His Invesco gig has got to be the ultimate in product placement.

Actual paying sponsors of the Democratic confab could only dream of such returns. Microsoft could speak on the pending catastrophes that would result from switching to Mac, GM on the horrors of Fords, United on the wretched service provided by Northwest, and so on.

Wait a minute. . . Gore, GM, United, Microsoft, AT&T, RIM, DishTV, LG, and Panasonic? What do these things have in common?

Riiight. They all require lots and lots of fossil fuels.