cap and Trade is a scam. Instead of doing an easy consumption tax on high energy use luxuries, they want to create a complicated system with a rigged exchange for someone to profit from. And you know who? The Banks.