Recently
there was a diary quoting the
trash written by the wingnut Peter Schweitzer. The trash supposedly proves that Gore is a hypocrite that he owns Oxy stocks, that Paramount paid for his carbon offsets that he receives royalties from a zinc mine etc.
But none of that tirade is true. And many kossacks, instead of asking where from the hell Schweitzer got those "facts" jumped to conclusion and called Gore a hypocrite themselves.
Well, belatedly, Gore responded and so did David Roberts from GRIST Magazin.
All those here who accused Gore of not walking the walk should apologize and contact both the USA Today and that asshole Schweitzer, demanding correction. And not just on Page 10A as the USA Today did but in a way that will reach the people who heard or read the original lies.
Gore's office responds to USA Today hit piece
The assertion by author Peter Schweizer that the Gores were swimming in Occidental stock is also off base. At Mr. Gore's request, all of his father's stock in Occidental (Oxy) Petroleum was sold almost six years ago as the estate was closed.
Peter Schweitzer, Al Gore, and hypocrisy
First things first: I talked to some of Gore's people today, including Kreider, about the specific charges. Suffice to say, they're false. Gore receives no royalties from the mine, which shut down in 2003. (USA Today actually printed a correction about this, way down on page 10A.) Gore owns no stock in Occidental, and never has (his father did; it was all sold over six years ago). Gore does in fact take advantage of the green power options his utility offers, and was in the process of adding photovoltaic solar cells to his house when the article came out. He pays for his own personal carbon offsets, in addition to the institutional offsets purchased by Paramount (movie distributor) and Rodale (book publisher), which make both the book and the movie completely carbon neutral.
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Could we finally see an end to the Gore and Oxy melodrama?
Yes this is a message to those Naderite liars, too.
Note:Shef has now posted in his diary that "Gore's office has refuted virtually all of the objections rasied by Mr. Schweizer"