Comments on: A tale of two houses, or an Inconvenient Hypocrite http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:20:51 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hotshot greens caught wasting home heat - Political Wrinkles http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-12406 Hotshot greens caught wasting home heat - Political Wrinkles Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:20:47 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/#comment-12406 [...] house consumes 25% of the energy of an average American home. snopes.com: A Tale of Two Houses Roger’s Rules A tale of two houses, or an Inconvenient Hypocrite __________________ ~ ~ ~ Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals [...] [...] house consumes 25% of the energy of an average American home. snopes.com: A Tale of Two Houses Roger’s Rules A tale of two houses, or an Inconvenient Hypocrite __________________ ~ ~ ~ Our nation has not always lived up to its ideals, yet those ideals [...]

]]> By: WebElf Report News Blogroll « The WebElf Report http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-2839 WebElf Report News Blogroll « The WebElf Report Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:05:06 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/#comment-2839 [...] GORE VS. BUSH: “A tale of two houses, or an Inconvenient Hypocrite” …. [...] [...] GORE VS. BUSH: “A tale of two houses, or an Inconvenient Hypocrite” …. [...]

]]> By: Common Sense and Wonder » An Inconvenient Truth http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-2493 Common Sense and Wonder » An Inconvenient Truth Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:32:33 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/#comment-2493 [...] Kimball reproduces a comparison made between the Bush’s Texas house and the Gore’s Tennessee house. House [...] [...] Kimball reproduces a comparison made between the Bush’s Texas house and the Gore’s Tennessee house. House [...]

]]> By: Arts & Ammo » On Becoming Average http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-2488 Arts & Ammo » On Becoming Average Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:28:45 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/#comment-2488 [...] I did all that, maybe it would constitute my little part to help offset the enormous carbon footprint of the inconvenient sponsor of this inconvenient and absurd little test. That is, [...] [...] I did all that, maybe it would constitute my little part to help offset the enormous carbon footprint of the inconvenient sponsor of this inconvenient and absurd little test. That is, [...]

]]> By: Pat http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-2481 Pat Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:10:43 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/#comment-2481 Bill Bradley: Yes, we know that Gore uses his home as "a big office for his operations". It still uses twenty times as much energy as a typical American home. Whatever "his operations" are, they apparently don't have anything to do with reducing energy use or carbon emissions or whatever it is that Gore blathers about. We also know that Bush is not currently living in his home. (Or, as you put it, his "home". I guess you think he will be homeless next January.) So what? Roger cites both <i>Cowboys & Indians Magazine</i> and the <i>Chicago Tribune</i> as saying that Bush's home uses only 25% as much energy as an average American home. Are you <i>seriously</i> suggesting that both publications were stupid enough to base their calculations on the Bush house's energy consumption <i>while it is unoccupied</i>? I don't find that even faintly plausible, and if you want to convince anyone that it's true, you'll have to present some evidence. Oh, and by the way, including gratuitous French phrases in your comments is not very impressive when you don't spell the French words correctly. There's no E in "blanc". Bill Bradley:

Yes, we know that Gore uses his home as “a big office for his operations”. It still uses twenty times as much energy as a typical American home. Whatever “his operations” are, they apparently don’t have anything to do with reducing energy use or carbon emissions or whatever it is that Gore blathers about.

We also know that Bush is not currently living in his home. (Or, as you put it, his “home”. I guess you think he will be homeless next January.) So what? Roger cites both Cowboys & Indians Magazine and the Chicago Tribune as saying that Bush’s home uses only 25% as much energy as an average American home. Are you seriously suggesting that both publications were stupid enough to base their calculations on the Bush house’s energy consumption while it is unoccupied? I don’t find that even faintly plausible, and if you want to convince anyone that it’s true, you’ll have to present some evidence.

Oh, and by the way, including gratuitous French phrases in your comments is not very impressive when you don’t spell the French words correctly. There’s no E in “blanc”.

]]> By: Peter Laverick http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-2475 Peter Laverick Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:34:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/#comment-2475 Oncealwaysa Marine Here in Australia we spell spe-e-e-cial "t-w-a-t" Oncealwaysa Marine

Here in Australia we spell spe-e-e-cial
“t-w-a-t”

]]> By: The Rosett Report » Putting the EPA in Charge of Every Breath You Take? http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-2474 The Rosett Report » Putting the EPA in Charge of Every Breath You Take? Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:39:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/#comment-2474 [...] blog; and for a sample of the hypocrisy of the IPCC’s co-Nobelist, Al Gore, see this entry from my fellow Pajamas blogger Roger Kimball). Read | [...] [...] blog; and for a sample of the hypocrisy of the IPCC’s co-Nobelist, Al Gore, see this entry from my fellow Pajamas blogger Roger Kimball). Read | [...]

]]> By: Bill Bradley http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-2470 Bill Bradley Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:03:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/#comment-2470 You do realize, or, well, perhaps you do not, that Gore uses his home as a big office for his operations. And that Bush ... A. does not actually live at his "home" in Texas and B. has his office at something called La Maison Blance. You do realize, or, well, perhaps you do not, that Gore uses his home as a big office for his operations.

And that Bush … A. does not actually live at his “home” in Texas and B. has his office at something called La Maison Blance.

]]> By: Steynian 182 « Free Mark Steyn! http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-2467 Steynian 182 « Free Mark Steyn! Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:41:45 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/#comment-2467 [...] ROGER KIMBALL: “A tale of two houses, or an Inconvenient Hypocrite” …. [...] [...] ROGER KIMBALL: “A tale of two houses, or an Inconvenient Hypocrite” …. [...]

]]> By: OncealwaysaMarine http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/comment-page-1/#comment-2463 OncealwaysaMarine Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:00:15 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/25/a-tale-of-two-houses-or-an-inconvenient-hypocrite/#comment-2463 Yeah, you win this one for exposing this small transgression on His Honor Nobel laureate Al Gore's part, but he conserves a little bit of home energy usage...Why, much of the time he's not even at home...After all, he spends a tremendous amount of time carrying his message of our impending doom all over the United States and the world while flying around in his Gulfstream V, which is surely more environmentally friendly than my driving back and forth to work in my '98 Ford Taurus and using GE 100 watt incadescent light bulbs!! P.S.- Don't you dare call him a hypocrite, either! He's spe-e-e-cial! Yeah, you win this one for exposing this small transgression on His Honor Nobel laureate Al Gore’s part, but he conserves a little bit of home energy usage…Why, much of the time he’s not even at home…After all, he spends a tremendous amount of time carrying his message of our impending doom all over the United States and the world while flying around in his Gulfstream V, which is surely more environmentally friendly than my driving back and forth to work in my ‘98 Ford Taurus and using GE 100 watt incadescent light bulbs!!

P.S.- Don’t you dare call him a hypocrite, either! He’s spe-e-e-cial!

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