The original title hinted at the purpose of this thread- the new one does not.

"Spreading fear and panic pays!"

"The important part is

"and the couple has amassed massive wealth since Al Gore left public office in 2000. The most recent figure predicted in 2007 by Fast Company was more than $100 million. Before the 2000 election they predicted the family's net worth was closer to $1 million.

Since then, the Gores have purchased the Montecito mansion, a multimillion-dollar home in Nashville, Tenn., a condo in San Francisco in addition to their home in the Washington area, an Arlington Tudor. They bought a 100-foot houseboat named, aptly, Bio-Solar One in 2008. And they own a farm in Carthage, Tenn., that includes a zinc mine.

So how did they get all this stuff?

Al Gore has parlayed politics and his zeal for talking about global warming into an Academy Award, a Grammy and the Noble Peace Prize in 2007. He is a co-founder of Current TV, brings in six figures for speaking gigs, is a member of the Board of Directors at Apple, Inc. and serves as a senior adviser to Google."



NOBODY has given me any indication why the FACT that Gore made a LOT of MONEY from Global Climate Change is supposed to be ignored, but that those opposed to it are all money grubbing evil people.

The replies I have seen lead me to believe that most here are either open bigots, or incapable of applying the same standards to two sides of the issue.