12/10: Al Gore in brief: my initial reaction
Category: Thinking Out Loud
Posted by: A Waco Farmer
Allow me a few less-than-gracious thoughts on Al Gore and the Nobel Peace Prize:
1. How can anyone take the Nobel Peace Prize seriously again?
2. Kofi Anan, Jimmy Carter, Mohamad el Baradei, and now Al Gore. The conclusion of the Bush administration will necessitate a paradigm shift for the awards committee, as the number one criterion--stick it in the eye of George Bush--will eventually recede as the primary consideration.
1. How can anyone take the Nobel Peace Prize seriously again?
2. Kofi Anan, Jimmy Carter, Mohamad el Baradei, and now Al Gore. The conclusion of the Bush administration will necessitate a paradigm shift for the awards committee, as the number one criterion--stick it in the eye of George Bush--will eventually recede as the primary consideration.
Tocqueville wrote:
In the mean time, Gore can (and surely will) preen in the distinguished company of his fellow Nobel laureates, the kleptocratic racist murderer Yasser Arafat and the champion moral onanist Jimmy Carter.
The only silver lining to this is that it surely must drive Bill Clinton absolutely mad with envy , anger, and resentment.