Sidenote: whenever I hear his name, I think of the Batman Begins villain "Ra's Al Ghul" ... I have no clue why.
My husband said he used to consider the Nobel Prize above politics... so I looked into it, and found that the Prize originated in politics. Turns out, it took 4 years of conflict to get the Foundation off the ground.
[begin tantrum]
I'm tired of this! Now we're giving an international prize to a guy who's been working at something for no longer than 40 years [according to wikipedia, he started in the 70's], and saying "sorry, you're not good enough" to a woman who's spent a lifetime affecting the world.
The next cartoon should be of an old lady whacking Al Gore with a carpetbag while he holds up his fancy little Prize.
[tantrum over]
Why Al Ghul, I mean, Al Gore? It's simple to connect the history of Mr. Nobel and the reasons why he initiated the prize with the earth-saving mission of Al Gore... of course the affect of such is yet to be seen, but who cares? Nobel hadn't a clue as to what would happen after stabilizing nitroglycerin or creating blasting gelatin. The consequences left him guilt-ridden... like some sort of modern Judas. So he willed his "blood money" to go towards peace efforts made by people, organizations and associations.
Ah! So now it makes sense! Al Gore makes everybody feel guilty for what they do to the environment, and wants everyone to change it... (admittedly a rather negative tone) so the more he writes books with his name on them (not even definitive works, just putting the logic together), and the more he gabs about "warming" as they all call it, the more he "deserves" international recognition.
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