In quotes: Nobel peace prize reaction

The Guardian ^ | 12th October 2007 | Guardian newspaper

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*ouch* Ain’t that the truth!

[UnChained]

I was struck by this statement:

“The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has today made it clear that combating climate change is a central peace and security policy for the 21st Century.”

We are now combating climate change. The climate has changed drastically in the past without significant human input but now we are going to put an and to all that change. The way things are is the way we are going to keep it from now on because the current climate is as good as good can be.

[Lijahsbubbe]

And it highlights the fact that Algore is the Flim Flam Man.

[2111USMC]

I was a little suspicious. However, we didn’t even give her a chance to confirm one way or another.

Wonder if she had a previous FR account that someone recognized.

[prophetic]

And so again the esteemed Nobel Prize Institute give a boob prize for Science Fiction!!

[PerConPat]

Maybe I'm ignorant, but I don't see that it has a whole lot to do with peace.

Not at all...you are right on the point. Actually, I can't see how the Nobel Peace Prize has anything to do with peace in any context. It's become nothing more than a self-congratulatory exercise for the Left.

[Delta 21]

[ChildOfThe60s]

Surely anything that highlights this issue is a good thing?

I am not being sarcastic when I say this. Anything that highlights the utter lunacy of these people, and this incident does just that, is a good thing.

So yes, this is a good thing, but not for what you are thinking.

[13Sisters76]

Gore and the IPCC receiving this prize drives the final nail in the coffin of the Nobel’s credibility.

[tarheelswamprat]

TARHEELSWAMPRAT: Endangered denizen of the allegedly threatened Carolina swamps... err... wetlands...

“I am happy that Al Gore has won this prize, since his share should just about cover the cost of electricity for his Tennessee mansion for one year.”

[Admin Moderator]

This was going to be her next comment but the kitties got to this retread first.

if you’re all so sure of your “facts”, explain why I will surely get blocked before I have a chance to debate the issue? Your moderator appears to be terrified of anyone challenging the warming-denial consensus on here. Why is that? Why can’t we have a proper discussion?

Tagline: time to wise up?

[ChildOfThe60s]

It must be a little deflating to a junk scientist that hundreds of junk scientists were passed over for the award, while Al Gore got it for doing a Power Point show about junk science.

It's not the message, it's the medium.

[richardtavor]

Gore’s efforts are a Ponzi scheme to sell carbon credits..(of which he owns many shares of the sellers.) Why in the world would you buy this guy’s stuff when he fly’s around in a personal jet, uses more electricity than most small cities (in other words, he is an energy hog, and pays himself back through his own companies.) Most of what he says is absolute junk science. Having been a Geologist who has studied climate change for over 30 years, climate change is no new phenomena attached to man’s activities. In fact, there have been 4 global warmings and 4 global coolings in the last 11000 years-long before man affected the earth. My suggestion to Pope Gore is that he take a freshman Geology course. It might all make sense to him then (but there again, he has too big of financial stake in it to care.) If you want to study the science of it, fluctuations in the energy dispersal of the sun is the major cause of Global Warming...that’s why it has occured for the last 4.6 billion years. Are we so narcissistic to think that we can actually control nature by taxation? Come on!

[CitizenUSA]

tessalu wrote: “If the world gets too much water, just move to higher ground.”

Stop with the common sense solutions!

IF the seas rise a couple feet over the next hundred years or so, it does seem the most obvious solution would be to move to higher ground.

[CitizenUSA]

“The Nobel prize will go a long way in legitimizing Al Gore’s crass agenda of making billions of dollars through his fear mongering of chicken-little citizens who swallow his unscientific bullshit”.-Clink

BRAVO! I like your quote best!

[DocRock]

[ErnBatavia]

Great bust!

[A message]

I am interested in the reactions of American citizens, speaking as a concerned British citizen.

I suggest investing in all companies offering carbon indulgences. Profits should continue to increase as hypocrites around the world seek forgiveness from their carbon sins.

[ErnBatavia]

This was going to be her next comment but the kitties got to this retread first.

I'm beyond impressed...to the point that I've just pulled my billfold out and am going to seek out that dastardly FReepathon thread and do my duty...

[2111USMC]

Ah! A “retread”!