http://www.slate.com/id/2176156?GT1=10538
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/gorehome.asp
http://www.slate.com/id/2142319/
So Gore is full of crap, which is no surprise. The Nobel prizes are no longer a true achievement and those that can win them is limited to those with the same frame of mind as those who give them away. That’s right; the Nobel Prizes have turned from a great achievement into an unrespectable joke. When this may have happened it is hard to say and some could argue that it has always been a little ridiculous. Even the winning by Mother Teresa seems absurd. A woman who claimed divorce should be banned and then turned around and said she was glad Princess Diana got divorced because it was an unhappy marriage. The list goes on for her, but I’m not writing specifically about her, now am I? Bush and Blaire were nominated for the peace prize right before the Iraq war in hopes that, having a chance to win, they (primarily Bush) would decide against an invasion. Some may think that this was only a joke, but that is only wishful thinking. Jimmy Carter won it that year and it seems like he won it as an opponent to the Bush’s then for other reasons. Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize even though he was connected with terrorists. In his defense he did sign a peace agreement, not that he probably had any intention following it, but by golly he signed it. The Prize money that year was $7 Million between three people. For the past seven years the amount has been $10 million. I think I need to nominate myself or someone I know, who knows we might win; it is kind of like the lottery.
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