Step away from the Prius

at least he was saving the planet when he was driving around drunk and high!

Al Gore's son busted for drugs in hybrid car

Wed Jul 4, 2007 10:22PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 24-year-old son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday after he was stopped for speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius, a sheriff's official said.

Al Gore III -- whose father is a leading advocate of policies to fight global warming -- was driving his environmentally friendly car at about 100 miles per hour on a freeway south of Los Angeles when he was pulled over by an Orange County sheriff's deputy at about 2:15 a.m.

The deputy smelled marijuana and searched the car, said sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino. The search turned up a small amount of marijuana, along with prescription drugs including Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, Adderall and Soma. There were no prescriptions found, he said.

Gore was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and booked into the Inmate Reception Center in Santa Ana, about 34 miles south of Los Angeles, on $20,000 bail. Although he quickly identified himself as the son of the former vice president, Amormino said Gore received no special privileges.

Gore made bail and was released at 2 p.m., Amormino said. He will receive notice of a court date within 30 days.

The youngest child and only son of the former vice president, Gore has had previous brushes with the law. He was arrested in 2003 for marijuana possession and in 2002 for suspected drunken-driving.

In 1989, aged six, Gore almost died when he was hit by a car, and required extensive surgery and physical therapy.

A spokesman for the elder Gore said he was traveling and could not immediately be reached for comment. The one-time presidential candidate is one of the organizers of the Live Earth concerts taking place around the world on July 7. The concerts are designed to raise awareness of global warming.

Sir Roger Daltrey

My new hero (and I don't care if he plays guitar or not)
Who c-cares about Live Earth?

May 19, 2007


JUST when it looked like every rock star on the planet was jumping aboard AL GORE's green bandwagon, there’s a backlash already underway.

THE WHO's ROGER DALTRY has blasted the big Wembley gig Gore is organising to raise awareness of global warming.

The huge concert - which features performances from the likes of MADONNA and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - is taking place at Wembley on July 7 and in other countries around the world.

But Roger, who played with U2 at Live Aid and Live8, reckons the whole thing is a waste of time.

Speaking exclusively to Bizarre, Roger said: 'Bo***cks to that! The last thing the planet needs is a rock concert.

'I can't believe it. Let's burn even more fuel.

'We have problems with global warming, but the questions and the answers are so huge I don't know what a rock concert's ever going to do to help.

'Everybody on this planet at the moment, unless they are living in the deepest rainforest in Brazil, knows about climate change.”

The rocker, who used to sing about my g-generation, added: 'My answer is to burn all the f***ing oil as quick as possible and then the politicians will have to find a solution.”"Everybody's known about that problem for years. We are all f***ing conscious of global warming."

Roger's comments come hot on the heels of SIR BOB GELDOF’s equally scathing views.

Last week the Live Aid hero lashed out, saying: "Why is Gore actually organising them? To make us aware of the greenhouse effect?

A Live Earth spokesman said: “People are aware of global warming but millions are not doing anything about changing their lifestyles.”

But before Sir Bob thinks he has found an ally in Roger, the legendary British singer also admitted he feels badly let down by Live 8.

Ten concerts were held simultaneously in July 2005 with the goal to Make Poverty History.

Again Roger complains that unlike the original Live Aid in 1985, where the money went directly to famine relief, the follow-up 20 years later had no achievable aims.

Roger moaned: "What did we really achieve at Live 8? We got loads of platitudes and no action.

"Who were we kidding there?

"At least with Live Aid, Bob Geldof was willing to work the trenches and they did save a lot of lives.

"We could see what we achieved at the end of it."

Roger also confirmed that he and PETE TOWNSHEND will not be performing at this summer's other big charity music event, the Concert For Diana.

He said: "It would be wrong of us to play. It should be for those two boys, the show that they want.

"They obviously want Elton John, as he holds memories for them, but it would be a joke for us to play.

"Not unless they are real Who fans, which I very much doubt."

You can see The Who very soon though, as the band are playing a number of shows and festivals in England as part of the European tour.

Hero

Now I know Global Warming is serious!

The first post to link Guitar Hero and Global Warming!

Spinal Tap is reuniting! Yeah, a fake group invented to mock documentary films about bands is reuniting to save us from Global Warming. Now I know SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO SAVE THE PLANET!

And it has to be done before the next drummer chokes on his vomit, or whatever.


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