Awards

I am deeply honored October 12, 2007 : 8:32 AM

I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This award is even more meaningful because I have the honor of sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- the world's pre-eminent scientific body devoted to improving our understanding of the climate crisis -- a group whose members have worked tirelessly and selflessly for many years. We face a true planetary emergency. 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.
My wife, Tipper, and I will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of the award to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan non-profit organization that is devoted to changing public opinion in the U.S. and around the world about the urgency of solving the climate crisis.

Who knew big Al had a blog? Would that make him the first President blogger ... or would that be John Edwards' honor?

This one is going to make the right wing nutosphere go absolutely bat shit --along with a few liberals and progressive. Last night during the Latino Netroots podcast Nic mentioned Al Gore's imminent departure to Europe. I said it was to go pick up his Noble Peace prize.

Boy, you would have thought I said he was going out there to skin some puppies.

La Bloguera brought up the excellent point that Mr. Gore was vice-president when Clinton bombed Sudan but also when the Clinton administration passed the horrid anti-immigration laws that we are now contending with. Check out her rant at about 41 minutes into podcast.

BTW : I am listening to the podcast right now and it's really, really fun.

Check out the committee's press release : The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007; and another naysayer at What has Al Gore done for world peace?

Last night at Nic's Latino Netroots podcast #2 we talked about a whole variety of topics.

Roberto Lovato gave us an in-depth report about the 2nd Annual Latino Congreso.

Marisa Treviño gave us her perspective on how traditional media coverage of immigration and other important issues impact the debate.

Louis Pagán helped us sort out ways in which the Latino blogosphere could more efficiently get our message out and influence the political discourse about issues of importance to Latinos.

I chimed in on some of the historical issues involving US involvement in Latino America and how that interventionism is reflected in the way latino influentials are treated by the political machine here in the US.

La Bloguera cracked us up telling us of the Mexican ambassador's awful adventure “outside the walls” of the White House during the celebrations for Hispanic “Hysteria” Month.

Chequéalo.

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The Koufax Awards are now soliciting nominations for its annual awards. The Koufax Awards recognize outstanding writing among left-leaning blogs. (That means this blog would be eligible. Just sayin')

There are a passel (see? You thought I was going to use the word "shitload." I just wanted to prove I have a large vocabulary.) of categories, and we here at Culture Kitchen invite you to peruse them. In the coming days, you may see our individual recommendations for blogs or writers to recognize.

You, however, should feel free to nominate the blog/writer/community that you think deserving of recognition.

And no, there is no money involved in the award. It's all about the recognition.

More questions? Here's more information about the purpose of the awards. Feel free to take a look at the rest of the site.

Oh, and while you're there? Take a look at Wampum. It's a damn good site in its own right, and we are ever so grateful that it goes out of its way each year to bring the blog communities together in recognition of their own.

From the FAQ

Zidane was given the Golden Ball by the journalists accredited by FIFA for World Cup 2006. From this morning's Le Monde

Le Français Zinédine Zidane, exclu lors de la finale perdue contre l'Italie (1-1 après prolongations, 5 TAB à 3), dimanche à Berlin, a été désigné meilleur joueur du Mondial 2006, a annoncé lundi la Fédération internationale de football (FIFA) sur son site Internet.

Le capitaine de l'équipe de France devance, avec 2 012 points, les Italiens Fabio Cannavaro (1 977 points) et Andrea Pirlo (715 points).

Le meilleur joueur, ou Ballon d'or du Mondial, a été désigné par les journalistes accrédités pour suivre la 18e édition de la Coupe du monde : ils avaient jusqu'à dimanche minuit pour voter. La liste des dix nominés, dressée par le groupe d'étude technique de la FIFA, comprenait, outre Zidane, Cannavaro et Pirlo, les Français Patrick Vieira et Thierry Henry, ainsi que les Italiens Gianlugi Buffon et Gianluca Zambrotta.

Les Allemands Michael Ballack et Miroslav Klose, meilleur buteur du tournoi avec cinq buts, et le Portugais Maniche complétaient cette liste. — (Avec AFP)