Starting to regret the choice of title to that film, Mr. Vice President?

Got this from a friend yesterday:

LOOK OVER THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING TWO HOUSES AND SEE IF YOU CAN TELL WHICH BELONGS TO AN ENVIRONMENTALIST.

HOUSE # 1:

A 20-room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house all heated by gas. In ONE MONTH ALONE this mansion consumes more energy than the average American household in an ENTIRE YEAR. The average bill for electricity and naturalgas runs over $2,400.00 per month. In natural gas alone (which last time wechecked was a fossil fuel), this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not in a northern or Midwestern "snow belt," either. It's in the South.

HOUSE # 2:

Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university, this house incorporates every "green" feature current home construction can provide.  The house contains only 4,000 square feet [I've heard from other sources it's a lot bigger than that - THC] (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on arid high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in winter and cools it in summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas, and it consumes 25% of the electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Flowers and shrubs native to the area blend the property into the surrounding rural landscape.

HOUSE # 1 (20 room energy guzzling mansion) is outside of Nashville,Tennessee. It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) Al Gore.

HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas. Also known as "the Texas White House," it is the private residence of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.

So whose house is gentler on the environment? Yet another story you WON'T hear on CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC or read about in the New York Times or the Washington Post. Indeed, for Mr. Gore, it's truly "an inconvenient truth."

I hadn't heard any of that before about the Texas White House.

Comments

[Gonzo]

Yep, that sure does make up for him being the worst president in American history (with the possible exception of Buchanan who handed over the Civil War to Lincoln).

[pedro]

I'd say Jefferson Davis was the worst American president. W's not even close IMHO, in fact I think he's better than average but not what he could have been, but thanks for stopping by.
I think the point is that VP Gore is a dangerous fraud. People need to know that.

[gonzo]

WADR (with all due respect), I don't think you're paying attention.

[pedro]

Thanks for the due respect. I think that's important and I appreciate it.
My problems with the President are mostly with his being not conservative enough - pork, soft on Iran, soft on Saudi Arabia, soft on secret-leakers, campaign finance free speech restrictions, too slow to build up the size of the Army & Marine Corps, pork. I like his war on terror policies, but I think he's been too slow to make changes. I'd give him a B- overall.
He might be the worst speaking president of all time, certainly of the modern age, although not many people know that Thomas Jefferson was such a poor speaker he had others read his speeches (which he wrote himself).
Have a great day, Gonzo.

[The Gonz]

We'll agree to disagree but thanks for some admission of his shortcomings. I'm still amazed he has a 29% approval rating, but those are the ones who still think he's God's very own annointed president.