Unfriendly Climate Greets Gore At Apple Meeting 572
theodp writes "Apple's shareholder meeting this week took on a Jerry Springer vibe, with harsh comments about Al Gore, former VP and Apple board member, setting the tone. Several stockholders took turns either bashing or praising Gore's high-profile views on climate change. Apple shareholder Shelton Ehrlich urged against Gore's re-election to the board, claiming that Gore 'has become a laughingstock. The glaciers have not melted. If [the] advice he gives to Apple is as faulty as his views on the environment then he doesn't need to be re-elected.' Hey, at least he moved a few copies of Keynote, Shelton. Shareholders introduced proposals regarding Apple's environmental impact — one asking Apple to commit publicly to greenhouse gas reduction goals and to publish a formal sustainability report; another proposing that Apple's board establish a sustainability committee. These proposals were rejected by shareholders. However, preliminary voting results indicated that Gore was re-elected to Apple's Board."
Clearly (Score:5, Funny)
Al Gore must melt the glaciers to retain his position on Apple's board
Re:Horsecock and sodomy (Score:2, Funny)
Sounds about as relevant as this news article.
Hey wait, there's a whale in trouble, I've gotta get out of here and save her!
Re:Horsecock and sodomy (Score:2, Funny)
Leave your mother out of this.
Flamewar imminent (Score:3, Funny)
You're practically begging the denialists to come out and play. ...oh, it's a kdawson article. Carry on, then.
Re:Fools. (Score:2, Funny)
Also, the Christian god wouldn't allow the earth to become uninhabitable.
I've known one AGW denier to use that argument.
All part of the business plan? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Flamewar imminent (Score:5, Funny)
Who cares? (Score:5, Funny)
I think Al Gore is a pretty cool guy. He saves the environment and doesn't afraid of anything.
Re:Flamewar imminent (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Flamewar imminent (Score:3, Funny)
over-estimating people on Slashdot is a hobby of mine. It occasionally wakes up the low uids.
Re:Tora! Tora! Tora! (Score:4, Funny)
And yet they'll at the same time start complaining about how they're being oppressed by moderation, even though they'll easily be dominating in the mod count. Mark my words.
It's really ridiculous. What ever happened to modding based on how reasonably a person is debating rather than whether the person matches your political ideology?
Re:All part of the business plan? (Score:3, Funny)
Apple probably figures the fundamentalists will take care of BSD, what with their mascot being a daemon and all . . .
Re:Who are the denailists? (Score:5, Funny)
it is currently a which hunt on both sides.
Well, man, don't leave me hanging! Which hunt is it?
Re:Who are the denailists? (Score:5, Funny)
Well, man, don't leave me hanging! Which hunt is it?
Why not check to see witch one floats.
Re:All part of the business plan? (Score:3, Funny)
The real news is that, according to the article, Steve Jobs is planning on using Apple's $40 billion in cash to throw a toga party!
Besides the environment, many homed in on the theme of just what Apple plans on doing with all that cash it has sitting around--approximately $40 billion in reserve, Apple reported last quarter. One shareholder asked if Apple might consider investing in electric-car maker Tesla. To that, Jobs replied he was planning on throwing "a toga party" with the money instead.
Re:Flamewar imminent (Score:2, Funny)
kdawson dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of slashdot ... shadow and flame
Re:Who are the denailists? (Score:4, Funny)
Holy shit, with that happening to my reply, I really must be!
Re:Who cares? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Flamebait (Score:3, Funny)
A good headline would be, "Half of Apple's Shareholders Are Dead Wrong But Vehemently Certain They Are Correct". ;)
Doesn't have to specify which side is which ;)
Seeing as they're probably mostly Apple users, both halves of them are.
Not the first election he's won... (Score:1, Funny)
Even though he's received the shareholder's majority vote, he's expected to lose the Apple electoral college vote.