Abbyisms of the Weeks:
Abby: I love you mommy. You're my favorite mommy in the whole world.
Emily: I'm your only mommy.
Abby: I know, but even if you weren't, you'd still be my favorite. That's what I love about life. We get mommies that love us and know us, not strangers. You know what else I love about life?
Emily: What?
Abby: I'm glad God gave us Halloween because I love getting lots of candy!
Emily: So what do you think about Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize?
Brad: I don't know. He doesn't exactly seem to be living very green himself.
Abby: Who, Shrek?
This is an old one that Spencer actually told me about last Christmas. I think it may even be older than that, but it's too good not to be captured here.
Abby (to Spencer): What do you think about puh puh?
Spencer (thinking she has just asked him about poo poo and surely he misunderstood): What?
Abby: What do you think about puh puh?
Spencer: I'm sorry, I don't understand you.
Abby: You know, puh puh, what do you think about puh puh?
Spencer: I just don't know.
Abby: Okay. Then what about pink?
1 comment:
Ha, I love the shrek comment, and I thought the same thing too Braddy B, turns out it was a conservative think tank that came up with the accusation and publicity of questionable findings...here's the entry from wikipedia:
Use of energy in home
In 2007, Gore came under criticism from the conservative think tank Tennessee Center for Policy Research. [18] The organization issued a report which said that during August 2006 Gore's household consumed 22,619 kilowatt-hours — more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. [19] TIME stated that the Tennessee Center for Policy Research claimed to have gotten its figures from Nashville Electric Service . But company spokeswoman Laurie Parker said the utility never got a request from the policy center and never gave it any information." [20]
In an earlier article in USA Today, Peter Schweizer argued that "according to public records, there is no evidence that Gore has signed up to use green energy in either of his large residences. When contacted Wednesday, Gore's office confirmed as much but said the Gores were looking into making the switch at both homes". [21]
Response
TIME quoted Kalee Kreider, a spokesperson for Gore, saying that the Gore family tries to buy green energy to reduce their carbon footprint. She continued to say that since the controversy, the Gore family was "in the midst of installing solar panels on their home, which will enable them to use less power." She also added, "They also use compact fluorescent bulbs and other energy efficiency measures and then they purchase offsets for their carbon emissions to bring their carbon footprint down to zero." [20] WKRN-TV reported that the Gore family obtains their power from the Nashville Electric Service's "renewable energy initiative", The Green Power Switch program [22] which depends upon "wind, solar, and methane gas." [23] The Detroit Free Press further noted that "Gore purchased 108 blocks of 'green power' for each of the past three months, according to a summary of the bills. That's a total of $432 a month Gore paid extra for solar or other renewable energy sources. The green power Gore purchased is equivalent to recycling 2.48 million aluminum cans or 286,092 pounds of newspaper, according to comparison figures on NES's Web site." [24] The figure of 108 blocks of green power per month corresponds [22] to 16,200 kilowatt-hours of electricity per month, Al Gore's average monthly use for 2005.
Keith Olbermann at MSNBC reported that the Gore home includes offices for both Gore and his wife and 'special security measures' making it unrepresentative of what the average US home consumes. Additionally, the green power purchased by the Gores increased the cost of their electricity by "$5,893, more than 50 percent, in order to minimize carbon pollution."[25]
Kreider suggested in TIME that the attacks on Gore's energy use were political in nature and stated:
"Sometimes when people don't like the message, in this case that global warming is real, it's convenient to attack the messenger. [20]"
Chris Cillizza and Matthew Mosk in a Washington Post article quoted TCPR president Johnson as stating: "The energy he receives into his house is no different than what I receive into my house." They also noted that, "Kreider added that a renovation of the Gores' house is underway to make it more energy efficient, an update that will include the addition of solar panels." [26]
An article in USA Today stated, "Zoning rules in Al Gore's upscale neighborhood kept the former vice president and environmental activist from installing solar panels on his roof...New rules going into effect on April 1 will allow homeowners to install solar panels on their roofs. But there's a caveat: 'Solar panels may be installed upon the roof of a building so long as they are not visible from the street or from any adjoining property,' according to the ordinance. Gore's roof does have flat areas where the panels could be placed, Franklin said. The builders at Gore's home plan to make the application for solar panels once the new ordinance goes into effect." [27] A June 2008 Associate Press photo showed that solar panels have now been installed on the roof of Gore's Tennessee home." [28]
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