by Greg Slack

Created on: March 13, 2010

No, Al Gore is not right about global warming being the most serious problem facing America today. The most serious problem facing America today or in the future is people and groups (like him) who are willing to exaggerate, misrepresent facts and data, coerce, spread unfounded fear and out right lie to make themselves wealthy.

No he is not the only one, and no he isn't even new. His type and others like him have been around since we first gathered together to form rudimentary structure in society.

From international central banks, to socialism and capitalism, we have always had one small group of our society ready to manipulate the rest for their own gain. He is nothing new and he isn't even original.

The company CCX or Chicago Carbon Exchange is the only cap and trade market company in North America. Al Gores' General Investment Management company owns 10 percent stock in CCX who owns half of ECX (European Carbon Exchange) and controls CCFE (Chicago Climate Futures Exchange).

Just by this alone Mr. Gore stands to make billions if any cap and trade legislation goes into place. Think it has no bearing on his politics or his global warming crusade? Think again.

Think about the bigger picture here if you will. Mr. Gore claims to be nearly carbon footprint neutral through purchasing carbon offsets. These “offsets” he buys through his own company GIM who buy them from a company he has 10 percent stock control in CCX.

He flies around the world in private planes, rides in limos preaching against fossil fuel use and claims he is buying offsets to give him a near neutral carbon footprint, the offsets he buys from himself in essence making himself money in the process. You would think that bit of hypocrisy would be enough but it's not at all.

Mr. Gore listed a $20,000 royalty payment in 1998 coming from Union Zinc Inc. it seems he leases them the rights to mine for zinc on his property in the Verdant Hills. Als' dad also a senator got the property and lease from Armand Hammer, former Occidental Petroleum Chairman.

Mr. Hammer pleaded guilty in 1975 for illegal contributions to the Nixon campaign in the Watergate scandal. This is a particularly nasty bit of business and the details are shocking to say the least. But we will stop here on this part and let you decide what else you want to know about it yourself.

Again these things are enough to make one in the very least question Al's sincerity. But once again there is more. Al uses 20 times the amount of electricity

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