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....I hear Obama is now in the running for the Heisman Trophy and if he plays his cards right a Golden Globe.
I wonder if Kanye West will insist that Beyonce or himself deserved the Nobel Peace Prize and interrupt Obama's acceptance speech?
This HAS to be embarassing for Obama, surely he doesn't feel he's done anything to earn it....he must have a rough time sitting down with how chapped his ass must be from everyone kissing it.
I think maybe herein lied the motivation. Rather than an award for outstanding services rendered he has has been given an award thay that basically says ' This is what we expect from you....'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
He's now been lifted up as a paragon of peace and virtue and has been in told in no uncertain terms what the world expects from him.
It seems that by awarding him for things he has not yet done, they are very much trying to 'direct' him towards the kind of political and international policies that they themselves wish him to undertake.
It's all very self serving imo, and Barak must surely now feel under some pressure of obligation to perform.....
That's basically what he said this morning, that he didn't deserve it, and didn't deserve to put on level with former winners. Of course Obama didn't run for this, he didn't expect this, he didn't lobby for this and he didn't vote for this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
This is my feeling as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by BilboI think maybe herein lied the motivation. Rather than an award for outstanding services rendered he has has been given an award thay that basically says ' This is what we expect from you....'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
He's now been lifted up as a paragon of peace and virtue and has been in told in no uncertain terms what the world expects from him.
It seems that by awarding him for things he has not yet done, they are very much trying to 'direct' him towards the kind of political and international policies that they themselves wish him to undertake.
It's all very self serving imo, and Barak must surely now feel under some pressure of obligation to perform.....
....we're talking about the same prize Martin Luther King Jr. won...I think it is an OUTRAGE Obama got this award, and for nothing more than "having good intentions"....are you fucking kidding me?!?!?! That's the only thing that Bush's Presidency had "good intentions"...."spread democracy"...surely it hasn't been a success but what happens when Obama fails?.....or maybe he's "too important to fail" :rolleyes:
Are you really that outraged Lyle? if it had been some random humanitarian from somewhere you'd never heard of you wouldn't even be questioning whether that person was "worthy"Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
I'm surprised you care enough about what 5 Norsemen think to get outraged about it.
Lyle gets outraged, its kind of his thing.
....so you don't think it's odd that the President of a country that is AT WAR received the Nobel PEACE Prize???Quote:
Originally Posted by killersheep
.....it's very theraputic ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by OumaFan
oh for fuck's sakeQuote:
Originally Posted by Lyle....so you don't think it's odd that the President of a country that is AT WAR received the Nobel PEACE Prize???Quote:
Originally Posted by killersheep
I really don't care who they vote for the Nobel Peace Prize, seriously it's a non-issue. If it was someone besides Obama you wouldn't even notice. Even if it was a leader of a country at war.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle....so you don't think it's odd that the President of a country that is AT WAR received the Nobel PEACE Prize???Quote:
Originally Posted by killersheep
It's a PEACE Prize OumaFan...we're at War those are opposites, they are mutually exclusive, one cannot be at war AND at peace at the same time.
Yes it's because it's OBAMA that I am pissed off, if it was Michael Moore I would still be pissed off, if it was Ann Coulter I'd be pissed off, if it was Bill Maher I'd be pissed off....I'm still angry Al Gore and Jimmy Carter got one!!!
I don't think he should get it, really who does think that, but he inherited both wars, along with all the other fuck ups, from your boy. At least we're theoretically (partially) moving out of Iraq. With Afghanistan, meh, he's probably fucked, he should probably just get out but he feels like he can't.
Al Gore, blah, blah, blah. :mad:
He called Afghanistan and I QUOTE "Afghanistan is a war of necessity"
...and I don't think sitting down for face to face talks with Bad guys really does much to promote peace.
A real Nobel Prize winner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxM0C7zjoAc