What a way to wake up

So this morning, as I stumbled out of bed to the sound of my alarm clock’s news radio reports, I was almost knocked over by the announcement that Al Gore had won a Nobel Peace Prize. Now, it might have been my usual morning grogginess, but I was sort of thrown off by the very idea. I thought the Peace Prize had to be somehow related to fostering, well… peace. But this sort of rampant stupidity isn’t new. Al Gore is among some not-so-great company.

Back when I was learning about the Nobel Peace Prize, the most notable winners were people like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mother Teresa. Since those days, the Peace Prize has had little more significance than Home-Coming King. It’s a sad state of affairs.

Rush-ing to Judgement

By now, enough ink has been spent on the “Rush Limbaugh outrage” to fill Lake Erie, and countless hours of TV and radio air-time has been devoted to slamming the King of Talk Radio. It seems like the Left is looking for their own “Betray Us” moment to harp on and score some easy political points. I’m not sure what disgusts me more, how much traction the lies of a far-left hack website like Media Matters have been given by supposedly reputable news sources, or the fact that elected officials have wasted tax-payer money drafting legislation to condemn him based on that lie. Both are full of absolute and unapologetic hubris. Neither is good for the country.