Al Gore Receives Prince of Asturias Prize For International Cooperation

[RestoreGore]

http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/ing/04/premios/premios5_2007.html
From the page:

At its meeting in Oviedo, the Jury for the 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation, made up of María Jesús Álvarez González, Enrique Barón, José María Bergareche, Emilio Cassinello, Alicia Castro Masaveu, Consuelo Crespo, Manuel Díaz Ron, Jorge de Esteban, Luis Fernández, Severino García Vigón, Antonio Garrigues Walker, Isabel Gómez-Acebo, Laura González, Luis Lada Díaz, Ricardo Martí Fluxá, José María Martín Patino, Luis Javier Navarro Vigil, Marcelino Oreja Aguirre, Yago Pico de Coaña, Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Luis Ruiz de Gopegui Miguel, Luis Sánchez-Merlo, Gustavo Suárez Pertierra, chaired by Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo with Teodoro López-Cuesta as secretary, has decided to bestow the 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation on Al Gore, Chairman of the Board of the Alliance for Climate Protection, for his decisive contribution towards making progress in solving the serious problems caused by climate change that are threatening our planet and which make international cooperation an absolute necessity in the search for a solution. In bestowing this Award, the Jury wishes to highlight Al Gore´s many great merits, for he is a public figure who, with his leadership, has contributed towards raising awareness amongst people and governments throughout the world by advocating this noble and vital cause.

By conferring this Award to such an outstanding citizen, the Jury also wishes to recognize the efforts of all of the people and organizations that are working along the same lines.

http://www.fundacionprincipedeasturias.org/ing/04/premiados/trayectorias/trayectoria815.html
This page contains information about Mr. Gore, and a link to his response upon receiving the prize.
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The awards were conferred this past week after Mr. Gore had been informed he won the prize for International Cooperation. The above is the announcement of the award from the nomination jury. Winning this prize is akin to being called the Spanish Nobel and is seen as a precursor to the Nobel Prizes awarded in October.

Congratulations, Mr. Gore. Oh, and also, Bob Dylan won an Asturias prize for the Arts... Congratulations.

[zabet]

1. Al is a global hero.

Dylan is legendary.

:woohoo:

[RestoreGore]

3. Agreed. ;-)

[kimmerspixelated]

2. Really, Al , I couldn't be more proud!

Well, I could think of one thing that would make me even more proud! RUN,AL,RuN!!! That is, if you have time in between accepting awards!

[SlowDownFast]

4. Run, Al Run!!!

[RestoreGore]

5. The Nobel Peace Prize and Al Gore

http://progressivesforgore.blogspot.com/2007/08/nobel-prize-and-al-gore.html

[MonkeyFunk]

7. What evidence is there

that Gore is "one of the main contenders" for the Nobel?

[RestoreGore]

8. His work

And the operative word there is "one" of the main contenders. Shelia Watt- Cloutier is also a main contender and could well wind up sharing the prize with him or winning it, which I would also actually be happy about.

[MonkeyFunk]

9. that's not evidence

it's a opinion


It's my understanding the Nobel deliberations are very confidential. All we know is that he's been nominated, along with scores of other people.

I was wondering what evidence there was to show he was one of the main contenders - like a short list or something (which is kept VERY confidential by the committee). Or is the author of that piece just making it up?

Cuz the truth us, the chances are very very small that Gore will win the Nobel.

[RestoreGore]

12. The author of that piece is me

And itis my opinion and I didn't state anything to the contrary. The evidence to me that would support him being a main contender is his dedication to the environment and his work on it, but more importantly the lasting effect it will have on the world. Now are you going to continue to try to find something that isn't there? Oh, and where is the "evidence" to then support your last line? There was also an article posted here showing a short list of contenders. I'll try to find that for you.

[RestoreGore]

14. Here's a link

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2007/Gore_seen_as_contender_for_2007_0201.html

[MonkeyFunk]

17. well you stated

he's "one of the main contenders". All we know is that he's a contender. You made it up.

[RestoreGore]

21. Sigh...

He is a main contender to me which is a given that it is my opinion. Do you need everything spelled out for you? Just as Sheila Watt-Cloutier is one of the main contenders to me as I have written about her regarding this prize and her work as well. I am an environmentalist so of course those who do work on the environment would be considered main contenders to me. Do you dislike the man that much that you have to continue to harp on my opinion? Perhaps he will not win it, perhaps he will. Regardless he will always remain one of the main contenders to me whether or not you wish to quibble over semantics.

[SoCalDem]

19. Why I think he might WIN..

It would be a slap in the face to our president , who is loathed wordwide.. I think the other contenders would understand, even if they felt they deserved it more.. Awarding it to gore would be a validation of what he stands for, and a repudiation to the little dictator that everyone with an IQ over 75 hates :)

[RestoreGore]

6. What? This isn't on the front page?

I thought Al Gore's endeavors were supported here? :sarcasm:

[JTFrog]

10. And you still don't believe

you poison your own message. Perhaps it has something to do with the number of people who have you on ignore? :shrug:

[RestoreGore]

13. It was a truthful observation

And it happens to all threads posted about his work regardless of who it is, so you can stop with the character assasination again as you do in many threads I post in. You don't have me on ignore though (but amazing you have such psychic powers to know how many do and blatantly break the forum rules constantly by stating that here when you really don't know that) so what's your point? Don't attack the messenger just because the message is true. And please, all those who you seem to have ESP to know have me on their "ignore" list (which was proven quite to the contrary in a thread I posted yesterday) are people who only want to see what they want to see. So it really doesn't matter to me one way or the other.

[JTFrog]

15. And I stand by my statement.

You poison your own message. It should matter to you, but I know it doesn't.

[RestoreGore]

16. And you carry a grudge here

And make a point of following me on every thread thereby poisoning your own message here with your constant nagging of me. There was nothing about this OP or ANY of my posts that poisioned anything. That is only in your own mind because you don't like the message. My "message" BTW is on the front pages of other blogs that aren't so deeply tied into political rhetoric and tunnelvision, so perhaps your perceptions are a bit skewed on that. I then suggest you deal with your personal issues regarding me here because I know I stand by my statements. And I stand by my support of Al Gore NOW regardless of those here who seek to alienate supporters of his who don't follow their political rhetoric talking points.

Good day to you.

[JTFrog]

18. I'm the one that rec's your posts about Al's environmental work when I see them, lol.

I certainly don't follow you, I follow posts about Al. You just regularly show up in those threads to trash someone. :shrug:

[JTFrog]

11. K&R n/t

[RestoreGore]

20. News About The Alliance For Climate Protection

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1819188&mesg_id=1819188

Thank you you for this too, Mr. Gore and all involved in it.