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Bring it, cable and talk radio demagogues: Obama crowned god-emperor of Illuminati.
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Oh. Well uh. He's like... leading the whole thing on Iran? I guess?
This whole thing is dumb. I like the guy, but nothing has happened yet to substantiate this. Though, even if something had happened, FOX would still be talking shit.
well she is a piece worthy of a prize, heh, heh, oink
We just started being a jerk about it for a while.
Well as other people have said, some of the award is based on intentions. I think for world peace, rewarding early good intentions by the President is a good thing. I mean, coming off the back of President Bombs-A-Lot, Obama is moving America in the right direction, and the Peace Prize is a confirmation of these actions.
Should someone be awarded a Nobel on intentions alone? No of course not. Has Obama done enough so far and delivered on promises to be a worthy laureate? That's the debate here. Some would argue no, not yet, this award is premature. I might be inclined to agree.
But you could hardly say he was undeserving entirely. Furthermore, should we ever find out who else was in the running for it, Obama winning by such a large margin of votes, perhaps they too were equally undeserving and Obama edged them out. I mean, most people worthy of a Peace Prize have already got one.
It's just weird. It also adds fuel to the whole idiotic debate in America among the media over Obama. I say good on him, he's doing alright. As said, America used to be looked at with utter contempt in the rest of the world. Obama has turned that shit around considerably. That's worthy of some recognition.
Like other folks have said, it seems unwarranted. He's a new president, who imo has been a weak president simply in the neutral sense of whether he can get his agenda accomplished. He hasn't been in any concrete way a producer of peace.
That said, I have more beef with the people who really hate Obama than with the president himself. So my thought is primarily: Please, God, don't let them kill him.
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I guess the Nobel Committee's point is that you're not in a position to enable this intention and make it a reality. Because you're nobody. Obama, while having similar goals to I hope most people, is. I don't think it should count, but I can understand their rationale. It's at least logical, though I don't doubt also a political move in some ways too.
Turning world opinion of the US on its head isn't noteworthy?
Not saying I don't like the guy, but come on.
"If you're going to play tiddly winks, play it with man hole covers."
- John McCallum
Obama represents a change in policy. He gave a speech. I think the peace prize should go to people who devote their lives to bettering the world and achieve something outstanding to that end. There are people like that. They were thinking of giving it to one of the Tienanmen demonstrators-- that would have made sense.
Instead, if you're an American president, you get a prize just for not being a war criminal.
I'm a paranoiac, I know, but is this an anti-Israel thing?
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How would this be anti-Israel?
I doubt it, Israel is thumbing their noses at him (and he doesn't have the balls to do anything about it) and the Palestinians feel like he's not doing enough so neither side really cares much for him.
The thing is, I think the rest of the world has very high hopes for him doing something different.
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"Thank you for not making Russia mad."
Which actually makes more sense, though I think it's kind of disheartening.
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I don't know how I feel about him winning the prize this early, but at least it's showing that he hasn't been given up on yet.
somehow the world has managed to raise the bar even higher for Obama
Do they not know what the Darwin Awards are? of all the words to misspell
Is... is that how the nobel prizes work? Ok!
Fox news comments are the best thing.
Should've gone to Heath ledger.
nope, I was wrong
the Nobel Committee gave him a Man Of Peace award in 08, Martti Ahtisaari was the Peace Prize winner
Yes
USA!
USA!
God, I love the olympics.
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My Olympic revelry covers all manner of prefixes.