{"id":642,"date":"2007-09-24T13:52:01","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T13:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jwalking\/2007\/09\/gore-nobel-peace-prize.html"},"modified":"2007-09-24T13:52:01","modified_gmt":"2007-09-24T13:52:01","slug":"gore-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jwalking\/2007\/09\/gore-nobel-peace-prize.html","title":{"rendered":"Gore, Nobel Peace Prize?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christopher Hitchens predicts<\/a> that Al Gore will win the Nobel Peace Prize this year:<\/p>\n

On Oct. 12, we shall hear again from Oslo, and I will be very surprised indeed if the peace prize is not awarded to Albert Gore Jr. (Don’t ask what a campaign against global warming has done for “peace”; that would be like asking what Mother Teresa or Henry Kissinger had ever done to reduce global conflict. The impression is the main thing.)
\nSo, and if I am right, the former vice president will then complete a year in which An Inconvenient Truth has been awarded an Oscar and he has authored a best seller. Roll it round your tongue again: an Oscar, a best seller, and a Nobel Prize in the space of 12 months or so. Not bad. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He goes on to ponder whether or not this might bring Gore into the presidential race. I don’t care about that right now. I do care about the Nobel Peace Prize. I realize that it is highly political and such. And we don’t really remember past winners very well. Can you name the last five<\/a>?
\nBut Al Gore? For global warming? Huh? That would mean that he has done more than anyone else on Earth to bring about peace?
\nI’m sorry, I don’t see it. I’m very, very pro-environment. I believe we are to be careful stewards of God’s creation. I still don’t see Al Gore on the list of potential nominees for the Peace Prize let alone being its recipient.
\nWhat has he done? He made a very good documentary. He is clearly committed to fighting for the Earth. But world peace? I’m sorry, I’m not there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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