[buffoon]

As things were going all one needed to do was NOT BE Bush.

As to the committee's selection criteria, nobody should be surprised, annoyed or pleased.

In the unlikely event that I'm ever presented with the prize, I would have to refuse it anyway. I could stomach being in the company of BO but Begin and Arafat would have me barfing all day long.

[Deke40]

A little Nobel Peace Prize triva:

– In 2009, the Nobel Peace Prize committee received 205 nominations.

– The names of the nominees cannot be revealed for 50 years.

– Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 and 1948 for his efforts to end World War II.

– Adolf Hitler was nominated once in 1939 by a Swedish member of parliament. But the nomination was withdrawn by a letter Feb 1, 1939.

– Mahatma Gandhi, one of the strongest symbols of non-violence, was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and, finally, shortly before he was assassinated in January 1948. Although Gandhi was not awarded the prize (a posthumous award is not allowed by the statutes), the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to give no award that year saying “there was no suitable living candidate”.



Read more: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/...#ixzz0TSfPX3XG

[poochee]

Originally Posted by Deke40

This is a direct quote from Obama's speech this morning:

"To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who have been honored by this prize,"

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.

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

[valis]

need a link, poochers.....

you know that.

[bill.aam]

[poochee]

Originally Posted by valis

need a link, poochers.....

you know that.

Ask and you shall receive.

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

[bp936]

Originally Posted by buffoon

As things were going all one needed to do was NOT BE Bush.

I see this selection as a 100% calculated choice to show Bush, what the world thought of his decisions.

not everyone lives in the USA, the world is big and it needed a positive boost from the nation who thinks, it's the biggest and best. What an illusion.

Be happy that your world image is improving. Give Obama a chance to do some of what he promised and undo the damage Bush did to the world.

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by 4EverRight

I think a proper conservative response is, "Congratulations, Mr. President. Please continue to meet the standards of the Nobel Peace Prize."

But no, that will not happen. Our conservative spokesmen will do what they usually do, (bash, spew hate and twist.), and we conservatives will be viewed as insignificant.

It does often seem the conservatives just want Obama to fail. What happened to their emphasis on patriotism?

It's a bit too early for a Nobel price. If he follows through with his stated agenda and manages to help thaw relations, only than would I consider it.

I have scoured international sources to check the validity of an international poll where it has been reported that the US jumped form 7 to 1 as the most admired countries in the world when Obama took office. While I have some healthy sckepticism of this it does support the idea that change in leadership improved world perception. Is the honeymoon over yet?

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by buffoon

In the unlikely event that I'm ever presented with the prize, I would have to refuse it anyway. I could stomach being in the company of BO but Begin and Arafat would have me barfing all day long.

So, seriously, would you refuse the $1.4 million cash reword because of Begin and Arafat?

[valis]

Originally Posted by poochee

Ask and you shall receive.

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

danke, kiddo.

[LANMaster]

My bologna has a first name .........

[valis]

Originally Posted by thingamajig

It does often seem the conservatives just want Obama to fail. What happened to their emphasis on patriotism?

It's a bit too early for a Nobel price. If he follows through with his stated agenda and manages to help thaw relations, only than would I consider it.

well, one thing I know I'm not is a conservative, so I don't even know why I'm responding to this.

I don't WISH him to fail; I BELIEVE he will fail. I think he is woefully under-qualified for the job (not to say that Bush wasn't, but not to this extent), and certain things bug me greatly about him.

Most presidents since Reagan (possibly since Nixon) have been a shill for someone/thing, be it big money, oil, military might, whatever. Since Nixon the POTUS has been largely an empty figurehead position, IMO. Reagan did a great job, but blew it all when he said 'I don't remember.'; that's what his legacy will be, as surely as Dukakis' legacy will be him in that idiotic tank helmet.

But Obama's got kids in school singing for him??? What the heck is up with that? If my kid had taken part in that, I would have gone ballistic; to me, that's just this side of the whole 'cult of personality' thing.

I dunno. I just don't know enough about him yet, and I sure as hell don't trust him.

I have scoured international sources to check the validity of an international poll where it has been reported that the US jumped form 7 to 1 as the most admired countries in the world when Obama took office. While I have some healthy sckepticism of this it does support the idea that change in leadership improved world perception. Is the honeymoon over yet?

veddy interestink.

[valis]

Originally Posted by Deke40

Come on Poochee I don't hate the man. As the quote I put in there said he had been in office only 12 days before the deadline for voting came about.

What did he do in the first 12 days that would precipitate him receiving the prize?

That was my immediate reaction as well. Called my wife when I read about it today at work, and asked her to be sure about the voting deadline, and she also thought that he had been in office about 2 weeks before that deadline had passed.

At best, this is hollow prize. At best.

At worst, well, we probably shouldn't go there.

[LANMaster]

Originally Posted by valis

......................

At best, this is hollow prize. At best.

At worst, well, we probably shouldn't go there.

Why shouldn't we go there?

Politically incorrect, I suppose?

[thingamajig]

Originally Posted by LANMaster

Why shouldn't we go there?

Politically incorrect, I suppose?

Consider this commentary on getting prize for promises.