When we heard Al Gore was moving into a new beachside Montecito mansion just a couple hours down the road from IHateTheMedia.com’s international headquarters, we did the neighborly thing and tried to deliver a welcome basket filled with central coast wines. Unfortunately, the security guards weren’t as neighborly as we were.

So we did the next best thing and ran an ad in the Montecito Journal, Al’s new hometown newspaper, welcoming the Goracle to the neighborhood.

We did it because we’re warmhearted, caring people.

So why are we getting all these angry emails?

Al Gore Montecito Journal newspaper ad (480w)

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doug July 9, 2010 at 6:12 am
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This ad must have been how we got Icarus.

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ocmadam July 9, 2010 at 6:21 am
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Brilliant, as usual. When did it run? Did you notice the typo? What kind of emails are you getting? They might be fun to read here on IHTM. Is TIpper part of the deal or his masseuse or both?

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ocmadam July 9, 2010 at 6:26 am
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ok, there wasn’t a typo after all but the comment editor wouldn’t let me save a revised version.

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CO2Insanity July 9, 2010 at 6:25 am
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I can’t wait until Al takes his first dip in the Pacific Ocean at which time I’m sure we’ll hear “Argggghhhh mateys! Man the harpoons! That she blows!”

Of course, we might only hear the last one when the first masseuse arrives. I hope she has a good dry cleaner.

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j_lohman July 9, 2010 at 6:27 am
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Excellent! I wish you would have pointed out the threat of skyrocketing sea levels to his $9 million crib. And would love to see some of the emails.

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matthew s harrison July 9, 2010 at 6:30 am
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brilliant-simply brilliant.

Hit him at his new home-what could have been better? NOTHING!

PERFECTION GUYS ;>

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Mistella July 9, 2010 at 7:00 am
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IHTM for president!

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Doc Savage July 9, 2010 at 7:25 am
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Merely another reminder of why you guys are the BEST!

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Paden July 9, 2010 at 7:28 am
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Albert Speer the German architect and Albert Gore have a lot in common.
Gore is the American architect of state sponsored bullshit.

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DJ July 9, 2010 at 7:55 am
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irv July 9, 2010 at 8:24 am
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Fantastic! Thank you for performing this public service.

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Ray July 9, 2010 at 8:24 am
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Fabulous. And so are the comments.

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drb July 9, 2010 at 8:30 am
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Maria July 9, 2010 at 10:33 am
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Please post some of the angry hate mail! Pleeeeeeeeeease?!

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administrator July 9, 2010 at 10:37 am
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Here’s one that is in the Hate Mail link here

You all sound like a little KKK Klub to me. I just saw the big ad you put in the Montecito Journal about Al Gore… your info (you hate the media) that you got from the LA times is incorrect. al and Tipper are divorcing. And as a long time Montecito resident, I wish to point out most of the homes in the over-crowded newly-rich wanna-be important people living there
right lift, white, black, all have big homes with all the same trimmings as are found in Montana and Utah. If you really hate the media., why do you misquote the, quote them, and buy add space. Believe me, Montecieto wants what it wants and poold, fountains, kkoi and crab cakes abound. Your site is quite sophmoric and your battle is silly. Go mow your lawn and wash your ooown car, practice what you preach. I chop my wood from my own ranch and burn it in a fireplace made my my father for heat. You all seem pathetic with the US economony in ruins from the Bush years and his lillegal war. But I think it is very nice that you are supporting the gay movement with tea-bagging. I never would have qussed you all would have been into theactivity, but it is your right.

(The Real Boston Tea Party was about taxes on tes, sent from Britian, who taxed the colonies for the addictive and therefore necessary substance gleened from other invaded countries they made slaves to their trade. The real men who were in th “tea Party” painted their faces and dressed as American Indains to try to hide theeir deed, they were so brave! Freedom from taxes and entitlement was the reason we came here, along with the wish to not be trapped on Islands eating potatoes.

The Spanards and Mexicans will have to defend themselves since they took the land from the Chumash. We are the foot,we smash the lives of others. Shame on US. This is a weenie site. We could all be doing something really helpful but we are sitting in front of a screen, venting…

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JJJRO July 9, 2010 at 10:49 am
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Mark B. July 9, 2010 at 12:17 pm
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The real Tea Party was about taxation WITHOUT REPRESENTATION which is exactly what we’re getting from washington today. Hence the need for the Tea Party to push back at an unresponsive behemoth. You are sooo misguided and veiled from the truth. Why?

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pegu July 9, 2010 at 3:11 pm
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Buddy, please learn to spell if you’re living in glitzy Montecito…pathetic!!! Your educated neighbors will shun you if you can’t spell….

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USN-RETIRED July 9, 2010 at 4:29 pm
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No more kool-aid for you !!!

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MichiganVet July 9, 2010 at 6:28 pm
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Isn’t this the dude that saw the 2 rainbows? Sophmoric? Klub? Poold? th? weenie?

Terminal Stupidity is so terrible ……

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Justin July 10, 2010 at 9:35 am
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WTF does “qussed” mean?

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KimmyQueen July 12, 2010 at 1:13 pm
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34 thumbs down? why?

The guy is a serious idiot. He was obviously angry with all those misspellings. The last sentence is comical, while he is sitting in front of a screen venting he is pointing fingers and looking down on people for sitting in front of a screen venting. Typical libtard.

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Too Bad July 26, 2010 at 8:19 am
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As long as the neighbors in their million dollar homes aren’t espousing their hypocritical b.s. about global warming then I could care less about their ‘carbon footprint’. Gore’s hypocrisy knows no bounds, but I’m sure he’ll stock up on the carbon credits so we’ll all feel better about it.

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shipley130 July 9, 2010 at 4:31 pm
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So, does he now own two homes that will be underwater in 20 years? The global warmers hate trees, because they want to cut their food down.

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eiseman July 9, 2010 at 4:47 pm
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Nice ad! You guys rock! I’ll bet you could have fried an egg on his melon after he saw this…

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i July 9, 2010 at 4:58 pm
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gore makes me so sick

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Tony July 9, 2010 at 5:05 pm
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My favorite is Leonardo DiCaprio’s response to a reporter’s question whether he eve flies on private jets which are, of course, the greatest energy wasters per man-hour of flight. Professor DiCaprio’s response:

“There are situations within my industry where I have to get to someplace during a time frame where it’s impossible to fly commercial. ”

What is so pressing that you have to fly somewhere by a private jet, Leo, a cocktail party? A publicity appearance for one of your movies? As usual it is the little people who are expected to sacrifice for global warming, not the elites.

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Louise July 10, 2010 at 11:00 am
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Oh come on. You know very well that Hollywood types are the only ones who “have to get somewhere during a time frame where it’s impossible to fly commercial”. Give the guy a break!!

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USN-RETIRED July 10, 2010 at 11:46 am
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Glad to. Arm, leg or neck? I’m sure he already gets tax breaks.

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ocmadam July 10, 2010 at 4:25 pm
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commercial jets fly faster than private jetx

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KimmyQueen July 12, 2010 at 1:16 pm
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And that Tony is what pisses me off. It is ALL good for Leo to take a jet for those appearances, but it is not okay for anyone else to do it, because NO ONE else travel plans are as important as his and people in HIS industry. Pathetic.

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RockingHorseGuy July 29, 2010 at 2:37 am
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I really can’t think of anything that a Hollywood celebrity could do that I would actually consider to be important.

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DJ July 29, 2010 at 8:09 am
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Ditto.

I’m sure there are others, but the one that comes to mind that deserves kudos is Gary Sinise and the work he does for the troops in Iraq & Afghanistan and his charity for Iraqi children. That and the celebs that entertain the troops with the USO.

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Buck O'Fama July 10, 2010 at 8:22 am
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You guys are just pathetic. Al only moved to California to keep an eye on Obama… you know, to make sure he keeps that promise about lowering the oceans. That, and because it’s hard to find a masseuse who won’t press charges in Tennessee. Ooops, strike that last one….

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Hugh K July 10, 2010 at 8:30 am
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I didn’t know Montecino allowed sex-poodles on the beach. That’s going to require one giant pooper scooper.

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tracycolorado July 10, 2010 at 2:55 pm
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Big al gore is as happy as a pig in slop , with his new dig having eight bathrooms . He’s going to put them to good use , with all that crap this clown produces

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Al July 11, 2010 at 8:46 am
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This is hilarious! Gore’s hypocrisy would be remarkable, if I hadn’t seen it out of his associates before, but I have to say it’s really even funnier to see a man THIS STUPID thinking the American public (majority) is DUMBER THAN HE IS!

While (some) part of it might be, not all of us are, Mr. Gore… Enjoy your homes underwater, okay? That, and enjoy the hypocrisy you keep spitting at everyone.

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CurtisHx July 11, 2010 at 7:31 pm
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When’s that massive earthquake supposed to hit California again? (Sorry IHM. Maybe you should move into the Midwest?)

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KimmyQueen July 12, 2010 at 1:18 pm
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I don’t believe in Karma, but I do believe in justice and if I were Al’s neighbors I would thinking about moving out of the vicinity.

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Corrinne N July 19, 2010 at 9:54 am
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Wit Al’s luck, it won’t be an earthquake, it will be a glacier.

Heck even the Bilderbergers are now talking global cooling. The CAGW scientists acknowledge the solar energy has dropped 9% since the end of the last Ice Age and we are in the same solar energy conditions that started the last Ice Age.

HMMMmmm, do you think all this “de-development” by Obama’s Science Czar and the UN Agenda 21/Global Governance stuff is to make sure the unwashed masses can not survive the coming ice age?

Is it to make sure we no longer have the transport (or the weapons) to get to sunnier climes?

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KimmyQueen July 12, 2010 at 1:20 pm
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Hopefully you guys place a link to where you are posting some of these angry emails. At the time of the purchase they were still legally married and together so that wasn’t incorrect. The ad is brilliant and very ballsy and I congratulate you.

It is okay for liberals to cry hypocrisy but when one does it to them, they don’t like it. Typical.

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James (Australia) July 15, 2010 at 9:59 am
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That mansion sure is one big carbon liner. It should be re-named the Titanic. Hope it strikes an iceberg when it floats out to sea.

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