Whether you agreed with the decisions or not, at least one could find a plausible basis for granting the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore, or Yasser Arafat.
But Barack Obama? Seriously? For what, liberating teleprompters from subservience and calling attention to their plight? Ridding the world of malaria-carrying vectors, one pesky fly at at time?
Apparently the Nobels are handing out the award based on potential now. Here's hoping that in the next three to seven years, Barack Obama actually finds a way to earn this one retroactively. Until then, I can only suspect that Chris Matthews stuffed the ballot box.
But Barack Obama? Seriously? For what, liberating teleprompters from subservience and calling attention to their plight? Ridding the world of malaria-carrying vectors, one pesky fly at at time?
Apparently the Nobels are handing out the award based on potential now. Here's hoping that in the next three to seven years, Barack Obama actually finds a way to earn this one retroactively. Until then, I can only suspect that Chris Matthews stuffed the ballot box.
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I think this was clearly an indication of how much the voting committee (and a lot of people in other countries) despised the "ugly American" Bush Administration and how happy they are that he's out of there now. It also puts more pressure on Obama to live up to this. My crystal ball tells me the far right will also look like jackasses to the rest of the world in their reactions to this.
I'd like to take the opportunity to join in the spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize, and award the 2010 NFL Rookie of the Year award to current Oklahoma Sooners Quarterback Sam Bradford. I don't think it should really matter that he is currently out with an injury, and has not even been drafted, much less played in a single NFL game. Bradford represents a new climate in american football, and that matters far more than any accomplishments in the field for which the award represents.
I joke because I can...and because that's what this award is. Any Conservative that dwells on this award for too long is bound to play into any of the stereotypes that the Left likes to place upon us.
One more before I get back to getting over this:
It was once said of George W. Bush that he was born on 3rd base, and then convinced himself that he had hit a triple.
In contrast, Barack H. Obama may be the first man to be awarded 1st, 2nd, and 3rd base by an Umpire, and then convinced himself that he had hit a triple.
Barack Obama deserves a Nobel Peace prize just about as much as Michael Moore deserves to be named Miss America.
I'm surprised he didn't get an Emmy for his guest appearance on Saturday Night Live last Fall. Maybe his Cairo speech will get a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album.
Give the man an Oscar already! Sure, he hasn't been in any movies, but that's not the point! After all, he's not George Bush!
Wouldn't it have made some sense to at least mention why the the folks who gave him the award did so?
Its so nice to see the town hall/tea party crowd have something more to complain about. Because we all know if Chicago won the 2016 Olympic bid, then they would be talking about the all the money being spent, the odd ball mistakes and bad hiring decisions long how America isn't the America I remember, which for many of them is the 1950s segrated south. Obama is the President of the whole United States and is respected in the international community, so deal with it. However, I know this won't happen until they revoke Glenn Beck's day pass from the institute that is staying at.
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