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Why God Invented C-SPAN
Swampland —
In today's edition, brought to us by the C-SPAN Video Library, we discover that people from Tennessee don't necessarily like each other:
Rep. Blackburn Busts Gore At Hearing-- He's a Partner For Firm That Will Make Millions From Cap & Trade Legislation
Gateway Pundit —
Rep. Blackburn--1 Snake Oil Salesman--0 Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) challenged Al Gore's motives for supporting climate change legislation including his links to a firm that will make millions from cap and trade: Funny... During that same hearing Gore compared global warming skeptics to fraudster Bernie Madoff. The Hill has more on the exchange: Blackburn noted Gore's role as partner in Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm that invests in technology to address global warming. Blackburn asked Gore if he ...
Republican Lawmaker Lays Into Gore About His Ties To Firm Set To Make Millions On Cap & Trade
Flopping Aces —
Republican Marsha Blackburn laid into Al Gore today about his motives for his man-made global warming hocus pocus, specifically challenging him on the fact that his firm will make a ton of money if the cap and trade legislation he supports is enacted: (h/t Gateway Pundit)
An article about the exchange:
Blackburn noted Gore’s role as partner in Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, a venture capital firm that invests in technology to address global warming.
Blackburn asked Gore if he stood to benefit financially from cap-and-trade legislation, which would ...
Al Gore: world's first carbon billionaire?
Top of the Ticket —
Former Vice President Al Gore has a new book out. Called "Our Choice," it argues that the technologies exist to clean up the climate if the political will can be mustered.
But conservative critics such as U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) are making the case that Gore, who has long had a passion on environmental issues, stands to profit personally from the energy and climate bills he is lobbying Congress to enact.
Today's New York Times takes a look at the issue, noting that Bill Clinton's vice president makes a lot of money from supporting green companies.The ...
