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#453798 - 10/09/09 05:23 AM
Re: Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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Registered Sex Offender
Registered: 07/09/06
Posts: 2362
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It seems every European newspaper editorialist is asking the same question, and rightly so.
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#453799 - 10/09/09 05:29 AM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 12/28/07
Posts: 4856
Loc: The 4th International
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Very, very premature. It wasn't the most prestigious Prize to begin with and this doesn't help its stature one bit.
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#453800 - 10/09/09 05:48 AM
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Max Hardcore Prison Bitch
Registered: 09/14/09
Posts: 241
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10 million Swedish kronor = 1.42957 million U.S. dollars
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#453801 - 10/09/09 06:46 AM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 03/22/07
Posts: 5186
Loc: Joshua Tree National Park
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I didn't know that the world revolved around Cambridge, Massachusetts. What will next year's recipient need to do in order to win, get some neighbors cat out of a tree?
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#453802 - 10/09/09 09:03 AM
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AC Cream Wannabe
Registered: 07/19/07
Posts: 470
Loc: NY
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WTF is right. He better watch his ass. Some of these screwballs in the Middle East are just looking for a push over President.
Remember how they regarded Carter?
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#453805 - 10/09/09 11:52 AM
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Kurt Lackwood's Fluffer
Registered: 07/28/07
Posts: 1133
Loc: The Mystic Knights of the Sea ...
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Yasir Arafat got the peace prize in 1994. It shows you how relevant it is.
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#453806 - 10/09/09 01:38 PM
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Porn Icon
Registered: 02/04/05
Posts: 3499
Loc: The Dirty: 480
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Yasir Arafat got the peace prize in 1994. It shows you how relevant it is.
Ding! Winner.
But seriously, congrats to the dude, I hope it helps with the US's image & whatnot. Ironic though, in that he probably had a defense meeting following the acceptance speech and signed the death warrants of a few more towelheads, Hellfire enema style. 
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#453809 - 10/09/09 03:47 PM
Re: Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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Rob Black's Crack Pipe
Registered: 12/23/08
Posts: 75
Loc: Washington, D.C.
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To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize -- men and women who've inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.
But I also know that throughout history the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes.
That is why I've said that I will accept this award as a call to action, a call for all nations and all peoples to confront the common challenges of the 21st century. These challenges won't all be met during my presidency, or even my lifetime. But I know these challenges can be met so long as it's recognized that they will not be met by one person or one nation alone.
This award -- and the call to action that comes with it -- does not belong simply to me or my administration; it belongs to all people around the world who have fought for justice and for peace. And most of all, it belongs to you, the men and women of America, who have dared to hope and have worked so hard to make our world a little better.
So today we humbly recommit to the important work that we've begun together.
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#453811 - 10/09/09 04:35 PM
Re: Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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AC Cream Wannabe
Registered: 09/07/03
Posts: 565
Loc: State of Moral Decay
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His transformation into Jimmy Carter is now complete. Just sit back, the lines at the gas pumps, and some rogue nation taking our embassy staffers hostage will be right along any moment now.
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#453813 - 10/09/09 05:30 PM
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Porn Fucking Master
Registered: 09/19/05
Posts: 3576
Loc: Baltimore, MD
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Obama is indeed fortunate that he doesn't have a hard act to follow. Dubya's presidential failures rank right up there with Frank Pierce and James (Old Public Functionary) Buchanan (probably America's first gay President).
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#453815 - 10/09/09 06:23 PM
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Remember how they regarded Carter?
Yes Carter won the Nobel, but as a statesman (FORMER US President), Gore won it as well but again as a former US Vice Pres and not as a sitting President.
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#453816 - 10/09/09 06:23 PM
Re: Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 01/11/06
Posts: 5287
Loc: Anchorage, Alaska
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Seriously, what the fuck?
Think of it as being like that episode of The Simpsons where Homer won "The 1st Annual Montgomery Burns Award For Outstanding Acheivement In The Field Of Excellence."
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#453817 - 10/09/09 07:07 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 08/03/03
Posts: 5849
Loc: TX, USA
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The only thing Obama has done that sets him part from every president over the last 40 years is the Egypt speech, and there was no follow-through on that.
The stated purpose for the award was "working towards nuclear disarmament" yet every president since Nixon - except perhaps Clinton - has signed a reduction agreement with the Russians (not all of those were ratified by the Senate). And Clinton may have done one I just can't remember. Even Bush jr. did one.
The problem this may cause for Obama is that it may reinforce "Where's the Beef?" perception - one more accolade that wasn't earned for a promise never to be met - a talker rather than a do-er. This could be real problem for the Democrats in the 2010 elections if unemployment is near 11% nationally - and much higher in Califoronia and Florida - and people start asking "what have you done for me lately?" Even if Obama does pass some sort of health care there's a risk that those without jobs will view that as entirely unimportant and ask why he hasn't put as much effort into jobs and the economy.
PS. The Norwegians amazingly overlooked the fact that Gitmo is still open and that there is so far no plan to close it.
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#453818 - 10/09/09 08:03 PM
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Gay For Pay
Registered: 01/13/07
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and people start asking "what have you done for me lately?"
With Obama, the question should be, "what have you ever done?". But, it would be nice if more people even started asking just the "lately" question.
Notice the time-line. I'm almost at the point where I'd be surprised if this weren't the White House pulling some strings as a follow-up to the humiliation suffered at the hands of the Olympic Committee.
I saw that he was nominated just 2 weeks after being elected. Was there any pre-set date where the nominations either win an award or not? Or, is it just whenever the Nobel people get around to awarding one or not? If it's just whenever, it's too much of a coincidence with the PR failure undergone at the Olympic Committee for this to come right now.
If so, major blunder by the White House. I was just looking at internation press. Everyone is asking, "Hhuh?" Would have been better off just letting the Olympic story die on its own.
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#453819 - 10/09/09 08:07 PM
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Porn Fucking Master
Registered: 09/19/05
Posts: 3576
Loc: Baltimore, MD
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You are overthinking this whole thing. President Obama smells like roses, since his predecessor invaded Iraq rather than focus on nailing bin Laden, to the tune of more than four thousand dead American soldiers and tens of thousands more maimed, and then topped it off by presiding over the worst financial panic and economic depression since the Great Depression.
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#453821 - 10/09/09 11:04 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 03/22/06
Posts: 6557
Loc: 2004 - the glory days
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I'm surprised people are surprised. Obama didn't accomplish anything to get elected president why should he accomplish anything to win a nobel. Also, a panel of left wing Norwegians selecting Obama as their beauty pageant winner for peace in '09 is only slightly more shocking than algore winning a nobel for the scare tactics he employs advocating "global warming" or jimmeh carter's nobel prize given his anti-semitic rants. Obama is in good company. I'm sure he's proud.
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#453822 - 10/09/09 11:19 PM
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Sex Slave Trader
Registered: 06/06/09
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I'm surprised people are surprised. Obama didn't accomplish anything to get elected president why should he accomplish anything to win a nobel. Also, a panel of left wing Norwegians selecting Obama as their beauty pageant winner for peace in '09 is only slightly more shocking than algore winning a nobel for the scare tactics he employs advocating "global warming" or jimmeh carter's nobel prize given his anti-semitic rants. Obama is in good company. I'm sure he's proud.
If they're so left wing, why didn't Bill Clinton ever get one? 
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#453825 - 10/10/09 05:39 AM
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Whoremaster
Registered: 06/16/07
Posts: 2512
Loc: Slumberland
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Why is Buchannan always trying to defend Hitler?
Because he hates blacks and jews too. Duh.
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#453827 - 10/10/09 04:56 PM
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AC Cream Wannabe
Registered: 09/07/03
Posts: 565
Loc: State of Moral Decay
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The Nobel Prize given to Buh-Lack Obysmal. This may be the ultimate example of Affirmative Action.
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#453829 - 10/10/09 08:56 PM
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If they're so left wing, why didn't Bill Clinton ever get one?
he will eventually...just give it time.
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#453830 - 10/10/09 08:59 PM
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Human Garbage
Registered: 04/02/09
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The reality is that the rest of the world just wanted to give us a little gift for not re-electing somebody like George Bush.
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#453832 - 10/10/09 10:58 PM
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Gay For Pay
Registered: 01/13/07
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If they're so left wing, why didn't Bill Clinton ever get one?
I saw more of the coverage of the Nobel award. I consider Carter a passable recipient for the award, but they were saying comments came out of the Nobel committee that that award was anti-Bush:
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So, they had a great opportunity to do that this year. And, also, in 2002, when the prize went to Jimmy Carter, they made it very clear, I think probably through a misstatement on the part of the chairman, that this was, in fact, a prize that had definite political overtones. It was intended as a kick in the leg, as the quote went, against the Bush administration.
Source: Click
Clinton came before W. So, the Nobel committee wasn't as geared up.
You watch that whole segment and it becomes clearer the Obama award was a political statement by the Nobel committee just saying "we like the way this guy talks". And, political statements are fine. But, if that's all the Nobel is, it's just five guys appointed by the Norwegian parliament saying "we like this, we don't like that". Who cares?
I was even able to let the Gore one pass, without agreeing with it, but thinking, "yeah, okay". This Obama one, they've completely jumped the shark.
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I'm surprised people are surprised. Obama didn't accomplish anything to get elected president why should he accomplish anything to win a nobel.
Favorite line in this thread. I should go find the Quote of the Day thread.
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#453833 - 10/11/09 06:54 AM
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Porn Fucking Master
Registered: 09/19/05
Posts: 3576
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Dubya did nothing to be elected president, in fact he wasn't elected, he was selected. His actions in office with respect to Iraq merited an indictment fo war crimes more than a Nobel prize. If you doubt me, go to google and find the Nuremberg indictment and pay close attention the specifications regarding war of aggression.
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#453835 - 10/11/09 03:07 PM
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Gay For Pay
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Dubya did nothing to be elected president, in fact he wasn't elected, he was selected.
W. had been CEO of a couple of oil companies and was governor of Texas for eight years.
Obama was a man who decided he should be leader of the free world when he had only two years of exposure to national politics as a junior Senator from Illinois. And, his only executive experience had been doling out money to radical educational groups under the auspices of a man who had formerly bombed the US Capitol Building.
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His actions in office with respect to Iraq merited an indictment fo war crimes more than a Nobel prize.
They say that about all presidents who preside over wars. Truman is often talked about as deserving war crimes indictments for dropping atomic bombs on Japan.
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#453837 - 10/11/09 04:07 PM
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Porn Fucking Master
Registered: 09/19/05
Posts: 3576
Loc: Baltimore, MD
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Were any of Dubya's petroleum business ventures profitable? Corporate life can be sweet when one is the the son of the POTUS. Heard that Dubya was able to buy into the ownership of the Texas Rangers for only $50,000. Dubya was not elected in 2000, he was anointed by the SCOTUS, and he was the worst POTUS since Frank Pierce and "Old Public Functionary" Buchanan.
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#453838 - 10/11/09 04:08 PM
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Porn Jesus
Registered: 09/01/08
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I wonder if the prize is a Chicago/socialism style payoff for what Obama will try to do in the coming years. Liz [Trotter?] also mentioned this on Fox this morning.
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#453841 - 10/11/09 04:47 PM
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Porn Fucking Master
Registered: 09/19/05
Posts: 3576
Loc: Baltimore, MD
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Nice post. BTW, did you hear the one about the honeymoon couple who become intertwined during the act of passion?
Edited by ivorenginedriver (10/11/09 04:52 PM)
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#453844 - 10/12/09 12:08 PM
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Gay For Pay
Registered: 01/13/07
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Dubya was not elected in 2000, he was anointed by the SCOTUS
You know you have a bitter liberal grasping onto every straw he can when he's still complaining about the 2000 recount. Bush won the initial count and not only 1 but 2 recounts. But, because Gore was a sore loser looking for any way to steal the election he could, dragging the issue so far it made it to the Supreme Court, all the liberal ne'er-do-wells bitch about the Supreme Court, acting like it's not in a position to make final decisions in this country.
Yes you can criticize Bush's resume for this and that. I know I did. I didn't vote for Bush in the 2000 Republican primaries. I desperately wanted McCain. But, the fact is Bush had items on his resume suitable for the presidency. Just the one item being governor of Texas for 8 years blows Obama's resume away. The main points on Obama's resume were community organizer and state senator.
Incidentally, the reason Bush was able to buy into ownership of the Rangers for less money than the other partners was because he actually had a role in the development of the organization whereas the other partners where just guys with money who sat there. Bush handled PR matters like getting the local sales tax raised so the government would finance getting a new stadium. And, when the group Bush was part of sold the team, a lot of profit they made was due to the team having a new, bigger stadium which meant more potential for future revenue.
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#453845 - 10/12/09 01:22 PM
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Pervert
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Don't forget the fact that Dubya joined a small community of Presidents that lost the popular vote but won the electoral vote. The electoral vote is an archaic, out of date concept that does not have any real reason to still exist.
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#453846 - 10/12/09 01:41 PM
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Porn Jesus
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Posts: 9489
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Enough of the point the finger @ Bush whenever somebody criticizes Obama. The thing is Obama clearly doesn't/didn't deserve a Nobel Peace prize even if the thing is meaningless. It just adds more hype to his jive and unnecessarily feeds his ego.
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