Friday, October 12, 2007

Gore Wins!!

He gets the top honor for his climate work.  And he's picking up round after round of congratulation posts from progressive bloggers - rightfully so!


Congrats Al



Michelle Malkin’s head go ‘splodey. Norway—Former Vice President Al Gore says he’s “deeply honored” to be the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Gore—who is in the Bay Area this morning—has been named the winner of the prize for his efforts in the fight against global warming. He’s sharing the honor with the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate [...]



Notice the reference to Malkin?  Pretty accurate depiction, I'd say.  It's nasty stuff.  Be prepared.  I didn't have the stomach to dig for Part I -


Just When You Thought Al Gore's Head Couldn't Get Any Bigger, Part II



While envirozealots celebrate the Goracle’s coronation, Jim Hoft notes that University of Illinois has just reported that ice cap growth in the Antarctic is at its highest level in recorded history. And Allahpundit says: “Look on the bright side: after Arafat, Carter, and Iranian marionette Mohammed ElBaradei, the award couldn’t possibly be more degraded.” Har. [...]



More mean-spiritedness -


Al Gore Wins the Arafat Peace Prize


And here -


Goracle Shares Prize with UN



To no one’s surprise, the Nobel Committee has awarded their meaningless, politically driven Peace Prize to the Goracle, and the United Nations: [...]



And here, too -


Cheri Jacobus: Republican Idiot Of The Day



Republican shill/strategist Cheri Jacobus is on CNN claiming that the Nobel Peace Prize committee gave Al Gore the Nobel Peace Prize because... they're looking for publicity. That's right, the Nobel Institute is just all about getting their name out there [...]



Let's balance things out, just a bit, before we leave this topic -


We Loves Us Some Al Gore



I knew our Al would win the Nobel Prize. Just think — he’s won an Oscar, an Emmy, an a Nobel Prize in the same year. How cool is that? Of course, as the Talking Dog says, Notwithstanding that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences liked him enough to award him an Oscar, and [...]



UPDATE: One final note, because it's simply so jaw-dropping --


Rush Limbaugh To Challenge Gore Peace Prize Win?



This morning the Nobel Committee awarded its Peace Prize to Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The announcement stirred predictable speculation as to whether this honor would spur Gore to enter the Democratic primary for president. The announcement also stirred predictable gnashing of teeth and flapping of jaws as anti-planet [...]



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