A Politician With a Consciense

Today, former Vice President Al Gore won the Nobel Prize. As most people already know, Mr. Gore has been spending a lot of his time, over many years, trying to get people and governments all around the globe to wake up and understand what carbon emissions are actually doing to damage our planet. I received the following email from Mr. Gore earlier today...........

Dear Tom,

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.

Thank you,

Al Gore

With politics being what it is today, Democrats and Republicans constantly fighting and bickering instead of focusing on what they should, it is refreshing to know that Mr. Gore (a politician) can be so selfless in accepting this great honor and donating the entire prize to continue the work he feels so passionate about.

I tip my hat to you Al. You don't need to thank us, we need to thank you! Our country and the world need many more people like you.

Thank you Mr. Vice President.