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| Al Gore and the Nobel Peace Prize |
| 2007-10-10 |
| Ian Murray, "The Corner," National Review As for the impending laurel wreath, am I the only one who finds it depressing that, while past laureates like Mother Teresa and Albert Schweizer spent decades working with the poor in terrible conditions, Gore wins for making a movie? Moreover, a movie of himself giving a lecture? Moreover, a movie whose upshot is that the poor in Calcutta and West Africa should be denied access to the energy that can lift them out of poverty? Given the universal praise the man gets, perhaps I am. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #12 REUTERS > GLOBAL WARMING & NYC > KILLER HEAT WAVE MAY KILL HUNDREDS IN NYC REGION BY 2050; + GLOBAL WARMING MAY MAKE HUMIDITY WORSE. On a foggy, can't-barely-see future day on Guam, a Madoona Fan sees strange sights and explosions in the sky. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-10-10 23:57 |
| #11 He's as worthy of the Nobel prize as it's namesake. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-10-10 23:21 |
| #10 So what. If the Nobel had any significance in the modern era, that was totally lost when they gave it to Jimmuh. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-10-10 21:43 |
| #9 Considering who's been winning this crap prize recently he fits right in. |
| Posted by: jds 2007-10-10 21:01 |
| #8 You guys misspelled it. It should be spelled like it is pronounced: PISS prize. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-10-10 19:57 |
| #7 As a moral and intellectual lightweight, Gore in no way deserves such an award. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-10 18:58 |
| #6 A British judge just announced that the government must include explanatory information with disseminated copies of Mr. Gore's film, because to do less would be propaganda. (Sorry, no link, but Drudge links to the article) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-10 18:51 |
| #5 What, there is a Nobel prize for lying now? Let's call it dissembling. That at least sounds noble. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-10-10 17:09 |
| #4 Think about it - it could have gone to Michael Moore or Ramsey Clark or Hugo Chavez - no one that a Rantburger would respect is ever going to win the Peace Prize. I could care less - it means nothing to me and I doubt very seriously it will cause any more B.S. from the left and the elitist internationalists then currently being communicated. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-10-10 16:54 |
| #3 Give the man his prise. Why, he not only invented the internet but discovered global warming... |
| Posted by: CB 2007-10-10 16:37 |
| #2 Not much of an honor to be in the company of recent recipients. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-10 14:21 |
| #1 Gore doesn't have the body count I usually associate with the Peace Prize (e.g. Arafat, Mandela). But if his policies are enacted then that will certainly change. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2007-10-10 14:03 |