The Opinion Journal todays point out the people that the Nobel Peace Prize committee scrambled over in their zeal to present Al Gore with the prize.
In Oslo Friday, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded to the Burmese monks whose defiance against, and brutalization at the hands of, the country's military junta in recent weeks captured the attention of the Free World.
The prize was also not awarded to Morgan Tsvangirai, Arthur Mutambara and other Zimbabwe opposition leaders who were arrested and in some cases beaten by police earlier this year while protesting peacefully against dictator Robert Mugabe.
Or to Father Nguyen Van Ly, a Catholic priest in Vietnam arrested this year and sentenced to eight years in prison for helping the pro-democracy group Block 8406.
Or to Wajeha al-Huwaider and Fawzia al-Uyyouni, co-founders of the League of Demanders of Women's Right to Drive Cars in Saudi Arabia, who are waging a modest struggle with grand ambitions to secure basic rights for women in that Muslim country.
Or to Colombian President Àlvaro Uribe, who has fought tirelessly to end the violence wrought by left-wing terrorists and drug lords in his country.
Or to Garry Kasparov and the several hundred Russians who were arrested in April, and are continually harassed, for resisting President Vladimir Putin's slide toward authoritarian rule.
There are quite a lot more. Unfortunately for those on the list, the Nobel committee in Oslo is more interested in delivering kicks in the leg than in honoring deserving people. This year's award is no different.
Actually, FORTUNATELY for those on the list, their projects didn’t support the narrative and were therefore spared the shame of being named.
You can’t help but sympathize with the Nobel committee over their choice. The other nominees have nothing to do with Sweden, while Global Warming could turn Sweden into another Mojave Desert in 20 years if not for the work of the Goreacle.