Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

Let me get this straight. A man gets elected President, based on a few good speeches, white libreal guilt and a definate fatigue factor of an unpopular president and 2 weeks later, someone nominates him for the Nobel Peace Prize based on potential? What kind of drugs does one smoke to do the nomination? I want to know who filled out the nomination papers for putting Obama up for the prize. WHen you find THAT out, you probably have a great story.

AS for the Nobel Commitee, well they can give this prize out, but when you have Arafat as a man of Peace on your rolls, you have zero credibility. I seized giving a damn about who wins this @sskissing exercise a long time ago. Giving one to Gore was pure politics, and so is this. THe nobel isn't for apolitical people like Chuck's suggestion. No...this is a prize for liberals who all can hold hands and feel good about, while nothing happens. Sounds like most liberal solutions. Great in theory, never works in the real world.

As for you Eki, quit hijacking threads for your Anti-Bush crusade, he isn't worthy of a Nobel but he is more worthy than Obama. Hell, Gore's prize made more sense to me than this one...and I didn't agree with that one either.

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Originally Posted by edv

I'll be grabbing some popcorn and watching FoxNews tonight...

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:laugh: The tele will experience a meltdown.

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Originally Posted by Koz

... Anyone read the Charlie Sheen interview of this guy?...

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Now there's a guy who deserves a Nobel Peace prize, for being able to maintain peace, as well as his sanity while struggling with diplomatic relations with his ex, Denise Richards.

quote Howard Zinn

I was dismayed when I heard Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize. A shock, really, to think that a president carrying on wars in two countries and launching military action in a third country (Pakistan), would be given a peace prize. But then I recalled that Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Kissinger had all received Nobel Peace Prizes. The Nobel Committee is famous for its superficial estimates and for its susceptibility to rhetoric and empty gestures, while ignoring blatant violations of world peace.

People should not be given a peace prize on the basis of promises they have made (as with Obama, an eloquent maker of promises) but on the basis of actual accomplishments towards ending war. Obama has continued deadly, inhuman military action in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Nobel Peace Committee should retire, and turn over its huge funds to some international peace organization which is not awed by stardom and rhetoric, and which has some understanding of history.


Howard Zinn is a historian, playwright and social activist, and has received the Thomas Merton Award, the Eugene V. Debs Award, the Upton Sinclair Award and the Lannan Literary Award. He is perhaps best known for "A People's History of the United States."

Can I have an Oscar for a film I've thought of but haven't made yet?

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

As for you Eki, quit hijacking threads for your Anti-Bush crusade, he isn't worthy of a Nobel but he is more worthy than Obama. Hell, Gore's prize made more sense to me than this one...and I didn't agree with that one either.

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Mr Bush is in no way deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize...

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Originally Posted by Captain VXR

Can I have an Oscar for a film I've thought of but haven't made yet?

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"Yes you can" :erm: :uhoh: :dozey: :p :

Obama wants World Peace, Global Cooperation, Nuclear Disarmament, and to combat climate change. If he looks good in a swimsuit and an evening gown, he just might win Miss America too! :p :

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Originally Posted by Alexamateo

Obama wants World Peace, Global Cooperation, Nuclear Disarmament, and to combat climate change. If he looks good in a swimsuit and an evening gown, he just might win Miss America too! :p :

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:rotflmao:

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

I want to know who filled out the nomination papers for putting Obama up for the prize

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I'm not sure if that information is available!
I know that it is their absolute policy not to divulge who the finalists were for fifty years.
So hang in there untill 2059!!! :eek:

At any rate here is my tribute: :s mokin:



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I don't see what the big deal is. The Nobel Prize, like most awards, is nothing more than a trendy popularity contest. Obama is trendy. Obama is popular. So unless someone can prove that ACORN had a hand in the election or the Panthers were hanging over the committie member's shoulders, assisting them with their selections, I have no problems with Obama receiving it.

When you consider the vast amounts of money the Nobel family made from explosives, the chemistry thereof, and armaments, you might want to question by what logic do people like that decide to fund, of all things, a Peace Prize? I would suspect the motive is no more genuine than the tobacco companies urging people not to smoke and offering ways to help smokers quit nowadays. If you really believe that strongly, then quit selling tobacco and tobacco products. You can get some stop smoking plans from Phillip-Morris or a pack of Marlboros. You can get a peace prize from Nobel or a really nifty Bofors automatic cannon.

Obama, in person or by representitive, has approached numerous countries with the message of "You are doing some things that concern us and the rest of the world. If you are willing to stop these endeavors, then I'm willing to sit down with you to explore solutions that will benefit all of us." For the most part the man has been laughed at, spanked, and sent on his way. Maybe he hasn't done anything, but he made the offer.

I have no problem with him getting the prize.