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10-09-2009, 10:27 PM #41
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10-10-2009, 04:23 AM #42"Blues fallin' down like hail." Robert Johnson
"Aw, Pretty Boy, can't you show me nuthin but surrender?" Patti Smith
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10-10-2009, 05:14 AM #43
I wouldn't say that I'm angry over it. The feeling I have most over it is confusion. He hasn't done anything to date to deserve the prize. The list of nominees must have been a short and terrible one.
Nobel Peace Committee Chairperson: Ok guys, who're we going to give this thing to?
Committee Member: There's always Bono.
Committee Member: Yeah, he does a lot, but have you seen his sunglasses? Total turn off.
Committee Member: Look, I think we might have a possible Gandhi situation on our hands. Let's get preemptive on this and give it to Barack in case something happens.
Chairperson: I like how you think. We gave it to Al Gore after all, and we all know he doesn't do a thing. At least Obama's got to do something that looks good to get re-elected.
Committee Member: Right! And then in hindsight we'll be called visionaries! Anyone for scones?
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10-10-2009, 05:19 AM #44
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10-11-2009, 03:43 AM #45
It's pretty simple I think. The world politicos were happy when Obama won the presidential election because they took it as a denunciation of the previous hawkish administration. When the most powerful nation makes a dovish turn, it's viewed by the peace-nicks as a good thing. That was the mindset when the peace prize decision was made. It was a cheerful embrace of the presumed turn in American politics. No reason for us to get our panties in a wad.
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10-11-2009, 05:31 PM #46
Well, except for me, it looks to be virtually unanimous: The President of the United States winning the Nobel Peace prize is a lousy, rotten thing and it would have been far better for him to lose.
I think I understand...
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10-11-2009, 05:40 PM #47
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10-11-2009, 05:47 PM #48
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Thanked: 259first off there are no loosers in the nobel peace prize, just one award. him being president has nothing to do with it. he does not deserve it and if he had any character and self respect he would have refused the award, but i digress, i forgot who we were talking about, what was i thinking
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10-11-2009, 06:01 PM #49
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Thanked: 267I think any disparaging remarks to a recipient of any Nobel Prize is misplaced. The Nobel committee is the one that have cheapened the award to it present status. Even the people in Norway, for the most part, are embarrassed.
Later,
Richard
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10-11-2009, 06:08 PM #50