My first thought, on seeing the news that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, was that SNL (Saturday Night Live) had decided to turn the parody level up to 11. If CNN is going to take SNL seriously, then SNL will make it practically impossible for CNN. There will always be room for CNN to demonstrate greater incompetence, but not much.
I wrote about the commotion about a SNL parody of the ineffectiveness of the President thus far in his rookie year Does CNN have Any Credibility Left? The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize appears to have been based on the CNN investigative analysis of SNL.
I went to the news source. It seemed legitimate. I checked others. This story is true.
He is the titular head of a country that is involved in 2 declared wars. There is probably more potential for this number of wars to increase, rather than to decrease. Although President Obama did not start these wars, he does not appear to be ending them.
There was the suggestion that the award was rushed to throw support behind the potential for President Obama to produce change. After all, it isn't as if they could have waited a year, or two, or three, to see if this politician actually accomplishes something more than a world tour. That might give some justification for this award. Should we change the name to the Rookie of the Year Peace Prize - Any novice leader, who has not started a war in the first couple of weeks of office can win.
If he is so inclined, he may nuke Iran. I'll bet that would make the prize committee proud.
This makes you wonder who else was being considered? The North Korean Elvis impersonator, Kim Jong-il?
Martin Luther King did not just talk about having a dream. Apparently, these days just having the dream is good enough.
President Obama's number one accomplishment. He became the borrower on the largest sub-prime loan in the history of like forever.
Should we rename this the Sally Field Prize? This is just Europe saying, . . . you've wanted more than anything to have our respect. The first time we didn't feel it, but this time we feel it, and we can't deny the fact that we like you, right now, we like you! this is like Europe telling President Obama that he has been favorited on Facebook.
A lot of marriages start, because the woman sees potential in the man. A lot of these marriages end in divorce, because the man does not use the potential the way the woman thinks it should be used. Maybe Europe should have asked for a pre-nup.
Maybe it is as some have suggested, the Not George Bush Prize. A prize awarded in the first year of every presidency that immediately follows the second term of a second George Bush. If you think that you have ever won something that had high standards, try winning this one.
President Obama has a lot of potential, but so does Sarah Palin. She might even be able to do something interesting for the talent part of the competition. Maybe it was the beer he shared to help make peace between Henry Louis Gates and James Crowley. That might be foreshadowing the way to peace with the Islamic terrorists. Hey guys. Let's sit down like a bunch of adults and discuss this over some beer and hot dogs. Yeah. That's the ticket. A Beer and Hot Dogs Summit.
Maybe the Nobel Peace Prize should have its name changed to the John Winger Prize.
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I'm kind of surprised at the uproar over a prize chosen by a five member committee in some foreign country. They're not infallible, I think back in the 1920's they gave the prize to a scientist claiming parasites caused cancer.
I think what it does show is just how apocalyptic the rest of the world considered any continuation of the Bush-era.
I think the Nobel Prize is an honor for the President, he was very gracious about accepting it.
Love the Stripes video! I need to sit down and watch that movie again.
They gave him the prize Nobel,
Their view of the world to sell,
You're just one in the world,
Stars & Stripes, keep it furled,
To belong, just do as we tell.
I thought what he had done in the past month????????? how he got a Noble Peace Prize.
C. Watford,
I'm kind of surprised at the uproar over a prize chosen by a five member committee in some foreign country. They're not infallible, I think back in the 1920's they gave the prize to a scientist claiming parasites caused cancer.
Science changes. If science stops changing, there is a problem. The important thing about science is that it self-corrects, so when the research appears to show something that is not correct, eventually it will be science that recognizes the error.
The Peace Prize is in a different category. It is political, but it is supposed to have at least some relationship to actual accomplishment, not just a change in attitude or administration.
There have been some glaring errors before, due to the prize committee practicing politics. OTOH, they did at least give the prize to people/organizations that had accomplished something.
I think what it does show is just how apocalyptic the rest of the world considered any continuation of the Bush-era.
And the same way that science self-corrects, or Constitutional Republic allows for peaceful transition of power between 2 not-peaceful parties. It self-corrects. In both directions.
Lisa,
I think the Nobel Prize is an honor for the President, he was very gracious about accepting it.
I agree that the Nobel Peace Prize is an honor for anyone, who receives it.
He was awarded this for - well, we don't really know what the award was for, since there has not been any significant accomplishment yet. Under the circumstances of looking a gift horse in the mouth, it is sensible politics to be gracious. It is also just good manners (and common sense) to be gracious when somebody gives you over a million dollars.
If they gave me the Nobel Peace Prize, it would be an honor. I would be gracious. That does not mean that I would have deserved it.
The Happy Medic,
Love the Stripes video! I need to sit down and watch that movie again.
Step away from the computer. You might end up too happy. We cannot risk that. ;-)
Anonymous,
They gave him the prize Nobel,
Their view of the world to sell,
You're just one in the world,
Stars & Stripes, keep it furled,
To belong, just do as we tell.
That seems as if it might be the message they want to convey. OTOH, President Bush did set the diplomacy hurdle about as low as any president could.
mdeals,
I thought what he had done in the past month????????? how he got a Noble Peace Prize.
What did President Obama do in the past month? Why would it be worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize?
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