Well, former Vice President Al Gore has taken another beating in the environment vs. wealth battle, according to an article in this morning's Tennessean.
This guy gets whacked at every turn for being wealthy and an environmentalist! Except, thankfully, by the Nobel Prize Committee...at least they have some sense.
This time, the flack is over Gore's new houseboat, the Bio-Solar One, which is docked at Center Hill Lake where the Gores have been vacationing for years..
Does anyone want to give Gore props for greening up his house boat with 36 solar panels and biodiesel fuel (according to the dealer who sold it to Gore, it's the "greenest" houseboat he's ever seen"), much less for vacationing close to home?
Heck, no! The whankers are whanking again about this good man who I believe is honest, sincere, smart, and knows what's he's talking about.
If you don't think so, think about how backlash from Hurricane Ike, which hit the Texas coast Saturday morning, flooded Chicago this weekend!
Anyway, Gore previously has taken a lot of flack for his extensive air travel, having three homes, and for his big ole 1920s mansion in Belle Meade...which by the way, has been greened up. That thing must have been a ginormous energy hog before Eco-Build TN came in and reinsulated with foam, installed a geothermal heating system, a tankless water heater, and more.
Today's newspaper article also mentioned that Gore been the subject of criticism since way back when he was in the House of Representatives.
Seems that, in order to not be wasteful and extravagant, he wore the same blue suit all the time. His assistant kept a needed and blue thread in the office to patch tears in it, but everyone made fun of him for not being wasteful and extravagant when it came to clothing!
Finally, a supporter wrote Gore and suggested he go to a tailor to have his pants cut to the appropriate length. That did it!
Gore hired an image consultant to help him upgrade his wardrobe and guess what! He was criticized for that, too.
Normally I don't rant and rave in this blog, but I have been an Al Gore fan from way back (even when he was criticized for being too stiff and formal...by my own mother, among others).
I have even heard him critized on the Planet Green tv show, Supper Club, for pete's sake!
Give the guy a break...after all, it's not like he shoots wolves and bears in Alaska from airplanes!
Photo of Al Gore's houseboat courtesy of The Tennessean.
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