Indian Tribal Leaders Honor Al Gore, ceremony Oct. 6 to honor him

[dajoki]

Indian Tribal Leaders Honor Al Gore
By WASBIR HUSSAIN
Updated: 15 minutes ago
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20516569/

GAUHATI, India - Tribal kings and chieftains in a remote corner of India that is one of the rainiest places on Earth chose former Vice President Al Gore for their first "global award" for bringing attention to the dangers of climate change.

More than 3,000 kings, chieftains and elders from Meghalaya, a northeastern state, decided to honor Gore after watching his Academy Award-winning documentary film, "An Inconvenient Truth."

"We consider Al Gore a champion for putting the issue of climate change on the world's radar," said Robert Kharshiing, a lawmaker who chairs the Grassroots Democracy Advisory Council. "We want the world to know that our tiny state can face disastrous consequences too."

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Tribal leaders have planned a ceremony Oct. 6 to honor Gore. The council invited Gore to the ceremony, which will take place during a "people's parliament" that is expected to attract 300,000 people, but he has not said whether he will attend.

"We have since received a reply from Mr. Gore's office saying he was very humbled hearing about the decision of people far away to confer him with the award," Kharshiing said.

[Labors of Hercules]

1. Why is it so many people all over the world

Know what a great man this is, and yet these F**king ignorant white trash umerucuns still spout bullshit and marginalize his accomplishments???

[dajoki]

3. People in this country are afraid of the truth n/t

[AtomicKitten]

2. Bravo!

Confucius: "He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own."

[RestoreGore]

4. And to read he may not attend to accept this award is disappointing

For these are the people his movie was about... The poor who are and will suffer most from this climate crisis. For him to not attend this ceremony which will take place outside a forest that has been pristinely preserved and considered sacred for 700 years which is the epitome of all he has written and spoken about regarding the environment would be disappointing to me. I certainly hope he attends this ceremony because this is a moral not a political issue. This goes to the very heart of what we must do globally to give people the tools they need to face this crisis and face it in time.

[dajoki]

5. Yes it would be dissapointing...

but he might have a scheduling conflict.