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In an effort to draw attention to their cause, a group calling themselves “Americans for Prosperity” is flying a giant six-story balloon over Al Gore’s house in Tennessee. Apparently, they’re really angry about all the “fear” global warming is causing and believe there are a whole bunch of policies up and coming that are not in America’s best interests. So, in an effort to warn us all, they’re flying hot air balloons all over the place as part of their “Hot Air Tour”. 

Anyways, Al Gore’s camp was pretty sure that flying a hot air balloon over his neighborhood publicizing some sort of message was against local ordinances. We think the balloon probably says something like “Al Gore is a jerk!” or “Al Gore will eat your children!”. Sure enough, the group lost their permit and Nashville police said they would “physically restrain members of the crew if they attempted to launch the balloon in a public park.” This is getting good.

As of 3pm EST, Gore was bracing for a hot air attack about a mile and half from the previous locale — on private property. We have no idea if success was theirs and/or if Al Gore shook his fists as the balloon flew over.

One thing is for sure: this is the funniest thing we’ve heard all day.