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The invaluable Tennessee Center for Policy Research has dug into Al Gore's energy use since the former vice-president went green last year, and have found out that the Gore's already enormous electricity consumption went up 10% since their "energy-efficient" home renovations.

Politics1’s Ron Gunzburger thinks Barack Obama should choose Tennessee “favorite son” Al Gore to be his Vice President:

What is "eco hypocrisy?" See "greenwash."

But wait! There's more!

The Telegraph lists the, "Top five celebrity eco hypocrites." They are, in order listed:

With John Edwards endorsement of Barack Obama, some Democrats are looking to Al Gore to finally step in and end this madness:

“The Al Gore watch starts now,” said Ken Goldstein, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

It became increasingly hard to view Barack Obama as the “unifier” that he professes to be when he did not quickly disassociate himself from the maniacal Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

I'm often struck by the prophetic nature of Martin Luther King Jr., and I mean that in the Biblical sense. While many people point to the mountaintop speech as evidence, I think the fact that he delivered his own eulogy on Feb 4th 1968, one month exactly before his death, is yet another strong example of his prophetic nature.

It must be nice to be John McCain. I mean, can you imagine being the Republican nominee for President and not have to worry about your Democratic opponent for months?

While the American media has been cowed by Hillary and Tina Fey's chiding, the foreign media is willing to take a look into Hillary's unsubstantiated claims of being ready to answer the 2:43AM phone call.

Hillary Clinton had no direct role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland and is a "wee bit silly" for exaggerating the part she played, according to Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former First Minister of the province.

On Friday evening and all day Saturday, March 7 & 8, 2008 you are
invited to attend a conference entitled "Disarming the Heart: Pathways
to Peace" at the Canadian Memorial Church and Centre for Peace (near
Burrard and 16th), Vancouver, B.C. The conference title has been drawn
from a book on nonviolence written by John Dear, who will be the
principal speaker at this conference. This will be an unusual
opportunity in this part of the world to se

It's been quite a run for Al Gore. Briefly:

1969: Army journalist
1979: First person to appear on C-SPAN
1984: U.S. Senator
1993: Vice President
2000: Popular vote winner/Supreme Court loser
2007: Oscar winner
2008: Prophet