“As an American of African descent, I swelled with pride when I heard that the Norwegian Nobel Committee selected President Obama to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The award further validates what the 2008 presidential election demonstrated: The United States is the most mature and fully functioning multi-ethnic democracy in the world.” – Kiron K. Skinner (CNN)
Oh good, I was worried that someone was going to forget to bring up race. Good job Ms. Skinner. It really shows you are above the fray and your commentary will be taken at face value and won’t be judged based on any kind of bias.
Given that President Obama had only been in office for less than two weeks when the deadline for Nobel Peace Prize nominations passed shows that he is not just a mere mortal; he is in fact super-human, as he managed to do in (less than) two weeks, what other nominees and winners accomplish over a lifetime.
So obviously this goes to show that the nomination and eventual selection of President Obama is a clear demonstration of recognition given by the World to the “predominant power of the United States”.
Well said Ms. Skinner. Your opinion is now as respectable as the NPP.
If it was for him being the black president, it took a lot longer than two weeks to receive that honor. It still doesn’t change that he didn’t deserve it for doing absolutely nothing. Technically you could say all of America that voted should receive it for putting a black man in office couldn’t you?
That’s a great idea. The only problem we face now is the question of how to write every name on the prize…
Not so much a sarcasm as bitterness and anger….perhaps the author should research the subject matter instead of just listening to prime time American news debates before posting such ridiculousness.
I am astonished to see how many Americans believe they are more intelligent than the Nobel Committee….it’s rather frightening to know that America has so many ingenious citizens in it’s population and that they all know more than a World Peace Committee. Good on us I say!
Well, Christy, you have failed YOUR intelligence test by putting an apostrophe in “its population,” so you might as well go back to your wonderful research yourself.
@Christy
It doesn’t take a lot of research to count the days from January 10th to February 1st.
But thank you for your commentary.
Just curious, Christy, as to what level of intelligence it takes to recognize that someone far underperformed the other candidates? Considering the Committee members who have spoken noted they voted for him based the potential impact as opposed to actual production, one could argue that you are not intelligent enough for the same basic research you asked of the author.
But I’m sure it is just me. Your grasp of the process must be on par to those who selected someone who has only performed 2 weeks.
Hello, would you care to take the time to enlighten us as to what you think his qualifications are for the prize? What has he done for world peace that isn’t just talk? What has he really done even now, other than continuing with rendition and escalating the war in Afghanistan. Please enlighten us “stupid Americans”. We obviously need it.
I have made that exact same comment as you, regarding the number of Americans (read: Republicans) who believe they are more intelligent than the Nobel Committee. It is, indeed, astonishing, as well as presumtuous, arrogant, ignorant, shallow, & pedantic. Further, they fail to grasp the fact that Mr. Obama, like him or not, has improved the rest of the World’s opinion of the U.S., which this award validates for the betterment of us all.
So researching the topic that so wonderfully was brought up. We need to research it, so here I go. What did Obama do in his first 12 days?
1) Close Gitmo. Move the prisoners to a different prison, where it is likely that the treatment they receive will not change.
2) Send taxpayer money overseas to pay for foreign abortions.
3) Spend quality, peaceful time with his family. Wait, that’s not what he won it for?
4) Party it up with some congressmen about his stimulus plan, which we have yet to see much effectiveness from.
5) Go to a school presentation at one of his daughter’s schools. Obama was the one telling the kids to get good grades in school and stuff, right? nope. It was the students that were presenting. I’m not against supporting your family, but should that win you a Nobel Peace Prize?
Hmmm. I want a Nobel Peace Prize, too. In my last 12 days I’ve gone to a school presentation, I haven’t paid any taxes that would have gone overseas to help with murder, I haven’t tortured any prisoners, I’ve had a party at a football game, much like Obama’s Superbowl party. But what am I not that doesn’t qualify me? I am not in public office, I was not opposed to Bush (see Jimmy Carter, Al Gore), but most of all, I keep my promises. And I’m still in highschool. I can name any one of my friends and they all qualify for a peace prize if Obama does.
@DB Once again thank you Mr. English Teacher for pointing out the typographical errors made in my comment. Perhaps you would be kind enough to go through the rest of the comments above and fix them all. My apologies for not reviewing my post and typing in a hurry.
I would like to say that you reference to me as a “bitch” is extraordinarily juvenile. I assume that you cannot make a point without derogatory comments and personal attacks against my gender. You should be applauded at your efforts to prove that you are superior.
As for the rest of your shtick.. another time doll face…. I actually have things to do other than defend myself (my superior self that is) to …well… anyone like you :)
Moral of the story was … the rest of the world is proud of our president..maybe we should be too.
Hi there Christy. I firmly believe that giving Barack Obama the peace price, primarily because being responsible for waging two wars and keeping a prison camp criticized for its abuse of human rights open is almost a war crime in itself. Sure, he promised to end the wars and close Guantanamo Camp, but that isn’t good enough.
I agree that Barack Obama has given the US a better international image, though still lacking in energy in creating or following global environment programmes and trying to achieve peace.
@Shaye
I don’t ‘blame’ Obama for winning the price. I blame the blasted Norwegian Nobel Jury, they should have done another choice.
@Beth
“Not only was the Peace Prize given to him due to his skin color”
Excuse me? I’ll agree that Norway wanted to better its economic and political relationship with US, but giving a him a price for being black isn’t something even the Norwegian Nobel Jury can think of. I think they made a bad choice, but they’re not lunatics.
@Max Redalia
“Face it, guys, Obama got the Nobel Prize for NOT BEING GEORGE BUSH. ”
This, I can agree on. By being a president who, opposed to your last, valued diplomatic relations is a great part in Obama getting the Nobel Peace Price.
With that said, Barack Obama would probably be a very good candidate for the Nobel Peace Price in the future, when (and, of course, if!) he has actually done something. The Nobel Price should be based on actions, not promises.
@Christy
“Moral of the story was … the rest of the world is proud of our president..maybe we should be too.”
No, the rest of the world is not “proud”. The rest of the world is just not as ashamed of your president anymore. This is no valid point in getting a Nobel Peace Price.
@Nyson
“I firmly believe that giving Barack Obama the peace price”
Should of course be:
“I firmly believe that giving Barack Obama the peace price is wrong”
I can’t construct sentences at this hour.
They should totally change the name of the prize to “Awesome Award – Awesomely Awesome, especially if you’re a newly elected first-to-be-in-office black man, who haven’t really done anything, except being Awesome. Punk.” (AAAAeify(…)AP)
wheres mine ive done as much as he has
I understand the significance of Obama being in office, but if we are above race issues the fact that he is the first black president would have no significance. It is still an accomplishment, but all a lot of people can focus on is race.
Also, if he gets the NPP for being the first black president, everybody who is part of a minority should get one for being the first _____ (fill in the blank).
I think they should have waited until he achieved something outstanding in office. And if he didn’t achieve something outstanding, well, then he didn’t truly deserve it.
I think this just plays on the fact that he isn’t white and widens the gap between majority and minority.
And if it took longer than two weeks, again, every black person should be honored. Also, correct me if I am wrong, I don’t think the NPP is for being nominated into office. Seriously, at least wait from him to put into action some plan that demonstrates his capabilities as president, not his ability to get elected.
Christy,
im reply to your comments what research should have been done Barack Obama choose not to vote in quite a number of bills put up in the senate and has failed to make good on any of his campainge promises ie getting troops out of Iraq, health care, national debt actually he has increased the national debt from 9 trillion to 11 trillion dollars by a failed stimulus package and bank and auto bailouts. is this the research we should be doing beacuse if soo im glad you said that.
Also are the Nobel Committee some sort of super human people? beacuse to me they are just people with their own ideas id like to point out the fact the world leader of peace Ghandi has never recieved the honor of the nobel peace prize but if we do the research he has lived his life in the persuit of peace but of course Barack Obama has done SOOO much to deserve this distingushed HONOR.
very well said MK
World Peace Committee?
Well they’re doing a piss poor job if that’s their role.
Was the NPP awarded to President Barak Obama or just Barack Obama? Why is everyone so caught up in the fact that is was only an “x” number of days after he was in office that the nomination occurred? Could the effort he put into his campaign and other work before he became President have anything to do with it? :) I LOVE playing devils advocate
Touche’!
But I still don’t think so. :)
Thanks for the common sense Heather. He was NOMINATED shortly after the election, but it was after the long campaign with promises to reinstitute diplomacy by speaking with the enemy before killing them, respecting other cultures, reinstituting the UN role. But he WON in October…..plenty of time to prove his commitment to honor his promises. I say kudos to the USofA and to our President.
I’m waiting for Obama to win an Oscar, and a Grammy maybe. He done as much for winning those two as for winning a Nobel peace prize….I mean why not?! Who knows maybe he can sing and act and bring peace to the world all in one…I have a feeling that Obama is the new IT person and people just don’t care what’s he really doing, they just want to celebrate him no matter what.
don’t get me wrong I’m also for Obama but not with this one….
He’s already won 2 Grammy Awards (for real). I’ve also nominated him for the Heisman (in recognition of using sports analogies in his speeches).
Hey! President Barak Obama and Yasar Arafat are the two most awesomely awesome Peace Prize winners ever! The Nobel Peace Prize is now proven legitimate again. I just hope that Mr. Obama can live up to the amazing contribution to world peace that Mr. Arafat made. Now I would like to award the Lombardi Trophy to the Denver Broncos, mostly because they are not the New England Patriots or the Pittsburgh Steelers, and their coach gave a pretty inspiring performance at a pre-season press conference.
well now…perhaps my hasty writing and the one typographical error is reason for such harsh responses or perhaps not. Perhaps the bitter readers who did not win awards themselves or worse yet (are Republicans) feel need to continuously attack those who praise the President of the United States for being awarded such a momentous prize. Should we not be proud of him? Should we support more efforts of those like George W. Bush? I most certainly believe that this country is in better hands now than it has been in the last 8 years. As for intelligence, you are the ones who question the intelligence of people who run in international panel and hold office in some of the highest positions in the world. What makes any of you think that you are smarter than them? The prize is based on subjective matter. The prize has been and always will be a matter of debate and no matter how much you bitch, he will still always be a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
I voted for Mr Obama, thank you very much. If he had even attempted 1/4 of what he told us he was going to in his election bid I would be right there with you, but he hasn’t. He has defended George Bush and his administration against the EFF lawsuits for illegal wiretapping, we are still picking up random people off the street and imprisoning them without cause or trial indefinitely, we are still in Iraq with no end in sight. Please tell me how he is different from Bush because I can’t see it.
Christy,
Just to be a bastard, I’m going to point out yet another typographical error you made: “run in international panel” should have an, not in. Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way…
I think my biggest problem with you is how high and mighty you are about yourself. You’re little comment about being “worse yet ( [a] Republican” was rather uncalled for. I don’t care whether someone is left-wing, right-wing, or anything between or beyond; what matters is what they do. Your extremist attitude doesn’t help anybody. So stop being a bitch.
Now, lets address the Peace Prize. You keep insulting the intelligence of those who disagree with the awarding of the prize, and then turn around and point out that the choosing is subjective, not based on intelligence. Which is it? Either they chose based on an intelligent analysis, or they made a subjective (i.e. based upon moods and opinions) choice. You can’t have it both ways. So, since the decision was completely based on the opinions of a panel of fallible people, we are well within our rights to disagree with them and with you.
And, you want to talk about “do we want to support more efforts like those of President Bush?”… What in the hell do you think Obama is doing? Is not a 60,000 man troop surge in Afghanistan rather Bush-like? Is not Obama’s stimulus package a continuation of Bush policies? Is not the current administration’s openness to a military strike on Iran if all else fails indicative of a continuation of Bush’s ideas? Give me a break.
The moral of the story is this: Please, please use your own brain instead of letting others do your thinking for you, and especially before you speak. And don’t be such a high-and-mighty pain in the ass. You and your opinions hold no more weight or value than anyone else’s.
Thank you and have a nice day.
If the criteria is truly subjective then intelligence has little to do with the selection. But the criteria are extremely objective and include particulars like the prize being awarded for accomplishments in the previous year. Was his political campaign was the greatest boost to world peace in 2008?
I can’t be proud of somebody for receiving an award without merit. When that award was strictly a political message by a foreign government the only pride available would have been in refusing it.
Because you know all Republicans?
No one here was talking about Democrats or Republicans until you brought it up, so way to make a point.
And, people, Congress is who enacts laws. Maybe you should look at what type of Congress was in power (Majority Democratic or Republican) before you blame the president entirely because it isn’t just the presidents fault.
And, Obama hasn’t done anything yet. I think that is the point.
Yeah, he is our President and the first black president, but according to Mr. Skinner, race is no matter to us.
But, unless Obama has been alive since our country was founded striving to be president (in which case he should have a different award for being the oldest man ever) then why does he deserve it? Shouldn’t it be about what he does with his power, not what he might do?
Being a republican is EVEN WORSE than not getting a NPP? I mean, I was fine with being a normal award-less human being up until now, but now that you’ve brought up the fact that I don’t have an award along with the fact I’m a republican, I just don’t know how I’ll live with myself.
… Wait, strike that. I bet if I try really hard not to be a sarcastic for a few weeks I’ll get a Prize in no time! Phew, crisis averted.
Christy, please be aware that your statement concerning the rest of the world, is not your place to make and I for one have no problem stating that I do NOT care for Obama. I feel he has done little to improve any aspect of your country and has done even less to improve our standing with any other country…Well except for his home country, Kenya Africa.
Thanks for your thougths. I respectfully disagree.
I just want to say. I personally think Obama did not deserve the peace prize. He was nominated for the POTENTIAL he has and not for actually doing anything. If he was nominated in four years after his presidency, when he may or may not have accomplished all the goals he set for our nation, then few people would be complaining. For right now though its all on his potential, and honestly there are people who deserve this award for actually achieving their goals and making something of their potential. I definitely think we are better off now than we were the last four years, but that does not change the fact that right now our nation is facing the same problems it was four years ago. Now the only difference is that we have someone who is better equipped to handle it. As to the possibility of him being nominated based on his past performance before he became president, he didn’t do anything more than any other senator who voted on the same bills as he did, so that is highly unlikely.
@Patrick: Thank you for putting that part from Alfred Nobel’s will in. It helps people to look at this from a non-biased place.
He was elected president and yes, he made foreign nations like us a little bit more, but that is not what that fifth award is for. It is for someone who has actually made a dent in all the hatred in the world and increased the peace between nations. Right now, that hate that went away from the election of Obama was because American citizens voted for him. So, if anyone should get the award for making a few other nations hate us less it should be America as a whole.
Also, I am perfectly aware that anything we say will not make the award go away. He has it. That’s all there is to it really. However, this nation is a founder of the idea of free speech, so we all have the right to an opinion on this, and forums in which to voice our opinions. I think the world would be a much better place if people didn’t use biased thoughts and statements to voice their opinions. This is all my personal opinion on this topic. With the research I did on both sides, with as many unbiased sources as I could find.
If you don’t agree with it that’s all fine, just don’t be so hasty to call someone a name because they don’t agree with you, or to call someone unintelligent because they don’t have the same brain and thoughts as you. Just try and read/listen to what the other person is saying and agree to disagree. Politely.
@Christy – Well, that’s an interesting way of looking at things. Yes, clearly it’s because everyone who thinks Obama didn’t deserve the Nobel just yet is Republican and bitter.
Oh, wait. I’m a Democrat who voted for him, and even I think the committee jumped the gun.
I don’t see what’s so bad about waiting for results before handing a man a trophy. Or do I get an award for Good Intentions? In that case, let’s award the NY Giants the Superbowl preemptively. Might as well give the World Series to the Yankees too.
…What do you mean it doesn’t work that way? Oh, so you can give out internationally recognized and heralded awards based on hope, dreams, and a whole lot of talk, but not something as simple as national pasttime trophies? Now I’m just plain confunded.
It would have been better if they had WAITED until the president had a chance to ACCOMPLISH something (and seeing as how he’s only in his first year and he’s got quite the uphill battle, I’ve no doubt he will eventually rise to the challenge with a bit more substance behind him), but they preferred to hand him something that, I’m sorry, he really has yet to earn.
But please. Go on making the rest of the Democrats look like Obama-worshipping left-wing whack-jobs. It doesn’t at all fit you in the same category as the Bush-worshipping right-wing idiots the Republicans have been portrayed as. After all, if you’re not completely 100% behind Obama, then clearly you’re not behind him at all.
May I play the devil’s advocate? You stated, “Perhaps the bitter readers who did not win awards themselves or worse yet (are Republicans) feel need to continuously attack those who praise the President of the United States for being awarded such a momentous prize. Should we not be proud of him? Should we support more efforts of those like George W. Bush?” To me that sounds as if you are condemning all those that refuse to praise the one you feel is entitled to all the glory. I feel this statement did not help your opinion. We (United States-ians) should always respect the the office even if we do not “like” the one who occupies it. I personally feel it may have been a bit premature to award such a lofty award to someone so controversial. I pray that his ideas and goals are met in the end and that we will achieve world peace. Until then, I guess we shall see.
@ everyone: I recently came back from Iraq as well as many other countries in the the eastern world. Next week I am off to South America. What I have learned in my travels might bring some light to this world wide argument. First: I was in Iraq during the Bush administration and it was very ugly. I was treated poorly and with great disrespect from the citizens. The hostility was not directed at me as an individual but at me as an American.
Second: When I traveled to Morocco, a regular tourist destination, I found the same hostility towards Americans. Belize, the same, Italy, same, Armenia, same, Israel, same, Iceland, was intensely more anti-American than I ever thought, the only place that seemed it could care less if I was American was Ireland.
Third: I was in Israel when the news that Barack Obama won the US Presidency. The crowds went wild. People cheered int he streets. Instantaneously the tension lifted. It was as if someone just told you that your 1 month to live diagnosis was a terrible mistake. I left Israel the next week and arrived in the Kingdom of Bahrain, which is usually a difficult place for Americans. The feeling was different this time. I was greeted warmly by everyone. People smiled at me, which had never happened before. I found this same behavior throughout my travels abroad.
Fourth: When the news that President Obama won the NPP was released, I was in a gathering of varied cultures and elasticities. Those people from around the globe applauded the decision. Though it sparked a large in depth conversation, when we parted ways it was clear that President Obama has, in fact, created a blanket of comfort around the world. Americans are not as hated as they were this time last year. For one man to change the world’s view of our nation by simply being himself is astonishing. I thank him for allowing me to feel safer when I travel for allowing me to return safely to my family. I can now interact with the people who need me without them fearing me. That in itself is awesome, in the true meaning of the term.
Fifth: I dare any of you to travel the world and see what it is really like. The majority of countries could care less about our politics and our incessant bitching and complaining. They are worried about their children being killed on the way to school by bombs, worried they will not have food, worried that disease will kill them before they see 15 years of age. I am proud that I was born an American and I am grateful that I have the opportunity to speak my mind without being imprisoned or executed. I am proud that our president won this Nobel Prize, if only his country could accept that he is changing the world’s view of our Country, slowly but it is still better than before.
Christy, I can tell by the way you speak that you actually think of yourself as intelligent. The fact that you actually think Obama earned the Nobel Prize proves otherwise. Your attacks on republicans and George W. Bush also shows you have your nose so far up the left wing liberals and dumb fuck movie stars asses you can’t see past their bullshit.
As suggested by the Times of London, the award to Obama was an obvious slap in the face of President Bush. And what did Bush do to deserve the enmity of the Nobel Committee? He toppled a man who had killed 300,000 people and liberated 50 million people.
Because of Bush, Saddam’s regime no longer inflicts torture on Iraqis by having electric prods attached to their genitals or by giving them acid baths. It no longer drills holes in their ankles and skulls. It no longer leaves them naked in refrigerators for days. It no longer cuts out their tongues and cuts off their ears. Nor does it force Iraqi men to watch gang rapes of their wives and sisters.
Because of Bush, Afghan women can now attend school. They are free to go out in public without being accompanied by a man. They are allowed to hold jobs.
Moreover, because of the $15 billion Bush sent to combat AIDS, deaths in Africa are down dramatically. For that reason, despite claims that America’s moral standing in the world has eroded, Bush’s approval rating in African countries has stood at 80 percent or higher.
Those are real accomplishments worthy of a Nobel Prize.
Most of you Bush Bashers don’t even know why you hate him, all you know is what your liberal news media spews out . You have no idea how to think for yourselves.
Dear Mr. Sarcasmist,
Maybe you don’t know, but it is totally inappropriate to bring up the fact that someone brought up race. shhhh. I can’t believe you pointed out the fact that she pointed out the fact that she is black.
How will we ever become post-racial if you don’t just shut the hell up and acquiese to the random use of race cards for puposes of empowerment or the silenceing of dissent?
@Dustin
As far as Ghandi getting a noble peace prize. I don’t believe that Nobel prizes can be given out post-humerus. Additionally I’m not entirely convinced I’d give him one from what I know of him.
Which brings me to the second part which is a joke. That they gave Obama a NPP before someone had the chance to assassinate him.
That is so bad…
:) but funny
What is the president, if we are not the president? If we received the award, we would be rejoicing, but since someone we do not like received the reward, we can only see such a thing with a negative lens.
And if we liked the person, then what else? We still live a mundane and unfilling life until we change ourselves, until we decide to obtain a more superior award, not a material acknowledgement brought about by someone’s vacillating mind.
Face it, guys, Obama got the Nobel Prize for NOT BEING GEORGE BUSH.
That’s how high the bar was set after eight years of the AWESOMEST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE, GEORGE WALKER BUSH.
Bush took seven months to let Saudi terrorists kill thousands of Americans and three years to bomb the wrong country in revenge. What a waste of time! He could have started the killing on day one.
President Barack Obama managed to spend WEEKS in office without letting Muslim terrorists slaughter thousands and without murdering hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens in reprisal. Wowsers!
After Bush’s spectacular performance in letting New Orleans drown and rot, destroying the banking system and world economy, then using the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights as toilet paper, the bar was set pretty high.
We can all take pride in President Obama’s not having started World War III in his first month in office. What an accomplishment! What colossal brainfart will he not execute next? Perhaps he will decide to not colonize the surface of the Sun, or fail to declare that all humans must combat global warming by breathing water. The Obama presidency has been a continuous tour-de-force of non-moronic thought that has Republicans shrieking and throwing feces like the apes they claim they did not evolve from.
Y’all are just jealous, admit it and move on with your pathetically less awesome lives.
OMFG I worship you. Starting right now- I grovel at your internet feet.
Here, is a copy/paste from the will of Alfred Nobel:
The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.
I call special attention to the part that states “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations”. Aside from making apologetic speeches in other countries, our sitting president has done NO work for peace. How then, could he possibly have been judged as having done the best work? This is a mockery of the prize, and a spit in the eye of those who are more deserving.
WOW! ….. “the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations” was a perfect description of what he’s done!
I think that the fact the President Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize further proves that our nation as a whole is going down hill. Not only was the Peace Prize given to him due to his skin color and the fact that he was president, he didn’t do anything meaningful to influence world peace, in fact it might be argued that he has affected world peace in a negative way by introducing reverse racism back into the United States. Take, for instance, his competitors for the Nobel Peace Prize; One was a man by the name of Denis Mukwege, ” a Congolese gynecologist who works in the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, where he specializes in the treatment of women who have been gang-raped by Congolese militia.” Another was a woman by the name of Sima Simar, who founded the Shuhada Organization, which is responsible for running schools, hospitals, and health clinics for girls and women all over Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dr.Samar literally risked her life many times to get this thing, now in it’s 20th year, off the ground. The fact that these astounding people were merely passed over with no much as a second glance nearly blows my mind, and the fact that a president who had only been in office for a short amount of time. That’s not saying that I don’t believe that the President could eventually make a significant contribution to world peace, but I, for one, would have liked to seen the President decline the honor of being named a Nobel laureate until he felt that he’d actually earned it.
@sean,
if you have to say”this is a joke”, it is not a good joke. and it wasn’t.
regarding the post of Max Redalia,
“we are all now dumber for having [read] that”, thanks Billy Madison.
I think that President Obama should win the Nobel prize in Chemistry for discovering that Melanin is an important political tool
I am not proud of america any more. Obama is taking america and turning it into an Obamanation. I weep for my generation. hey! i should get a nobel peace prize! i just told you all how i feel.
For being grumpy? In that case I think Obama is a better person for a peace price.
Funny thing is we voted him into office. Not everyone of us mind you but enough to get him elected. We can sit back in our easy chairs waiting for that “change” to come and it is. Right into the hands of illegals and minorities. We can bash Bush, but we voted him in there, too. We can blame Congress, the House, Grandma, but we put them there. It’s great, I love seeing this great change as the USA sinks right into the ghetto gutter. NPP, sure, for being the scapegoat for a dieing nation. Accountability.. Got to love to ignore it. But I’m sure it’s Christy’s fault. ^.^
It is interesting how people blame President Obama for winning an award that he didn’t ask for. It’s not like he could give it back (it would be a profound slap in the face of international relations). He didn’t ask for it. He was as shocked as we all were (if you can imagine it being he usually doesn’t show emotion). Maybe now since he has it he can put it to good use. Maybe instead of complaining and whining like a bunch of spoiled 3 year olds, maybe you could use the space and time to state what exactly Mr. Obama should DO with the prize. And, you’re right. He hasn’t completed anything yet, but he is busy working on a few things including health care reform, which people stated was a priority (I guess we all forgot). Gosh. I thought teaching preschool was tough. It’s hard getting old isn’t it?
@Shaye: I don’t blame Obama, in fact I don’t think anyone stated that its Obamas fault. I just wanted to state I believe at this moment in time it was an undeserved award. As to what he is going to do with the peace prize, he already decided, he donated all of the prize money. Also the main point of myself, and a majority of the people I have read on here, are perfectly aware he is working on important things that we as a nation asked for, but just because he is working on it does not mean he deserves this award. There are people who have worked on things that already are implemented and are making this world a better place and promoting peace (like the other two nominees) They have already accomplished their goals, put in the time and effort and did not get the honor. That is my main point, I do not speak for anyone else, and no one else should speak for anyone else either.
Wow, I have never heard this argument before!