All categories - 10 August 2006

After reading the following article in USA Today, it seems very clear that Al Gore is just talking the talk...

(excerpt):
Public records reveal that as Gore lectures Americans on excessive consumption, he and his wife Tipper live in two properties: a 10,000-square-foot, 20-room, eight-bathroom home in Nashville, and a 4,000-square-foot home in Arlington, Va. (He also has a third home in Carthage, Tenn.) For someone rallying the planet to pursue a path of extreme personal sacrifice, Gore requires little from himself.

Then there is the troubling matter of his energy use. In the Washington, D.C., area, utility companies offer wind energy as an alternative to traditional energy. In Nashville, similar programs exist. Utility customers must simply pay a few extra pennies per kilowatt hour, and they can continue living their carbon-neutral lifestyles knowing that they are supporting wind energy. Plenty of businesses and institutions have signed up. Even the Bush administration is using green energy for some federal office buildings, as are thousands of area residents.

But according to public records, there is no evidence that Gore has signed up to use green energy in either of his large residences. When contacted Wednesday, Gore's office confirmed as much but said the Gores were looking into making the switch at both homes. Talk about inconvenient truths.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-09-gore-green_x.htm

2006-08-10 03:47:02 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

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sex with your girlfriend 2 days after her last menstruation period?
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2006-08-10 03:46:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

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2006-08-10 03:46:34 · 5 answers · asked by bill 3 in Celebrities

My mum stayed off work and brought me and my sis up unitil we were old enough to go to school, alot like most people in my age bracket (30)
More kids these days are prone to violence drugs teenage pregnancy being abusive to their parents etc. (thats just fact, things are getting worse)
My mum made sacrifices so our lives had balance and love.
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2006-08-10 03:46:33 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

i want to lose weight well i already lost 11pounds not eating bread and pasta and cutting on carbs. i want to lose more weight. am 5'1 and weigh 147pounds now. i hear eating healthy thru out the day makes you lose weight to keep ur matoblism going. is it true? and i like to munch on banana chips and walnuts is that ok?

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When did you have your first ultrasound? My OB wants to do one at 11 weeks. Isn't that too early to really see anything? We pay everything out of pocket so i'm just wondering if this is necessary. Do you know when most OB's do first ultrasounds?

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Everytime I boot up my pc, there is always this msg "Previous Fan Failure ..... " is this a major problem or can i just ignore it ? Do i need to change the parts inside for this problem ?

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Note: each cat has 7 nipples.
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Individuals sometimes have better solutions than politicians. It would be interesting to hear some opinions on how that little powerless peon and his regime can reasonably, thoroughly and quickly be rooted out.

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If two train tracks were parallel to one another and the two trains were going in opposite directions one complete time around the Earth, starting at the same point, at the same speed, one going in the direction that the Earth turns and one going against, would one get back to the starting point before the other?
Also would the speed of the trains matter if they were both doing 2mph or 100mph? Or if the Earth was spinning at 100mph?

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My cousin traced our family history and it turns out that I am directly related to John Quincy Adams.

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