UT to give Gore honorary degree

MARTIN, Tenn. - Former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore will receive an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Tennessee. The degree - an Honorary Doctor of Laws and Humane Letters in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - will be given to Gore at the spring commencement exercises of the College of Arts and Sciences on May 14, where he will be the featured speaker. "Vice President Gore's career has been marked by visionary leadership, and his work has quite literally changed our planet for the better," UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek said in a statement. "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." University trustees approved the award Friday while meeting at the UT Martin campus. The proposal previously was approved by the UT Board of Trustees Academic Affairs and Student Success Committee. Entertainer and philanthropist Dolly Parton and former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr. are the only other recipients of honorary degrees from UT Knoxville.

I guess the fine folks at UT have not been watching their current events. Or, they completely are setting out to piss off a majority of America. Or, did they miss the fact that Al Gore didn’t even carry his own state during the 2000 election? So I ask, Chancellor, can I get one of these phony degrees myself for all of the accomplishments that I have made? Its also good to know that Al Gore is right in league with Dolly Parton.  His Global Warming balloons are about as big as hers. Xavier