The big news of the day (besides NB's Noel Sheppard appearing on the Dennis Miller radio show) so far has been the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to top warm-monger Al Gore for his work trying to profit from warn us all about the dangers of man-made global warming.
My colleague over at CNS, Randy Hall, talked to some more qualified people, however, who think Gore is more of a propagandist than a peacemaker:
Update 12:33. Related: Canada's prime minister is set to give a major speech attacking the Kyoto Protocol treaty.Timothy Ball, a retired climatologist who leads the National Resources Stewardship Project, told Cybercast News Service he agrees that "An Inconvenient Truth" is a "wonderful piece of propaganda, but that's all it is."
Calling the film's scientific errors "huge," Ball said that the movie "would fail as a grade 10 science project," because it depends on "visual imagery and gimmickry" to make its point.Story Continues Below Ad ↓
Ball also said it's a "travesty" that Gore is being considered for such a prize since "you can spin the lies but you can't spin the truth. I hope that one day soon, we'll be able to have a calm and rational debate about climate change."
The fact that the former vice president has refused to debate skeptics of manmade global warming was also on the mind of Patrick Michaels, a senior fellow with the libertarian Cato Institute, who issued a statement that called Gore's candidacy for the Nobel Peace Price "a tribute to persistence."
"For 20 years, he has not changed his story: climate change is the most important issue confronting our planet, it should be the 'central organizing principle' for civilization, and it is caused by a conspiracy of a few greedy individuals," Michaels said. "He's like the proverbial nut that grew into a giant oak by standing his ground."
"We can only hope that he can parlay his prize into a run for the U.S. presidency, where he will be unable to hide from debate on his extreme and one-sided view of global warming," he added.
Michaels wasn't the only person wondering if winning a Nobel Prize might cause Gore - who was vice president during Bill Clinton's two terms in the White House and who narrowly lost the 2000 presidential race to Republican George W. Bush - to jump into the field of Democratic candidates for 2008.
—Matthew Sheffield is the creator of NewsBusters and its Executive Editor.
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Peace Prize
October 12, 2007 - 10:31 ET by allanfDoes this award have any meaning? Here are some recipients.
I'm just glad Gore didn't also receive the prize inChemistry and Physics for his "Global Warming" work.
Does this award have any
October 12, 2007 - 11:44 ET by NewsbusterbrownDoes this award have any meaning?
No.
well here
October 12, 2007 - 15:03 ET by TruthMongerwell here goes:
Congratulations fomer-Vice President Gore! Another great American recently achieves the Nobel Peace Prize! Our nation is proud of you and your service to our country and the world! We wish you continued success regarding the cause for world peace!
A service of the new NB respect police
TM... You been skipping
October 12, 2007 - 15:10 ET by Clear thinkerTM...
You been skipping your meds lately?
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Opposite Day
October 12, 2007 - 15:12 ET by Free StinkerI think today is "Opposite Day"
. . . and no matter how horrific the terrorist attack, it's conducted by losers. Winners don't need to hijack airplanes. Winners have an Air Force. --P.J. O'Rourke
Deep
October 12, 2007 - 10:44 ET by BigBNooooo...say it ain't so....Propaganda?!?!?
Here's an eye opener....Could you really imagine what it would be like if Al had won?? The Horror....the....horror....
Some bright spots would be that we would have never been subjected to his Global Warming Keep Al Relevant Crusade and we could probably be 'enjoying' a bi-monthly 9/11.
And another thing....I read that the dip$hits that gave this blathering fool his Oscars now want them all back??? Why isn't this FRONT PAGE NEWS??? I think the Nobel Prize did a Milli Vanilli when they gave one to the collosal embarassment that is Jimmy Carter....
Do you get a cash prize with the Nobel??? Hope so, and I hope it's big and then maybe Al's greed can finally be sated and he can STFU!!!
Now, this might sting just a little bit.....
Bright Spot?
October 12, 2007 - 10:50 ET by JimboIf Al Gore had become President, the only “bright spot” would be the mushroom cloud over the financial district of Manhattan.
Jimbo says - "There is a fine line between freedom of speech and treason"
Where did you read that?
October 13, 2007 - 00:28 ET by cleverpigWhere did you read that?
Actions?
October 12, 2007 - 10:47 ET by mattmWhen Algore was veep, what did he do? What did his bosses BJ and Hellfry do?
Nothing.
Well, nothing except demagogue the environment....
Well, he did use White
October 12, 2007 - 11:00 ET by kathleenirishWell, he did use White House phones to solicit money for the DNC from RED CHINA!
The narcissism of the Left is breathtaking today!
Let's come up with our own award akin to the Nobel Prize: What would you call them and who would you give them to?
The Neville Chamberlain 'Peace In Our Time' Award goes to:
Jimmy Carter! Appeaser Extraordiare!
With a Bonus, Special Award for Economics: In Recognition of the Invention of the Term, 'Stagflation' During his Disaster of a Presidency!!!
Anyone who says they support the troops but not the mission is a liar.
Kath... I suggest a
October 12, 2007 - 11:11 ET by Clear thinkerKath...
I suggest a Ronald Reagan Peace award. He's the only presdient in history to get the Soviet Union to back down. He alone kept the world from a devastating nuke meltdown.
Long live Ron!!!
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CT, in all fairness, JFK
October 12, 2007 - 11:47 ET by bassndudeCT, in all fairness, JFK backed the USSR down over Cuba. Reagan just destroyed the USSR. I agree that Reagans distruction of the soviets was the greater victory, but JFK did back them down.
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bass... I get your point,
October 12, 2007 - 11:50 ET by Clear thinkerbass...
I get your point, but who in their right mind would fight over a piss-ant country like Cuba?
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Not without major
October 12, 2007 - 13:10 ET by kathleenirishNot without major concessions of our own...like no missiles in Turkey...but I don't know much about that stuff.
Anyone who says they support the troops but not the mission is a liar.
He helped engineer the
October 12, 2007 - 22:50 ET by scamoramaHe helped engineer the largest ever sale of US assets when he got the Navy's Strategic Petroleum Reserve into the hands of Occidental Petroleum.
And when the indians
October 13, 2007 - 06:09 ET by danboAnd when the indians protested this sale of the Elk Hill reserves, by marching on his campagne headquarters. What did this man of the people do. He had their butts tossed in jail.
Al Gore. the other oil man.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
"...to jump into the
October 12, 2007 - 10:51 ET by Chris Norman"...to jump into the field of Democratic candidates for 2008."
Maybe he can be persuaded to run in Norway, where he has a proven track record...
Or maybe he can be pursuaded
October 12, 2007 - 10:51 ET by JimboOr maybe he can be pursuaded to just run away...
Jimbo says - "There is a fine line between freedom of speech and treason"
Nothing will persuade Gore
October 12, 2007 - 11:02 ET by Chris NormanNothing will persuade Gore to run away. Like all the other Democratic ex-high office holder narcissists, he is addicted to the limelight and media adoration.
the most sanctimonious lardbutt Yank on the planet
October 12, 2007 - 10:53 ET by Gat New YorkThis is the best comment I’ve read on Gore’s so-called Nobel Peace Prize:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main...
Oh the irony! Liberals claim that discussion leads to peace
October 12, 2007 - 10:54 ET by Dee Bunkand here is Gore (and the rest of them) saying no one has the right to discuss it, especially with him and he wins the Peace prize.
I suppose if they just shut off discussion on everything then all controversy will go away. Just tell Bin Laden and Imajihad that it's not political and they'll fall right in line.
Conservative & Nobel Peace Prize
October 12, 2007 - 10:56 ET by ghost of Mary Jo KopechneIf a conservative really achieved peace in the middle east or world peace, what are the odds he/she would win the Nobel Peace Prize? Right... None.
Support Our Troops. God bless the military.
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Gore's house uses 20X the energy of the average household
October 12, 2007 - 11:50 ET by NBFIs there a Nobel Prize for Hypocrisy? If so, Algore the energy hog should definitely win.
He can take a private jet across the ocean to pick it up.
First Jimmy Carter gets a
October 12, 2007 - 12:01 ET by Airforce_5_OFirst Jimmy Carter gets a Peace Prize. Now Al Gore gets one. I had no idea you could order these things at Wal-Mart. What will they think of next?
The only thing you should feel when shooting insurgents is the rifle recoil.
Af.... I'm sure Bill
October 12, 2007 - 12:05 ET by bigtimerAf....
I'm sure Bill Clintoon will be next in line for the big booby prize...and get it.
BT, dont you mean "big
October 12, 2007 - 12:06 ET by bassndudeBT, dont you mean "big booty"?
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Lol bass... I had a
October 12, 2007 - 12:09 ET by bigtimerLol bass...
I had a feelin' there would be remarks with the post and the word..after I posted it.
"What will they think of next?"
October 12, 2007 - 12:05 ET by bassndudeNext year I hear they are thinking of Hitler or Stalin for the Peace Prize. Hitler for shooting himself or Stalin for keeping all those people behind that Iron Curtain. Kept the peace, he did.
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He's a Priest of Horus
October 12, 2007 - 12:17 ET by mattmAlgore is acting just like the ancient Egyptian Priests who subdued the people by instilling in them an irrational fear of crop failures, natural disasters and other misfortunes, as a consequence for disobedience.
Gore Propaganda
October 12, 2007 - 16:07 ET by David NathanielThe cynicism towards any of these awards has never been higher since the MSM and entertainment "New Establishment" is so open about making political statements with their selections.
When it comes to the Nobel Peace Prize, Academy awards, Grammy's; they need a secret code to let winner's know when they really earned on the merit of their work vs. when it is a political statement.