Saw former VP Al Gore at Pennyroyal Quarry today

[mike_s]

Tammy -- Kool -- were there SS agents around?

I did not see any security around. Not saying they weren't there, but saw nothing. Just Mr. Gore & his instructor (& some of the Pennyroyal staff, during a photo shoot going on when I arrived).

I've done annual service work on secret service regs, and in the past they have trained agents for that type of protection, so the odds are they were around.

reminds me of the joke "How can you tell Al Gore from his Secret Service agents? He's the stiff one,"




Why would he have Secret Service detail at the quarry? ?




Under law, Vice Presidents aren't authorized Secret Service protection after they leave office. Homeland Security authorizes it for 6 months typically, but it's not law or required. There was a bill in 2008 that was supposed to give them protection for 6 months after leaving office, but that failed to pass. (H.R.5938 - Former Vice President Protection Act of 2008)

Regardless, Al Gore gave up his Secret Service protection in the first six months after he left office. He even discussed giving it up after office in a Larry King interview.

as a note, Presidents since 1997 only get 10 years of protective service after they leave office. Bush still has it (until his 10 years run out).

Cheney still has a protective detail because of threats against him, ordered by Napolitano and Obama.

 

[lamont]

Oops my bad on weight. I was not thinking. Also I am not a right wing nut but learned that Al Gore has lied on some of the issues of global warming. I think Al and George W would make great dive buddies.

It might be a shock to you, but the science behind Global Warming was not invented or researched by Al Gore.

You might want to educate yourself on the science by reading up a bit, starting with:

Amazon.com: Earth's Climate: Past and Future (9780716784906): William F. Ruddiman: Books

And then following up with this:

Amazon.com: Paleoclimatology, Volume 68, Second Edition: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary (International Geophysics) (9780121240103): Raymond S. Bradley: Books

 

[Doug Charney]

He was looking for Manbearpig...

1/2 Man, 1/2 Bear, 1/2 Pig

 

[Thalassamania]

Gore was rather a latecomer to the party.

 

[BKP]

Yes, he was... he didn't research, and certainly didn't invent global warming...
He just figured out a way to exploit it...


EDIT: I apologize in advance for all the hijacking of this thread... (In advance of getting it kicked to the Pub)

 

[DrunkenParrot]

He was looking for Manbearpig...

1/2 Man, 1/2 Bear, 1/2 Pig

 

[Scott L]

A good friend of mine, now retired, used to run the Secret Service Aquatic group ... diving, swimming, boats, etc. They have a hell of a training facility.

Probably dismantled as I don't think the Obama's swim much...

 

[Thalassamania]

Obama is a big body surfer, he did some big waves from the pictures in the paper here during his last visit. Not bad form either.

 

[DrunkenParrot]

Obama is a big body surfer, he did some big waves from the pictures in the paper here during his last visit. Not bad form either.

I will probably get in trouble for this but I dont care....... I found the picture from the body surfing event. BTW I am sorry for hijacking this tread also....

 

[mike_s]

Probably dismantled as I don't think the Obama's swim much...

almost sounds a little racial.... like assumptions that "black people can't swim"

Obama is a big body surfer, he did some big waves from the pictures in the paper here during his last visit. Not bad form either.

Obama also swam with his daughter while on vacation in Panama City in 2010.


Before he took office, they also had pictures of him in the surf in Hawaii in the press.