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Fifth Column
Al Gore backs Occupy Wall Street protests
2011-10-13
"Look at me! LOOK AT ME! LOOOOOK AAAATT MMEEEEEEEEE!"
[The Hill.com] Former Vice President, Nobel Prize winner, and crazed sex poodle Al Gore threw his support behind the Occupy Wall Street protests Wednesday night, arguing that the country's elected officials have failed the public on everything "from the economy to the climate crisis."

Gore, a vocal advocate of policies to address climate change, called the protests -- which have spread around the country -- a "true grassroots movement."

"From the economy to the climate crisis, our leaders have pursued solutions that are not solving our problems; instead they propose policies that accomplish little," Gore wrote on his blog Wednesday night.

"With democracy in crisis, a true grassroots movement pointing out the flaws in our system is the first step in the right direction. Count me among those supporting and cheering on the Occupy Wall Street movement."

Gore said a Sunday editorial in The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
"hit the nail on the head," noting that he has read about the protests "with both interest and admiration."
Posted by:Fred

#13  We have some of these "Occupy" loonies in Colorado Springs this week. Surprise, surprise, most of them are from Denver. Can you say "astroturf"?
Posted by: Old Patriot   2011-10-13 22:09  

#12  If he mentions "releasing my inner Chakra", stand back and cover up like a Gallagher audience. Visqueen or self- Saran-wrapping are rcommended
Posted by: Frank G   2011-10-13 21:42  

#11  > You mean Jonah in the sense of a Jinx at sea?

Er Yes. I think riding inside whales (Wales is possible) is a little un-green....
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-10-13 21:10  

#10  "The Goracle sold his birthright for a pot of message a long time ago."

That's a keeper, mom! :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2011-10-13 19:52  

#9  Pssst! Al! That protestor looks like Manbearpig!

You're vindicated!
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2011-10-13 19:45  

#8  America's Jonah has cursed the movement.

You mean Jonah in the sense of a Jinx at sea?

The Biblical Jonah needed the first ever submarine ride inside the gut of a shark, and a strong talking-to from God; but at least he finally got the concept.

The Goracle sold his birthright for a pot of message a long time ago.

I'm so old, I remember when Al Gore actually had a few principles.
Posted by: mom   2011-10-13 19:33  

#7  Sorry, Al. No hippie poosy for you...
Posted by: tu3031   2011-10-13 17:18  

#6  He's into OWS for the weed and sex.
Posted by: JohnQC   2011-10-13 17:11  

#5  Al Gore backs Occupy Wall Street protests, but desires... Happy Ending.
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-10-13 16:59  

#4  it's gonna be a cooooold weekend in NYC
Posted by: Frank G   2011-10-13 16:30  

#3  
Posted by: tu3031   2011-10-13 16:09  

#2  America's Jonah has cursed the movement. Expect more trillions from government to bondholders.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-10-13 15:43  

#1  The official stamp of "Useful Idiot" has been applied.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-10-13 15:20  

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