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SkygreenLeopard

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

No more info on this yet, still breaking news.
SkygreenLeopard

update

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OSLO — The Norwegian Nobel Committee says U.S. President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
Roostercogburn

Re: Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

SunAlsoRises wrote:
No more info on this yet, still breaking news.


Can't wait to hear fly's response to this one!

Allow me...

Gobbledegook, bull crap! It was rigged! Old gw bush shoulda split the prize with Dick cheney!
SkygreenLeopard

I'll do you one better Rooster...

"Gobbledegook, bull crap! New World Order! European "intellectuals" are dumb! New World Order!

Laughing
SkygreenLeopard

More updates:

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US President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Committee said he was awarded it for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples".
The committee highlighted Mr Obama's efforts to strengthen international bodies and promote nuclear disarmament.

There were a record 205 nominations for this year's prize. Zimbabwe's prime minister and a Chinese dissident had been among the favourites.
The laureate - chosen by a five-member committee - wins a gold medal, a diploma and 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m).

"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the Norwegian committee said as the prize was announced.
"His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population."
SkygreenLeopard

Video!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8298600.stm
SkygreenLeopard

I GUARANTEE you, $20 on this, this afternoon all Fox News will be talking about is how one time Yasser Arafat won the same prize. Guaranteed. Rolling Eyes
SkygreenLeopard

Annnnnnd the conservative response starts rolling in:

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This is a SAD day for the Nobel folks. More loss of credibility. He has accomplished nothing while he tears down the American dream. Rhetoric and talk. It is all he is good for.


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The end of the world must be near .


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REVOLUTION NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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I thought CNN must have been doing some kind of promotion stunt. This is beyond stupid.

I do more for world peace each time I blow my nose that that jack wipe has done in the entirety of his pitiful, phony life


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Nobel Peace Prizes are awarded to servants of the globalist elite.


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This is a bribe by those pussies in Norway to get the muzzie in chief to stab the US military in the back is 'Stan.
He should refuse to accept it.


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The Nobel Prize is only relevant to Communists, Globalists, Anti-Semites.....

Even the most brain dead lefty has to wonder what Obamdolf did to win a Peace Prize. Did he win because they felt sorry for CrookCago not getting the Olympics


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Be very careful...this is a forgein award to make the US de-arm itself and become just like the rest of the world. As for peace maybe for the rest of the world but from within the country the sleeping masses have awoken. The power of the American will be seen and felt by left.


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That affirmsthat he’s a dedicated communisat!

That’s a requirement to get a Nobel prize.


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Bush should wear it as a badge of honor that he wasn't awarded that tainted piece of worthless biased crap. It means he did the right things, not the popular things.
The Nobel peace prize is as worthless and baised as an Academy awards for best documentary or Cannes Palme d’Or. A bunch of leftist artisans doing a circle jerk.


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Are you kidding me? Is this a joke? How pathetic! The Nobel Peace Prize just lost all credibility big time. Obama is one of the most dangerous people of our time along with his side kick George Soros. A sad day for America and the world!


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I think that the Noble Peace Prize people should have first asked to see Obama's long form Hawaii birth certificate and his Occidental, Columbia, and Harvard college records before it awarded Obama the Peace Prize.

Because once this Obama birth certificate issue explodes in Obama's face sometime between now and the 2012 presidential primaries, these Nobel Peace Prize officials, in my opinion, are going to be very embarrassed indeed.



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coastie




these awards have become so politicized - they're virtually meaningless.

Al Gore, Jimmy Carter and now Barack Obama.
SkygreenLeopard

Haha! And the first counter-attacks begin! Laughing

Damage control! Damage control!
doomster

coastie wrote:



these awards have become so politicized - they're virtually meaningless.

Al Gore, Jimmy Carter and now Barack Obama.


Nobel Peace prize......isn't that about the same thing as winning a high school science fair?
SkygreenLeopard

doomster wrote:
coastie wrote:



these awards have become so politicized - they're virtually meaningless.

Al Gore, Jimmy Carter and now Barack Obama.


Nobel Peace prize......isn't that about the same thing as winning a high school science fair?


Possibly, to someone who doesn't know anything about anything. Smile
Roostercogburn

Being a Democrat hasn't been this much fun since "Tricky Dick" was in office! (Nixon, not Cheney!) Very Happy  Very Happy  Very Happy
SkygreenLeopard

Roostercogburn wrote:
Being a Democrat hasn't been this much fun since "Tricky Dick" was in office! (Nixon, not Cheney!) Very Happy  Very Happy  Very Happy


Haha I don't even consider myself a Democrat, and I'm rolling. Ohhhhh republicans. How would the world entertain itself without you guys? Laughing
Roostercogburn

This just in...

Rush Limbaugh dead after choking to death on his morning croissant upon being informed of Obama being awarded Peace Prize! Razz  Razz  Razz

Oh wait, I heard on the wire that Beck shot himself early this morning. As luck would have it, the bullet didn't damage any vital organs due to the fact he put the gun to his head! Razz  Razz  Razz
Roostercogburn

At least now, Beck won't have to use Vick's Vapor Rub to shed tears! Razz
Outsider

Laughing  Laughing  Laughing  Laughing  Laughing  Laughing

And here's a foreign reaction that Fly, etc will surely like.  Fly you should be thankful!!!


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Obama is nothing short of amazing. I still watch his speeches on YouTube--the DNC acceptance speech, the speech on race, his Berlin speech, his speech to the Muslim world.

This man is beyond extraordinary. Americans should be thanking their lucky stars that someone with his talent and humanity would put up with the stuff he has to in order to lead them to a better place.

Maybe, in the end, that is the greatest measure of this man's transcendent qualities: he is willing to bear the ridiculous carping he receives at the hands of his own people in order to lead them to a better place.
Laughing  Laughing
THE CURE

A well deserved award.  
Nighthawk

For what?  So far it seems like a lot of empty promises.  The Iraq war is still going on.  Afghanistan is getting even bloodier.  Guantanamo Bay is still open.  He may be a good orator, but he really hasn't accomplished anything yet.  I would have much rather seen Bill Clinton get it for his efforts towards Mideast Peace in 2000.  

Of course I have lost most of my respect for the Nobel Peace Prize after reading Irena Sendler's story and seeing that she lost to Al Gore for his movie.  The woman saved more than 2,500 Jews from the death camps of Nazi Germany, yet still has not been awarded the prize.  To me, that is the true spirt of the Nobel Peace Prize.  People that work and sometimes die for greater things. Gandhi, MLK, Mother Teresa, etc.  These are the kinds of people who worked very hard and made the world a better place.  They deserve this award for what they have done, not for what they might do.
THE CURE

It must be sad to go through life so bitter nighthawk. Maybe if you help push the cart rather than try to hold it back you'd feel better. Our standing in the world has improved immensely since January. That in itself should be enough to win the award.
Nighthawk

Now you try to assume that I am so bitter?  You do know what assuming makes?  I am far from bitter, far from right-wing, and far from unhappy.  I'm actually a social moderate, fiscal conservative.

It must be sad going through life with such blinders on that anybody with an R on their voter registration card is "evil" "stupid" "racist" etc.  Do you only hang with people who agree with you politically?  I could personally care less.  I'm not sure why everybody on both sides feels that this country must be divided by the red states and the blue states and that everybody who disagrees with Obama hates his skin color and the poor and that everybody that votes Democrat is a pot smoking faggot loving hippie who doesn't have a job.
THE CURE

You just seem to be against everything Obama is trying to do. Do you think we should keep a prison camp for enemy combatants in Guantanamo forever? Do you think health care is fine just like it is? Should we stay in Iraq and Afghanistan? YOU tell me what we should do nighthawk or do you just say no?
coastie

Cure you tell me.  Should we stay in Afghanistan?  Or are you going to wait until Obama decides - then go the way Obama's decision goes?

I apologize for butting in Nighthawk, the question was asked of you.
doomster

Tell me the things obama did to deserve this award???????????????????
rorapid

Wow. Poll on msnbc shows that 62.4% of people do not think that Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, since he has no significant accomplishments.

http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_qu...serving-of-the-nobel-peace-prize?
flyupsidedown

I never really paid much attention to the prize after when Yassar Arafat  was awarded one.  A known terrorist murderer who never repented of his hatred ruined it for me.  That's when I realized how politcized it was.  What matters to me is what the American people think, not some board of international liberal elites.

So, suck up to brutal dictators and repressive regimes, bow to nobodies for no good reason, terrorist buffoons and radical communist south Americans etc and you'll get one.

Nah, it is without distinction anymore in my mind.
doomster

rorapid wrote:
Wow. Poll on msnbc shows that 62.4% of people do not think that Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, since he has no significant accomplishments.

http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_qu...serving-of-the-nobel-peace-prize?


I'm with those 62.8+ percent group, great minds think the same about old obama. We all can't be "wrong".......LMAO!!!
coastie

and msnbc is one of the more liberal cable outlets.
THE CURE

You guys still looking for that birth certificate? Smile
Outsider

Perfectly understandable.  It's like making sausage, it ain't pretty, but just wait.   Laughing

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Maybe, in the end, that is the greatest measure of this man's transcendent qualities: he is willing to bear the ridiculous carping he receives at the hands of his own people in order to lead them to a better place.
jhofficial

Roostercogburn wrote:
This just in...

Rush Limbaugh dead after choking to death on his morning croissant upon being informed of Obama being awarded Peace Prize! Razz  Razz  Razz

Oh wait, I heard on the wire that Beck shot himself early this morning. As luck would have it, the bullet didn't damage any vital organs due to the fact he put the gun to his head! Razz  Razz  Razz


You people condemn what you find as a racist joke, but yet you make make light of such a tragic event as suicide.  Yeah thats who I want to tell me who should win a peace prize or about anything at all.
flyupsidedown

Everyone seems surprised.  But you'll notice one of the reasons is because Obama has elevated the United Nations as a international broker.  That in itself is a joke.  It is a pro islamic terrorist organization, anti Israel and is worthless at peace keeping.  We're living surrealism it seems.



lemontrail

I wonder why the guy in the background is laughing??? Probably the same reason many of us are.
THE CURE

Is the sky not blue enough for you people today?
Roostercogburn

jhofficial wrote:
Roostercogburn wrote:
This just in...

Rush Limbaugh dead after choking to death on his morning croissant upon being informed of Obama being awarded Peace Prize! Razz  Razz  Razz

Oh wait, I heard on the wire that Beck shot himself early this morning. As luck would have it, the bullet didn't damage any vital organs due to the fact he put the gun to his head! Razz  Razz  Razz


You people condemn what you find as a racist joke, but yet you make make light of such a tragic event as suicide.  Yeah thats who I want to tell me who should win a peace prize or about anything at all.



Nice to see that you have all of a sudden become compassionate, JH.
Wasn't so long ago you were doing your share of trash talking and telling us that you didn't have any friends and didn't want any.


The difference is that I want America to succeed. I wanted the Olympics to come to Chicago, but understand that Rio, Brazil had a better location and a better package. The Repugs were giddy because they wanted "Obuma" to look bad, no matter the consequences. All of America should be proud that our President has won such a distinguished award.

Back when Bush was in office, I trashed his economic policy and his WMD lies, but I never wished for NY to lose out to London so it would make Bush look bad. All you guys want is for Obama to fail, no matter what the consequences may be. That, my friends, is truly Un-American! Exclamation
Roostercogburn

Nighthawk wrote:
For what?  So far it seems like a lot of empty promises.  The Iraq war is still going on.  Afghanistan is getting even bloodier.  Guantanamo Bay is still open.  He may be a good orator, but he really hasn't accomplished anything yet.  I would have much rather seen Bill Clinton get it for his efforts towards Mideast Peace in 2000.  

Of course I have lost most of my respect for the Nobel Peace Prize after reading Irena Sendler's story and seeing that she lost to Al Gore for his movie.  The woman saved more than 2,500 Jews from the death camps of Nazi Germany, yet still has not been awarded the prize.  To me, that is the true spirt of the Nobel Peace Prize.  People that work and sometimes die for greater things. Gandhi, MLK, Mother Teresa, etc.  These are the kinds of people who worked very hard and made the world a better place.  They deserve this award for what they have done, not for what they might do.


I agree that Irene Sandler should have gotten the award instead of Al Gore. It is sad but true that our greatest heroes are often the lowest paid, most under appreciated people. Just look at our teachers, firefighters, EMS, and police officers. We are lucky that so many people are that unselfish and caring!
lemontrail

THE CURE wrote:
Is the sky not blue enough for you people today?


It looks a little cloudy out at the moment Wink

Look, as a human being, husband, and father I'm sure he's a fine man, but as a leader I do not believe that he has what it takes. It's not a democrat or repub thing for me. It just is what it is. Honestly, in the realm of peace he has accomplished little if anything, and he was nominated after having served only 10(?) days in office. What could he have possibly accomplished in 10 days that he EARNED the Nobel Peace Prize? I'm not a follower of the award, but I would say that I'm certain there was someone more accomplished and deserving of the award.

Now, I know the democrat response will be to automatically defend Obama, regardless of the facts. (If it were a repub in office the same tihng would happen) If one were to admit he was undeserving of the award, well my god what would that mean! One of the most detrimental tendencies of the electorate today is backing the party/ideology in any way possible, even when that means not looking so closely at fact and truth, objectively.

Take an objective look at Obama's accomplishments within those 10 days. Hell, take a look at them now. Not what he has proposed during campaigns, or even while in office, but what he has actually accomplished. Deserving of the Noble Peace Prize? No, I think not.
coastie

I wonder if it could have anything to do with keeping him on course - he's already been to europe apologizing to everyone for everything we've done in the past.  He's kissed their collective european tails on climate change and every other progressive issue.

The "prize" could be to subtley blackmail him into maintaining that posture (at the expense of U.S. interests).

As others have pointed out - he has done nothing.

It's also a backhanded slap at G.W. Bush for the way he dictated to Europe for 8 years.
flyupsidedown

By his bowing and/or photo-ops with dictatorial scumbags around the earth, apologizing and demeaning the sense of American sovereignty , he has won the gleeming aprobation of the world.  So what.  It isn't that he won the peace prize but what he won it for.  This guy is a patsy for the internationalists, the socialists, and islamists, how could he not be loved, adored and fawned over.  He speaks everything they could hope for.  Now, what about America?  He is dividing from the inside and injecting socialist mentality and a second-rate America outlook.

Here is an excellent editorial that brings the 'Nobel' into perspective.  

http://article.nationalreview.com...zOGQ1MjkzZDMyYmRlMGI0YjgyNmU1OWQ=


also:

coastie

This just in -

President Obama watched Florida beat LSU on Saturday.  Following the game, they awarded Obama the Heisman trophy.
lemontrail

Just came across some info on the NPP... the following is an excerpt from Alfred Nobel's will:

The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way:

The capital shall be invested by my executors in safe securities and shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.

The prizes for physics and chemistry shall be awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences; that for physiological or medical works by Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm; that for literature by the Academy in Stockholm; and that for champions of peace by a committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Storting. It is my expressed wish that in awarding the prizes no consideration whatever shall be given to the nationality of the candidates, so that the most worthy shall receive the prize, whether he be Scandinavian or not.

So, it was based on his work during the PRECEDING YEAR . Well, what the hell was that work exactly???
Outsider

lemon wrote:
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So, it was based on his work during the PRECEDING YEAR . Well, what the hell was that work exactly???


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who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.

 
I'm surprised you would ask such a question, lemon.  The answer is so easy even I can answer it.  It's right there in your own post.

He kicked some serious republican butt, thereby conferring the greatest benefit on mankind.   Laughing
coastie

this sums it up really well.

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The Affirmative Action Nobel

by  Patrick J. Buchanan

10/13/2009



All my life, said Voltaire, I have had but one prayer: "O Lord, make my enemies look ridiculous. And God granted it."

In awarding the Nobel Prize for Peace to Barack Obama, the Nobel committee has just made itself look ridiculous.

Consider. Though they had lead roles in ending a Cold War lasting half a century, between a nuclear-armed Soviet Empire and the West, neither Ronald Reagan nor John Paul II ever got a Nobel Prize.


In 1987, Reagan negotiated the greatest arms reduction treaty in modern time, the INF agreement removing all Soviet SS-20s and all U.S. Pershing and cruise missiles from Europe.

Other than hosting the "Beer Summit" between Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge Police and Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, what has Obama done to compare with what these statesmen did to make ours a more peaceful and better world?

What has Obama accomplished to compare with what the other sitting presidents to receive the Nobel Prize accomplished?

Theodore Roosevelt won in 1906 for the Portsmouth Treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War. Woodrow Wilson won the 1919 Nobel Prize for getting Germany to accept his 14 Points as the basis for an armistice that ended the bloodiest war in all of European history.

And what about Richard Nixon?

In 1972, he made his historic trip to China, ending a quarter century of hostility, negotiated SALT I with Leonid Brezhnev, limiting ICBMs, and ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam. True, Nixon persuaded Hanoi to sign the Paris Peace Accords only after 13 days of "Christmas bombing."

Yet that did not deter the Nobel committee from giving the 1973 prize to Henry Kissinger and Hanoi 's Le Duc Tho.

Early in the week his award was announced, Obama snubbed the Dalai Lama, the 1989 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, who has spent 50 years as a courageous voice for the rights of his Tibetan people, who have endured half a century of Chinese communist repression and cultural genocide. Which of these -- the Dalai Lama or Barack Obama -- seems more deserving of a Nobel Prize for Peace?

Since the news broke, the president has been a national object of mockery and mirth. In fairness, this is not his fault. There is no evidence he lobbied for the prize; no evidence he knew it was coming.

"Is this April Fools' Day?" said one startled aide.

In accepting, Barack was properly humble, saying that he did not belong in the company of previous recipients, that he would try to live up to the expectations his Nobel had created.

It is the members of the Nobel committee who have made fools of themselves and further devalued their prize, if that is still possible.

For how many Americans could, without Google, identify Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Muhammad Yunus and Martti Ahtisaari? Who are they? The 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008 winners of the Nobel Prize for Peace. In that company at least, Barack, for his willingness to talk to America's adversaries and enemies, is not outshone.

Indeed, looking down the list of other recipients in this decade -- Jimmy Carter in 2002, Muhammad ElBaradei in 2005, Al Gore in 2007 and Obama -- the committee should probably rename it the Nobel Prize for Peace ... and Stick-It-to-George Bush Trophy.

By 2002, Carter, who should have been included in the 1978 Nobel that went to Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat for the Israeli-Egyptian peace he brokered at Camp David, had become a global pest, bedeviling Bush, as he did Bill Clinton, in violation of the tradition of ex-presidents, all the while accomplishing nothing.

While the International Atomic Energy Agency was right about no atomic weapons or programs in Iraq, ElBaradai himself regretted not having been more courageous in opposing the war. As for Gore, his prize was the committee's way of providing publicity for a campaign against global warming that is a front for the latest scheme to advance world government.

As for Obama, he got the award because he is the quintessential anti-Bush. Yet, the Nobel committee did him no service.

They have brazenly meddled in the internal affairs of the United States. They have reinforced the impression that Obama is someone who is forever being given prizes -- Ivy League scholarships, law review editorships, prime-time speaking slots at national conventions -- he did not earn. They have put him under moral pressure to mollify a pacifist left. They have brought him to the point, dangerous in politics, where a man becomes the butt of reflexive jokes, as did Bill Clinton in the Monica affair.

These Norwegian groupies, acting out of "adolescent adulation," writes the Financial Times, have exposed themselves as "an annex to the left wing of the U.S. Democratic Party" with a "deeply misguided act" that will "embarrass (Obama's) allies and egg on his detractors."

The committee did something else. They ensured that their Nobel Peace Prize will never be taken as seriously again as once it was.


THE CURE

The improved standing of America in the eyes of the world was more than enough to award Obama the prize.
lemontrail

THE CURE wrote:
The improved standing of America in the eyes of the world was more than enough to award Obama the prize.


When nominated he had done nothing to deserve the award. Americans know he didn't deserve it, the world knows he didn't deserve it, and most of all Maobama knows he didn't deserve it.
THE CURE

He'd won the election lemontrail. That improved our standing.

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lemontrail

Once again, in keeping with Alfred Nobel's will, which set the requirements for the Nobel awards, individuals have to be nominated based on THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S accomplishments. In this case that would have been 2008. He did not accomplish anything during this period. What he has done since becoming president, which did not occur until Jan. 20 2009 at noon, is not relevant to the requirements.

As for our standing in the world... it's improved so much that OPEC, China, and I believe it was Russia have conspired to take oil off the dollar standard. WOW, they are so thoughtful and kind... they must really love the US of A!(insert sarcasm).
coastie

cure wrote:

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The improved standing of America in the eyes of the world was more than enough to award Obama the prize.
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11 days into his presidency (the date nominations closed)??


even the far-left Michael Moore said "Congratulations on your Prize, President Obama - now, earn it"
THE CURE

November 4th was the day of the election. Obviously when things were as bad as they were someone offering a little hope and change meant a lot to some people.
lemontrail

THE CURE wrote:
November 4th was the day of the election. Obviously when things were as bad as they were someone offering a little hope and change meant a lot to some people.


I HOPE to bring peace to the world, cure cancer, solve the world's monetary crisis permanently, eliminate ALL nukes, not just SOME of them, perfect cold fusion, and pen the greatest work of literature the world has ever seen, and I will do this in the near future. I promise.

When and where can I pick up my checks?
THE CURE

But nobody believes YOU lemontrail. Smile
lemontrail

And much of the world doesn't believe MAobama either.  Razz
coastie

cure wrote:



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But nobody believes YOU lemontrail



I do! I do!

****


**** (at least in this case).


Oh and as for our standing in the world.  China announced that not only will they not impose sanctions on Iran, they're going to cooperate with Iran.  Russia likewise.
lemontrail

coastie wrote:
cure wrote:



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But nobody believes YOU lemontrail



I do! I do!



**** (at least in this case).****



Oh and as for our standing in the world.  China announced that not only will they not impose sanctions on Iran, they're going to cooperate with Iran.  Russia likewise.


Will you nominate me coastie??? I'm sure Alfred Nobel wouldn't mind, you know, as long as we are adhering to the requirements that he set forth. After all, it's HIS creation; we wouldn't want to disregard his wishes.
coastie

I tried to nominate you lemontrail, but they told me something along the lines  ---- you, coastie, are not qualified to nominate anyone for this  formerly """"prestigious**** award.  I'll have my people check and see if there's any way around the rules.

Don't give up hope though - the Nobel Prize committee violated their own rules when they awarded the prize to Obama, so there could be a way.
lemontrail

coastie wrote:
I tried to nominate you lemontrail, but they told me something along the lines  ---- you, coastie, are not qualified to nominate anyone for this  formerly """"prestigious**** award.  I'll have my people check and see if there's any way around the rules.

Don't give up hope though - the Nobel Prize committee violated their own rules when they awarded the prize to Obama, so there could be a way.


Now, THAT'S the kind of HOPE and CHANGE I'm talking about!
coastie

Outsider

A simple "congratulations" would be a much more noble response to President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize.  Why all the whining?  Cause Limbaugh and Fox says so?  It's starting to look silly.  Smilie_PDT  Smilie_PDT
Jack Burton

Why is wanting a conclusive evidence as to what he had done before the nomination deadline being silly? If he had contributed so much than it should be easy to find.
Outsider

Jack Burton wrote:
Why is wanting a conclusive evidence as to what he had done before the nomination deadline being silly? If he had contributed so much than it should be easy to find.


Simply because getting conclusive evidence would not make one twit of difference.  It would not change a thing.  The president didn't ask for it.  The noble reaction, since he is our President would be to say "congratulations".

Even Mike Huckabee said it would be "whining" to try and discredit the President for being awarded something he had no control over.  For some whiners, it wouldn't make any difference what he "contributed".
Jack Burton

You offer no evidence because there is none. Congratulations to him, but he did not earn it no matter how his supporters try to spin to make it look like he did.
Outsider

Jack Burton wrote:
You offer no evidence because there is none. Congratulations to him, but he did not earn it no matter how his supporters try to spin to make it look like he did.


Jack the "Congratulations" is nobel of you.  
As for the evidence, it's just like the "birthers" thing.  Evidence doesn't mean a thing to them.  And evidence wouldn't mean a thing to Obama's opponents on the Nobel prize.  They didn't vote for him, they don't support them, and they don't want him to succeed.  He didn't have to earn it.  He didn't ask for it.
SkygreenLeopard

Outsider wrote:
 He didn't have to earn it.  He didn't ask for it.


That's what I think everyone here is missing. These idiots act as if he asked for it or something.
Outsider



Quit your whining and go to your rooms!!!

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