Al Gore: ex-VP, environmentalist, gadget freak
By Ryan Block 
posted May 22nd 2007 7:06PM
posted May 22nd 2007 7:06PM
From here it looks like the dude's all hooked up with a triple-head 30-inch Cinema Display rig (daaaamn!), what appears to be a Sharp HDTV on the wall (we're gonna guess that's a LC-32D7U), Humanscale Freedom ergo-chair, and an iPod (didn't the President, who owns one, help develop 'em?), whose box sits up in his shelf. Not to get all political and stuff, but surely this office, messy though it may be, is a step up from Bush's humbler means of input, no?
P.S. -Yeah, fine, we're creepy gadget stalkers, what of it?
yes the frog is amazing but does anyone know who made it and where I can see this artist's work?
No, I am not even American. So stop trying to do some right, left thing. Not all scientists agree. I can think for myself, and the evidence I have seen from both sides points to it being due to solar activity. Volcanoes, algae and such spew multiple times more CO2 than we do with our cars and such. I do believe in global warming, but the evidence points to it being due to solar activity. Bush is a fucking idiot, the Neo Cons are a bunch of war mongering sell-outs, as are the Democrats. News flash: both political parties screw you.
And as for the notion that both political parties are out to screw you, that's also retarded. Only 1 of those parties concocted evidence to thrust us into an unnecessary war; only 1 of those parties consistently denies the science behind climate change; only 1 of those parties appears determined to impose a theological ideology on its constituency. I defy you to name 1 thing the Democrats have done that even come close to matching those feats of political retardery. The whole notion that "all politicians are equally bad" is stupid. Some people, after all, are actually worse than others.
ignorant.
Is that where he 'invented the internet'?
Ignorance all over the place here. Not by me though.
Al Gore never said he "invented" the internet. That's just something right-wing pundits tell you to say.
Gore took credit for CREATING the internet. And he has good reason to. Maybe you morons should educate yourselves. Look up the "High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991", aka the GORE Bill.
Nice setup! I'm currently using a dual head (two 22" LCD) on a 7800gtx
What hardware setup would I need to get the three monitor setup? Besides the additional monitor, of course.
Sean O, ad me to MSN at 'enanad10@hotmail.co.uk' to discuss civily, please.
What this picture edits out from the one on Drudge is the use of a paper easel instead of a dry-erase board. So why did you guys edit the photo down?
The original picture is a lot more damning: http://www.robertmclaws.com/archive/2007/05/21/Al-Gore-Tree-Killer.aspx
And we won't even talk about how much energy those displays and the plasma TV eat up. How's that for an inconvenient truth?
I don't think that tree frog is to scale.
And by the way guys, no one ever talks about the fact that our cities are hotter because all the building and paving retain more heat and release it later in the day. That phenomenon can make it *feel* hotter without changing the ambient temperature of the planet... yet. But unless we're going to start imposing limits on human reproduction, that problem is not gonna go away.
I dig the light he has over the keyboard. That must be a little more helpful to the corneas than staring at Firefox for hours on end.
The Democrats have done nothing to get 'us' out of Iraq. They stand there and project that they're our saviours, but they just continue Cheney's insane policy for hegemony in the Middle East.
The collapse of the most recent legislative attempt notwithstanding, at least Democrats have openly agitated for an end to the conflict. That's much more than you can say for the politicos across the aisle. And let's be clear that the failure of this most recent attempt to end the war ended because the Democrats were insisting on benchmarks, something that this President and his enabling party are set dead against. But, whatever. I'm not going to change your mind, and you're not going to change mine. 68% of the Americans who read this, by the way, will probably agree with me anyway, judging by recent polls.
Are you living in a cave? The Democrats keep pushing bills to get out of Iraq. Bush keeps vetoing them.
Ryan, I can understand your frustration with the posts but you can't bring up any political figure and not expect everyone to start commenting on him. Run a story on a Republican or a Democrat and watch the bashing begin. Human nature...
WOW! Al Gore is nothing but a hypocrite. Oh yeah, and he invented the internet. Right.
Wow, I'm actually a bit surprised that Al Gore sits as an Apple Board Director, seeing as the company is very poorly rated by greenpeace when it comes to environmental impact (i.e. toxic chemicals, etc.). I mean, He can't change everything, but one would think, if he were really interested in cleaning up the environment, he would start where he has control and lead by example, no?
Though I do believe he is honestly concerned with the issues he speaks about.
Quote from TIME Magazine:
"Al Gore refreshes Drudge for latest"
If those few points that you bring up make you qualify as a gadget freak or junkie, what are we?
Peace, Mar's ice caps melt every year. And the Martian atmosphere is almost all CO2 all the time.
Looks like one hog of a consumer to me.