Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize

[leo-rcc]

Well sorry, but after 8 years of Bush even an untrained monkey could only improve diplomatic relationships. As for the nuclear disarmament, I am not so sure that that is a good thing but that is personal opinion.

And don't get me started on the environmental issues.

[charlou]

Our lord the savior hath come to deliver us from ourselves, etc.... seriously, do people NEVER LEARN?

From that perspective, the very notion of this kind of award is bollocks.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Our lord the savior hath come to deliver us from ourselves, etc.... seriously, do people NEVER LEARN?

From that perspective, the very notion of this kind of award is bollocks.

I look at it as incentive for other people to try and do the same. The Peace Prize has been the "Oscar" of the diplomatic world ever since Nobel's guilt trip started. (And you gotta love 2,4-dinitrotoluene even if you're on the receiving end.)

[owtth]

Well sorry, but after 8 years of Bush even an untrained monkey could only improve diplomatic relationships. As for the nuclear disarmament, I am not so sure that that is a good thing but that is personal opinion.

And don't get me started on the environmental issues.

This is probably the reason behind the decision. Compared to the war-monger Bush, Obama's like Gandhi, it's the committee's way of saying "fuck you" to the Bush administration.

[charlou]

it's the committee's way of saying "fuck you" to the Bush administration.

Now that I can sympathise with.

[Elessarina]

This is probably the reason behind the decision. Compared to the war-monger Bush, Obama's like Gandhi, it's the committee's way of saying "fuck you" to the Bush administration.

The election of Obama as well was such an amazing world-changing event. If he gets his health care reform sorted - maybe he'll get another one...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

This is probably the reason behind the decision. Compared to the war-monger Bush, Obama's like Gandhi, it's the committee's way of saying "fuck you" to the Bush administration.

The election of Obama as well was such an amazing world-changing event. If he gets his health care reform sorted - maybe he'll get another one...

...for Medicine.

[Chinaski]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... wD9B7CB282

Specifically the last point.

[Drewish]

First they give one to Al Gore for his propaganda flick, now they give one to Obama, even though he's done all of shit since he's been in office. The Nobel prizes are now official leftist masterbation.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

First they give one to Al Gore for his propaganda flick, now they give one to Obama, even though he's done all of shit since he's been in office. The Nobel prizes are now official leftist masterbation.

Yeah, they should have given it to Osama bin Laden for his work increasing US/UK military cooperation.

[Clinton Huxley]

If the Nobel Committee did a comedy award, Bush would have got one

[Drewish]

No, they should have given it to somebody who actually accomplished something. The Nobel awards are more and more about ideology (especially the non-scientific ones) than about actual accomplishments. If that's not the definition of bias then I don't know what is.

[Elessarina]

No, they should have given it to somebody who actually accomplished something. The Nobel awards are more and more about ideology (especially the non-scientific ones) than about actual accomplishments. If that's not the definition of bias then I don't know what is.

But the prize is about bias anyway.. it's awarded to a person, not an event.

[Chinaski]

_ Myth: The prize is awarded to recognize efforts for peace, human rights and democracy only after they have proven successful.

More often, the prize is awarded to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through, sometimes at critical moments.

Explains a lot.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

No, they should have given it to somebody who actually accomplished something. The Nobel awards are more and more about ideology (especially the non-scientific ones) than about actual accomplishments. If that's not the definition of bias then I don't know what is.

But the prize is about bias anyway.. it's awarded to a person, not an event.

Encouragement is vital to keep the ball rolling with the changes BHO is working on. The more he's recognized for trying, the more he can try.