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  • Al Gore is criticised for lining his own pockets after £3,300-per-minute green speech

    12/08/2007 3:42:58 PM PST · by melt · 88 replies · 116+ views
    Daily Mail ^ | 12/08/07 | NATHAN KAY
    Al Gore has come under fire for making personal gain from his mission to save the planet – after charging £3,300 a minute to deliver a poorly received speech. The former American Vice-President was also accused of being "precious" at the London event, demanding his own VIP room and ejecting journalists, despite hopes the star-studded gathering would generate publicity for the fight against global warming. Many of the audience at last month's Fortune Forum summit were restless as Mr Gore, who has won both a Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar for his campaigning work this year, delivered the half-hour...
  • GOP denies Whitmire use of Capitol site(TX-Dem must first pay his runaway fine!)

    09/05/2003 9:15:09 AM PDT · by Diddle E. Squat · 24 replies · 165+ views
    AUSTIN -- State Sen. John Whitmire plans to hold a news conference today in a Senate room he is barred from using until he pays $57,000 in fines levied against him by Republican senators. Whitmire, D-Houston, broke ranks with fellow Democratic senators earlier this week by announcing he was quitting a Senate boycott. He said he would return to Austin from Albuquerque, N.M., in an effort to negotiate a deal to end a stalemate in the congressional redistricting battle with Republicans. Whitmire's staff announced the news conference without booking the Lieutenant Governor's Press Conference Room. But Senate spokesman Mark Miner...