Posted on 09/04/2010 10:45:42 AM PDT by Starman417
Gore and Pachauri receive their Nobel prizes for their contributions to the Hoax of Global Warming in 2007. The Nobel Prize is named for the man who invented dynamite; unfortunately for recipients, the prize has the bizarre habit of often blowing up in the faces of those who claim their award, OBama, Gore, and Pachauri are the most recent examples of those who suffer a reversal of fortune after being awarded the Nobel.
Al Gore's contempt for those who questioned the Global Warming Hoax echoes the story of Apelles and the Cobbler. Appelles was the Greek portrait artist for Alexander the Great, so great was his talent that Alexander forbade anyone else to draw or paint his portrait.
Alexander commissioned Apelles to paint Campaspe, one of his many mistresses. Apelles fell in love with the woman and Alexander allowed him to marry her. Thus his relationship with Alexander can be considered fairly close.
Apelles was preoccupied with accuracy and once consulted a cobbler for his opinion of a pair of shoes in a drawing and the cobbler found a mistake in the eyelet of the shoes. He studied the drawing a little longer and found fault with the legs.
Apelles became incensed and replied, "ne sutor ultra crepidam", a modern translation would be that a cobbler should stick to his shoes or last. The epitaph has since evolved into the contemptuous phrase, "The critic should never go beyond the sphere of his knowledge," or risk being called a ultracrepidarian.
Of course Apelles was a gifted artist and Al Gore has been living a charade or a "through the looking glass" existence as a self-proclaimed Climate Expert. Like Obama, he has no documentation for the title or his qualifications; he has also been quick to criticize those who challenge any of his false assumptions with contempt. He refuses to debate his so called scientific theory; consequently, he ends up looking like a fool.
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The Peace Prize is awarded by Norwegian Politicians. Nobel Science prizes by Swedes.
Just reaffirms how stupid many people are. And they have no idea they are that stupid and that others know it. Having said that, con-artists do not care as long as the stupid ones keep giving them money.
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