If Al Gore can be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize...

... they why in hell can't Rush Limbaugh:

Landmark Legal Foundation today nominated nationally syndicated radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

Limbaugh, whose daily radio show is heard by more than 20 million people on more than 600 radio stations in the United States and around the world, was nominated for the prestigious award for his "nearly two decades of tireless efforts to promote liberty, equality and opportunity for all humankind, regardless of race, creed, economic stratum or national origin. These are the only real cornerstones of just and lasting peace throughout the world," said Landmark President Mark R. Levin.

"Rush Limbaugh is the foremost advocate for freedom and democracy in the world today," explained Levin. "Everyday he gives voice to the values of democratic governance, individual opportunity and the just, equal application of the rule of law -- and it is fitting that the Nobel Committee recognize the power of these ideals to build a truly peaceful world for future generations."

The Nobel Peace Prize, which is given by a committee of the Norwegian Storting (the Norwegian Parliament), was created by inventor Alfred Nobel in his will in 1896 to be given to the individual or organization who "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding of peace congresses." The first Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 1901 to Henry Dunant and Frederic Passy.

Should Limbaugh become the 2007 Nobel Laureate for Peace, he will receive the Nobel Peace Prize medal and a cash award of $10 million Norwegian Kroner (approximately $1.6 million). The prize would be presented at a ceremony in the Oslo City Hall presided over by King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway on December 10, 2007, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death. As the 2007 Nobel Laureate for Peace, Limbaugh would deliver the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture at that ceremony.

Wouldn't that lecture be a hoot?

You can imagine the disdain, the hissing, the cat-calls and caterwauling this would engender?  And from the same people who take this nomination seriously:

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.

During eight years as Bill Clinton's vice president, Gore pushed for climate measures, including for 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."

Mark Levin, the brains behind the Limbaugh nomination, is a genius.  With one fell swoop, he's completely undercut what many would see to be a serious nomination for a Nobel prize and turned it into what the rest of us know it to be.

A damned joke.

Comments

[Daniel DiRito]

See a tongue-in-cheek visual of Al Gore's recent successes and the possibility of a more "lofty" goal...here:

www.thoughttheater.com

[chrys]

I just keep wondering what the "global warming" [argument] has to do with peace?!?! You and GM have this nailed! The Peace Price is going the way of Time's "Person of the Year!"

[ann bedford]

The Nobel Society accepts nominations only from qualified nominators, not from from every idiot that wants to play a practical joke. the Landmark Foundation is not on the list of competent nominoators, which includes statesmen, academics, prior winners and members of goverment. The Landmark stunt is like the KKK nominating the grand kleagle and demanding "equal" consideration.

[tim]

What makes Gore believe the intel., if you will, on global warming is any different than the intel. regarding Iraq’s WMD’s, which he now tells us how incorrect it all was.

He is on record, when he was the VP, telling us about the dangers of Saddam. Now it’s something different, more controversial and much more disputed, to say the least.

Peace thru recognizing the dangers of global warming? Riiiiiight, gotcha.

By the way, the high temp. for Sunday where I call home will be 10 degrees. Yup, definitely getting warmer.

[Daniel DiRito]

See a tongue-in-cheek visual of Rush "rising" to the occasion...here:

www.thoughttheater.com

[Assistant Village Idiot]

I love this quote from Ann Bedford! "...list of competent nominoators(sic), which includes statesmen, academics, prior winners and members of goverment."

That she could deliver that line without irony tells you everything you need to know.