[Vision2020] Gore Shares Nobel Peace Prize With U.N. panel

Fri Oct 12 18:55:00 PDT 2007

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> From: pkraut at moscow.com
> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:36:08 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gore Shares Nobel Peace Prize With U.N. panel
> 
> How would you be able to go on living if Wison, NSA et al left town and 
> you didn't have them to attack with anything and everything??
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> 
> > Tom et. al.
> > 
> > Oh, you mean Gore shares the prize with the IPCC, that group of "European
> > Socialists," according to New Saint Andrews librarian Ed Iverson, writing
> i> n
> > the Daily News about global warming?
> > 
> > And labeling a group of scientists working to address global warming
> > "socialists" means that Christ Church has no "political" agenda, correct?
> > As they and millions of other "evangelical" Christians engage in a 
> medieval
> > denial of the validity of the scientific method and findings related to
> > human impacts on climate change, similar in some respects to the attacks 
> on
> > the science relating to evolution?  Of course, voting for President W. 
> Bush
> > because of his born again Christian aura is not a political act either, 
> is
> > it?  Nor the arrogant spiritual superiority expressed by many evangelical
> > Christians towards those of the Muslim faith, in part connected to the US
> > hubris involved in the policy that the US could remake Iraq society via
> > military intervention?
> > 
> > 
> http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070614/27971_Southern_Baptists_Take_
> > on_Global_Warming.htm
> > 
> > SAN ANTONIOBy
> > Eric Gorski
> > AP Religion Writer
> > Thu, Jun. 14 2007 03:02 AM ET
> > 
> > , Texas (AP) - Southern Baptists approved a resolution on global
> > 
> warming<http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070614/27971_Southern_Baptis
> > ts_Take_on_Global_Warming.htm#>Wednesday
> > that questions the prevailing scientific belief that humans are
> > largely to blame for the phenomenon and also warns that increased
> regulatio> n
> > of greenhouse gases will hurt the poor.
> > -------
> > Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
> > 
> > On 10/12/07, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >  From CNN –
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gore shares Nobel Peace Prize with U.N. panel
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "An Inconvenient Truth," a 2006 documentary featuring Al Gore, won two
> > > Academy Awards this year.
> > >
> > > http://tinyurl.com/25lu9e
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > (CNN) -- Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental
> > > Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for
> thei> r
> > > work to raise awareness about global warming.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a statement, Gore said he was "deeply honored," adding that "the
> > > climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual
> > > challenge to all of humanity."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The former vice president said he would donate his half of the $1.5
> > > million prize to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a U.S. 
> organization
> > > he founded that aims to persuade people to cut emissions and reduce
> globa> l
> > > warming.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The White House offered an initial reaction to the Nobel win by 
> President
> > > Bush's 2000 opponent. "Of course, we're happy that Vice President Gore
> an> d
> > > the IPCC are receiving this recognition," said deputy press secretary
> Ton> y
> > > Fratto.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > During its announcement, the Nobel committee cited the winners "for 
> their
> > > efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made
> clim> ate
> > > change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to
> > > counteract such change."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The award ceremony will be held December 10 in Oslo, Norway.  Watch why
> > > Gore won the Nobel prize »
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In recent weeks, Gore has been the target of a campaign to persuade him
> t> o
> > > enter the 2008 presidential race.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A source involved in Gore's past political runs told CNN that he
> > > definitely has the ambition to use the peace prize as a springboard to
> ru> n
> > > for president.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > But he will not run, because he won't take on the political machine
> > > assembled by Sen. Hillary Clinton. If the senator from New York had
> falte> red
> > > at all, Gore would take a serious look at entering the race, the source
> > > said. But Gore has calculated that Clinton is unstoppable, according to
> t> he
> > > source.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gore repeatedly denied he has any plans to run again, but this week a
> > > group of grass-roots Democrats calling themselves "Draft Gore" took 
> out a
> > > full-page ad in The New York Times in a bid to change his mind. Watch
> mor> e
> > > on the movement to draft Gore
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Your country needs you now, as do your party, and the planet you are
> > > fighting so hard to save," the group said in an open letter.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "America and the Earth need a hero right now, someone who will 
> transcend
> > > politics as usual and bring real hope to our country and to the world."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The Nobel committee praised Gore as being "one of the world's leading
> > > environmentalist politicians."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "He is probably the single individual who has done most to create 
> greater
> > > worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted," said
> Ol> e
> > > Danbolt Mjoes, chairman of the Nobel committee.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In making the announcement, Mjoes said, "Through the scientific reports
> i> t
> > > has issued over the past two decades, the IPCC has created an
> ever-broade> r
> > > informed consensus about the connection between human activities and
> glob> al
> > > warming.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Thousands of scientists and officials from over 100 countries have
> > > collaborated to achieve greater certainty as to the scale of the
> warming.> "
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established in 1988 
> to
> > > study climate change information. The group doesn't do independent
> resear> ch
> > > but instead reviews scientific literature from around the world.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The U.N.-sanctioned group was formed by the World Meteorological
> > > Organization and U.N. Environment Program.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was "delighted" with the 
> news
> > > that Gore and the IPCC will share in prize.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A spokeswoman for the IPCC, which draws on the work of 2,000 
> scientists,
> > > said the panel was surprised that it had been chosen to share the award
> w> ith
> > > Gore and praised his contribution to environmental campaigning.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "We would have been happy even if he had received it alone because it 
> is
> > a
> > > recognition of the importance of this issue," spokeswoman Carola 
> Traverso
> > > Saibante said, The Associated Press reported.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The Nobel caps a series of prestigious awards associated with Gore,
> > > including two Oscars this year for the 2006 documentary film, "An
> > > Inconvenient Truth," which followed him on a worldwide tour publicizing
> t> he
> > > dangers of climate change.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Last month, he also picked up an Emmy -- the highest award in U.S.
> > > television -- for "Current TV." The show, which Gore co-created,
> describe> s
> > > itself as a global television network giving viewers the opportunity to
> > > create and influence its programming.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Previous American recipients of the peace prize include former 
> Presidents
> > > Carter in 2002, Wilson in 1919 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In 1973, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shared the award with North
> > > Vietnam's Le Duc Tho. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. received the 
> honor
> > in
> > > 1964.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gore was vice president for eight years under President Clinton. He won
> > > the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000 and ran against Bush.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > But he failed in his bid for the White House -- despite winning more
> > > popular votes than Bush -- when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his
> > > challenge over voting results in Florida, securing an Electoral College
> > > majority for Bush.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > >
> > > Tom Hansen
> > > Moscow, Idaho
> > >
> > > "Don't tell me why I can't.
> > > Show me how I can."
> > >
> > > - Author Unknown
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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