Gore Lies To Congress About Personal Finances


	Gore Lies To Congress About Personal Finances

merrie

4-25-2009 7:00 AM

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global warming legislation, marsha blackburn (r-tn.) confronts al gore, profiteering from agw legislation, energy & environment hearing

merrie says:

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore left the White House seven years ago with less than $2 million in assets, including a Virginia home and the family farm in Tennessee. Now he’s making enough to put $35 million in hedge funds and other private partnerships.

Gore invested the money with Capricorn Investment Group LLC, a Palo Alto, California, firm that selects the private funds for clients and invests in makers of environmentally friendly products, according to a Feb. 1 securities filing. Capricorn was founded by billionaire Jeffrey Skoll, former president of EBay Inc. and an executive producer of Gore’s Oscar-winning documentary film on global warming.

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4-25-2009 2:36 PM

Antara

well, ask and you shall receive, lol....i was just wondering about this very thing.

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