To the editor:

The next time some liberal gets in my face about how all Republicans are greedy and only interested in lining their pockets through pro-business, anti-regulation policies, and how altruistic and benevolent the Democrats are, I'm going to point to their pantheon of planet-saving heroes and their investment portfolios.

So far, the greenest part of the Green movement is the money to be made through government regulations dictating energy policy to businesses and private citizens, and subsidizing products that are not viable in a free market economy (ethanol) and yield less energy than they consume in their production processes.

Captain Planet, a/k/a Al Gore, is making tons of money off his "compassion" for humanity's future. Gore understands that the best, least risky investments are the ones fueled by the double-guarantee of government mandate and government subsidy.

His personal net wealth has ballooned from less than two million dollars after his failed presidential bid to, as the NY Times puts it, him being "poised to become the world's first "carbon billionaire," profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in. Gore stands to make enormous profits from cap and trade legislation, through his position in the world's leading carbon credit trading market.

While Gore is not in a position to make public policy, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other leading Democrats are. This clear conflict of interest hasn't kept any of them from holding positions from which they can either influence or compel climate change (whatever happened to "global warming?") legislation that directly benefits their portfolios.

For those leaning in from the left wing, the difference between Republican greed and Democrat greed is that Republicans rely on the free market to generate profits, while Democrats use the force of government to compel others (us) to enrich themselves.

That's the kind of difference that caused this nation to shed blood and risk everything a couple hundred years ago.

Nathan Clark

Derry, N.H.