Why doesn't any of these comments actually discuss whether he deserves the PEACE prize? If you think it great he has brought climate change to the forefront...what has that got to do with peace? And if you think he's a hypocritical politician...again, what has that got to do with peace?

Personally, I don't think the panel should have won it because it doesn't strike me as a tangible peace effort. My initial reaction was that it did seem more of a political statement.

Darn. I use that fact all the time. Didn't know it could win you something! Also, John Tyler named his estate Sherwood Forest because he saw himself as a Robin Hood figure fighting big government.

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