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  1. CAPE TOWN – Barack Obama, the only black U.S. senator, criticized South African leaders on Monday for their slow response to AIDS and said he planned to be tested for HIV while visiting Kenya later on his African trip. South African AIDS activists say Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has created confusion by pushing traditional medicines and a recipe of garlic, beetroot, lemon and African potatoes…

    He’s getting an HIV test while in Africa?? Hmmmm…… Wonder what his wife thinks about this?

  2. Who will the commie libs run in 08? “Purple Heart” Kerry? Al “SUV and Gulfstream 5″ Gore? Queen “FUCKING JEW BASTARD!!”Hillary? Maxine “MoFo” Waters? Jesse “Shakedown” Jacksooooooooooon? William J. “IceBox” Jefferson, DEMOCRAT, LA, Ted “Oldsmobile” Kennedy, Al “Tawana Brawley” Sharpton? Pat “BitchSlap The Black Female Security Guard At The LAX Airport” Kennedy, Nancy “Nip/Tuck” Pelosi? Osama “Hussuan” Barrack Obama? OK, commie libs? help me here??

  3. http://seattletimes.nwsource.c.....er21m.html

    “Heavily subsidized

    The easy ride on Sounder comes at a dear price to taxpayers.

    Years ago, it sounded simple to launch a commuter-rail system. Just put some passenger trains on freight tracks that already exist.

    But the rail corridor is privately owned, so Sound Transit had to pay BNSF Railway for expensive track and signal upgrades — for safety, and so more freight trains could run during the hours that aren’t taken up by Sounder.

    Startup costs for the north and south lines are expected to reach $1.2 billion, or twice the original estimate, by the end of this decade.

    “More than half [the increase] has to do with faulty assumptions, or overly optimistic assumptions, about what we were able to negotiate with BNSF,” said Agnes Govern, Sound Transit’s director of capital projects. Other increases resulted from delays, environmental work, and amenities such as garages and pedestrian bridges that communities wanted.

    Operating costs also exceeded predictions, so that the average one-way trip on Sounder last year required a $14 public subsidy, in addition to the average $2.39 passenger fare.” (my emphasis)

    I suspect we’ll see more of the same for light rail once system is completed in 2009.

  4. OK..A news flash from Maui……..Guess who is back at Kapalua, Maui, playing the Plantation [PGA] course, eating at the Ritz, Roy’s and the Plantation, and staying at the best hotel Maui has to offer in Kapalua. Yes, the New Orleans Levy Board, all black and all Democrat, and all armed with “guvment” credit cards, are running up huge tabs at “THE SPA” and the bars. Yes, these “public [on the “guvment” dole] hack Democrats” are “saving the poor black folk” in New Orleans by spending thousands for a first class junket in Maui!! Totally classic!! I don’t know if they flew “first class”, so I will save that info for later!! Yes, That evil George Bush destroyed New Orleans, and the liberal Democrat “Levy Board” are forced to travel to Kapalua, Maui to save the homeless and poor, forgotten black Democrats in the 9th ward!!!! This is soooooooo funny!!!

    Should we take up a collection from dumb ass liberals to send to the New Orleans Levy Board. Why should they drink Korbel when they could be drinking “DOM”? [or Black Velvet, King Cobra, or Thunderbird?] Dems LOVE to spend other people’s money. “Guvment” is just a smokescreen. BTW, ANY questions about and of this is racist and may not be “axed”. hehe, JCH

  7. JCH at 4: I would be more concerned about these types of posts, if executives of corporations didn’t spend FAR MORE money for personal entertainment at shareholder’s expense, and then just shrug it off and say they deserved it.

    And public officials from all over the country go to “seminars” and “planning sessions” at resort locations all over the place. I’m sure if we took the time to look, there would be lots of Republicans in similar locations.

    It’s a local issue. The taxpayers of the levy board in LA can address it. Big deal.

    But I suspect the real problem you have is that you presume they are black and Democrats. In your mind, those sorts of priviledges you described are reserved for white Republicans. If you had a whip, you would tell them to get back on the plantation and back to work, and to quit getting so “uppity”.

    After all, these were the same folks who were trying to access the FEMA assistance which Bush had promised was “in place”, but were told not to bother “Heckuva Job Brownie”, who needed to enjoy a good steak dinner without interruption.

  8. 3: Name another country where the railroad roadbeds and right-of-ways are not considered to be public property, an equivilant of the national highway system?

    We are paying the price for a half-century of neglect of our railroad system. Even if we didn’t use a portion of it for commuter transit, we would soon be paying the bill for upgrades and maintenance in one form or another – taxpayer subsidies of the private RR system, nationalization of their right-of-way, or substantially higher freight charges which might cripple the industry.

  10. THIS ASSHOLE CALLS HIMSELF A CHRISTIAN? … NOT!!!

    “Church Fires Teacher for Being Female

    “WATERTOWN, N.Y. (Aug. 21) – The minister of a church that dismissed a female Sunday School teacher after adopting what it called a literal interpretation of the Bible says a woman can perform any job – outside of the church.

    “The First Baptist Church dismissed Mary Lambert on Aug. 9 with a letter explaining that the church had adopted an interpretation that prohibits women from teaching men. She had taught there for 54 years.

    “The letter quoted the first epistle to Timothy: ‘I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.'”

    http://tinyurl.com/qe3fp

  11. Hey Redneck!!! I’ve got a church for YOU!!! I know a place where’d you feel right at home! …

  13. “I don’t belong to an organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” – Will Rogers.

    JCH, if I hadn’t read some of your other posts, I’d swear that you must be someone deliberately attempting to make the right wing look bad.

    “the New Orleans Levy Board, all black and all Democrat, and all armed with “guvment” credit cards, are running up huge tabs at “THE SPA” and the bars.”

    and

    “ANY questions about and of this is racist and may not be “axed”

    First, do you know what the New Orleans Levee Board does? Among their other responsibilities is leasing land and water rights to hotels and marinas. Hmmm. Why would they be going to Hawaii?

    Next, do you know who is on the New Orleans Levee Board? Six of the eight members are local business people, apparently serving without pay. I could not, in the limited time I was looking, find any reference to the race or political affiliation of any of the members.

    Additionally, the board is currently in negotiations with Harrahs and several other hotel/casino companies trying to bring business back to the New Orleans area.

    When I was in the Navy, I also went to Hawaii several times on the government’s tab. I even had a pretty good time while I was there. But – those trips were part of my job.

    Of course, many of my fellow Sailors were black. You have a problem with that?

  14. 15, Typical of you libs to defend this “waste and fraud” of taxpayer’s funds. Point one: What a corporation’s management does is ruled by the Board of Directors. As long as NO taxpayer’s funds are involved, your comparison is irrevelent. [Private funds versus public funds] And NO “guvment” hack, white, brown, or black, should be spending taxpayer funds like water in first class resorts like Kapalua. So……….your post is bull shit.

  15. “I don’t belong to an organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” – Will Rogers.

    Roger at 11

    While I think the pastor is wrong about his interpretation (Paul often gave his own opinion in his letters, and usually labeled it as such) I also think this is a matter for that church to deal with.

    If some church doesn’t believe that women should have unpaid, volunteer, part-time teaching positions in their church, so be it. That’s their business, and, in my not so humble opinion, their loss.

    There are plenty of demoninations that will be happy to accept Ms. Lambert. Heck, if she ever comes out to Gig Harbor, my own church could always use another good Sunday School teacher!

  17. Al Gore, Slumlord
    It’s not really out of character.

    Recent news of Al Gore’s atrocious dealings as a landlord should come as no surprise, given his stingy record as a humanitarian. His tenants say they complained 30 times before going to the media, and only then did the Vice President agree to have the necessary repairs made. Even though Gore frequently preaches to the public about the need for compassion, he didn’t even follow through oh the simple request of an impoverished and disabled family whom he was legally obligated to help.
    Gore’s dedication to government planning originates in his belief that liberty is “a risky scheme.” If not coerced, according to Gore, individuals will not accept the burden of helping society’s poorest people. Compassion is a characteristic, therefore, exclusive to government, because as far as Gore is concerned, his own lack of interest in personally helping others is universally shared.

    Gore’s politics reveal an overarching philosophy that mirrors his behavior. Consider his views on the environment, which are developed at length in his book, Earth in the Balance. He claims the doomsday consequences of global warming are inevitable if intrusive government regulation is not immediately adopted. He then says that protecting the earth, as opposed to preserving individual rights and freedoms, ought to be the “central organizing principle for civilization.”

    As a Democrat, he believes in centralized government that has the capability to regulate on a federal level. Instead of permitting each community to establish its own environmental standards, Gore attests to the need for national regulation. Instead of supporting a privatized Social Security system, Gore calls individual retirement accounts “a risky scheme” for permitting individuals the right to invest their money.

    Instead of favoring voluntary charity, Gore prefers the welfare state. Instead of responding to demands for school vouchers with open arms, he says, “We shouldn’t give up on public schools.” And instead of opposing campaign-finance reform and holding candidates accountable for their decisions while in office, Gore has called repeatedly for an end to soft money (as if that would solve the problem of corruption in elected officials).

    These government-mandated initiatives are intended to take the place of individually sponsored charity. While he is less than generous when it comes to helping others — in 1997, Gore had an income of $197,729 and gave only $353 to charity — he is willing to spend other people’s money on his own needs: Last summer, in spite of the fear Gore has so often expressed about the depletion of natural resources and harm to the environment, he didn’t hesitate to waste 96 million gallons of water (costing taxpayers $59,000) just for a photo-op of him canoeing down the Connecticut River. When it came time for Gore’s children to begin their education, he appears to have lost sight of his previous dedication to public education — one by one his children were enrolled in private schools. And most recently, in the absence of government regulation (ignoring for the moment his characteristic disregard for the law), Gore broke his promise and spent soft money before George W. Bush.

    Gore’s political beliefs demonstrate that he regards liberty as too “risky” to be enjoyed by the populace at large. While he demands the freedom to send his kids to private school, he has no qualms about sacrificing other peoples’ children to the incompetence of the teacher unions and indifference of the government bureaucracies.

    In the hope of discovering meaning in a collective and compulsory end, Gore does not mind abdicating the freedoms of others. He is therefore unable to find meaning for our civilization in protecting the very freedoms that allow individuals to prescribe and pursue their own ends. Consequently, he is not fit to be president. In attempting to find some concrete destiny for society, Gore wants to replace true justice with a collective purpose outside of the individual.

    It is therefore apparent that Gore lacks faith in freedom. The real risk to our collective future resides not in liberty itself, but from empowering individuals who hypocritically take advantage of the very opportunities they wish to deny others.

  18. pbj,

    ‘“Gross” is a good word to associate with Al Gore.’

    Sure, but “fucking imbecile” is a phrase I associate with you.

  20. On the Sounder issue:

    First, the capital costs for Sounder North were for a PERPETUAL agreement with BNSF.

    Second, most of the upgrades for Sounder South are also necessary for improved freight mobility and Amtrak Cascades service (which carries 600,000+ passengers per year and is on track for break-even operating costs in 20 years).

  22. “I don’t belong to an organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” – Will Rogers.

    Uh, JCH

    Exactly what “comparison” are you talking about? If you’re talking about my trips to Hawaii, I assure you they were paid for by tax dollars. My room, board, travel and transportation were all provided by the United States Navy, and I even drew a government paycheck while I was there. It was my job. I was on active duty, and that’s where I was sent.

    The idea that a board that deals with leasing land and water rights to hotels and marinas might want to talk to folks that run hotels and marinas doesn’t seem all that wasteful. I hope they had as good time while they were there as I did on my trips.

    Could it be that you just assume that the trip was a waste of time because you also assume that the Levee Board members were black? After all, “they” couldn’t be just doing their jobs, albeit a rather pleasant part of them.

    Now, how to justify Republican Congressmen going on golf trips to Scotland, that’s a different issue. Is golf course leasing one of their official duties?

  23. 18

    “Point one: What a corporation’s management does is ruled by the Board of Directors. As long as NO taxpayer’s funds are involved, your comparison is irrevelent.” Commentby Doctor JCH Kennedy— 8/21/06@ 12:37 pm

    What a load of horseshit. When CEOs (or directors) spend company money on personal travel, hunting lodges, $100 million CEO salaries, etc., that’s the shareholders’ money they’re stealing.

    How ya doing in the stock market these days, Craig? Personally, I think the market sucks. I made most of my money before 2001. Even if a company is profitable, the shareholders don’t get any of it. That’s one reason why equity is fleeing into real estate.

  24. 18

    Hey Craig — why do YOU defend the GOP waste and fraud? Bush is running the most corrupt administration since Grant.

  25. 18

    What do you think of the taxes you paid for the tens of thousands of trailers FEMA bought that are rotting away on storage lots? The manufacturers are laughing all the way to the bank. Bet they’re all FOB (Friends of Bush) …

  26. 20

    Did I say it isn’t the church’s business? The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion — he can run his church any way he wants. The First Amendment also guarantees freedom of speech — I can call him an un-Christian asshole because of how he runs his church. I can say he’s full of shit. I can criticize him as an instrument of Satan.

    He’s running his church, I’m posting on this blog, and everybody’s happy …

  27. Freedom of religion also includes the freedom to walk out of a church if you think the pastor is an un-Christian asshole, which is exactly what I would do if I belonged to his church … I would be an ex-member right now …

  28. Hey, JCH,
    Spending another day in paradise all shut up inside your little hovel typing drivel into your keyboard to share with people who think you’re a racist idiot? Why don’t you go outside, look around. You might realize that the world has something to offer other than a dark room with a bright computer screen and your hand on your pathetic dick.

  29. I just got back from running a little while ago. And I noticed something peculiar. The signs for republicans are all in a deep democratic party blue. I was looking at them to see who the person was running and then my eye caught the G.O.P. in the bottom right hand corner.

    Is there there anything you republican do that is honest and not trying to lie cheat and steal your way threw life..

    Of course I was kind of glad to see you not you’sing the Socialist red colors in your signs. I think your should use brown for the pieces of shit you are.

  30. “I don’t belong to an organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” – Will Rogers.

    One tidbit on Al Gore’s charity contributions:

    1996 – $35,530

    1997 – $353

    1998 – $15,197

    Yes, a real cheapskate there. I’m sure that Fox News managed to cover the entire “Fair and Balanced” story.

  32. CF @ 3

    So a private company is holding up public transit for every penny of taxpayer they can extort? Who woulda thought…eminent domain is looking better…

  33. Today in Iraq

    http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=137996
    “The percentage of Iraqis who said they would not want to have Americans as neighbors rose from 87 percent in 2004 to 90 percent in 2006. When asked what they thought were the three main reasons why the United States invaded Iraq, 76 percent gave “to control Iraqi oil” as their first choice. ”

    and via Juan Cole:

    “Guerrillas on rooftops let loose barrages of machine gun fire at Shiite pilgrims on foot as the moved through northern Baghdad to the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kazim in Kadhimiyah on a pilgrimage to commemorate his martyrdom. They killed at least 20 and wounded an astonishing 300. Mind you that this happened when there are an extra 3500 US troops in the Sunni Arab areas of Baghdad conducting sweeps against guerrilla groups, and when everyone in Baghdad new full well that the Sunni Arab guerrillas would target the pilgrims. Vehicular traffic was just banned, so as to stop car bombings.”

    If this incident, which will inspire rage and reprisals by Shiites, can occur in the midst of an enormous crackdown in the battle for Baghdad, I fear the evidence is that that battle is already lost. What Shiites will willingly disarm after today? And if they don’t neither will the Sunni Arabs. The armed faction fighting will go on. The US appears powerless.”

    BTW, those “3500 US troops” were brought in after we moved 70,000 Iraqi troops to baghdad to do the same thing. The result each time has been the same–miserable failure.

    But Bush said today “We’re not leaving [Iraq] so long as I’m the president. That would be a huge mistake.” His term ends almost two-and-a-half years from now, in January 2009. So that’s the plan. Stay. Fail. Stay. Fail. Stay. Fail. Leave office.

  34. Still using the wayback machine, eh Jughead?

    When the Weekly Standard visited Tracy and Charles Mayberry [in June 200], tenants on Al Gore’s rental property at the Gore family farm in Carthage, Tenn. Writer Matt Labash described a grim picture: “The plaster was coming off the walls, the linoleum was peeling off the kitchen floor, the basin of the bathroom sink was a constipated sludge puddle, the guts of one toilet tank had to be held together with Sunbeam bread bag twisties, and both bathroom toilets overflowed — when they flushed at all.”

    Labash tagged Gore a “sanctimonious slumlord.” Tracy Mayberry said Gore could “kiss my ass.” And a key bit of GOP spin of Gore as an out-of-touch elitist was fortified in his home state.

    Those close to Gore insist that the vice president made a “good faith effort,” to rectify the problems. “All the repairs they requested were completed, plus a lot of additional work,” says Gore spokesman Doug Hattaway. “I don’t know what else could have been done.”

    The kitchen floor was ultimately replaced says Hattaway. E-mails outline of all the repairs planned for or completed on the property: “350 feet of fill lines were installed for the septic system … interior painting was completed, insect extermination was completed … new gutters were installed … an electrician examined the water heater, fuse box and all electrical plugs and wiring, and new load of stone was applied to a washed out area of the driveway.”

    But the Mayberrys still had issues with the property. According to media reports, one of the Mayberry daughters was bitten by a spider inside the property; Labash says Tracy told him that the daughter’s leg turned purple and she had to be rushed to the emergency room. Additionally, Tracy complained to Labash that one of the toilets still leaked, sparks shot out of one of the outlets and the painting that was “completed” was done so rather shabbily.

    And, according to a report Tuesday in the Toledo Blade, “The last straw, [Tracy] said, came when they recently found their dog sick by the roadside after munching on a dead turkey laced with poison, and their cat stretched out in a field behind their house with its throat slit.”

    At that point, the Mayberrys contacted the Tennessee Republican Party, who — out of the goodness of their hearts and a desire to further embarrass Gore — volunteered time and about $1,000 in expenses to load up a moving truck and drive the family 450 miles north to Lima, Ohio. “This is the Volunteer State, and we do help our own,” said Tennessee GOP chairman John “Chip” Saltsman Jr. to the media during the move.

    Yeah, right.

    “The vice president started it and we’re just here to finish it,” says Saltsman. “He’s the one who called and said, ‘I’m going to fix the things, and by the way I’m going to be in town, lets go to dinner.’ It’s just one of long line of things that serve as an example of the vice president not telling the truth.”
    But Hattaway, who heard Gore’s end of that conversation, says that what Gore had actually said to Tracy Mayberry was that “he’d like the have her and her husband up to the house next time he was in Carthage.” But, Hattaway says, the first time he was back in the area was after the Mayberrys had left for Lima.

    Gore returned in 2001, and now splits his time between a home in Virginia and his home in Carthage, and the new tenants, David and Amy McKissick, moved in the spring of 2001, and while they say the house needed work, they agreed to do it themselves, and Gore paid them to put in hardwood floors, a new heating and air-conditioning system, new plumbing and a new roof. Unaware of the previous scandal, they seem genuinely indifferent to their landlord’s politics. “We’re not involved politically with either party. We don’t vote,” Amy McKissick said. “Politically we’re not interested in anything.” But they say Gore’s been “just fine.”

    Sources:
    http://tinyurl.com/nboaf
    http://tinyurl.com/orw5r

  35. How ya doing in the stock market these days, Craig? Personally, I think the market sucks. I made most of my money before 2001. Even if a company is profitable, the shareholders don’t get any of it. That’s one reason why equity is fleeing into real estate.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit [Agreed…..try view lot Hawaiian real estate. Works every time!!!

  36. BRK-B BERKSHIRE
    HATH HLD B [Roger, Chart this. A few hundred shares has giving me the ability to be very flexible. Big Island realestate has done even better, as “Atlas Shrugged” tax paying Californians leave the Democrat Hillary Village of Kalifornia. In addition, No dividends means NO current taxes. Sorry, and fuck you to those who rely on “guvment” to eat, sleep, and survive.]

  37. @29

    The color Blue is not owned by the dems, just as the repubs don’t own the flag.

    Get over it.

  38. China may be far freer than North Korea, but it’s a perilous way station for North Korean refugees who flee hunger and darkness in their homeland. Branded as illegal immigrants and subject to arrest and deportation, some dwell in hidden work camps or caves. Others scrounge for food in the hinterlands. [……….Why would anyone want to leave the Hillary Village of North Korea? “Guvment” run education, housing, medical, and food, and not a Republican around for miles!! This is a Democrat Paradise!!]

  39. Not that it matters but the right wing cowards often attack liberal media as having no audience. Seems that with Al Gore’s recent documentary joining Michael Moore’s as one of the highest grossing ever, that the right’s been proven a liar for the 2030389347239202928th time.

  40. Of course I was kind of glad to see you not you’sing the Socialist red colors in your signs.
    Commentby The Socialist [………………………………………………………………..Carl Grossman, are you “you’sing” “The Socialist” to post for you????]

  41. Goddamn but that JCH person is a blathering idiot.
    Are we sure King George isn’t posting here?

  42. Of course I was kind of glad to see you not you’sing the Socialist red colors in your signs. I think your should use brown for the pieces of shit you are. -Commentby The Socialist— 8/21/06@ 2:08 pm

    Of course, we KNOW how you commies feel about red states… here’s hoping those wishes come true.

  43. I would love to see the so called red states really become true RED states Good Socialist states.

  44. Speaking of solar warming, are any of you making any progress on the chi squared analysis of temperatures? How the fuck can you get all worked up about this if you can’t even tell if current temps are statistically significant.

    Or are you just mindless kool aid guzzlers?

  45. @45 And the fuicking idjit is back. A chi squared analysis don’t give you shit because the historical data is non-existent, for all practical purposes.

    A true conservative would have a much better argument to present- so why don’t you just go away and stop with making us all look bad. You are just too easy pickings, what with your head up your son’s ass all the time.

    Speaking of which- Left Turn is waiting for your latest internet porn posting…

  46. Commentby John Barelli— 8/21/06@ 2:11 pm

    “One tidbit on Al Gore’s charity contributions:

    1996 – $35,530

    1997 – $353

    1998 – $15,197

    Yes, a real cheapskate there. I’m sure that Fox News managed to cover the entire ‘Fair and Balanced’ story.”

    I assume you are being sarcastic with your cheapskate remark.

    Here’s what CNN had to say about Tipper and Al Gore’s 1996 and 1997 charitable giving.

    http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS.....ore.taxes/

    “In a 34-page 1997 federal tax return, Vice President Al Gore and wife Tipper reported giving $353 to charity, an amount much lower than donations the family has made in previous tax cycles.

    That figure is less than one-tenth the typical contribution amount for someone with the Gores’ adjusted gross income of $197,729.” (my emphasis)

    “The giving pattern of the Gores has been erratic over the years. Last year they gave $35,530, most of which came from the proceeds of Mrs. Gore’s book, ‘Picture This.'”

    Hardly a pattern of generous giving to charity.

  47. Commentby Daddy Love— 8/21/06@ 2:22 pm

    “So a private company is holding up public transit for every penny of taxpayer they can extort? Who woulda thought…eminent domain is looking better.”

    What proof do you have that BNSF charged Sound Transit more than market rate for the improvements? Given Sound Transit’s track record on estimating costs on all their projects, it seems like they are the ones to point the finger at.

  48. Commentby rhp6033— 8/21/06@ 12:02 pm

    “Name another country where the railroad roadbeds and right-of-ways are not considered to be public property, an equivilant of the national highway system?”

    I could care less what other countries do with their rail lines. The point is that the Sounder train is heavily subsidized, even without rail improvements, and will continue to be for the forseeable future.

  51. Yes Jimmy and she is very talented. Does she know you’re gay? And that Karr is your boyfriend?

  52. Yes she is- that is wh she is helping manage the queen’s gardens- and we are not talking Elton…

    I doubt she knows I’m gay, though- she’s seen my lady’s afterglow. Anyway- I know she’d whomp your measly ass- she was the athlete in the family. Plays a pretty mean bass, too.

    People actually pay to listen to her- more than you can say.

  54. Jim King: LeftHisTurdBehindLostHisBrain is devoid of cogent thought. Once you get past his puny blog attacks, a direct mental confrontation leaves him speechless. He resorts to personal attacks. When he gets down to simulated sex you know he’s back to doing his blow-up dolls.

    One blow-up doll is named Furball and his other is named Clueless.

  55. “I don’t belong to an organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” – Will Rogers.

    ConservativeFirst— 8/21/06@ 6:02 pm

    “In a 34-page 1997 federal tax return, Vice President Al Gore and wife Tipper reported giving $353 to charity, an amount much lower than donations the family has made in previous tax cycles.

    That figure is less than one-tenth the typical contribution amount for someone with the Gores’ adjusted gross income of $197,729.” (my emphasis)

    If $353 is “less than one-tenth” of typical giving, let’s assume that typical giving at that level is approximately $4,000.

    Over three years, that would be $12,000 (3 x $4,000).

    Total giving from Mr. and Mrs. Gore over three years was $51,080. Yes, I was being sarcastic.

    “The giving pattern of the Gores has been erratic over the years. Last year they gave $35,530, most of which came from the proceeds of Mrs. Gore’s book, ‘Picture This.’”

    And most of my giving has been from the sale of real estate. Your point here?

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