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Title: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: K Frame on October 12, 2007, 03:52:51 AM
has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to make people take climate change seriously.

He's going to be totally insufferable now.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071012/ts_nm/nobel_peace_gore_ipcc_dc_2;_ylt=AmFNNtqdwnhJMWdJzyERNc0E1vAI
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Manedwolf on October 12, 2007, 04:07:00 AM
has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to make people take climate change seriously. for making a mass market video wherein he whined about losing the presidency and used unrelated statistics and scary charts to make himself into a modern-day evangelist of the carbon-credits ponzi scheme.

Fixed it.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Sindawe on October 12, 2007, 04:51:09 AM
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He's going to be totally insufferable now.

Wait, I thought he already was such.  You mean he's gonna be even MORE SO?

Of course, now that he's been gifted the Nobel Peace Prize people will realize just how serial Al Gore is about ManBea-^H^H^H^H Global Warming.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Len Budney on October 12, 2007, 04:57:52 AM
has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to make people take climate change seriously.

The Nobel Peace Prize is such a joke it's unbelievable. It's more of an anti-prize: the winner is usually someone who has done the most to disrupt and discourage peace. Carter? Arafat? Gore? Come on!

--Len.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: K Frame on October 12, 2007, 05:19:27 AM
Yeah, there's a Smug Alert for most of the nation.

Anyone who has seen South Park will understand that reference...
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: RadioFreeSeaLab on October 12, 2007, 05:25:51 AM
Damn it.  Now he'll never shut up with that monotone elitist smug voice of his.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Waitone on October 12, 2007, 05:29:10 AM
Maybe he'll use part of his stash to rent a more fuel efficient plane with which to assault the ozone layer.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Manedwolf on October 12, 2007, 05:29:27 AM
Does this mean he's going to keep getting fatter till he turns into Samuel Johnson, who was about as smug and superior, and actually looked something like him?





Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: jefnvk on October 12, 2007, 06:41:35 AM
Carter and Arafat, while they may be questioned as to how much they helped peace, actually did work in peace.

How is making a movie on global warming, helping to contribute to peace at all?
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Manedwolf on October 12, 2007, 08:07:22 AM
Carter and Arafat, while they may be questioned as to how much they helped peace, actually did work in peace appeasement and terrorism disguised under a phony peace process, respectively.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: jefnvk on October 12, 2007, 08:59:46 AM
Good fix, but still why is he eligible for a peace prize for work on climate change?
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Sergeant Bob on October 12, 2007, 09:02:06 AM
Don't make me bring out the Algore G.I.F.! undecided
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Standing Wolf on October 12, 2007, 09:22:08 AM
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He's going to be totally insufferable now.

Not to quibble, mind, but was he ever not?
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: HankB on October 12, 2007, 09:22:53 AM
Good fix, but still why is he eligible for a peace prize for work on climate change?
Because were they to be implemented, his "solutions" would mean that lots and lots of money - mostly American - would flow into other nations' coffers, the US economy would be rendered  less competitive, and international bureacracies would grow.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Iain on October 12, 2007, 12:03:03 PM
It's a stretch, but the effect on 'peace' is being considered. After all, don't people often trot out the line about the next world war being over water.

http://www.nature.com/climate/2007/0710/full/climate.2007.56.html

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General Anthony C. Zinni, former commander-in-chief of US Central Command stated, "We will pay to reduce greenhouse gas emissions today...or we will pay the price later in military terms. And that will involve human lives."

Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Finch on October 12, 2007, 01:39:29 PM
Sad thing is the first thing I though about when I read this is that I kind of wish he would run for president. Considering that pro-war republicans have no chance this time around, the though of Hillary as POTUS is a lot scarier than Al Gore.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Len Budney on October 12, 2007, 01:43:36 PM
Sad thing is the first thing I though about when I read this is that I kind of wish he would run for president. Considering that pro-war republicans have no chance this time around, the though of Hillary as POTUS is a lot scarier than Al Gore.

Tough to say. Socialized medicine... Kyoto Protocol... not much of a choice.

--Len.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Finch on October 12, 2007, 01:46:11 PM
It's kind of like choosing which knife to stab yourself with. But considering that history has show that once you institute socalized anything, more is sure to follow.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: JimMarch on October 12, 2007, 01:59:52 PM
Now all we have to do is teach him to play the drums and he'll be a computer programmer.

Sure.

We'd have an AlGoreRythm.

 shocked
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Perd Hapley on October 12, 2007, 02:03:35 PM
I'm going to assemble a team of highly-skilled assassins, whose mission it will be to eliminate all internet pun offenders.  If that doesn't win me the Nobel, we'll know things are screwed up.    cool
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Tallpine on October 12, 2007, 02:36:22 PM
Q: Why did the chef disconnect the door bell and replace it with peas outside his door?

A: He wanted the no-bell peas prize...
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Mabs2 on October 12, 2007, 05:16:17 PM
Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize
Well, just another reason to kill myself.

*an hero*
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: K Frame on October 12, 2007, 09:25:22 PM
Q: Why did the chef disconnect the door bell and replace it with peas outside his door?

A: He wanted the no-bell peas prize...

You should be beaten savagely for that.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: jefnvk on October 13, 2007, 05:13:38 AM
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We'd have an AlGoreRythm.

Geek.

 grin
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Waitone on October 13, 2007, 12:34:02 PM
<flap, flap, flip, flap>  Nope, can't find it.  I'da thunk someone would have talked about Gore's vested interest in a fund that sells indulg. . . . , sorry, carbon credits.  I just know it'll show up at any time.
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: JimMarch on October 14, 2007, 07:06:23 PM
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Geek.

Hey, I run Linux.  Which means I get laid about as often as my rig crashes.

Sigh...
Title: Re: Oh Lord.... Al Gore...
Post by: Manedwolf on October 21, 2007, 05:13:50 AM