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Critics Lash Gore's Green 'Profiteering'

Investment profits go back into his nonprofit, counters ex-VP

By Rob Quinn| Posted Nov 3, 09 5:54 AM CST|

(Newser) – Al Gore is going to become the world's first "carbon billionaire" thanks to investments in firms that will profit from policies he advocates, his critics say. The ex-VP is a partner in a venture capital firm that stands to make huge profits from investments in green technology, causing accusations of profiteering, especially from global warming skeptics, the New York Times reports.

Gore—who says he sinks "every penny" earned from his investments into his nonprofit Alliance for Climate Protection—rejects the accusations and says that he is just putting his money where his mouth is. "Even though the vast majority of my business career has been in areas that do not involve renewable energy or global warming pollution reductions, I absolutely believe in investing in ways that are consistent with my values and beliefs," he said in a statement this week. "I encourage others to invest in the same way.”

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Al Gore addresses the audience, on the second day of the 'Leaders in Dubai' conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last week. (AP Photo)

Al Gore addresses the audience, on the second day of the 'Leaders in Dubai' conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last week.

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Ucantusethatname
Nov 3, 09 5:57 AM CST

Name any politician who doesn't increase personal income by millions after leaving office. Reply

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Doctor_Zaius
Nov 3, 09 6:02 AM CST

George W Bush is going to have a hard time doing it at $19.50 a head. There aren't that many people in the world that like him. He's going to need a lot of repeat customers and let's face it, how often can you listen to that idiot?

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northeast
Nov 3, 09 8:16 AM CST

If you're diehard enough to pay even $20 the first time, fairly often I'd suppose. Pat Robertson made a decent living preying on that audience, no?

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Timinator2K
Nov 3, 09 8:46 AM CST

They usually do it by legal means NOT by scamming and fear mongering a false crisis.

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dontlikeyou
Nov 3, 09 9:50 AM CST

I will never understand why the left hitches its wagon to this self absorbed, mediocre man.

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Reader65069154
Nov 3, 09 10:43 AM CST

@Doctor: If you can't comment on topic, or even on the comment, bash Bush? Looks like he's pulling in $100k for a 1-hour pep talk, so looks like the joke is on you.

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IndependentThinker
Nov 3, 09 10:54 AM CST

I would rather have a man making billions for doing something good than a penny from doing evil. Starting wars, pumping pollutions into the air, making low grade food. You conservatives defend these guys why not the guy that is trying to clean up the world?

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Snarfeh
Nov 3, 09 11:07 AM CST

@54 - Only 100k? That's it?? Sheesh, there are negligent new age "gurus" making more than that to speak to audiences. Busch would probably do better to hire someone to write a ghost biography for him.

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Reader65069154
Nov 3, 09 1:14 PM CST

@snarf: I'm sure you'd turn down $100k/hr. Keep trying.

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Snarfeh
Nov 3, 09 9:30 PM CST

@54 - Hell, no, I wouldn't!! Honey, please! I wouldn't turn down even $100 as a lecture fee! 'Course the lecture would hafta be local... But what's that got to do with Busch failing to garner higher lecture fees?

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keybored
Nov 3, 09 6:16 AM CST

So the right criticizes the left for being anti-capitalism, but when they engage in it and are successful they're criticized???? Maybe it's because he give his money away? So if he kept it (and stopped being a "socialist") that would be ok? Reply

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Nixon
Nov 3, 09 7:46 AM CST

Its called a conflict of interest. You need to remove your liberal goggles forget about who the person is and what the investment types are and concentrate on the issue at hand. As if you wouldnt criticise a member of the Bush family if they advocated the increased use of oil globally and used their influence to affect policies and threw huge piles of money in a firm that would make huge profits if oil consumption increases. No you definatley wouldnt criticise then, whether Gore's intentions are good or how you feel about him should have no affect on how you judge the issue in question.

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keybored
Nov 3, 09 8:42 AM CST

@Nixon: If you think this is a conflict of interest, that's your opinion and you're right to believe what you want. But please do not presume to know me or who I am or what I think.

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Timinator2K
Nov 3, 09 8:44 AM CST

Preach false crisis, reap real profits. That's a CON & SCAM, not capitalism. Gore is the real deal as to what liberalism and climate change zombies are REALLY all about, greed under a FALSE righteous banner.

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Nixon
Nov 3, 09 9:27 AM CST

Keybored, simply used your comment as a jumping off point and forgot to change where i posted once my point became more general. The message is targeted at anyone that lets their bias get in the way of the real issue at hand, in this case its DEMs and their unwaivering support for Al Gore.

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keybored
Nov 3, 09 9:30 AM CST

@Nixon: I still disagree with you, but I appreciate you clarifying your post. Thank you.

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IndependentThinker
Nov 3, 09 11:00 AM CST

@Nixon: It has been proven that burning oil/gas is bad for the environment and people, if you think that is just propaganda go into your garage, turn your car on, sit in there with the family and watch TV all night. Liberals don't support his making money off the problem, we support reducing things that are bad for the planet and its people/animals.

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Snarfeh
Nov 3, 09 11:10 AM CST

@Indy Thinker - "people, if you think that is just propaganda go into your garage, turn your car on, sit in there with the family and watch TV all night." lolol!

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Spudsy
Nov 3, 09 11:13 PM CST

Hey Tim, "Preach false crisis, reap real profits. That's a CON & SCAM, " ----- Remind you of any wars we might be in right now? Profit is one thing. But gaining it by letting 4000 kids die for nothing should be a crime. Shame on Obama and this do nothing congress for not going after anyone.

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Nixon
Nov 4, 09 6:20 AM CST

Hey alleged "independentthinker" my statement has nothing to do at all with the type of energy at question. I never once condone the behaviour of burning oil and gas. Learn to read before you comment.

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cochiserocks
Nov 3, 09 6:30 AM CST

Wait - did I get this right - People are pissed because he has backed green companies and technologies - something he said he believed in and even made movies about....I don't get it? Are they trying to say he has created global warming and then profited from telling people about it? Someone enlighten me please. Reply

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hybrid
Nov 3, 09 7:29 AM CST

LOOK OVER THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TWO HOUSES AND SEE IF YOU CAN TELL WHICH BELONGS TO AN ENVIRONMENTALIST. HOUSE # 1: A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time we checked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern "snow belt," either. It's in the South. HOUSE # 2: Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide. The house contains only 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the are! a blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape. HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville,Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) Al Gore. HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as "the Texas White House," it is the private residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush. Putting his money where his mouth is?

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Unaffiliated
Nov 3, 09 7:45 AM CST

Nice copy and paste job, hybrid. Do you have anything original to say? To be clear, I'm no fan of Gore. It makes no sense that he hardly mentioned the environment while he was VP, and then all of a sudden he's winning international awards of dwindling relevance for being a narrator in a movie and speaking at the TED conference.

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NewserScooter
Nov 3, 09 8:38 AM CST

Yes we are. He has embellished the MMGW issue for his personal gain. I think that is what the NYT is getting at.... finally.

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hybrid
Nov 3, 09 8:59 AM CST

@unafil yes good job, it was a copy and paste, Its the link from the comment below but i know how lazy some are so i thought i would just post it instead of just mentioning it. Gore does seem alittle hypo, its like a pastor preaching about tithing and then leaving in his convertible on his way to the lake for the week!

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schmidtkoff
Nov 3, 09 9:57 AM CST

@hybrid - write a book.

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riffran
Nov 3, 09 5:41 PM CST

I think the point is go green everybody....everybody else but Al Gore....he isn't practicing what he supposedly preaches......but Ya gotta hand it to ole Al...like him or not he is a shrewd snake oil salesman.....and just as slimy

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Spudsy
Nov 3, 09 11:15 PM CST

Gee hybrid, nice of Bush to conserve energy at home. Too bad he could have cared less about conserving any kids lives in Iraq. I'll take the guy with a big house over the guy with blood on his hands any day.

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effay
Nov 3, 09 6:32 AM CST

Gore. super serial all the time. Reply

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Derni
Nov 3, 09 7:01 AM CST

If he does put the profits back into the economy andcharity and green causes then what's the problem? You should be more upset with the politicans that votte so they get re-elected and pocket $$$ from companies that want them to vote for their cause.. Reply

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cunomor
Nov 3, 09 7:20 AM CST

In case any of you are actually interested in the truth about Al Gore's hypocrisy: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/g/gore-bush-houses.htm Reply

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MrsK
Nov 3, 09 7:25 AM CST

cunomor: the hypocrites on the left don't want to be bothered with the truth about Goreleone. He is their god and his global warming is their religion.

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Doctor_Zaius
Nov 3, 09 7:45 AM CST

Yes, we know. He's a rich guy and he lives in a big house. Thanks for the newsflash, I'll notify 60 Minutes.

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NewserScooter
Nov 3, 09 8:49 AM CST

DR z, it is an energy ineff. house. It points to his hypocrisy. That is what should concern you if you are fair minded. He wants us to pay extra taxes to pay for his lifestyle. I have a problem with that.

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Reader83542248
Nov 3, 09 7:38 AM CST

GORE IS SUCH A GREEDY LIAR HE OUGHT CRAWL INTO A VERY LARGE HOLE !!!!! Reply

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Doctor_Zaius
Nov 3, 09 7:43 AM CST

What? Speak up, I can't hear you.

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Cher
Nov 17, 09 7:43 PM CST

Don't worry one day he will be in one forever.

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Face-Of-RNC
Nov 3, 09 8:32 AM CST

A green capitalist - a man making money investing in businesses that don't trash the planet. That's what scares the conservatives. They are a one trick pony - slash, burn, pollute, defile the environment, then run with the profits. And fight any legislation that tries to save clean air or water. Reply

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Nixon
Nov 3, 09 10:06 AM CST

Typical narrow minded liberal that forgets the real issue at hand because its his beloved Al Gore is at question. I love how you run with the complete myth that all conservatives are enviroment hating polluters. Just shows how ignorant you really are. This whole greenie fad is driven by inner city folk that have no appreciation for rural areas and hate the suburbs even more. Look at rural areas where people actually live on and mostly off it too, where sustainability is in their best interests. These people are often conservatives, who clearly have no appreciation or understanding of the enviroment. Infact they love to destroy it, pollute it and overuse it because it means they wont be able to feed themselves. I am sick to death of these innercity, elitist, enviroment saving preachers who know everything about the 'science' behind greenie policies but give no creedence to those whom actually interact with it. On a side note compare GWB and Gores home, hope you dont dismiss the hypocritic ways of Gore and maybe you should acknowledge that GWB is doing his part without making a song and dance about it.

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Face-Of-RNC
Nov 3, 09 11:02 AM CST

Tricky Dick - are you saying urban people and country people (often conservatives) have no appreciation or understanding of the environment? But of course, you on the other hand are all knowing? Could you maybe rephrase that last with more coherance?

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Snarfeh
Nov 3, 09 11:12 AM CST

Busch is not doing his part. Busch is aware that global warming is a real threat and simply looking out for his own ass by having somewhere to retreat in case the shit hits the fan during his lifetime. That's it. Period. It's the rich man's equivalent of building a bunker for the apocalypse.

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Nixon
Nov 4, 09 6:55 AM CST

Face-Of-RNC, read what i wrote again and try to detect some sarcasm. My point is that you label all conservatives as polluters when a great deal of them are actually country folk who live off their land and sustainability is in their best interest, there conservatives who arnt slash and burners. I also find it amusing and frustrating that greenies are the ones who know best when they dont actually live outside the city yet tell country people what to do in rural enviroments. Im not an expert on the enviroment and dont claim to be but i do value the experience of people closest to it and doubt the accuracy of science at times. Scientists often get things wrong and the way in which the enviroment works is hardy a simple process. For a long time they couldnt figure out how a bumblebee could possibly fly. Im not condoning enviromental pollution, its definatley a positive that people are caring more. Im just unhappy with your labeling of conservative as polluters and pointing out some inconsistancies.

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Nixon
Nov 4, 09 7:05 AM CST

Gore has become a greenie in my eyes. These are people that dont do compromise have a romanticised view of how they want the world to be and gather inconcistant evidence to show how their lifestle has a lower carbon footprint then everyone elses. They demand technology that doesnt exist, reject nuclear power even though there is no CO2 emissions which is supposedly the golden gas in preventing climate change.

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Cher
Nov 17, 09 7:51 PM CST

Conservatives just like the truth. Not a lying SOB like Gore who makes his living as a hypocrite and off the backs of good Americans just trying to do the right thing. Thank God this love of money bloodsucker lost to George Bush.

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piyrwq
Nov 3, 09 8:38 AM CST

Yeah, he should be profiting the traditional way, by dumping shit in our lakes, streams and oceans! Reply

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JaneMP
Nov 3, 09 8:45 AM CST

So Gore's doing well by doing good. What's wrong with that? Reply

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NewserScooter
Nov 3, 09 8:53 AM CST

Because he is trying to get us to pay for it. And wether or not it is good is the question itself.

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schmidtkoff
Nov 3, 09 10:04 AM CST

@exactly. and the naysayers might follow his lead and invest in the green techs. it is the wave of the future of employment, wealth and global leadership. plus y'all might make a profit like he is. do you really want to invest in oil driling, like palin's mantra, "drill baby drill", or coal plants? wow how yesterday.

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Face-Of-RNC
Nov 3, 09 11:12 AM CST

Carpet Scooter - we are paying for it every day with the consequences of air and water pollution. If you don't think trashing the planet has financial consequences I ask you to consider those with emphysema, cancer, and other environmentally caused diseases. Consider those living near coastlines who will be needing new homes in the next few generations. Consider the crop lands lost to rising tides and rising temperatures. Please don't tell me we can't afford to avoid this. If we trash our planet, nothing else matters. Don't you get it?

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freethemall
Nov 3, 09 9:16 AM CST

IF Al Gore stands to make a pile of money by investing in green technology; IF Al Gore doesn't practice what he preaches about not leaving a huge carbon foot print; IF these things be true, it doesn't logically follow that global climate change resulting from human caused global warming is not a reality. Reply

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polytricks
Nov 3, 09 10:27 AM CST

The "critics" are idiots. When the time came, they did not have the philosophical and rhetorically based arguments to defend themselves against what VP Gore was saying. And now that they've failed, they have to point something out with their last, dying breath in a battle they never had the brains to win. Reply

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cornelison
Nov 3, 09 10:57 AM CST

If the right took the same pains helping the country's economy some retired folks would still have a pension. Reply

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Face-Of-RNC
Nov 3, 09 11:05 AM CST

Amen and +10.

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Cher
Nov 17, 09 7:58 PM CST

Why do you have to say the "right". Why can't everyone work for our economy. Surely you are not blaming what Hussein has done on the right. I know that you are one big sick group but I often forget just how messed up you really are.

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davjc09
Nov 3, 09 11:35 AM CST

I don't think it's easy to just dismiss Gore's lifestyle. He rides around on a private jet to speak about saving the environment. His house uses 10x as much energy to run than most homes. Adding the fact that he looks to reign in enormous profits from his work, makes him seem a little disingenuous. (I would like to point out, that just because you profit from something doesn't mean your intentions are inherently bad, but added with other factors it doesn't bode well) I think that really takes away from his message. Global warming is happening, that's indisputable. Human cause is likely, but not proven. And the rate to which it will continue to happen and its lasting effects are only a conjecture. That's what makes this issue so contentious. I'm not calling for Gore to completely neutralize his footprint overnight. But if he was really passionate about this issue, I don't think his actions would be so hypocritical. Reply

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Face-Of-RNC
Nov 3, 09 11:59 AM CST

If we say everything you've written here is true, how does it change anything? You see, it really doesn't matter if it's true. He's done a lot to raise awareness, that's good. He's invested heavily in green businesses, that's good. He's made great profits and donated heavily to charity, that's good. He's promotoed legislation that will make it easier for us to breathe, that's good. Just what is the down-side here?

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Cher
Nov 17, 09 8:03 PM CST

I agree with all you have said except that "global warming is happening, that's indisputable". I do not believe in global warming for one minute. It is nothing but a hoax and another way of try to scare the majority of people. Prove it is true.

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CaptainZ64
Nov 3, 09 1:05 PM CST

It's not that Gore made money, it's that he has to perpetuate global warming... oh sorry, climate change to make more money. If climate change turns out to be false his credibility and fortune would be gone. Reply

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Reader65069154
Nov 3, 09 1:54 PM CST

Do as I say, not as I do. Reply

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ROBR
Nov 3, 09 3:12 PM CST

Before Al started going to far away lands,with snow covered mountaintops, to film two hour Propagandadramas about the alarming rate they are thawing, we never heard much about this subject. We had scietists before Al Gore I think. Maybe he is singlehandedly the cause of this phenomenon, as he is such an old windbag. From the looks of him, he probobly has as much hot air coming out of both ends. So Al please shut your pie hole and lay off the tacos, for the sake of all mankind. I'm glad to see Al has finally invented something, well reinvented something, that no one will ever try to take away from him, thats BULLSHIT.I do not fault Al for becoming a billionaire on the backs of the polar bears, after all he recieved no money or acclaim for his invention of the World Wide Web, with which I am able to share my thoughts with you today. Thank you, from the bottom of my large intestine or small, whichever is right above my ass, Mr. Gore. Reply

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ROBR
Nov 3, 09 5:28 PM CST

I kept going back to the picture of Al that accompanies this story, then I realized I had seen it before, only he was holding a triple Whopper. It's amazing what you can do with Photoshop. If you look real close, you can barely make out a little special sauce at corner of his mouth. Reply

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riffran
Nov 3, 09 5:43 PM CST

two whole beef patties special sauce cheese lettuce pickles tomatoes on a sesame seed bunnnnnn Reply

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lindamae
Nov 5, 09 10:05 PM CST

Who shares the profit? How much does Gore get? Inquiring minds want to know. Reply

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