Who Says Crime Doesn’t Pay?

Al Gore shares the Nobel Peace Prize with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But it's not about the politics:

Peace Prize committee chairman Ole Danbolt Mjoes said a possible Gore presidential run was not his concern.

"I want this prize to have everyone … every human being, asking what they should do," Mjoes said. "What he (Gore) decides to do from here is his personal decision."

Mjoes reiterated repeatedly that the prize was not aimed at singling out the Bush administration and its position on global warming.

"A peace prize is never a criticism of anything. A peace prize is a positive message and support to all those champions of peace in the world."

The last American to win the prize or share it was former President Carter in 2002.

Want to bet Hillary Clinton is worried right now? Gore continues to say - not all that firmly - that he has no intentions of running for president. But he has been known to change his mind about things, hasn't he? And now he's on a mission:

"The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity.  It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level," Gore said in a statement e-mailed by his office 44 minutes after the prize was announced at 5 a.m. Eastern time.

Yeah, a lot of people have been saying it resembled a cult more than a scientific discipline. Oh well, he did it.