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I am sure most of you have heard it by now.

Al Gore has gotten the Nobel Peace Prize because of his work informing the world about global warming.

I have no respect for the Peace Prize ever since Yasser Arafat was awarded it.
On the other hand, the prizes for the sciences are pretty good. A scientist right from the University of Utah (my Alma Mater) just got the Nobel Prize in Medicine. biggrin

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The new religion of environmentalism! All hail! You think I'm joking? One commentater actually referred to Al Gore as a prophet warning the earth about the impending doom.

Who needs a real prophet when the pinheads have crowned Al Gore?

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I can't believe he never got anything for inventing The Internets.

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Pt314 wrote:
I have no respect for the Peace Prize ever since Yasser Arafat was awarded it.
Ditto, and there's not really anything else to say.  Other than teach my kids not to automatically have any respect for someone just because they found favor with the socialists on the Nobel peace prize committee.

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Oh, well, nothing else to say, besides links to reasons to laugh at Al Gore:

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=c47c1209-233b-412c-b6d1-5c755457a8af



-- Edited by LoudmouthMormon at 09:08, 2007-10-12

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I'm sorry, but I don't think Al Gore is the only one who has been trying to warn the world about Global Warming. I think some people are trying to give him a token prize to make up for the fact that he wasn't elected president. But that's just my opinion.

-- Edited by Poncho29 at 09:12, 2007-10-12

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That article pt314 linked to about the doctor at the U who won the prize in medicine was neat. Amazing his mom survived the concentration camps and came found him after the war! I'm glad he won.

And I thoroughly agree with Poncho's comment. Al Gore is hardly the only one talking about global warming. Sheesh. You shouldn't get a Nobel prize for being the commentator in a documentary. He hasn't contributed any science to the issue, or even any original analysis. That's like giving a Nobel prize for literature to a book's publisher instead of the author.

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Several of the claims that Al Gore makes are completely bogus. But the frenzy over the new religion tollerates no heretics.

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Today in one of my physics classes, the professor made a comment something the effect of: You know Al Gore one the Nobel Peace prize for global warming? Well, global warming isn't based on any real physics, so they couldn't give him that Nobel prize. It isn't based on any real chemistry, so they couldn't give him that Nobel prize. Come to think of it, it's not really based on any real science!

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I hear that the Supreme Court is considering taking it away and giving it to George Bush. wink.gif

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Congrats to Algore. He's won and Emmy, and Academy Award and a Nobel Peace Prize all this year! ;)

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WOW! What's he going to go for next??? What else is there?
Well, I guess there's the grammy and the tony awards...
Actually I think he may have a shot at the tony. laughing.gif

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Nobel Peace Prize is and always has been a crock...

According to Alfred Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses"

It was set up to ease the conscience of the man who invented dynamite and other materials that were used in and as munitions...

Anyway, here is the "reasoning" for giving it to the Evil Algore...

"for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change"

Pray tell, how does that fit? Hmmm... maybe in that the nomination committee figured Gore needed some more dough to buy carbon credits to offset the power consumption for his tours and megahomes or he would get mad and cause armies to engage in armed conflict?

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My sister lives in Sweden.

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The only prize I truly care about is the one that "all" my kids went together on and gave me last Mother's Day... I was a trophy that was supposed to look like one of those cool ones like a Emmy, Oscar, or Golden Globe... whatever... they called it a "Grammi" and the inscription said:

Best Mommi/Grammi
(forever, but especially 2007)
BTW: you did NOT do everything wrong

I am very proud! rofl.gif MY KIDS ARE SO GREAT!!! And in my warped brain my award makes me sooooo much better than anyone that only got a Nobel Prize....

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Some other alternatives, who I think more worthy:

Not Nobel Winners



Excerpts:

Colombian President Ŕlvaro Uribe, who has fought tirelessly to end the violence wrought by left-wing terrorists and drug lords in his country.

The people of Iraq, who bravely work to rebuild and reunite their country amid constant threats to themselves and their families from terrorists who deliberately target civilians.

Reverend Phillip Buck; Pastor Chun Ki Won and his organization, Durihana; Tim Peters and his Helping Hands Korea; and Liberty in North Korea, who help North Korean refugees escape to safety in free nations.

Read the whole thing.

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In my singles ward before my mission, I wan the Golden Spoon award for best Family Home Evening video. Maybe I should see about putting it in the super secret vault. It involves my scooter, yellow goggles, a pink motorcycle helmet, a yo yo, dance dance revolution, and a superhero speedo...how could we not win the Golden Spoon!

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This was a funny article on this topic.  Funny because it is true.

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