I’m actually going to leave my opinion of global warming out of this. Al Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. I think it’s pathetic and here’s why.
According to Alfred Nobel’s will, which established the five Nobel prizes, 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”. The prize committee determined that Al and the IPCC were worthy of this due to “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”
Now unless one is going to make the argument that Gore and the IPCC worked for fraternity between the nations by getting out their version of global warming, this is a complete joke. Talk about climate change has nothing to do with establishing peace. Making a slideshow presentation didn’t abolish or reduce a standing army, nor hold or promote a peace congress. So, why has this prize been awarded to Gore and the IPCC?
The world has gone crazy.
Jay Tea and Kim are talking about this over at Wizbang!.
Glenn thinks he’s fitting.
PJM is talking about it too.
PowerLine says the Peace Prize has been off the rails for 20 years.
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