And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to … Al Gore?

He ‘has put climate change on the agenda,’ two Norwegian sponsors say
OSLO, Norway - Former Vice President Al Gore was nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the world’s attention to the dangers of global warming, a Norwegian lawmaker said Thursday.

“A prerequisite for winning the Nobel Peace Prize is making a difference, and Al Gore has made a difference,” Conservative Member of Parliament Boerge Brende, a former minister of environment and then of trade, told The Associated Press.

Brende said he joined political opponent Heidi Soerensen of the Socialist Left Party to nominate Gore as well as Canadian Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier before the nomination deadline expired Thursday.

“Al Gore, like no other, has put climate change on the agenda. Gore uses his position to get politicians to understand, while Sheila works from the ground up,” Brende said.

“I think climate change is the biggest challenge we face in this century,” Brende said.

During eight years as Bill Clinton’s vice president, Gore pushed for climate measures, including the Kyoto Treaty. Since leaving office in 2001 he has campaigned worldwide, including with his Oscar-nominated documentary on climate change called “An Inconvenient Truth.”

Source: MSNBC.com

Al Gore certainly deserves this recognition. But not everyone thinks so. Take a look at this image grab from MSNBC’s Live Vote on the subject:

Are there any doubts that this unbelieving twenty’six percent intertwine with that thirty’something percent crowd that still faithfully stand behind Bush and all things Jesus? Why oh why can’t there be a separate place, (complete with a separate atmosphere), for these folks to live?!