
Yep. 100 mph in a Prius. Oh, and he was allegedly stoned with a Hunter S. Thompson-esq bounty of prescription drugs in the car, including Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall. Which sounds like one hell of a weekend in Vegas to us. Turns out that Al Gore the Third was arrested a few years back for...driving while stoned. Honestly, we're libertarian when it comes to drugs (legalize everything) and you can probably guess how we feel about speeding (go Speed Racer, go!). We even like and respect Oscar winner Al Gore quite a bit and hope he tosses his hat in the 2008 ring. But we'll never forgive that rotten wife of his, Tipper, for all that censoring, PMRC bullshit she and Dan Quayle pulled in the 80s. That's right, just like an elephant over here.
Al Gore's son arrested for drug possession [msnbc.com]
Jello Biafra Interview About Tipper [ROC]
Related:
Global Warming Ditty Raises Awareness, Shatters Glass; A More Convenient Truth: Al Gore Trades In Toyota For A Ford Hybrid [Internal]










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Stick it in, pull it out, twist it.
Spread your information,
Tipper Gore.
Mount the situation,
Tipper Gore.
Penetrate these problems long and hard.
Yeah strain strain strain.
Strain strain strain.
We stand behind you,
Tipper Gore.
Uncovering and probing,
mrs.Gore.
Getting to the bottom of it all.
Strain strain strain.
Strain strain strain.
You're a master of perversity,
no one knows.
Obscenity like you.
You've got your finger right on it.
Whatever happened to Alice Donut?
@Marcas: I just got their new one (pretty good) and my band is working up a cover of "Running Arms in the Philippines" off of "Three Sisters."
Wow
Thought they dissolved ages ago..On their site now, checking the new stuff.. Thanks for the up :-)
@Marcas: They did, in 1995. But, thankfully, they saw the light and got back together.
"Three Sisters" is the bomb.
hook. in. mouth.
/megadeth
Dee Snider made him do it.
Personally, I'd lay this at the feet of Blackie Lawless.
Boys.
Rob Halford.
Case closed.
Bonus:
[www.worth1000.com]
"An inconvenient child" is a great tag line, whoever thought that one up.
The irony. Speeding, in a Prius, dirtying the atmosphere, doing drugs because Judas Priest and Venom told him. Kids nowadays.
Awesome X over Tipper's freedom-hating face. Bee-otch.
Too bad my turntable isn't working, or else I'd have "The Mothers of Prevention" starring Tipper Gore (co-starring her hubby & other clueless Senators-at-that-time) cranked...that's something that Frank Zappa produced back when Tipper was doing her PMRC shit instead of parenting.
@squablow: A mystery for the ages...
@scotte: My turntable is nutsed up, too.
However, Zappa is king.
[downlode.org]
@jonnylieberman:
Did you ever get to see FZ perform live? I did, but once...his show combined brilliant musicianship, social commentary that did not suffer fools lightly, no matter who they were or where they were...and it even included an audience sing-along (he had our section of the crowd singing the old Hendrix song "Hey Joe").
Let's see how Little Lyin' Al explains this one. It was either: A. a Global Warming Survival Kit or B. a vast right wing conspiracy. And FYI, Tipper knows more about rock and roll than anyone!
Hunter Thompson would have laughed at Vicodin and Xanax. You need an Oxycontin/retsina cocktail for serious Prius hoonage.
Wait... let me get this straight. He's the associate publisher of a magazine about philanthropy aimed at young people?
What a jackass.
@MurileeMartin: HST was old school, Dilaudid was probably more up his alley.
@smokeydog001:
Yeah, because I always find it is really important to hear from the parents of an adult who has gotten into trouble on their own volition.
@jonnylieberman: Well written!
Btw, while MPG challenging a Prius in my tuned G20 DD, I found out that the max speed for a Prius is about 109 MPH. Gore has to have the pedal to the metal... :)
100 mph? impressive. I finally got up the chutzpah this weekend to push my cafe bike past the tonne. For a 30 year old machine, she handles the speed pretty well. Now, onto a drag race with Albert the third.
@danio3834:
Dee Snider is a pillar of the community. He is one of Philly's favorite residents.
Let's blame this on Rush Limbaugh.
@cgarison: Well, Rush has been dealing those pills on the side ever since the judge sent him to rehab. I mean, somebody has to use that bag full of viagra.
Now, let's just hope Rush isn't his divorce lawyer.
BTW, I pushed the ton in a 95 Cutlass. Did you know they skip over pavement like a flat rock over water?
That was my first flight. The landing happened, but was rather long.
I managed to get my parent's 4 cylinder outback up to 115 before I lost sight of the hare (fart-canned protege) heading towards Ellensburg on the I-90. Of course, As I'm passing some boat-hauling redneck rig at about 85 there's the hare pulled over getting a talking to from smokey. Hilariously, the timing belt tensioner broke on the return trip, and I got a tow from from a guy who had hand embroidered roses on his shirt and no teeth. His name is bob, but we called him milkshake.
P.S. This is as much news as Paris Hilton getting into/out of jail. Headline A+ though.
@cgarison:
Dee = good guy.
But you know Tipper doesnt see it that way.
At Least He Wasn't Driving an '88 Chevy One Ton Duelly Diesel Pick Em Up Truck....
Clearly emissions are the REAL safety hazard, not outta control drivers...
@MurileeMartin:
One word:
adrenochrome
Lil' Al should give a slideshow on prescription drugs. It'll be a hit even though we all know he's a lightweight on the subject.
I'm shocked and appalled.
Who knew a Prius could hit 100 mph?
Some rich kid's gotta pick up the slack now that Paris has decided she's going to be a grownup. Yo go, Al 3. I hope he noted on his Instant Economy display how many MPG the Prius was putting in at fly, 'cause I'm really curious now.
Anyone here with a Prius want to go test it out on the highway and report back here?
@I-heart-Rien: If you spent 10 seconds on Google you'd discover that the top speed of a Prius is "around 100" or 105, depending on which web site you visited in the first 60 seconds of surfing.
Clearly, Al Gore III has major medical problems. But he needs to spend some time in jail and then go into rehab - AGAIN.
@lascauxcaveman:
I'll be back home this weekend so can check it out on my mom's Prius. Consider it done.
I bet this was all the work of manbearpig.
Why won't they take me serial???
God, the only way I would attempt 100 in a Prius is I were stoned as well. More power to him.
@racerx: Can low-rolling-resistance tires corner worth a damn? I hope you find a straightaway to do your top speed testing.
Rock on Al Gore III! Rock on...
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