Hard choices

Al Gore is going on about "hard choices" required to save the planet. Apparently, you're the one that's going to be making them, not him. He was asked directly by Inhofe if he would change his habits to use no more energy than the average American household and he changed the subject to talking about paying more for "green energy". That is, he gets a pass because he can afford it and the energy he buys is somehow zero emissions. Poppycock. Even if we believe his claim of zero emissions, that means only that he is using much more available green energy than the normal user. That leaves less available for others to use which forces them to use non-green energy sources. In effect, he forces others to pollute in order to keep his lifestyle. Ignore the portion of the video talking about the Bush ranch and it's environmentally friendliness. Take this issue on it's own. It is absurd on it's face to talk to me about conserving energy and making hard choices when your daughter drives a Maserati and you're spending $30,000 on electricity per year. That's before we even get to the air travel. Am I to believe Gore is tooling around in a Prius? Please. He's in a limo or SUV when he goes anywhere.

Liberals always freak out at any real or imagined hypocrisy by religious figures or Republicans who propound family values. Sometimes they're even right. Their overweening silence on Gore and DiCaprio et al is very illuminating (if you'll pardon the pun).

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