Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize...

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Per CNN:

The Nobel committee recognized Obama’s efforts to solve complex global problems including working toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” the committee said.

Jagland said the decision was “unanimous” and came with ease.

Which is odd, because he didn’t accomplish much of that between Jan 20 and the nomination deadline of Feb 1…

And honestly, the Nobel Committee is being political about it:

He rejected the notion that Obama had been recognized prematurely for his efforts and said the committee wanted to promote the president just it had Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990 in his efforts to open up the Soviet Union…

…Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, last year’s laureate, said it was clear the Nobel committee wanted to encourage Obama on the issues he has been discussing on the world stage…

…The committee wanted to be “far more daring” than in recent times and make an impact on global politics, said Kristian Berg Harpviken, director of the International Peace Research Institute.

Personally, I think it denigrates the use of the Nobel, since the other times American Presidents have received it, they actually DID something - Theodore Roosevelt negotiated the end of the Russo-Japanese War, Wilson started the League of Nations; and Carter had worked around the globe for decades before receiving his.

And there can’t have been “too few other candidates”…

This year’s Peace Prize nominees included 172 people – among them three Chinese dissidents, an Afghan activist and a controversial Colombian lawmaker – and 33 organizations, the highest number of nominations ever.

So ultimately, the pressure will be on Obama to “live up to” the award. If he fails, then the award this year would be meaningless. And I’d bet that the award might actually backfire in certain cases - some of the governments he will have to work with won’t give a hoot what a Euro-centric award means.

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is anyone really surprised this happened? Hes gotten more publicity than every single presiden ever put together.

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Yep, keep bitching about “apology tours” and he’ll keep mending fences with countries the previous administration pissed off.

Half of this country is too ignorant to see it, but when you travel to other countries, the “I hated bush but love obama” sentiment among the average citizens is damn near universal. Even I was surprised by it.

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And he’s a fucking communist without a real birth certificate!

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Where is Ashton Kutcher?
Even the alphabet soup(ABCCBSNBCCNNMSNBC) were surprised.

THE
NEW
WORLD
ORDER
LOVES
OBAMA

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^ I see what you did there.

Idk, as long as no1 is trying to blow our shit up I’m all for this stuff

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I guess if you fill appointed positions with admited communists, socialists, tax cheats, people that think trees should be able to sue, etc, etc, you will win on the world stage.

Who wouldn’t want acceptance from that kind of world?:gotme:

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Todays news so far…

Obama wins prize, we bomb the moon, third grade teacher caught stealing lunches from children.

Can I just go back to sleep and start the day over? lol

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Yes, it’s an Obama Love-Fest. The problem I have is that it denigrates the concept of the award, which has become more “political” as of late. I mean, other award winners included:

2004 - Wangari Muta Maathai, Kenya - “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.”

2003 - Shirin Ebadi, Iran - “for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children.”

1999 - Doctors without Borders (Medecins sans frontieres), Geneva - “in recognition of the organization’s pioneering humanitarian work on several continents.”

1998 - John Hume and David Trimble, Great Britain - “for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland.”

Outside of saying he’d do things differently, he hasn’t done anything yet.

I mean, for crying out loud - a past Laureate is Mother Teresa - in 1979. Has Obama done anything yet to compare to that?

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So he has accomplished nothing so far but won the nobel peace prize?

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I am not surprised, but utterly left in disbelief. If I could pee on one person’s face in the entire world, it would be his.

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Man, some of you guys wouldn’t know a good thing if it was sitting on your face.

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Insert a Frys wife comment here…:smiley:

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Some have said his only major accomplishment was getting elected.
Maybe Dale and Wayne Radke should have won the prize.:gotme:

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Rewarding for not accomplishing anything. Sounds political to me :slight_smile:

And it’s going to take away from the significance of someone that actually deserved the award if they are given out like prizes in cereal boxes.

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I love how random shmucks from Western New York assume that they are the judge of what the President has accomplished and that the Nobel committee should go by their findings.

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So this is not Kenya’s first win? Congrats Kenya!

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You are the quintessential WNY random shmuck, why don’t you tell us why he should have won. Apology tour? Please.

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Then he should have been a diplomat, and not the President.

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I’m not on the Nobel committee. My opinions have no bearing on this.
Neither do yours.