Nobel Prize goes to Obama...

[Kev]

Fucking ridiculous, clearly some people are pandering for something.

So his first eleven days in office were so momentous in restoring hope and peace to humanity that he gets awarded the Nobel Prize.

This is utter utter bollocks. Why not lets give David Cameron a Nobel Prize, because even though he's not yet in office he did give a speech this week where he said under him the Conservatives would end child poverty and that in future the poorest children will go to the best schools, not the worst.

How could they not get behind that kind of heartwarming sentiment? He HAS to be favourite for next year's award.

Seriously fuck the Norwegiens......

Judge a man AFTER his reign, not before you pandering fucktards.

[Kirkland Laing]

This looks a little political. They should have at least waited till he failed to fix the Palestine-Israel situation before they gave it to him.

"Not being as aggressive as George W Bush" is not the standard by which the Nobel should be awarded, although to be fair it's an understandable sentiment from the Nobel people.

Plus he's an American President. The Nobel committee now have to hope he can go potentially seven plus years without invading somebody, an almost impossible-to-imagine scenario.

[El Kabong]

....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.

[Kev]

....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....'.

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.....

[killersheep]

....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....'.

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.....

This is my feeling as well.

[El Kabong]

....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"

[killersheep]

....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"

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"

I'm surprised you care enough about what 5 Norsemen think to get outraged about it.

[killersheep]

....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.

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.