[whmatthews]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/w ... 603982.ece

October 7, 2007
Al Gore tipped to win Nobel
Sarah Baxter

THE environmental campaigner Al Gore is being tipped as a favourite to win the Nobel peace prize in Oslo this Friday in a controversial move that could place saving the planet above saving people from war and conflict.

Gore, a former American vice-president and failed presidential candidate, has reinvented himself as the “Goracle” with a rock star following after presenting last year’s Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, about the dangers of climate change.

He was nominated for the Nobel prize jointly with Sheila Watt-Cloutier, a Canadian Inuit activist who has campaigned about the effect of climate change on Arctic peoples.

“A prerequisite for winning the Nobel peace prize is making a difference and Al Gore has made a difference,” said Boerge Brende, a former Norwegian environment minister who nominated Gore and Watt-Cloutier.

I'm gonna hurl.

[thepostman]

so claiming theories as solid fact gets you a noble prize....awesome

[whmatthews]

So my theory that turd flavored yogurt may cure aids may actually turn out to be worth something.

[whmatthews]

I'm so happy my 800th post came out with the word "turd" in it.

[scuzdriver]

[somethingbrewing]

Al Gore is my hero...you know if it wasn't for him we wouldn't know that the world is dying slowly...where the heck would we be without his wisdom??????

[kel varson]

My carbon footprint is bigger than yours.

[Knucklehead]

Al Gore is kind of like Scorcho's Drunken Unicorn Reference from another thread!

[mrmacphisto]

Al Gore wins the Nobel. Discuss!

[Rocketfan]

Al Gore wins the Nobel. Discuss!

I wonder if this can be part of his prize? -

[LUconn]

it's funny, I was thinking this award is of no concern to me, but I don't see how he's promoted peace in any way. And then drudge posts this :"Czech Prez: 'Relationship between Gore's activities, world peace unclear'... "

[RagingTireFire]

The Nobel is like a Grammy or an Oscar at this point; they'll give it to anyone.

[ALUmnus]

Yeah, I don't see how this award has any shred of credibility left, after the recent slate of "winners". There are so many truly qualified candidates, yet they have to make mr. fantastic-like stretches to annoint their political favorite to the award, somehow giving their boy some credibility.

"global warming in the future might lead to all kinds of things which might lead to bad feelings which might lead to even furthur in the future wars and fighting, so thank goodness we had al gore and his snake oil to save us from blowing ourselves up, at some point in the unknown future"

This is their logic for awarding him the prize. Supposedly he's giving the prize money to some global warming organization, I wonder if he has any stake in this one.

[kel varson]

He's in good company with Yasir Arafat and Jimmy Carter. I am kind of curious what most flamefans think about Global Warming in general, but I may need to start another thread about that.