Al Gore Denounced in Australian Press as Money Hungry 'Ferengi' for Mining Magnate Alliance

NewsBusters ^ | June 29, 2014 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Imagine if in America there were a coal mining magnate as famous as Donald Trump who was the founder of a political party named after himself (Trump United Party?). In addition, this well known person would be strongly opposed to a carbon tax. Obviously such a person would be considered an enemy by environmentalists. Well, think of the shock if none other than Al Gore held a friendly joint press conference with such a person. Many would suspect that money was the motive for such a strange alliance.

Guess what? Something like this happened last week in Australia where Al Gore appeared with Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer at a press conference.  Although Palmer, a founder of the Palmer United Party in Australia, opposed the recently abolished carbon tax, Al Gore suddenly and mysteriously found common ground with him. Naturally the Australian press found Gore's new-found friendship quite suspicious. First we have a report from Annabel Crabb of The Age in Australia at the shock of the people there at seeing Gore and Palmer together on stage:

[PJ-Comix]

One thing I learned is that in Australia, Anthony's Weiner is politely referred to as "wedding tackle."

[Tax-chick]

I think they’ve mixed up their “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” references.

[miliantnutcase]

[Dallas59]

Ferengi Rules Of Acquisition Top Ten:

1. Once you have their money, never give it back

2. You can't cheat an honest customer, but it never hurts to try

3. Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to

4. Sex and profit are the two things that never last long enough

5. If you can't break a contract, bend it

6. Never let family stand in the way of opportunity

7. Always keep you ears open

8. Keep count of your change

9. Instinct plus opportunity equals profit

10. A dead customer can't buy as much as a live one

[tet68]

Oh oh, someone HAS to photoshop ALGORE as a Ferengi!!!

[mountainlion]

Al Gore knows money hungry. He made a fortune on Gorebull warming.

[PJ-Comix]

Absolutely!!! We MUST have a photoshop of Ferengi Gore!

[Enterprise]

The Ferengi were in Star Trek.

[allendale]

Starting to suspect that Al Gore has some very expensive bad habits.

[Tax-chick]

Exactly, and organizations like “Mining Magnate Alliance” are found in “Star Wars” I-III.

[Radagast the Fool]

In the great DS9 episode entitled, “Little Green Men” , Quark the Ferengi comes to Earth circa 1949 (or thereabouts), looks around, and states, “In a year I’ll be running this planet!”

He succeeded!!

(for those who may not have seen the episode, the Star Trek DS9 characters get caught in a time warp and end up at Roswell, NM, and Star Trek does a wonderfully funny take on the whole “UFO coverup” scenario)!!!

[BipolarBob]

He has a coastal mega-mansion with a huge environmental footprint.

[Enterprise]

If you hadn’t told me, I would have never made the connection of a mining magnate alliance with Star Wars. Complete a memory of something like that it is not.

[Tax-chick]

I have four young sons. They watch “The Clone Wars” cartoon series -and then yammer about it, endlessly - so my mind is full of idiotic “Star Wars” detail.

[Enterprise]

Ok. :)

[Tax-chick]

I wish I could forget things, but I can’t.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I thought they were from Pine Bluff...

[cripplecreek]

I protest this unfair mis-characterization of the Ferengi as greedy bloodsucking marxists.

Ferengi Rules of Acquisition

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Gore’s not a Ferengi. Everybody knows that they are at least competent in business. Gore is from the ice planet Hoth.

[Dick Bachert]

Algore seen here celebrating just after reading the most recent IPCC report. He immediately went from here to the 5,000 square foot money counting house and vault addition to his $20 million California mansion.