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Does Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Post by
mudfish
LOL no its the Swedes, look it up. I'll wait.
Wikipedia states otherwise.
Post by
451639
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Post by
MyTie
/facepalm
It's kind of like Al Gore I suppose. It's all just politics and jumping on the bandwagon.
What do the Swedes get out of this again?
As a matter of fact it's the Norwegians who decides it (Alfred Nobel's will stated that the prize should be awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament).
Get your facts correct.
Naw dude. It's the Norwegians. Alfred Nobel was Swedish though. I can see how you got confused.
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165617
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Post by
MyTie
We are both right, it is chaired by the Norwegians but it is presented by the Swedes,,,
The question is who 'decides' it. Not the Swedes, to be sure. The thought was that Norwegians have no foreign policy, so they would be perfect at having objective opinions about the Nobel Prize. Yeah RIGHT.
Post by
Orranis
I hope to god he takes it as a "Well, step up!" kind of thing, like he said in an interview.
Post by
ChairmanKaga
From a State Department spokesman today: "From our standpoint, you know, we think that this gives us a sense of momentum … when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes."
And that's all this is. This award is not about honoring Obama or anything he's done (which is
nothing
to date); it's taking one more pot shot at the Bush administration now that it's dead and buried. Now, Bush deserves a lot of it, but that doesn't make this award any less retarded.
If you want to make a political statement, buy some airtime. Don't corrupt a globally-recognized award to do it.
Post by
Hyperspacerebel
If you want to make a political statement, buy some airtime.
he already did that. And it didn't go over very well.
Post by
MyTie
I hope to god he takes it as a "Well, step up!" kind of thing, like he said in an interview.
I hope he doesn't step up. In the past it has been at the price of trillions and government expansion. I'd rather he sat down.
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283199
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Post by
HiVolt
Wow...
I have no words to explain how truly ridiculous Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize is...
I like the guy, but he hasn't done anything truly significant to even be nominated for it, let alone win it.
Post by
Random0076
Nelson Mandela and Yasser Arafat have been awarded the nobel peace prize. In my opinion, the award is worthless. If they offered me the award, I would ask that they stop wasting my time.
Yea...what did Nelson Mandela ever do for anyone!
No one liked him anyway.
On topic: I don't dislike him, but he doesn't deserve it. He hasn't done much yet. I heard that the reasons were something about the way his foreign policy reflects him not wanting nuclear war....(not saying this is valid in any way) but really, who does want nuclear war?
Post by
chase123
They should have gave it to Sarah Palin imo.
She gives great speeches, shes a champion winker and she dresses very sharp.
If not her then Richard Cheney should have received it. With his cunning intellect, righteous beliefs and beautiful smile.
Cheney/Palin 2012
Post by
Hyperspacerebel
Cheney/Palin
Ron/Paul 2012
;)
Post by
Milayu
Cheney/Palin
Ron/Paul 2012
;)
It's Pain in disguise!
Post by
Wowgeek
Obama got it as a stunt and should be viewed as nothing less.
First black president... pretty good...
First black president AND first black president to win a nobel prize... better!
He's like any other president "Oh, I wanna make it in the history books! lolzerz".
I'm gonna stop here before I say exactly on my mind... and get my ass banned. For the record, non of it's nice and I didn't vote for Obama...
Post by
TheMediator
That's fine if you didn't vote for Obama, as long as you didn't vote for McCain. Not that McCain would have been a bad president, but Palin would have been a heartbeat away from running the country and that is completely unacceptable.
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327953
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Post by
mudfish
Cheney/Palin
Ron/Paul
Scout/Robotnik 2012
;)
;)
Post by
toastmaster7727
People think he is peaceful for "stopping the war". But he has yet to do this. Just 5 days ago, an alumni of my high school was killed in Afghanistan. His morals might be in the right place, but that doesn't matter if he fails to display them.
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