Al Gore’s Nobel prize

The great Al Gore travelled to Norway to get his reward today and never the type to pass up an opportunity to shake his finger at US business, Gore comically told us how serial our situation remains (AP/CNN);

Al Gore received his Nobel Peace Prize on Monday and urged the United States and China to make the boldest moves on climate change or “stand accountable before history for their failure to act.”

In accepting the prize he shared with the U.N. climate panel, the former vice president said humanity risks sliding down a path of “mutually assured destruction.”

“It is time to make peace with the planet,” Gore said in his acceptance speech that evoked Churchill, Gandhi and the Bible. “We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war.”

I’m sorry, but I just can’t get the “manbearpig” episode of South Park out of my head. But the Left continues to pray at the altar of international walking punchline, Al Gore;

Gore spoke of moral authority — and he has moral authority. That could never, ever be said of George Bush.

They’re so cute when they cleave to their false idols. I’d like to know what moral authority Al Gore has that our President hasn’t. But when your political philosophy has to fit on a bumpersticker to attract attention deficit adherents, I guess you don’t need reason.

I wonder what the Left thinks of Al Gore’s moral authority when it’s discovered he’s used the global warming red herring to line his own bank account. Oh, that’s right he has moral authority (h/t Newsbusters);

Al Gore has come under fire for making personal gain from his mission to save the planet after charging £3,300 a minute [about $6,600] to deliver a poorly received speech.

The former American Vice-President was also accused of being “precious” at the London event, demanding his own VIP room and ejecting journalists, despite hopes the star-studded gathering would generate publicity for the fight against global warming.

Many of the audience at last month’s Fortune Forum summit were restless as Mr Gore, who has won both a Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar for his campaigning work this year, delivered the half-hour speech that netted him £100,000 [about $200,000].

But a source told The Mail on Sunday: “Many guests looked tired and began to talk among themselves during his speech. Heads began to twitch with tiredness.

“Al uses his position for great personal gain. He goes from event to event delivering a similar speech, earning a large fee, and a lot of the time he doesn’t actually inform the audience.

Suckers. But not as big as the suckers of the Nobel Prize committee.

Curt at Flopping Aces writes “IPCC Chief – “You just have to believe us””.

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