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Mar 24, 08 - 04:55 pm Comment from: DogGone

Interesting - he has 10 years to decide if this is a good deal!!

Apple stock could be 20 fold higher by then!

Board members, they do so little, yet get so much. Not a rip on Al, true of most boards in the USA.

I was going to say, what in the hell does Al Gore actually do for the company anyway? Sounds like it's absolutely nothing except for taking up space in board meetings and raking in stock options.

because he is a liar and a fear-monger.
and a democrat. and a loser.

Mar 24, 08 - 06:00 pm Comment from: Mac-nugget

I hate I hate al gore
because he is a lier and a war-monger,
and a republican, and a loser.

Rc, I agree.
Might as well have Xander Crews on the board as Al Gore.
They are pretty much interchangeable.

Al Gore-

Helped kill Nuclear so his coal buddies could reap the benefits while pumping out more pollution than any other form of energy.

Now he want's me to drive a crappy car and pay a carbon tax.

Thx Al!

Oh Yeah-

Please don't use that fireplace. Cause, fireplaces are baaad. mmmK?

Mar 24, 08 - 07:17 pm Comment from: TowerTone

my advice to Al would be to go on a diet and reduce your carbon butt print....he WAS great on '30 Rock', though.

Solve the Democratic primary mess!
Al Gore for President!

So what are doing to reduce your carbon butt print?

Mar 24, 08 - 08:33 pm Comment from: TowerTone

"So what are doing to reduce your carbon butt print?"

1) I don't tell people to go on a diet while pigging out.

That is my view of Al Gore and his carbon offsets. "This is what y'all should do, not me..."

@I hate al gore

you being sarcastic or just absolutely dumb?

'because he is a liar and a fear-monger.
and a democrat. and a loser.'

Al Gore would/'ve been the greatest thing for the US and the rest ow the world. That's clear, which ever angle you look at it! Wake up a little won't you...

@nfq,

*please*... just put the crack pipe down and *slowly* back away...

F*CK Al Gore and the horse he rode in on.

He's a useless piece of SH*T democrap gorebull warming assh*le.

F*CK Jobs for putting him on the AAPL board. What a waste.

Mar 24, 08 - 09:40 pm Comment from: Always Right

Haven't even cracked the 5 day most commented yet?
People, GET BUSY!

He is a fucking liar, a scumbag, and a socialist. What inspiration could Apple draw from this leftist creep I'll never understand. I'll keep buying as long as they make good product, and the hell with this tree-like idot

and that's why they talked the stock lower when there was no sales problem.

why don't you just give the shareholders money to the people getting options. It would be more honest!

Hmm, too many crazies commenting on this story. I'm outa here.

I created the internet.

everyone hates al gore.
steve, do us some justice and shit can that shit can.

In Australia this is called Tall Poppy Syndrome... The higher they are, the harder we cut them down.

Unless you have been in an Apple board meeting STFU

You septics' are especially funny when it comes to discussing politics ... Scary, but funny.

@I too hate Al Gore, fearmonger

Well, Al Gore would'nt have cost almost 1000 billion$ and over 4000 dead american in a stupid and useless war!
You probably love some sort of GWBush or other McCains fanatics?

And republicans aren't fearmongers? "Look, there are turrrrrsts under your bed! Fear is patriotic! Be afraid, be very afraid and vote republican because democrats are soft on turrrrr!"

MDN MW: 'moral'. As in what republicans are not.

"In January, Gore exercised options to buy 1,000 shares at $7.48, reaping a potential profit of more than $124,000," Guglielmo reports.

That should pay the electric bill at his Tennessee home for about a month.

He's putting them in the lock box.

Just my $0.02

Now I have almost enough funds to renew my war against Manbearpig. For serial.

Mar 25, 08 - 10:49 am Comment from: OBill-Wan Kenobi

I think Algore may be the greatest mind since P. T. Barnum. Think of all the money he's made hustling "Carbon Offset Credits". Talk about selling vapor! It's frigging genius. Who would have believed people would actually fall for it? But, I guess it's like the idea of selling bottled water. Sure, it's just tap water, but we filter it and put it in a great looking bottle, so therefore, we can charge you more per fluid ounce than gasoline. Pure genius.

So, what does Algore bring to Apple? Well, if he's the one who thought up the idea of selling COC's, he brings quite an imagination and a set of balls the size of the Liberty Bell. That's worth something, isn't it?

Mar 25, 08 - 01:03 pm Comment from: MCCFR

Wow, nothing like a mention of Al Gore to bring out the 24r;s in their droves.

Actually, you have to hand it to MacDailyNews - reaping the advertising benefits two days running just by mentioning Karl Rove in one story and Gore in another.

Click bait is a wonderful thing.

For cereal, Manbearpig is REAL.

Mar 25, 08 - 04:02 pm Comment from: Mac-nugget

For all of you ignorant idiots:

This is from CNN:

A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk, scientists said Tuesday.


Scientists flocked to take pictures and shoot video after a massive chunk of the Wilkins ice shelf collapsed in Antarctica.

Satellite images show the runaway disintegration of a 160-square-mile chunk in western Antarctica, which started February 28. It was the edge of the Wilkins ice shelf and has been there for hundreds, maybe 1,500 years.

This is the result of global warming, said British Antarctic Survey scientist David Vaughan.

Because scientists noticed satellite images within hours, they diverted satellite cameras and even flew an airplane over the ongoing collapse for rare pictures and video.

"It's an event we don't get to see very often," said Ted Scambos, lead scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. "The cracks fill with water and slice off and topple... That gets to be a runaway situation."

While icebergs naturally break away from the mainland, collapses like this are unusual but are happening more frequently in recent decades, Vaughan said. The collapse is similar to what happens to hardened glass when it is smashed with a hammer, he said.

The rest of the Wilkins ice shelf, which is about the size of Connecticut, is holding on by a narrow beam of thin ice. Scientists worry that it too may collapse. Larger, more dramatic ice collapses occurred in 2002 and 1995.

Vaughan had predicted the Wilkins shelf would collapse about 15 years from now.

Scientists said they are not concerned about a rise in sea level from the latest event in Antarctica, but say it's a sign of worsening global warming.

Such occurrences are "more indicative of a tipping point or trigger in the climate system," said Sarah Das, a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

Mar 25, 08 - 04:39 pm Comment from: MCCFR

Mac-nugget…

To be honest, it's a waste of electrons trying to convince the global-warming deniers that gravitate towards this site. They've already convinced themselves that a) it has nothing to do with human behaviour, b) it has something to do with sunspots and c) there's no reason to change our behaviour.

To these people, the Precautionary Principle are just two conjoined words: after all, who would drive a car with an efficient two-litre engine which is no different to driving a car with an inefficient 3.5 litre engine, especially in a country where a 55mph speed limit is still in force over much of the highway network. What is the point of a Hummer or a Dodge Viper in a $4/gallon world? Psychologists would probably have a word for it.

They also probably don't believe that low-wattage light bulbs are a good idea, despite the fact that they last longer and use less power.

and what has Mac-nugget REALLY done to help end "global-warming"..?(not counting whining that someone else should do something)

^^^Right on zizz^^^