Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

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Originally Posted by Fiero 5.7

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?

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Just because of that. He had guilty conscious of what he had done. Originally he had meant his explosives for mining industry, not warfare.

Why not just accept this accommodation for whatever you think it is worth!? :confused: :s mokin:

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Originally Posted by chuck34

Man that's out there, even for you. So if McCain would have been elected, he should have gotten the prize too?

My name's not Bush, don't I deserve a prize?

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I suspect Eki has a point, the fact that Obama isn't Bush and brings a breath of fresh air into US diplomacy is probably one of the main reasons Obama got the Nobel prize. After all, there isn't much else he can be awarded the prize for is there, he hasn't really achieved anything yet.

Someone else commented that the Nobel prize has degraded itself by awarding prizes to terrorists. I don't see why those who have laid down arms to achieve peace should not be rewarded for their efforts. Nelson Mandela may have tried to blow up a cafe but you can't dismiss his efforts to end Apartheid through peaceful means afterwards.

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Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa

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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In all of the other categories, the Nobel Prize is given for a completed work. In literature a book must be finished, in chemistry a reaction must be re-tested and proven beyond doubt, in science a discovery or theory must be proven to hold true again and again. Why has a prize been given for just thinking about a conclusion?

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Let me be clear: I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations.

To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize -- men and women who've inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.

But I also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women, and all Americans, want to build - a world that gives life to the promise of our founding documents. And I know that throughout history, the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes. And that is why I will accept this award as a call to action -- a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Build...ing-Documents/

The decision is rather laughable, isn't it? So too are all the complaints from right-wingers who feel very put-upon at the moment about this being some sort of 'liberal' conspiracy, but the concept of the Nobel prizes is surely about achievement, as it is in other fields. I look forward to receiving next year's Nobel prize for literature on the grounds that I've had a good idea for a novel.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

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Originally Posted by steve_spackman

In all of the other categories, the Nobel Prize is given for a completed work. In literature a book must be finished, in chemistry a reaction must be re-tested and proven beyond doubt, in science a discovery or theory must be proven to hold true again and again. Why has a prize been given for just thinking about a conclusion?

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They gave the Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger yet he advocated secret bombing campaigns during and after peace talks.