A Rather Convenient Gore-Apple Connection

gore_apple.jpgA savvy reader, rexblog‘s Rex Hammock, points us to another fun fact about Al Gore we didn’t know:

Former Vice President Al Gore Joins Apple’s Board of Directors
CUPERTINO, California, March 19, 2003 — Apple today announced that Albert Gore Jr., the former Vice President of the United States, has joined the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Gore was elected at Apple’s board meeting today.

Sorta explains why, as we pointed out earlier, Apple was placed all over An Inconvenient Truth.

Former Vice President Al Gore Joins Apple’s Board of Directors [Apple.com]
EARLIER: The New Magazine Cover Aesthetic: Scare Us
The Greening of Al Gore

[photo courtesy of New York magazine]

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