{"id":3629,"date":"2010-02-05T16:32:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T21:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=3629"},"modified":"2010-02-05T18:14:18","modified_gmt":"2010-02-05T23:14:18","slug":"al-gore-could-make-millions-shoveling-snow-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/3629\/al-gore-could-make-millions-shoveling-snow-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Gore Could Make Millions Shoveling Snow in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is Al Gore in Washington, D.C. this weekend?<\/p>\n<p>That would only be fitting, given Mother Nature&#8217;s gesture of laughter toward the global warming hysteria industry in the form of <a href=\"http:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/showsigwx.php?warnzone=DCZ001&amp;warncounty=DCC001&amp;firewxzone=DCZ001&amp;local_place1=Washington+DC&amp;product1=Special+Weather+Statement\" target=\"_blank\">potentially record snowfall for the DC\/Baltimore area<\/a>.\u00a0 Meteorologists are predicting between 20 and 30 inches of snowfall in Washington, which could surpass the record 28 inches the nation&#8217;s capital received in the 1928 &#8220;Knickerbocker Storm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, this forecast doesn&#8217;t come in isolation.\u00a0 Rather, it follows by approximately one month a similarly<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidhenderson.com\/2009\/12\/19\/for-dc-a-massive-snow-storm\/\" target=\"_blank\"> paralyzing December snowstorm<\/a> whose rock-solid remnants hadn&#8217;t yet disappeared from DC landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>All of this begs the question:\u00a0 Where in the world is Al Gore this weekend?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not merely the delicious thought of Gore snowed inside his house, either.\u00a0 There he&#8217;d sit, pathetically gazing out his window at the frigid snowfall, unable to expand his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/innovate\/NussbaumOnDesign\/archives\/2007\/02\/gores_carbon_fo.html\" target=\"_blank\">already-gigantic carbon footprint<\/a> by galavanting in his private jet or SUV convoy to his latest Chicken Little global warming speech.\u00a0 It goes beyond that wonderful irony.<\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, this storm actually presents a novel fundraising opportunity for him and his increasingly-discredited movement.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it&#8230;\u00a0 Imagine the enormous number of dollars Gore could collect by agreeing to publicly shovel snow for amused &#8220;climate criminals&#8221; who dared question his ludicrous warming admonitions or fail to drive automobiles powered by vegetable oil.\u00a0 Perhaps he could even drive a snowplow, sprinkle some salt on roads and walkways or build snowmen in the yards of climate realists.\u00a0 All on camera for posterity, of course.<\/p>\n<p>As a charitable gesture, we could even allow him and fellow liberals to claim the thousands of neighborhood kids shoveling snow for $20 per driveway as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/Research\/Economy\/wm2755.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">jobs &#8220;saved or created.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t think of it as a rebuke, Mr. Gore.\u00a0 Think of it as a fun little opportunity that could erase memories of your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/politics\/jan-june00\/gore_6-23.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;no controlling legal authority&#8221; fundraising embarrassment<\/a> from the 1990s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Al Gore in Washington, D.C. this weekend? 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