AL GORE'S HOME-OFFICE

(A letter I wrote to the Ed., Albany Democrat-
Herald):

Ted Salmons (Mailbag, March 1) joins the
Drudge Report, Fox News, and multiple
right wing blogs in being outraged at Al Gore's
electric bill! Hypocracy, they cry!

Ted's concern for truth is touching, and
would be even more so if he had all the facts.
Does he know, for example, that both Gores
run very busy offices in their home? Or how
many staff people work in each office? Or
how many computers, copiers, scanners,
printers, shredders and other office equipment
operate there? Both Gores write books, you
know, have busy speaking schedules, and
are involved in numerous charitable works.

As ex-VP, Al has 24-hour security, including
live-in security personnel. Is there live-in
domestic help also, with their own TV and
other appliances? Also, there's guest house,
with that additional use of juice. Jay Leno
said Als house has 5 bathrooms, and a couple
of them are even indoors!

Does Mr. Salmons know how Mr. Gore's
electricity is generated? Is it perhaps by
wind? Solar? Or from methane gas from a
garbage dump? Or all of the above? I hear
that he pays an extra $5,000 a year to get
his electricity from Green Power Switch,
thus subsidizing that worthy endeavor.

You won't get any of these facts from Fox
News, Ted. It seems to me that the
charitable thing is to give people the
benefit of the doubt, absent of all the facts.
Just a thought.

jgoodwin004@centurytel.net