From The Files Of Absurdity, Volume XCV: Chief Global Warming Hoaxster, Al Gore, To Get Honorary Degree From University Of Tennessee?

It seems that the people of Tennessee, Saint Al of Gore's home state, have gone completely crackers. This charlatan who has been spearheading the Global Warming scam for the only purpose of making himself rich, is about to receive an Honorary Doctoral Degree from the University of Tennessee (UT)! When I first saw this, I thought it was a bad joke! But believe me... This is not a joke, and the University of Tennessee is serious!

Here is an article, from www.knoxnews.com out of Knoxville Tennessee, in the form of an editorial that is trying to defend the UT decision to award this criminal with an "Honorary Doctoral Degree". Please hold off on your laughter, and/or anger, until after you read it fully:

Editorial: Al Gore a fine choice for honorary degree

• By News Sentinel staff

Posted March 3, 2010 at 6:32 p.m.

TARIQ MIKKEL KHAN/POLFOTO/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Former U.S. vice president and president candidate, Al Gore, is photographed at the UN Climate Summit COP15, in Copenhagen in December 2009. The University of Tennessee plans to award an honorary doctoral degree to Gore.

He is among the most accomplished and respected Tennesseans in history, and it is fitting that he should be honored by the flagship education institution of his home state."

UTK Chancellor Jimmy Cheek

Here's a suggestion to those objecting to the University of Tennessee's plan to confer an honorary doctorate on Al Gore Jr.:

Get over it.

Gore is an appropriate choice for the honor.

That's not because we necessarily agree with his politics. Sometimes we have; sometimes we haven't.

But therein lies the point. Political preferences shouldn't be the basis for awarding honorary degrees. Leadership stature should be.

The practice of granting honorary degrees is new to UT. Only two people have been so honored: former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. and entertainer and philanthropist Dolly Parton.

Both were excellent choices, and Gore is, too.

In fact, his resume is remarkably comparable to Baker's.

Both men served in the military, attended law school and became U.S. senators. Baker rose to be Senate majority leader and White House chief of staff. Gore became vice president and a presidential candidate who won the majority of the popular vote. Both performed international service after retiring from active politics, Baker as ambassador to Japan and Gore as a global environmentalist, winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

University trustee Crawford Gallimore questioned the selection, saying, "Should we be concerned as a board about awarding degrees to controversial advocacies?"

Quite the contrary. Vigorous participation in the marketplace of ideas should be held up as cause for recognition and celebration.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is a controversial figure, but he would be an apt choice for an honorary degree from the University of Wyoming. Although Cheney and Gore may be seem like political opposites, neither is a kook on the fringe of public discourse. Their lively contributions to political dialog are to be lauded.

Some objectors have pointed specifically to Gore's involvement in the global-warming debate, suggesting that man-made climate change has been disproven by the "Climategate" e-mails. That's far from true. Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander is among those who still say climate change must be addressed, and he certainly shouldn't be disqualified from some future honorary degree. In fact, he would be an excellent choice.

UT had been reluctant to award honorary degrees in the past, but Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek has pushed for a different approach. He believes such degrees call attention to the university and the achievements of those associated with it. Honorary degrees awarded during commencement also point new graduates toward the heights to which can can aspire.

In recommending Gore, Cheek said:

"He is among the most accomplished and respected Tennesseans in history, and it is fitting that he should be honored by the flagship education institution of his home state."

It certainly is.

NTS Notes: This guy should not be receiving any honorary degree, but instead should be in prison for his lying and deceiving of the American public for his actions as chief scam artist in the Global Warming Hoax!

I cannot believe that the people of Tennessee are this oblivious to this charlatan's criminality, that they would honour him instead... This is definitely one for my Files Of Absurdity, indeed!

More to come

NTS