Yes, the whole Algore Nobel Peace Prize is a joke. His whole "documentary" was hogwash; but even if it weren't, what, pray tell, does "global warming" have to do with peace?
Gore, who served in an administration that bombed Bosnia and Iraq and killed thousands of Iraqis via sanctions, managed to beat out another well-known lover of peace, Rush Limbaugh, who was nominated for the Peace Prize as well. Commenting on it today, the neocon Peace Prize nominee said:
Had I won the Nobel Peace Prize, what I would have done is awarded it to either the Bush administration for successfully disarming the nuclear program of North Korea and working diligently to do the same thing in Iran, or I would have awarded it to General Petraeus and the United States military. If there has ever been an engine for peace in the world, it is the United States military.
Got that? War is peace, in the lingo of the "Doctor of Democracy."
By the way, Limbaugh also had an (admittedly less than impressive) caller ask him about Ron Paul today. He took the call near the end of a short segment approaching the top of the hour, perhaps so as to not permit himself much time to discuss Dr. Paul. Here's how it went:
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RUSH: Andrew in Mount Lake Terrace, Washington. Hi.
CALLER: Hi, Rush, how's it going?
RUSH: Good. Fine. Thank you.
CALLER: I'm calling today to talk about Congressman Ron Paul, and I think that he is probably one of the more conservative candidates running for president, and I think that you should talk about him more on your radio show.
RUSH: I should talk about Ron Paul more?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: Okay. Well, it's Open Line Friday, so I'll take that under advisement. I appreciate it. You're a Ron Paul acolyte?
CALLER: Well, I'm an 18-year-old now, in Mount Terrace, Washington, and I've been following the 2008 election.
RUSH: Right.
CALLER: And, I don't know, I think that he's... Sorry if I seem a little nervous. It's my first time calling you.
RUSH: I understand that. I've been a first-time caller, too, many years ago. I know how nervous it is. We don't have much time here to talk about Ron Paul because the time is dwindling. Let's see, I have seven seconds, six seconds. What can I say? Uh... Ron Paul. Republican candidate for president, Ron Paul.
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Naturally, this transcript is accompanied by a photo of rather angry-looking Ron Paul. That Limbaugh is a real class act. I still can't believe I used to think this guy was a real conservative.
