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

Fri Oct 12 18:36:08 PDT 2007

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??

> 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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