A short while ago, Sir Oolius received a fundraising email from the Competitive Enterprise Institute asking for donations to help them with their new raison d’etre: yelling “FU, Al Gore!” as loudly and as often as possible. The fruits of this effort are now upon us in the form of a national ad whining campaign:

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Since it’s Friday, here’s another gem that’s too bad even for the CWI to attempt to air nationally:

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