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Sat Jan 5, 2013, 11:24 AM

Nye Bevan (11,272 posts)

35. I have no problem with that (nt)

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Al Gore stands to gain about $70 million after selling Current TV to al-Jazeera [View all]	alp227	Jan 2013	OP
good for him, at least he is making money through informing and teaching	JI7	Jan 2013	#1
Destroy Other People?	Gkdemonut	Jan 2013	#57
Gore was VP. He is not responsible for NAFTA. That is Clinton's cross to bear.	kestrel91316	Jan 2013	#59
Gore was the one on Larry King with Ross Perot selling NAFTA, not Clinton.	bubbayugga	Jan 2013	#81
But you sure showed him in 2000, huh?	2ndAmForComputers	Jan 2013	#72
You got any links on that?	riverbendviewgal	Jan 2013	#77
And this is what they call the "liberal media"	LTR	Jan 2013	#2
The WashPost has its rw water carriers, for sure.	Cha	Jan 2013	#5
Just the tone is disgusting.	harmonicon	Jan 2013	#60
You nailed it	DeeDeeNY	Jan 2013	#67
Since the person making money is somebody they don't like.	2ndAmForComputers	Jan 2013	#73
Congratulations Al.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#3
did his positions on sustainability and geopolitics speak against ownership transferrence?	unblock	Jan 2013	#4
Right. What irony? What paradox? None. It's just RW name calling.	Festivito	Jan 2013	#7
He may have to part with a big chunck of that money	pennylane100	Jan 2013	#6
There's a countersuit to his suit, and he did violate the non-disparagement clause in his contract.	MADem	Jan 2013	#15
Yes, I think the trial will be interesting.	pennylane100	Jan 2013	#38
I hope he puts the money to good use.	Marrah_G	Jan 2013	#8
Well at least he didn't sell Current to Glenn Beck.	Crowman1979	Jan 2013	#9
At least he didn't make his money the way the Bush crime family did.	olddad56	Jan 2013	#10
No. He just sold his network to a government that is drilling and killing.	GoCubsGo	Jan 2013	#61
So what?	RandiFan1290	Jan 2013	#71
as badly as we need current	DonCoquixote	Jan 2013	#11
is there currently a shortage of cable channels?	quadrature	Jan 2013	#12
RW'ers ridicule Gore as being a joke for saying he "invented the Internet" and sweating global warm	progree	Jan 2013	#13
..and, amazingly, without uttering the word "invented" in that sentence.	Festivito	Jan 2013	#24
That was back when that Turd Rove was on his game!	MADem	Jan 2013	#40
Yup. I was thinking after posting it that maybe I ought to clarify that "invented the Internet" was	progree	Jan 2013	#41
That was one of THREE LIES the RW passed around about Al Gore.	Festivito	Jan 2013	#48
Ahh, yes. It brings back so many awful memories of the 2000 election n/t	progree	Jan 2013	#49
Only because the corporate media as an institution carried Republican water	Uncle Joe	Jan 2013	#50
And, they're still carrying Republican water along with NPR.	Festivito	Jan 2013	#55
Excuse me? Why are they crabbing about the guy making a payday?	MADem	Jan 2013	#14
Maybe because...	regnaD kciN	Jan 2013	#16
Well, the WAPO article didn't focus on that aspect one whit.	MADem	Jan 2013	#17
"The Cycle" gets on my nerves! n/t	NCarolinawoman	Jan 2013	#52
Me neither	riverbendviewgal	Jan 2013	#78
KPOJ had a local morning show instead of mama.	alp227	Jan 2013	#18
Yup.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#22
Trust me, conservatives are quite cheery about that part of it.	djean111	Jan 2013	#29
Do we know that Gore isn't seeking a new financial architecture for those voices?	patrice	Jan 2013	#56
they are reporting	Enrique	Jan 2013	#33
“It’s reeking with irony,” sounds like OPINING to me.	MADem	Jan 2013	#36
Washington Post declines Romney request to retract Bain outsourcing story	Enrique	Jan 2013	#42
Enrique, because they got it right once with Mittsy doesn't mean this article is terribly fair or	MADem	Jan 2013	#44
Stephanie Miller Better Re-Surface Somewhere Else, And Soon.	Paladin	Jan 2013	#19
???? She's been on SiriusXM long before CurrentTV	BumRushDaShow	Jan 2013	#25
She is on several other radio stations, as well--that you don't have to pay to hear.	GoCubsGo	Jan 2013	#64
AJE is both better production-wise than Current and usually	JCMach1	Jan 2013	#20
Al Jazeera's shows are well done.	UnrepentantLiberal	Jan 2013	#21
Exactly, Current was a good idea	JCMach1	Jan 2013	#34
If an Australian backed by Saudi money can tell America the news	fasttense	Jan 2013	#23
The U.S. has become a pawn of Saudis vs Qataris.	BumRushDaShow	Jan 2013	#26
Not just a middle eastern state, but a PERSON in charge of a middle eastern state.	MADem	Jan 2013	#37
Good for him I guess	OccupyManny	Jan 2013	#27
I have no problem with Al cashing in...	ensemble	Jan 2013	#32
This is just part of the stupid "class warfare" meme	djean111	Jan 2013	#28
There it is! You got it in a very nice series of paragraphs.	MADem	Jan 2013	#39
I half agree with you, but half disagree.	harmonicon	Jan 2013	#62
Yes - I agree - but - the system has already been bought.	djean111	Jan 2013	#66
Being well rested, I've already put out a few Sunday morning rants today.	harmonicon	Jan 2013	#68
Democrats making money is always bad news.	Warren Stupidity	Jan 2013	#30
I hope he builds a wind farm with that, a big one!	Firebrand Gary	Jan 2013	#31
I have no problem with that (nt)	Nye Bevan	Jan 2013	#35
Nobody has problem	Tom Jeff	Jan 2013	#43
He sold it to an entity owned by the guy who rules Qatar, which is where USA has a large base.	MADem	Jan 2013	#45
So	Tom Jeff	Jan 2013	#46
Who said no "oil money" was involved?	MADem	Jan 2013	#47
What does it matter what GB offered?	djean111	Jan 2013	#53
Beck couldn't afford it.	GoCubsGo	Jan 2013	#75
Huh?	harmonicon	Jan 2013	#63
I don't fault Al for making money but.......	LiberalLovinLug	Jan 2013	#51
Profit in and of itself is not a bad thing. It's how it's used that matters.	patrice	Jan 2013	#54
I completely disagree.	harmonicon	Jan 2013	#65
hopefully he will apply it to another progressive venture	ZRT2209	Jan 2013	#58
Spam deleted by NRaleighLiberal (MIR Team)	John_UAC	Jan 2013	#69
Making as much money as possible is the America way	marshall	Jan 2013	#70
how the f is current work 500 mil ? half a billion for a station nobody watches????	crazyjoe	Jan 2013	#74
This post was hidden by jury decision.	jqpublic	Jan 2013	#76
starting out your first day so nicely, eh?	riverbendviewgal	Jan 2013	#79
I'm of 2 minds on this deal	eilen	Jan 2013	#80

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