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Stunning Pictures of Al Gore's New $9 Million Mansion Media Totally Ignored
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Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2010 7:25:49 AM by Sub-Driver
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Stunning Pictures of Al Gore's New $9 Million Mansion Media Totally Ignored By Noel Sheppard Created 05/03/2010 - 23:45
Nobel Laureate Al Gore purchased a $9 million mansion in the luxurious hills of Montecito, California, recently, and with the exception of the Los Angeles Times and Fox News, America's media couldn't care less.
You think it might be because the Gore-loving press wouldn't want people to consider the possibility that all of his global warming hysteria was really about lining his wallet and not saving the planet?
Formulate a response to that question as you look at what all that money the former Vice President is making off of spreading this myth can buy (h/t Doug Ross [1]):
Sweet, wouldn't you say? (Readers are encouraged to view more pictures of this fabulous estate here [2].)
Certainly not bad for a guy he supposedly [3] was worth between one and two million dollars in 2000.
Were the "Always Fascinated by the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" press interested?
Heck no.
According to LexisNexis, apart from the Los Angeles Times that broke [4] this story last Wednesday, and Fox News's Sean Hannity who spoke about this on consecutive nights last week, America's media were totally mum.
Why might that be?
You think Gore's adoring press don't want folks to know how much money he's making off this scam?
Before you answer THAT question, consider what the Nobel Laureate told [4] Congress last year as the House was deliberating cap-and-trade legislation:
AL GORE: Every penny that I have made, I have put right into a non-profit deal, Alliance For Climate Protection, to spread awareness of why we have to take on this challenge. And Congresswomen, if your, if, if you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you do not know me.
Now, imagine for a moment there were actually journalists still in America and not advocates pretending to be journalists.
A former Vice President who last year told a House committee he was putting all of his earnings into a non-profit company to "spread awareness of why we have to take on" global warming a year later buys a $9 million mansion with six fireplaces, five bedrooms, and nine bathrooms for him and his wife.
Don't you think SOMEBODY should have reported it other than Fox News, the LA Times, and conservative bloggers?
Where'd the money come from? Was this purchased by his non-profit corporation, and if so, how does he get away with that?
Did he sell some of his Google or Apple stock?
And how about some questions about how green the house is? Are there solar panels and windmills to power this facility? If not, what are their plans?
Forgetting all of that, if the Clintons, Bushes, or Cheneys bought such a place, do you think the media would cover it, at least as a human interest story?
For over three years, Gore's adoring press have followed virtually every move he's made since becoming the voice of global warming.
He buys a STUNNING villa as the unemployment rate stands at almost 10 percent and Americans are struggling to regain their footing after 2008's financial crisis, and the media are suddenly disinterested in him?
On exactly which planet, be it cooling or warming, does THAT make any sense?
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Im sure he powers that house up with wind and solar.
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I wonder if the president could confirm that Mr. Gore finally has enough money.
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thanks for the info tmz.
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I wonder what the carbon foot print of Al gores' lifestyle is compared to the average 20 families.
I fucking hate these people with a passion. Can't another Katrina come, hopefully fuelled by Global Warming, CO2, and wipe all these scumbags away?
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LoL at the financial geniuses on this site
Now is a GREAT time to buy a house, especially one like that
He probablay got a huge haircut on the selling price
I'm sure that thing is energy efficient/green etc.. or if it's not already then it's being retrofitted
LOL even more at the ridiculous comments on this thread
what does the UE rate have to do with a personal choice to buy a house
Show us some data that the house is not green and you might have something but why would all the "property rights" "teabaggers" care if Gore buys a big house?
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Even if that house was converted to be "green", it would probably still consume more energy than 5-10 houses put together. ;)
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LoL at the financial geniuses on this site
Now is a GREAT time to buy a house, especially one like that
He probablay got a huge haircut on the selling price
I'm sure that thing is energy efficient/green etc.. or if it's not already then it's being retrofitted
LOL even more at the ridiculous comments on this thread
what does the UE rate have to do with a personal choice to buy a house
Show us some data that the house is not green and you might have something but why would all the "property rights" "teabaggers" care if Gore buys a big house?
GMAFB you moron. Al gore's TN home already uses tons more energy than 10 families usage combined and you are going to defend him?
Unreal.
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GMAFB you moron. Al gore's TN home already uses tons more energy than 10 families usage combined and you are going to defend him?
Unreal.
Aren't you the free market guy who bitches endlessly about property rights, freedom etc...
only a complete moron would not understand that homes at this level have been slashed and he probably got a great deal
here are some facts about Gores home in Tennesse: http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/gorehome.asp
but I"m sure you won't bother to look as it would require some thought on your part and who needs that when you can just make up your own shit and then get MAD
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Yes, but not for others who are seeking to enact laws that will screw me over and all while he demands we curtail our energy usage while he GREATLY expands his.
Like most on the left, Al Gore is a hypocrite beyond explanation.
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Straw "its not hypocritical if youre ok with them making fun of you too"
I think many ppl are taking exception to what seems to be a hypocritical purchase, but then again I wouldnt expect you to understand that b/c it has the term hypocrite in it... ;)
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Yes, but not for others who are seeking to enact laws that will screw me over and all while he demands we curtail our energy usage while he GREATLY expands his.
Like most on the left, Al Gore is a hypocrite beyond explanation.
I see you didn't read the link, don't know the facts and obviously just don't care
it's much easier to make up your own shit and then get ANGRY
right 333
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The blatant hypocrisy of these people is truly astounding.
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Why does Al Gore need two huge homes?
I mean Obama is saying that at a certain point people make enough money. Isnt it enough to already have one massive mansion consuming the equivalent of 20 families combined usage?
Arnt we supposed to conserve energy in the age of scarcity and set an example for others?
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Here is the problem.Al GORE got rich from using his position as former vice president, and scaring people into believing the hoax of global warming.His position on the subject,his movie,his books and his speeches are all lies and yet he became a billionaire using this propaganda,not because he is concerned with the environment,but as a get rich quick scheme.THAT wouldnt even bother me but it is bothersome that he used his power to scare his way to a billion dollars.He is a man who wants to dictate the temperature of OUR homes,but buys homes that use 10 times the electricity ours do.ONCE AGAIN WITH LIBS ITS DO AS I SAY,NOT AS I DO.
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Why does Al Gore need two huge homes?
I mean Obama is saying that at a certain point people make enough money. Isnt it enough to already have one massive mansion consuming the equivalent of 20 families combined usage?
Arnt we supposed to conserve energy in the age of scarcity and set an example for others?
Again - if you would just read some of the links occassionally you would understand.
but I know for you it's much easier to make shit up then actually learn the facts
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never been a big fan of gore's i think it's a little hypocritical to purchase such a large house and subsequent footprint when you wish others to cut their footprint too. I think there may be more to this story perhaps he is converting it to solar or wind or some how cutting the costs to the environment of such a home.
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never been a big fan of gore's i think it's a little hypocritical to purchase such a large house and subsequent footprint when you wish others to cut their footprint too. I think there may be more to this story perhaps he is converting it to solar or wind or some how cutting the costs to the environment of such a home.
I can see your point of view but I don't really have a problem with it
The home already existed so it's not like he creating a larger total footprint and we don't know what's going on .
Maybe he's getting ready to sell the Tennesse home and most likely he got a great deal on this home.
These extreme upper end homes are very hard to sell right now and the smart people (who have the money) are snapping up some great deals
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Gore is a fraud. I remember talking to my ecology prof in college and he talked at length about how, far and away, the thing that men do that they could change is the size of our homes to impact the environment and our carbon footprint.
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I can see your point of view but I don't really have a problem with it
The home already existed so it's not like he creating a larger total footprint and we don't know what's going on .
Maybe he's getting ready to sell the Tennesse home and most likely he got a great deal on this home.
These extreme upper end homes are very hard to sell right now and the smart people (who have the money) are snapping up some great deals
Maybe you're right. who knows all i know is that it's funny when i bring up taxing rich and such things, every right winger says it's wrong because they earned it, yet al gore earns millions and everyone is angry at him for it. it seems a bit of a double standard.
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Maybe you're right. who knows all i know is that it's funny when i bring up taxing rich and such things, every right winger says it's wrong because they earned it, yet al gore earns millions and everyone is angry at him for it. it seems a bit of a double standard.
Wow. The "double-standard" is that Gore portrays himself as being environmentally concious and for the poor down trodden, yet he lives like a king. Get it?
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Maybe you're right. who knows all i know is that it's funny when i bring up taxing rich and such things, every right winger says it's wrong because they earned it, yet al gore earns millions and everyone is angry at him for it. it seems a bit of a double standard.
The double standard is that even if that house goes green, it will probably still consume more energy than multiple normal houses put together.
Warren Buffett is worth 10000 Gores yet he lives in the same house he grew up in. One would think the champion of the green movement would have the gall to live in a normal sized house.
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Stunning Pictures of Al Gore's New $9 Million Mansion Media Totally Ignored
Newsbusters ^
Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2010 7:25:49 AM by Sub-Driver
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Stunning Pictures of Al Gore's New $9 Million Mansion Media Totally Ignored By Noel Sheppard Created 05/03/2010 - 23:45
Nobel Laureate Al Gore purchased a $9 million mansion in the luxurious hills of Montecito, California, recently, and with the exception of the Los Angeles Times and Fox News, America's media couldn't care less.
You think it might be because the Gore-loving press wouldn't want people to consider the possibility that all of his global warming hysteria was really about lining his wallet and not saving the planet?
Formulate a response to that question as you look at what all that money the former Vice President is making off of spreading this myth can buy (h/t Doug Ross [1]):
Sweet, wouldn't you say? (Readers are encouraged to view more pictures of this fabulous estate here [2].)
Certainly not bad for a guy he supposedly [3] was worth between one and two million dollars in 2000.
Were the "Always Fascinated by the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" press interested?
Heck no.
According to LexisNexis, apart from the Los Angeles Times that broke [4] this story last Wednesday, and Fox News's Sean Hannity who spoke about this on consecutive nights last week, America's media were totally mum.
Why might that be?
You think Gore's adoring press don't want folks to know how much money he's making off this scam?
Before you answer THAT question, consider what the Nobel Laureate told [4] Congress last year as the House was deliberating cap-and-trade legislation:
AL GORE: Every penny that I have made, I have put right into a non-profit deal, Alliance For Climate Protection, to spread awareness of why we have to take on this challenge. And Congresswomen, if your, if, if you believe that the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you do not know me.
Now, imagine for a moment there were actually journalists still in America and not advocates pretending to be journalists.
A former Vice President who last year told a House committee he was putting all of his earnings into a non-profit company to "spread awareness of why we have to take on" global warming a year later buys a $9 million mansion with six fireplaces, five bedrooms, and nine bathrooms for him and his wife.
Don't you think SOMEBODY should have reported it other than Fox News, the LA Times, and conservative bloggers?
Where'd the money come from? Was this purchased by his non-profit corporation, and if so, how does he get away with that?
Did he sell some of his Google or Apple stock?
And how about some questions about how green the house is? Are there solar panels and windmills to power this facility? If not, what are their plans?
Forgetting all of that, if the Clintons, Bushes, or Cheneys bought such a place, do you think the media would cover it, at least as a human interest story?
For over three years, Gore's adoring press have followed virtually every move he's made since becoming the voice of global warming.
He buys a STUNNING villa as the unemployment rate stands at almost 10 percent and Americans are struggling to regain their footing after 2008's financial crisis, and the media are suddenly disinterested in him?
On exactly which planet, be it cooling or warming, does THAT make any sense?
Just asking...Do you EVER have anything negative to say and post about a repub or conservative?
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When they (Repubs) are trying to push laws that will "skyrocket" my electric bill and do the exact opposite in their private life, I will be just as loud against them.
Remember - Al Gore is one of the main beneficiaries of this garbage.
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Wow. The "double-standard" is that Gore portrays himself as being environmentally concious and for the poor down trodden, yet he lives like a king. Get it?
i never said it wasn't a poor choice for someone in his position to make, but this is an isolated incident relating to his house, a lot of posters on here seem to hate him for being successful. He is exactly like every rich american, working a system to their benefit. i don't agree with it and never have that's why i'm not a fan of tax cuts for wealthy individuals and in favor of a more egalitarian society, however, the point of view of a lot of posters is at odds with their beliefs.
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The double standard is that even if that house goes green, it will probably still consume more energy than multiple normal houses put together.
Warren Buffett is worth 10000 Gores yet he lives in the same house he grew up in. One would think the champion of the green movement would have the gall to live in a normal sized house.
perhaps but more likely not, especially if Gores house TN is any example
according to that snopes linke the Gores reduced their energy consumption the in summer of 2007 by 11% (after doing a but a green upgrades) while most homes in Nashville consumed 20-30% more energy during that same time period due to a record heat wave.
Also, the Gores use their home in TN as both a residence and an office (and they both have employees/staff which is common for former VP's)
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Just asking...Do you EVER have anything negative to say and post about a repub or conservative?
If there is one word to describe 333 it's ANGRY
Almost everything 333 posts is negative
the only one he seems to like is Palin and Schiff and a few other nutbags
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Lets see Straw:
1. Generational theft by the govt to fund bullshit programs.
2, Cap & Trade treason intended to skyrocket my electric bill.
3. Goldman Sachs owning, running, and dictatcing everything in the govt from the WH on down.
4. VAT tax looming.
5. Lied to about the Stim Bill and a Trillion Dollars wasted.
6. Push to legalize illegal aliens and fence jumpers to gain votes from people who will vote to expand the welfare state forever.
7. Terrorist trials 9 Miles down the road from me while NYC is still a target.
8. Government bailouts of thieves and failed businesses yet TAX INCREASES on everyone else to pay for it.
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i never said it wasn't a poor choice for someone in his position to make, but this is an isolated incident relating to his house, a lot of posters on here seem to hate him for being successful. He is exactly like every rich american, working a system to their benefit. i don't agree with it and never have that's why i'm not a fan of tax cuts for wealthy individuals and in favor of a more egalitarian society, however, the point of view of a lot of posters is at odds with their beliefs.
I would say that probably they don't have an issue with him simply for being wealthy, it's that he portrays himself as something very different from what he is in reality. That is my personal issue with him. I have no problem with the wealthy paying their fair share of tax, and I don't begrudge Al for becoming wealthy, but he should practice what he preaches, imo.
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Nice crib. The loser has done very well for himself.
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Just asking...Do you EVER have anything negative to say and post about a repub or conservative?
I swear I was going to ask that question today!! ;D
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Forget the mansion...I'd buy plenty of rural property if I had 9 million. I guess our priorities are different. Oh well...
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Tell me what I should be posting about on the GOP that comes close to what the Obama Admn is doing and I will go after it.
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Here is the problem.Al GORE got rich from using his position as former vice president, and scaring people into believing the hoax of global warming.His position on the subject,his movie,his books and his speeches are all lies and yet he became a billionaire using this propaganda,not because he is concerned with the environment,but as a get rich quick scheme.THAT wouldnt even bother me but it is bothersome that he used his power to scare his way to a billion dollars.He is a man who wants to dictate the temperature of OUR homes,but buys homes that use 10 times the electricity ours do.ONCE AGAIN WITH LIBS ITS DO AS I SAY,NOT AS I DO.
Actually the Gore family has been quite wealthy for generations. If you want to be pissed at him, be pissed that his family were wealthy Tennessee plantation owners who made their money thanks to slave labour on their tobacco plantations.
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Lets see Straw:
1. Generational theft by the govt to fund bullshit programs.
2, Cap & Trade treason intended to skyrocket my electric bill.
3. Goldman Sachs owning, running, and dictatcing everything in the govt from the WH on down.
4. VAT tax looming.
5. Lied to about the Stim Bill and a Trillion Dollars wasted.
6. Push to legalize illegal aliens and fence jumpers to gain votes from people who will vote to expand the welfare state forever.
7. Terrorist trials 9 Miles down the road from me while NYC is still a target.
8. Government bailouts of thieves and failed businesses yet TAX INCREASES on everyone else to pay for it.
And of the 8 points you mention, how many were Al Gore responsible for?
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Actually the Gore family has been quite wealthy for generations. If you want to be pissed at him, be pissed that his family were wealthy Tennessee plantation owners who made their money thanks to slave labour on their tobacco plantations.
He was wealthy,he wasnt a billionaire.He has made about 700 million since he started his global warming CRAP.Making money off scaring people with a lie.
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He was wealthy,he wasnt a billionaire.He has made about 700 million since he started his global warming CRAP.Making money off scaring people with a lie.
It takes money to make money. Gore would not have been in a position to make 700 million on climate change, much less be a senator, if his family were not benefitting for the proceeds of slave labour. That is a dividend they are enjoying to this day.
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Personally, i've said from minute one that this manmade global warming was a load of shit.
However, wise people have fallen for this nonsense.
Palin Flip-Flops on Whether Global Warming Has Man-Made Causes; Falsely Claims She Never Suggested Otherwise
"Let me talk to you a bit about environmental policy, because this interfaces with energy policy, and you have some significant differences with John McCain," ABC News' Charles Gibson said in his conversation with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. "Do you still believe that global warming is not man-made?"
"I believe that man's activities certainly can be contributing to the issue of global warming, climate change," Palin said. "Here in Alaska, the only arctic state in our union, of course, we see the effects of climate change more so than any other area, with ice pack melting. Regardless, though, of the reason for climate change -- whether it's entirely wholly caused by man's activities or is part of the cyclical nature of our planet -- the warming and the cooling trends -- regardless of that, John McCain and I agree that we got to do something about it and we have to make sure that we're doing all we can to cut back on pollution."
Said Gibson: "But it's a critical point as to whether this is man-made. He says it is. You have said in the past it's not."
"The debate on that even, really, has evolved into, 'OK, here's where we are now,'" Palin said. "'Scientists do show us that there are changes in climate. Things are getting warmer. Now what do we do about it?' John McCain and I are going to be working on what we do."
"Yes, but isn't it critical as to whether or not it's man-made?" Gibson said. "Because what you do about it depends on whether it's man-made."
"That's why I'm attributing some of man's activities to potentially causing some of the changes in the climate right now," said Palin.
"But I -- color me a cynic," Gibson said, "but I hear a little bit of change in your policy there when you say 'Yes,' now you’re beginning to say it is man-made. Sounds to me like you're adapting your position to Sen. McCain's."
"I think you are a cynic," Palin said, "because show me where I've said there's absolute proof that nothing that man has ever conducted or engaged in has had any effect or no effect on climate change. I have not said that. I have said that my belief is there is a cyclical nature of our planet — warming trends, cooling trends — I'm not going to argue scientists, because I believe in science and have such a great respect for what they are telling us. I'm not going to disagree with the point that they make that man's activities can be attributed to changes."
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Show me?
OK, Gov. Palin:
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Dec. 4, 2007: "I'm not an Al Gore, doom-and-gloom environmentalist, blaming the changes in our climate on human activity, but I'm not going to put my head in the sand and pretend there aren't changes."
Interview with Newsmax, Aug. 28, 2008: "A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I'm not one, though, who would attribute it to being man-made."
-- Jake Tapper and Lisa Chinn
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His home doesn't look like a carbon friendly home.
Al gore should have to spend his fortune from a 250 Sq feet carbon friendly home.
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Do you think he would fit?
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Sounds to me like every other liberal elitist out there. Do as I say, not as I do...
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333386 not everybody can live in their moms basement :D :D :D :D
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333386 not everybody can live in their moms basement :D :D :D :D
No need to gloat just because you have rich parents. I imagine someday they'll kick you out.
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Blacken w another brilliant comment.
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i hear you been posting lies :D :D
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I guess you are the one to know right? Do we need to invite james into this thread?
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Al gore also invests in oil stocks, etc...
He loves fat dividend checks from what i've heard
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Is that the wonderful Bob Rubin as your avatar?
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Is that the wonderful Bob Rubin as your avatar?
I believe it is.. 8)
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Dear god why?
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Dear god why?
My parents owned Citibank stock when it was growing exponentially in a account for me, that i used to help me pay for collage..
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i don't condone the Repealing of Glass Stegal one bit.
However, Money talks and bullshit walks
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Did you ever see the "Warning" on pbs.org?
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Did you ever see the "Warning" on pbs.org?
Not yet, Looks interesting and will watch it soon. I did enjoy the Enron and Lehman Front-line movies.
Warning even has a section on Long term capital management..
Have you ever read the book about Long term capital management? It was entitled "when Genius Failed"
Great book, there's an Ebook version floating around on the net..Just goes to show you how well these financial risk models hold up against the Once in 20 year storm etc..
LTCM had Nobel winning economists, mathematicians, etc..When they collapsed it could have caused a major systemic collapse rivaling AIG, Lehman, etc...
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I'll check it out, but watch the Warning. It was a great documentary on the deritivatives situation and the role gewithner rubin and summers played in getting glass steagal repealed.
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I'll check it out, but watch the Warning. It was a great documentary on the deritivatives situation and the role gewithner rubin and summers played in getting glass steagal repealed.
I'm watching it right now..These front-line documentaries help you gather a much better understanding about the subject on hand..It was a requirement to watch many of these front-line documentaries for the business school i went to.
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Cool, let me know what you think afterwards.
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Do you think he would fit?
(http://www.jaguarenterprises.net/images/rotflmao.gif)
Oh that was mean. lol, ...but he is looking rather portly these days.
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Im sure he powers that house up with wind and solar.
With all the money he's making form "green technologies" investments, he can hire coal miners to shovel coal into the fireplaced that serves as the central heating unit
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that looks like the house that was used in the movie "Bugsy"
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Cool, let me know what you think afterwards.
Good Documentary...
Very informative...
The CTFC sucks as a regulatory body now, as well as the NFA. The CTFC also wants to destroy the entire consumer US Forex trading market, by limiting margin requirements at 50%. International Firms only require 1% and sometimes even as low as .25% initial margin requirements. The proposal is on the table right now.
I have Filed numerous complaints with the NFA,(national Futures association) and they don't follow up with you.
These agencies are terrible..
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With all the money he's making form "green technologies" investments, he can hire coal miners to shovel coal into the fireplaced that serves as the central heating unit
I'm pretty sure it this clean coal, that those guys are shoveling in that fireplace..
I have heard a lot about clean coal technology from the "anti-christ"..