Mr. Green's Nemesis

In the News: Well, not quite, but the former VP and Presidential hopeful's old spoiler-buddy sure is. After Ralph Nader, who robbed "the greenest presidential candidate" of a presidential win back in 2000 entered the race this weekend, Democratic pundits and hopefuls alike wasted no time in decrying this man as the anti-Democrat, the one who undermined Gore in Florida and ultimately caused the global-warming icon's loss to President George W. Bush. Interestingly, these same pundits and politicians did not attempt to attribute John Kerry's loss in 2004 to Nader, saying that the American people have now done the calculations and realized that a vote for Nader is a vote against Democrats, and therefore is (by the transitive property of Nader) a vote for Satan.

Peace Keeper?

Truly, when one thinks about political figures that inspire people to be calm and not get in an uproar about hot topic issues on one side or another, former Vice President Al Gore is not one of the people that comes to mind.
However, in this day and age of cut-throat competition between the Obama camp and the Clinton camp of the Democratic party, everyone's favorite ex-vicepresident Al Gore is working as hard as he can to ensure that there is a sense of unity and peace within the Democratic party. While it may come as a surprise to us that he's involving himself in party politics, after his "loss" in 2000, it's possibly more surprising that he's not choosing sides within the race at all.
So far, Gore's plan is to remain on the "sidelines" to keep things honest within the heated race.

Al Gore

In the News: Al Gore presented the St. James Place's top performing Partner in the UK award to WEALTH management specialist, Martin Rashdi. Apparently there is a rumor going around, exposed by a spouse of a Clinton campainer, that Al Gore will be endorsing Barack Obama. While the source has stated that the rumor is simply that, a rumor, it's hard to dismiss it. Ben Kuehne, the lawer that Gore relied on to get votes recounted in 2000, was charged with laundering $5.2 million dollars in drug money that was transferred to celebrity, Joe Black, who supposedly used the money to support a Columbian drug king, Fabio Ochoa. Kuehne has denied that he had any involvement. Also, Norm Dicks, a Washington congressman, has finally given up hope that Gore will ever enter the Democratic race, and has instead endorsed Clinton.

An Inconvenient Consequence

International News: Beginning in January, millions in China have been left without power or utilities after weathering the most severe snow and ice storms to hit the country in decades. Even a month later, 160 cities are left without power, thanks in part to Al Gore. Last year, the Chinese government was forced to shut down 553 coal-run power plants to calm down Gore and his fellow IPCC members; now, many fervently wish for their return as the Peoples Bank of China scrambles to provide loans to buisinesses and to jump-start recovery.