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Hey, here's a suggestion......nah - too easy!<br><br>J :]<br><br><br>> To: vision2020@mail-gw.fsr.net<br>> From: pkraut@moscow.com<br>> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:36:08 +0000<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gore Shares Nobel Peace Prize With U.N. panel<br>> <br>> How would you be able to go on living if Wison, NSA et al left town and <br>> you didn't have them to attack with anything and everything??<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> > Tom et. al.<br>> > <br>> > Oh, you mean Gore shares the prize with the IPCC, that group of "European<br>> > Socialists," according to New Saint Andrews librarian Ed Iverson, writing<br>> i> n<br>> > the Daily News about global warming?<br>> > <br>> > And labeling a group of scientists working to address global warming<br>> > "socialists" means that Christ Church has no "political" agenda, correct?<br>> > As they and millions of other "evangelical" Christians engage in a <br>> medieval<br>> > denial of the validity of the scientific method and findings related to<br>> > human impacts on climate change, similar in some respects to the attacks <br>> on<br>> > the science relating to evolution? Of course, voting for President W. <br>> Bush<br>> > because of his born again Christian aura is not a political act either, <br>> is<br>> > it? Nor the arrogant spiritual superiority expressed by many evangelical<br>> > Christians towards those of the Muslim faith, in part connected to the US<br>> > hubris involved in the policy that the US could remake Iraq society via<br>> > military intervention?<br>> > <br>> > <br>> http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070614/27971_Southern_Baptists_Take_<br>> > on_Global_Warming.htm<br>> > <br>> > SAN ANTONIOBy<br>> > Eric Gorski<br>> > AP Religion Writer<br>> > Thu, Jun. 14 2007 03:02 AM ET<br>> > <br>> > , Texas (AP) - Southern Baptists approved a resolution on global<br>> > <br>> warming<http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070614/27971_Southern_Baptis<br>> > ts_Take_on_Global_Warming.htm#>Wednesday<br>> > that questions the prevailing scientific belief that humans are<br>> > largely to blame for the phenomenon and also warns that increased<br>> regulatio> n<br>> > of greenhouse gases will hurt the poor.<br>> > -------<br>> > Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<br>> > <br>> > On 10/12/07, Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com> wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > From CNN –<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > -------------------------------------------------------<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Gore shares Nobel Peace Prize with U.N. panel<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > "An Inconvenient Truth," a 2006 documentary featuring Al Gore, won two<br>> > > Academy Awards this year.<br>> > ><br>> > > http://tinyurl.com/25lu9e<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > (CNN) -- Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental<br>> > > Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for<br>> thei> r<br>> > > work to raise awareness about global warming.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > In a statement, Gore said he was "deeply honored," adding that "the<br>> > > climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual<br>> > > challenge to all of humanity."<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > The former vice president said he would donate his half of the $1.5<br>> > > million prize to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a U.S. <br>> organization<br>> > > he founded that aims to persuade people to cut emissions and reduce<br>> globa> l<br>> > > warming.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > The White House offered an initial reaction to the Nobel win by <br>> President<br>> > > Bush's 2000 opponent. "Of course, we're happy that Vice President Gore<br>> an> d<br>> > > the IPCC are receiving this recognition," said deputy press secretary<br>> Ton> y<br>> > > Fratto.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > During its announcement, the Nobel committee cited the winners "for <br>> their<br>> > > efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made<br>> clim> ate<br>> > > change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to<br>> > > counteract such change."<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > The award ceremony will be held December 10 in Oslo, Norway. Watch why<br>> > > Gore won the Nobel prize »<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > In recent weeks, Gore has been the target of a campaign to persuade him<br>> t> o<br>> > > enter the 2008 presidential race.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > A source involved in Gore's past political runs told CNN that he<br>> > > definitely has the ambition to use the peace prize as a springboard to<br>> ru> n<br>> > > for president.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > But he will not run, because he won't take on the political machine<br>> > > assembled by Sen. Hillary Clinton. If the senator from New York had<br>> falte> red<br>> > > at all, Gore would take a serious look at entering the race, the source<br>> > > said. But Gore has calculated that Clinton is unstoppable, according to<br>> t> he<br>> > > source.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Gore repeatedly denied he has any plans to run again, but this week a<br>> > > group of grass-roots Democrats calling themselves "Draft Gore" took <br>> out a<br>> > > full-page ad in The New York Times in a bid to change his mind. Watch<br>> mor> e<br>> > > on the movement to draft Gore<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > "Your country needs you now, as do your party, and the planet you are<br>> > > fighting so hard to save," the group said in an open letter.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > "America and the Earth need a hero right now, someone who will <br>> transcend<br>> > > politics as usual and bring real hope to our country and to the world."<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > The Nobel committee praised Gore as being "one of the world's leading<br>> > > environmentalist politicians."<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > "He is probably the single individual who has done most to create <br>> greater<br>> > > worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted," said<br>> Ol> e<br>> > > Danbolt Mjoes, chairman of the Nobel committee.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > In making the announcement, Mjoes said, "Through the scientific reports<br>> i> t<br>> > > has issued over the past two decades, the IPCC has created an<br>> ever-broade> r<br>> > > informed consensus about the connection between human activities and<br>> glob> al<br>> > > warming.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > "Thousands of scientists and officials from over 100 countries have<br>> > > collaborated to achieve greater certainty as to the scale of the<br>> warming.> "<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established in 1988 <br>> to<br>> > > study climate change information. The group doesn't do independent<br>> resear> ch<br>> > > but instead reviews scientific literature from around the world.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > The U.N.-sanctioned group was formed by the World Meteorological<br>> > > Organization and U.N. Environment Program.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was "delighted" with the <br>> news<br>> > > that Gore and the IPCC will share in prize.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > A spokeswoman for the IPCC, which draws on the work of 2,000 <br>> scientists,<br>> > > said the panel was surprised that it had been chosen to share the award<br>> w> ith<br>> > > Gore and praised his contribution to environmental campaigning.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > "We would have been happy even if he had received it alone because it <br>> is<br>> > a<br>> > > recognition of the importance of this issue," spokeswoman Carola <br>> Traverso<br>> > > Saibante said, The Associated Press reported.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > The Nobel caps a series of prestigious awards associated with Gore,<br>> > > including two Oscars this year for the 2006 documentary film, "An<br>> > > Inconvenient Truth," which followed him on a worldwide tour publicizing<br>> t> he<br>> > > dangers of climate change.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Last month, he also picked up an Emmy -- the highest award in U.S.<br>> > > television -- for "Current TV." The show, which Gore co-created,<br>> describe> s<br>> > > itself as a global television network giving viewers the opportunity to<br>> > > create and influence its programming.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Previous American recipients of the peace prize include former <br>> Presidents<br>> > > Carter in 2002, Wilson in 1919 and Theodore Roosevelt in 1906.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > In 1973, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shared the award with North<br>> > > Vietnam's Le Duc Tho. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. received the <br>> honor<br>> > in<br>> > > 1964.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Gore was vice president for eight years under President Clinton. He won<br>> > > the Democratic presidential nomination in 2000 and ran against Bush.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > But he failed in his bid for the White House -- despite winning more<br>> > > popular votes than Bush -- when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his<br>> > > challenge over voting results in Florida, securing an Electoral College<br>> > > majority for Bush.<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > -------------------------------------------------------<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> > ><br>> > > Tom Hansen<br>> > > Moscow, Idaho<br>> > ><br>> > > "Don't tell me why I can't.<br>> > > Show me how I can."<br>> > ><br>> > > - Author Unknown<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> ========================> =========================> ======<br>> > > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > > http://www.fsr.net<br>> > > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > ><br>> ========================> =========================> ======<br>> > ><br>> > <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ---------------------------------------------<br>> This message was sent by First Step Internet.<br>> http://www.fsr.com/<br>> <br>> <br><br /><hr />Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! <a href='http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us' target='_new'>Get 'em!</a></body>
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