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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:45 AM Original message |
Why did Gore win the Peace prize? What's global warming to do with peace? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, since most wars are based on OIL |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Does the comitee give an explanation for it? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Yes, on their website: large-scale migration, resource wars, He is probably the single individual... |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Sweet - thanks for the link |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Soon, wars will be over water. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. hmmm - I hadn't thought of it that way |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. As the planet dies |
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bigscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. the planet wont die!! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. We can kill the planet |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I think we are 'powerful' enough (stupid enough??) to kill ourselves |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Who said the planet would "die"? Earth will continue, even if |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:39 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. Killing off all life |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. not really. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. that is certainly not a given, it is naive to think new life will evolve, quite likely it won't |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. it will be us to go, but the planet will still go on. |
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againes654 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. The climate changes will affect natural resources which leads to |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's due to the potential to save lives and ease suffering by averting global warming. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. if all of the world doesn't work in peace we will all die |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. But the peace prize usually goes to people who are working against |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Nope... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. Uh, NO. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Uh, OK |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:50 AM Original message |
What do you think is going to happen when 2 billion people don't have a place to live? |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. I don't know. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Guess. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. What |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Guess. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I don't feel like playing guessing games |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. The reason Al Gore won the peace prize is readily apparent. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. ok - what do you think? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Guess. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. no |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. If you've got a point to make, make it. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. I already made my point. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Show some respect! It's the circle of life dammit |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:08 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. ... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
58. Now you're answering interrogatives with imperatives! You're incorrigible! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. Why are you pretending you don't know what will happen when |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. Give it a rest already |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Guess. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
8. Are you kidding? |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. No I'm not kidding |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. In addition to humanitarian efforts and peace movements ... |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. Republicans are waging a war on the environment |
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MelissaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
16. From MSNBC: |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Cool - thanks! |
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MelissaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Welcome! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. Do you always expect others to do ALL your thinking for you? |
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MelissaB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. wrong place! deleted |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Excuse me? |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. Jeez, I'll never ask for information again... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. thank you! |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. You'll understand completely in about 10 years |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
21. Please look at the list of past winners of the Nobel Peace Prize: |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I see. That's very informative |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. Something to do with potentially saving billions of lives I suppose |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
25. It's not exclusively for peace related issues... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. How's bout so everybody doesn't fight over resources? |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
30. For basically the same reasons that environmental activist Wangari Maathal won in 2004! |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
31. Predictions say that water wars will be an issue as things heat up. n/t |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. Peace is not just about human conflict |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. Because peace is more than just lack of war |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. I would argue that most of the turbulence in the world right now |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
42. Its a good question... one answer might be |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. You must be joking. You don't get the connection??? |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Read the whole thread please |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
56. Norman Borlaug (Nobel Peace Prize - 1970): The Man Who Fed the World |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
66. The effects of climate change will create the worst violence in human history |
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