Congratulations, Al! The movie and the book had a profound impact on my thinking...I drive the car less, have become a rabid recycler, composter, and just am more mindful about what my personal day-to-day impact is on this planet. The earth is not as tough as we sometimes hear...it's time to put greed and arrogance aside and replace it with the mindfulness and compassion we are truly capable of.

Maybe Mr. Gore did not invent the Internet, but he sure did invent Global Warming. What a scamster.

This announcement is more putrid and sickening than the worst toxic sewage on earth.

After all these years and decades, the Nobel selection committee has finally lost their reason and rationale.

Alfred Nobel is spinning like a top in his grave this day.

The integrity of Nobel prizes has been permanently tarnished and degraded.

Yes, it's time for Gore to enter the race.
He is the only one who can unite all the
varied factions in the Democratic party.
Hillary is too polarizing with record high negatives among the entire voting public
and Obama still displays immaturity and inexperience. Gore needs to run and Democratic leaders need to unite behind him.

You go Al!

I wonder if in hindsight the justices that put Bush in office regret it now.

"But he lost one of the closest races in U.S. history in 2000 as the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in at the last minute to end a contested recount in Florida. Many of his backers say he actually won the race."
... And the deceit and demagogury continues...
It was the Florida Supreme court who tried to interject itself into the political fray that caused the US Supreme court to tell the Fla Supreme court it overstepped its bounds, and rightly so.
I wonder if Al gore is going to fly over to Norway in his private jet to accept his prize?

Congratulations to Al Gore! A man who is both a great American and humanitarian.

If only he had't lost the Supreme Court vote.

Sigh...

Congratulations President Gore!

Ok Al -- now make us all happy and run for President !!

Kudo's and Congratulations are in order for Al Gore - A True "Master of Environmental Reality". Cannot wait for the Ditto heads and Lone Ranger supporters to start their smear campaign up. That is about the only thing the Repugs have left; Smearing people's good names. That they are excellent at and absolutely nothing else.

Horatio A,

Screw the Democratic party and their factions.

This NATION needs a serious, experienced, respectable and thoughtful candidate for the presidency. The only person who even comes close to that description is Al Gore.

Al Gore, congratulations on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Now it is time to announce your wish to become America's president, take your seat in the White House, and be the leader we have all been waiting for to move beyond the corrupt system of Empire and towards Earth community.

CO2 indulgences for the rich and misery and poverty for the poor. Accuracy and science be damned, fear and propaganda rule the day. Al Gore is nothing more than a slick snake oil salesman selling the solution to a problem he promotes. Indulgences brought the Reformation and Global Warming hysteria will lead to the end of our nations's sovereignty and a global government or the collapse of the Democratic party for its arrogance and stupidity. (This is not an endorsement of the Republician party, both are corrupt. All you libs should look at the Daley, Stroger and the govenor to see it right in front of you yet you do nothing. At least George Ryan was found guilty! Wake up America here come the thought police!)

Yes, by all means ... Al Gore for president! I like his plan. We all boost our energy consumption by 10 or 20 times to bring us in line with Al's, and we buy carbon credits ... Just one thing Al ... where are we going to get 10 times more energy? Oh ... wait ... corn ... and windmill farms on the white house front lawn ... that's it ... Al ... what a genious.

Look at that, more objective evidence of quality.

Now let's look back to one of the many times Bushy boasted about the "C" average he eked out as he "obtained" his MBA. How many prizes, other than a stolen election, can Bush win, save some corrupt and conspiratorial intervention?

Please people, wake up and hire someone a lot more like Gore in 2008 than someone like the goof currently occupying the oval office.

I'd like to be proud to be an American again sometime before I die. At the moment, objectively, I can't say I'm proud. I am, however, optimistically ashamed.

I would love to know what the Supreme Court Judges think of themselves and their poor judgement in handing the presidencey to such an inept, incompetent,spoiled rich kid from Texas when they could have had an inteligent, thoughtful, veteran who truly cares about the direction our country takes and the earth on which we live. I have no faith in our justice system anymore. They got it very wrong. Al, please run for president not only does our country need you, our earth needs you.

Ah, I see winning a Nobel Prize is about as meaningful as winning an Oscar.

OMG another Nobel laureate along the lines of the peanut farmer Carter!

When you think libs can't make things any worst....BANG...Gore gets a nobel peace prize for a work of fiction.

Only thing worst would be if Miey Moore got it for his liecumentary.

Have to go to yhe bathroom now....hope there's a full roll of nobel peace prizes

After all these years and decades, the Nobel selection committee has finally lost their reason and rationale.

While I'm no fan of Al Gore, I think they lost reason back in 1994 when they awarded the prize to Arafat...

I'm not sure what environmentalism has to do with peace, but whatever. Hope Al donates the monetary prize to a worthy cause.

Congraulations to Al Gore and the UN Panel.

Millions of us want Al Gore, now Noble Peace winner, to restore of American democracy.

So much war and greed in these 6 years have killed and destroyed dreams of millions.

Only winner of the Peace prize can lead the USA back from the control of an corrupt unber-weatlthy few, to the progressives who know that it’s not only is the planet dying, so is Democracy.

Run. Al, run.

Stop this assualt on reason.

Gore 08

... that's it ... Al ... what a genious.

Posted by: K W Smith | October 12, 2007 7:52 AM

Everyone sees what K-Dub did there right?

This clearly demonstrates a difference between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats acknowledge intellect and service, Republicans attack and mock it. This from a party in 2000 that admitted George W Bush was not intelligent, but said it didn't matter. Republicans must be so proud.

The Republicans real problem with this announcement isn't Al Gore winning, it's the prize itself: The Nobel Peace Prize.

Republicans think peace is wussy. Real men like war and killing.

to anonymous: FDR- WWII ... Truman- Korean War .... LBJ- Vietnam ... wver hear of these? Probably not, they don't teach you much in grade school these days ... You better hurry or you'll miss your bus ... I hear you will seeing a movie ... "Sicko" in class today. A wonderful movie extolling the virtues of the Cuban health care system ... looks wonderful, perhaps you should consider moving there when you grow up?

K W Smith-

FDR- Did not choose war.

Truman- Did not choose war

LBJ- made a huge, unforgivable mistake in choosing to go to war in Viet Nam.

Will you be going over to the recruiting office while I'm watching the movie? If war is such a wonderful option, I'm sure you'll want to be there.

K-Dub, learn to spell "genius" correctly before you even begin to question the education of others.

in response to 5th angel, who wrote, "The integrity of Nobel prizes has been permanently tarnished and degraded."

I believe that happened in 1973 when the prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger.

This is enough to make you want to barf. A British judge has just noted 9 major mistakes in the film, & the dingbats on the prize committee think it's worth a prestigious award. Think about it!

It's also worthy of note that the AOL commetns are overwhelmingly noting that this award is NOT deserved. For once AOL is soliciting opinion where opinion belongs and though it's not a scientifically administered survey, it surely pulls in an exceedingly diverse range of people.

Be quiet, Al Gore! Let scientists do their work and leave your wretched politics out of it. Don't evern THINK about messing up the 2008 campaign.

Anoonymous:
Been there, done that. Don't know where you got your info FDR wasn't in favor of going to war ... or Truman ... must be a typo in your manifesto.

In response to 5th angel, who wrote, "The integrity of Nobel prizes has been permanently tarnished and degraded."

I believe that happened in 1973 when the prize was awarded to Henry Kissinger.

What does global warming have to do with peace? Gore’s fear mongering has not done anything to promote peace. Gore has postured this into a religion and its followers attack those that disagree with politically correct judgementalism! What a disgrace and shame on the Nobel committee!

... that's it ... Al ... what a genious.

Posted by: K W Smith | October 12, 2007 7:52 AM

Everyone sees what K-Dub did there right?

Posted by: Rob S. | October 12, 2007 8:59 AM

Whoever has decided to start using my moiniker is an idiot. If you cannot express your views with your own identity, shut up. Fortunatley, I do not stoop to the childish names people use for people, like "k-dub" and similar infantile words, so it will be easy for me to sperate myself from this loser.
Al gore running, well now the Dem's have two poeple that would be the worst possible choice.

Wow, the Repugs are upset aren't they?

Of course, if they bothered to read Mr. Gore's book or see his film, they would realize there is no hint of salesmanship or panic. Just a measured plea to be aware and start making changes that, collectively, will make a better world for our children.

But reason, compassion and forethought aren't concepts Republicans understand. Thier solution? Deny and attack. Disgusting.

I agree with Obs anon: "This NATION needs a serious, experienced, respectable and thoughtful candidate for the presidency. The only person who even comes close to that description is Al Gore." Its a shame we have not had one of these for the past 7 years!

Hey K W Smith,

Last I checked, Stockholm wasn't in Norway. And genius didn't have an O in it.

Before you diss a guy much wiser and intellectually apt than yourself, check your facts. And your spelling.

I wish I could state what I really think... but I'm sure that I'd be "bleeped"

that's it ... Al ... what a genious.

Posted by: K W Smith | October 12, 2007 7:52 AM

Genious?
Is that like potatoe?
Mentul gyunts.

The scattered hateful screeds in this thread of comments is a perfect illustration of why a man (or woman) of great honor, intellect and purpose would not run for president. Go ahead and call me a member of the "thought police," but know that your bitter cynicism has no place in a serious political debate. My hope is that a leader will emerge who can help you realize that your liberties are the left's and vice versa. We have challenges bigger than ourselves, afterall, and it's critical we address them. Congratulations to Mr. Gore!

K W....Kinda Wacko?

So Gore wins, and instantly the sleazeballs emerge with their bile and libel. A pretty sickening display.

Here's something irrefutable: if Gore had been President, thousands of young Americans wouldn't have died, thousands of others wouldn't be maimed for life, hundreds of thousands of Iraquis wouldn't have been killed and maimed. What was accomplished? The removal of Saddam Hussein. Anybody really believe he was worth all those lives? Really?

A man of principle has won high honor, presenting a stark contrast to the shameless bunch that has occupied the White House for the embarrassing past six years.

Question: is the TRIBUNE going to accept its share of responsibility for electing Bush? You guys endorsed him both times against much better men.

Hey Kw-

You can still go back if you want. Blackwater can always use a few more guys to shoot fleeing civilians in the back.

As to Truman and FDR, I guess you missed the part in school when Japan attacked the US, Germany declared war on the US, and North Korea invaded South Korea.

For both President war was a last resort forced on them by that attacks of other nations, as opposed to our disaster in Iraq.

But hey, thanks for backing up my assertion that the Republicans prefer war to peace.

Jimmy Carter's kudos to alGore is all you need to put this into perspective. This "prize" has nothing to do with someone being worthy of the presidency of the U.S. It's all about pleasing those who look at the world with rose-colored glasses. "If we just talk nice to our enemies and agree to destroy our economy in the name of allowing third world countries to trash the environemnt, then the planet will be saved." Yeah - right! Al Gore and Jimmy Carter would make a good pair to replace Fidel Castro.

Hey Jeff:
"The Nobel Prize committee announced the award Friday in Oslo"

Sorry, did Al fly to Stockholm? It figures.

#1. The Prize is NOT for internal U.S. politics.

#2. The Prize commitee has determined Gore's involvement in the issue of Global Warming is a noble endeavor that has benefited a large portion of humanity.

#3. The Prize commitee acknowledges the issue of Global Warming is important.

How is it that in the U.S. when one of our citizens is recognized above others in the whole world we find it an occassion to demean both his efforts and the recognition? We should be proud it is an American who stands out above all other nations of the world for this honor. Mr. Gore represents to the world the system we enjoy that fosters concern for the well being of all who live on this shared planet Earth.

"I'm not sure what environmentalism has to do with peace..."

Let's see, reduce our dependence on oil and maybe we don't go to war for it.

Typical... no foresight and probably a "C" student.

What previso said. Couldn't be better stated. This award has nothing whatsoever to do with American politics.

Gore will run as Vice-President. It will be Clinton/Gore 2008. I know it sounds outrageous, but it's the best move for both of them. Gore blunts Nader for Clinton and he gets to run in 2016...

Gore's foes are jealous that Gore now shares the stage with the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King. That's pretty heady-stuff.

Gore has done a masterful job of giving himself a second act. And he's done a masterful job of putting the environment in the forefront.

His foes will say "global warming" is a hoax. Many of these same foes will say, "time will prove Bush right on Iraq."

Oh, that they would heed their own advice and let time determine whether "global warming" was a hoax or not.

If it is, they will have plenty of opportunity to gloat. If it is not, they will forget that they will claim either that Gore didn't do enough or that Gore wasn't right on the particulars.

Way to go A.G.! I personally have had conversations with friends and family who completely dismissed the concept that humans use too much oil, (a non-renewable resource) and they stated that there was nothing to be concerned about. Thank you Mr. Gore for bringing dignity back, and taking the time out to educate the public.

If Al Gore were elected President he'd force us to ride bicycles to work and tax most of our income. What about all those SUVs? They'd be reserved for government officials only.

Global warming is the biggest load of baloney ever foisted upon the public. Just wait in another generation it'll be the global cooling crisis, just like it was in the 70's.

So what is it that Mr. BS has discovered this time? Air? Sunshine? Plagiarism? Al Gore is a phoney: doesn't walk the walk he just talks the talk. He's a talking head that likes to hear the echo.

So he claims to have authored the Kyoto Accord? That's not something to be proud of...so I can see that he must have had a hand at authorship! The KA is a "talking-head" piece--little substance, just more words. Get beneath the KA and one can see more Al Gore stuff: the ability to amass fortunes in carbon trading while accomplishing zero! This will be the greatest scam in the history of science. Graft and Greed will be the only winner.

In talking with my Norwegian friends this morning they said, "This is not a day to be proud of my Norwegian heritage!" I can understand their chagrin. I am comforted in the fact that, at least, Mr. Gore, you can't fool all the people all the time but you can, obviously, fool the fools.

Hooo boy! Al Gore reduce our dependence on oil? Uh huh ... He uses 10-20 times the average electricity in just ONE of his mansions. Oh yeah ... he buys carbon credits ... THAT saves a LOT of oil ... doesn't it? Let's all buy carbon credits ... and go out and buy three SUVs ,,, yep ... that will solve our energy problems .... AL for energy czar! problem solved!

MJ? Puh-leze. Better for our children? The current national situation is a macrocosm of the current Illinois problem: two political parties, both corrupt. All you people chattering about "chimpy this" and "blow hard Gore that"... We're on a certain, slow death spiral. I chose not to subject any progeny to the future. Remember the Holy Roman Empire anyone?

Wait...I missed something. Did he win for inventing the Internet or global warming? What a joke. The Nobel prize will never be the same in my eyes.

previso: You make some excellent points. Too bad that the Nobel Peace Prize committee likes to overlook the facts in favor of listening to what the likes of Carter and Gore have to say. The fact that Arafat was also a Peace Prize winner should be all the evidence one needs to realize that this prize has nothing to do with actual solutions. It's all about talking nice.

Let's please remember that Al Gore only got half this prize. The other half went to the IPCC, the internationl comittee that researches global warming. That body is perceived as politically neutral by most sensible people. So even if you don't like him, look at the larger issue.

To all the righties, my condolences. It's too bad they don't give the Nobel Prize to people for denying children medical care or rendering four million Iraqis refugees.

AL GORE WOULD HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT IF HE COULD HAVE ONLY CARRIED HIS HOME STATE OF TENESSEE! I THINK THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM BEST SAVED US ALL!!!!!!!!!!

===What does global warming have to do with peace?

The Pentagon sees it as one of the top threats in the future to world stability.

One might notice that the IPCC also won and that it represents the scientific consensus.

So, we are going to sweep the notion of global warming under the carpet, even though the majority of objective scientists assert that it is "probable"? What about even "possible"? Shall we make our children and grandchildren pay for our, and our ancestor's mistakes? Pay attention, people! Debt refers to more than credit cards!

Addressing global warming is about peace. If it is not addressed, the wars over water and arable land will be as bad as the Iraq (oil) war.

Congrats Mr. Gore!

Run, Al, run. After all, you were elected President and Jeb Bush, Katherine Harris and the Supreme Court robbed you. I'd vote for you in a heartbest. Those brilliant Swedes recognize that you deserve to win!

5th Angel, Bob, John Birch and all you other sore losers, get over it. You have cast your lot with the worst president in U.S. history and your bitterness is pathetic.
Congratulations Al, and keep up the good work.

C. Tinineko says, "I am comforted in the fact that, at least, Mr. Gore, you can't fool all the people all the time but you can, obviously, fool the fools."

The difference to be noted, however, between Mr. Gore and Mr. Bush is that, as you call it, Gore's ability to "fool" people has the intention of improving the world for everyone's benefit, while Bush's genuine ability to fool people and lie all the way to the end of his term (and beyond, I'm sure) are intended to line his pockets and those of his cronies at the expense of the average American and people across the world--without regard for human life or ethics or the common good.

sigh ... science is not governed by consensus. If it can't be proven ... then it is not science.... it is religion. The scientific consensus was once that the earth is flat ... and it took a true scientist to prove that consensus was wrong. You can extoll consensus all you wish ... but let's stop attaching scientific with it.

Whether or not Gore runs for president, and I think he probably shouldn’t, his winning the Nobel Peace Prize with the IPCC is a very good thing and I’m delighted. Anything to get more people thinking about, and then doing something about, global warming is critical for survival.

I encourage people to read:

The Warming Globe and Us
It’s More Than CO2

by Dan Brook and Richard H. Schwartz
Dissident Voice / May 1st, 2007

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/05/the-warming-globe-and-us

Also see
http://www.ivu.org/members/globalwarming.html

The Nobel Peace prize is about as useful as an Oscar, I agree there.

I can't understand why the Democrats worship this clown. Thank God that Gore wasn't president on 9/11/01 because the Surrender-crats are already trying to give away this nation's soverignty and turn us into some version of Denmark or France. Look what "multi-culturalism" and socialism has done over there. Completely emasculated both countries.
I'm afraid to think what position of capitulation we'd be in if our ol' Global Warming Hoaxster Al was President. Get a grip, people. Al or any of the Democrats are not the answer unless you want to live in a socialist nanny-state where freedom of speech and opinions are not allowed unless they go through the filters of "Political Correctness' and the asinine "Freedom Doctrine". There's no free speech with Gore and the Democrats, only if you say and think what they want you to.
Remember, you're the first to be put to the sword if the Islamo-fascists win. Have fun Al, enjoy your prize on your private CO2-spewing jet.

You have got to be kidding me, right? He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his global warming efforts????Ugh! Global warming, in the way he describes, isn't even real! Climate changes are historical and natural and happened long before the existance of carbon emissions from automobiles! It is NOT man made, it is GOD made. Ooop, that's a name the liberals don't like to hear.
If it were real, he still doesn't deserve NPP because he's such a hypocrite and doesn't even follow his own recommendations...you know, the same one's he expects all us lowly Americans to follow!
He's a self serving phony. God, help us if he runs for President; help us more if he were to actually win.

"Completely emasculated both countries."

Interesting phrasing. Countries need to be manly? Is masculine superior to feminine? How is masculinity evidenced at the national level?

A whole lot of sour grapes from people who elected a man who will do go down in history as the worst president ever. I don't see a Nobel Prize in George Bush's future.

Hey Dan,
Just answer this one question:
We had a little ice age from around 1300 to about 1830. Why did it start ... and what brought it to a stop?

If you can't explain climate history, you are foolish to try and predict the future.

Gore will run as Vice-President. It will be Clinton/Gore 2008. I know it sounds outrageous, but it's the best move for both of them. Gore blunts Nader for Clinton and he gets to run in 2016...

That will never happen. Gore and Hillary are NOT friends. Gore was shunned by Bill and Hillary when he tried running for prez.in '00. If Gore were to run, he would probably chose Edwards as a running mate. Not that I really care, I think they're both full of BS!

This would be the same Al Gore who asked us if we 'Are you willing to change the way you live?'

The same Al Gore who uses more energy in his TN home in one month than the average US family uses in a year?

Or is it the same Al Gore who spends over $500 per month in LP for the pool house at the same home.

Or maybe it is the Al Gore whose Pasminco zinc mine was cited several times for it's discharges exceeding EPA toxicity standards in local waters.

No, it is probably the self serving Al Gore who uses the luxury of an investment group partnership to purchase the carbon offsets to maintain the wasteful and consumptive lifestyle he has become accustomed to.

It's too bad that the calculated, create my self as a messianic environmentalist couldn't overcome the theocratic oligarchy in 2000- but either way we would have lost - with a self serving illusionary, or the misguided delusionary we have now.
It's just a shame that the Nobel prize was tarnished in the sales job.

Hey Ross,
You are right! G W is no Yasar Arafat... thank goodness.

To Anyonomous at 11:56:

WARNING: NON-POLITCALLY CORRECT STATEMENT COMING!

I used "emasculated" that they've lost the ability to defend themselves and fight and knock the crap out of what ails them. They're capitulating to the invaders under the heading of 'multi-culturalism'. If you don't 'man up' and defend YOUR borders, language and culture, then you won't have any of them real fast. Denmark's on it's way, so's France, and Sweden's suffering the same pain.

Yes, I used a masculine term. By design. How is masculinity evidenced at a national level? By going to fight and defend yourselves and your allies and defeating those who would destroy you if given the chance. If Al's in and Surrender-crats are in total power, then that's the chance the Islamofascists are looking for. Wonder why all these terrorists and Iran's head guy want a Democrat elected? Think about it.

The liberals don't like those terms because it implies a difference between men & women. Guess what? THERE IS. By design. God's design, nature's design. Whichever you choose to believe. Either way, there is a difference and there needs to be. Vive la difference!

K W Smith-

Is Stephan Hawking a scientist or a theologian?

Was Albert Eistein a scientist or a theologian?

Many of their concepts have not been absolutely proven as fact, and there is debate withing the scientific community about some of the details of their theories. By your definition then their theories are religion not science, right?

poor, ignorant elephant sheep...innocent products of decades of inbreeding

There will always be debate on an issue as important as this one, but as a daughter of depression-era parents, the "reduce-reuse-recycle" paradigm was the mantra of our household of eleven kids and two parents. It has always made good common sense to me to leave behind no more mess than is necessary. Every time I throw something into the garbage, I think of landfills and the eternal process of biodegradation. Whatever the ultimate conclusion we draw on the debate over the source of climate change, we see, smell and feel the results every day. Why would we NOT do something to at least reduce our role in it? The opportunities for new technologies and the resulting development of new industries and jobs is just beginning to be understood. We can mock windmills and solar panels and everything else, but why? To me, it makes that same good common sense to clean up after ourselves, or better yet, not make such a mess in the first place. Al Gore's role in this debate, while controversial to some, has at least gotten us talking. No one else has been able to accomplish that. Kudos to him and the committee for making the connection between the planet's finite resources and our penchant for waging war over them.

Hey AJF,
Everything Stephen and Albert said is scientific fact? I wasn't aware of their infallability. I was under the impression there is only one who is infallable. So I guess you are saying they are... How are their alters coming?

"I used "emasculated" that they've lost the ability to defend themselves and fight and knock the crap out of what ails them"

Ahh that's what I thought Violence is the key to being a "manly" country. Killing and destruction, what a noble ideal you espouse.

If only every country was emasculated, the world would be a btter place.

That's Einstein (obviously I'm not an Einstein of typing!)

I didn't know that the Nobel prize stood for the Nutty Oratation By Egotistical Liberals. Crazy.

Algore, welcome to the club with Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter and a bunch of other losers. Consider this a consolation prize for the presidency! Hope your private jet was comfy, don't forget to pay yourself those carbon credits. Gotta go, the sea is rising 20 feet somewhere and I'm too close in Nebraska...

Hey AJF,
Everything Stephen and Albert said is scientific fact? I wasn't aware of their infallability. I was under the impression there is only one who is infallable. So I guess you are saying they are... How are their alters coming?

Posted by: K W Smith | October 12, 2007 12:25 PM

No, I never said anything remotely like that.

I asked you if they were scientists even though there are things they have said have not been proven as facts.

Apparently you believe all scientists must be infallible, so there are no scientists.

Yes he deserves it. Yes he should run for President. Yes he won in 2000. This is the AL I've known for 15 years. We haven't seen anything yet.

why are you morons calling him president gore? he's a phony!

Excuse me while I go BARF!

This is such wonderful recognition to a person who has devoted his life to saving our planet! And he did win the election too!!!! He is a true hero!

Al Gore is a joke.

We need a serious leader who could help solve problems. Not a hypocritical whiner.

AJF:
Many of their concepts have not been absolutely proven as fact, and there is debate withing the scientific community about some of the details of their theories. By your definition then their theories are religion not science, right?

What you are inferring is their theories are scientific fact, regardless whether they have been proved ... hence you believe they are infallable.
Like I said ... how are their alters coming?

Science deals in absolutes, regardless of who postulates the theories. Recently there was a debate over cold fusion, and some claimed to have accomplished it. It was not proven ... so it is not science. To claim scientists have a consensus, therefor it is true, is poppycock.

Climate expert Stephen Hayward's comment:

"Parson Al winning the Nobel Peace Prize was as predictable as his Oscar for Best Documentary, and represents the final debasement of a once-prestigious award. It used to be that the award went to people of genuine humanitarian or diplomatic accomplishment, like Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer or Doctors Without Borders. Now it goes to frauds and poseurs like Rigoberta Menchu, Yassir Arafat, the U.N. (three times now, counting Gore’s co-winner, the U.N.’s climate change panel), and Jimmy Carter. About the only way to top this would be to give the next Peace Prize to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. More likely the Nobel committee will, one of these days, simply pat itself on the back and give the award to . . . themselves.

The glitter of the Nobel overshadows the inconvenient news reported last week that a British court of law labeled Gore’s movie as partisan political propaganda, pointing out 11 different errors of fact or scientific judgment, and prohibiting its screening in British public schools without a disclaimer of these defects. The Nobel will be one more quiver in Gore’s arsenal of intransigent moral authority by which he refuses to debate any aspect of the subject and declares the entire matter “settled.” It’s never a good sign when politicians declare a scientific matter settled; we all remember how well that worked out for the Vatican when they told Galileo 400 years ago that astronomy was settled. It is even more problematic to suggest that climate change is not a political issue, but a moral issue, but then to demand massive political interventions in the economy to fix the problem."

"What you are inferring is their theories are scientific fact, regardless whether they have been proved ... hence you believe they are infallable.
Like I said ... how are their alters coming?"

No, that is NOT what I am inferring. Their theories may be scientific fact, they may not be. What I am saying is that on the way to ANY theory being proven as scientific fact, there is a period of time when the theories are tested, reviewed and debated. This is called the scientific method. It is what scientists do. Very little "science" is proven as fact beyond a doubt. Even gravity is not fully understood.

It's a pity that you do not understand that.

"Climate expert Stephen Hayward's "

Here's "Climate Expert" Stephan Heyward's biography:

http://eteam.ncpa.org/about/stephen-hayward

He has no scientific background, and is a paid rightwing political operative at the American Enterprise Institute.

Bruce, why weren't you honest about the background of your so called expert? You're always so diligent about pointing out any connections that a person wuoted has to left wing causes, I would have thought you'd want to be honest about your own sources.

Anonymous:
So gravity is a theory ... and man made global warming is a fact in your world? Say hello to Dr Zues for me.

Wake up? Is that what some think that we are sleeping?
We are not sleeping we are too busy bickering amongst our self’s.
This isn’t about Al winning the peace prize; this is just another excuse for the fight to continue.
I hope both sides are satisfied now.
Divided we fall…

LOOK I DON’T GIVE A DANG ABOUT GORE WINNING A PEACE PRIZE BUT I’M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF YOU.

This hatred between Americans is giving Bin Laden reason to smile.
Old Bin is playing little Bush like a fiddle and we are all dancing to the tune.
We have a little man with a big ego leading the nation who spews hatred and division.

DURING WWII did you view Americans hating each other? Well this is not WWII, Iraq is not France, and we are not liberating any one.
This phony so called war is ripping us apart; we cannot keep pretending the emperor is wearing clothes.
Doesn’t any one realize that this man has to go?
He must be impeached or our once great country will follow the Roman Empire because Bush is the source of this discourse.

It’s like I’m living in an America with puppets as people, you want to fight? Go to Washington, I’ll meet you there, and bring a rope.
Wake up indeed.

If Mr. Gore wants to leverage this moment to move the US environmental and political system reform agendas forward he should head up the Green Party ticket for 2008 and get a third party option and these issues rolling.

ben,
Are you kidding me? Al Gore and his followers claim global warming is far more dangerous than Bin Laden and Islamic jihad. They want to divert our resources to fight a phantom ... a myth ... a lie. It is important we let the air out of their lies in order to get them to focus on a real threat, or we may soon face an enemy with a nuclear weapon who will have no reservations about using it on all infidels in the world.

Anonymous:
So gravity is a theory ... and man made global warming is a fact in your world? Say hello to Dr Zues for me.

Posted by: K W Smith | October 12, 2007 1:52 PM

KW-

No, both are theories with varying levels of scientific support and understanding. Certainly we know gravity exists and functions. How it functions is not fully understood.

We do not pretend gravity does not exist even though we do not fully understand it.

Science simply is not a black/white, true/not true proposition as you claim it is.

http://www.aps.org/policy/statements/99_6.cfm

http://www.journaloftheoretics.com/Editorials/Vol-1/e1-3.htm

The reason Jimmy Carter, Yasser Arafat and Menachem Begin won the Peace Price was for the Camp David accords. It was the first time that Jews and Palestinians had sat together to talk peace.

Now look at the situation in the Middle East. For six years, Bush sat and watched and did nothing. It was not part of his job to help solve the problem. Now, all of a sudden he is concerned with what is going on. Maybe if he had done something earlier, this would not have happened.

And don't say how if he was President on 9/11 how bad off we would be now. If Al Gore was President then, there probably would not have been a 9/11, since he would not have ignored the PDB about Bin-Laden and planes. And we sure would not be in Iraq now - we would have finished off the job in Afghanistan and brought the troops home!!!

Al Gore will only grow in stature, forever a Nobel laureate for his tireless work on behalf of environmental sanity.

The Dear Leader, on the other hand, never mind his imps and minions, will fade to a vaguely unpleasant odor, remembered if at all as a dimwitted, insubstantial petty tyrant who ruled sometime in the early centuries of American history: "Oh, you know, what's-his-name!"

"Ahh that's what I thought Violence is the key to being a "manly" country. Killing and destruction, what a noble ideal you espouse.

If only every country was emasculated, the world would be a btter place."

Please file yourself under the "Useful Idiot" category. Your 'dream land' will never happen. At some point, you have to stand and FIGHT for yourself or you lose what you have, what you are and maybe who. Killing and destruction, yes. As a last resort. Look what emasculation did for Neville Chamberlain in 1939. He was a useful idiot for Hitler. He thought that talking would make things all better. The fool.

Remember, history is written by the winners, and unless you want America to be relegated to the dustbin of history and be called to prayer 5 times a day, be prepared to defend yourself.

Sk-

Please file yourself under the "knuckle dragging, bloodthirsty, neanderthal" category.

Might does not make right.

The Nazi's wouldn't have been the good guys had they won.

The fact the we nearly wiped the native americans off the face of the earth, a complete and total victory, does not make our actions any better.

To be honest, I'm not sure which would be worse, being called to prayer 5 times day, or living in the jackbooted empire of war that you envision.

Boy, you have to love this thread. The 26%ers just can't stand reality intruding on their little bubble.

Face it. History is already showing the better man was right and that GWB will go down in history as the WORST PRESIDENT EVER. (Followed closely by Ronnie Raygun.)

Republican idiots (like John Birch, 5th Angel, and Bob) can ignore the greenhouse threat all they want till hits them in their own back yard. I agree CO2 may not be the only cause of the problem, but it certainly is a contributor. Who do you think should have won the Nobel Peace Prize, warmonger George Bush?

Given that there are so many slow learners in this thread, let's give all the global warming nay-sayers a one-way ticket to, say, Tuvalu and let them figure it out the hard (and wet) way.

I would have an easier time accepting the assumptions of the global warming advocates if that gas bag, Al Gore, was not one of them.

I would have an easier time accepting the assumptions of the global warming advocates if that gas bag, Al Gore, was not one of them.

Why would 5th Angel say something as stupid as his last post ? Gore's winning of the Nobel Prize is "...putrid.."?

What would he call the last seven years of George Bush II's stolen presidency and lack of moral, fiduciary, and exemplary leadership ?

The REAL smell is about to be sounded out of Washington and each and every statehouse come election 2008!

"Yes Ma'am, Madame President Clinton!"

That's one of the great things about following these kinds of posts -- it brings out the best in all of us. How un-Christian, etc. can we get?

too bad President Bush did not win this award. Then the award would have went to a real hypocrite!!!! At least Gore addressed the problem, and not ignore it.