Nobel Prize goes to Obama...

[El Kabong]

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.

[El Kabong]

A real Nobel Prize winner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxM0C7zjoAc

[AdamGB]

The long and short of it is - 5 guys think he deserves an award...

Don't really care what they think, there's what? 8 billion people in the world and every single one has their own opinions on stuff so I'm not going to get upset over 5 people.

He's as much as said he's done nothing to deserve one yet and he's embarrassed by it:

US President Barack Obama 'Surprised' To Be Awarded Nobel Peace Prize For 2009 | World News | Sky News

Yeah, they've basically gave it to him for being elected... the reason a black man is in office is because of what 1000s of people have done during history to create the racial equality in America for that to happen... Obama is a result of that rather than a cause so yeah, he doesn't deserve a nobel just for being elected.

But again, It's not worth getting upset over the opinions of 5 nords.

Another thing, I've heard lots of people saying he doesn't deserve a nobel prize, but little to few people actually saying who deserved one this year. I've no doubt that there are people who did more than Obama, but it would be constructive to talk about them, wouldn't it?

[Kev]

So Obama gets it for his rousing pre election and election victory speeches and promises to promote peace in the future.

Meanwhile Ghandi was never deemed worthy, neither was Pope John Paul II, or great social activists such as Dorothy Day.

The only blessing I guess is that at least the People's Princess Diana didn't get one, although the Landmine cause that she worked for of course did.

[El Kabong]

Well we know who did NOT deserve it and they gave it to him.

The Nobel Peace Prize is supposed to be a prestigious award and giving it to a guy who has been in office for a couple of months and done fuck all in that time span....they might as well have flushed that thing down the crapper.

[killersheep]

Well we know who did NOT deserve it and they gave it to him.

The Nobel Peace Prize is supposed to be a prestigious award and giving it to a guy who has been in office for a couple of months and done fuck all in that time span....they might as well have flushed that thing down the crapper.

You are not alone in that sentiment

"He has done nothing for peace in Afghanistan ... We condemn the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for Obama." - Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman

"Obama has a long way to go still and lots of work to do before he can deserve a reward. Obama only made promises and did not contribute any substance to world peace." - Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas official

[Kirkland Laing]

Well we know who did NOT deserve it and they gave it to him.

The Nobel Peace Prize is supposed to be a prestigious award and giving it to a guy who has been in office for a couple of months and done fuck all in that time span....they might as well have flushed that thing down the crapper.

You are not alone in that sentiment

"He has done nothing for peace in Afghanistan ... We condemn the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for Obama." - Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman

"Obama has a long way to go still and lots of work to do before he can deserve a reward. Obama only made promises and did not contribute any substance to world peace." - Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas official

It looks like Lyle is objectively pro-terrorist.

[Kirkland Laing]

I think this is actually the start of a preemtive peace campaign by the Nobel committee. Every time there's a new American President they're going to give him the Peace Prize in a preemptive move to hopefully cut the amount of carnage he might think about getting up to while he's in office.

[generalbulldog]

Well we know who did NOT deserve it and they gave it to him.

The Nobel Peace Prize is supposed to be a prestigious award and giving it to a guy who has been in office for a couple of months and done fuck all in that time span....they might as well have flushed that thing down the crapper.

How prestigious is this award if Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin were nominated for it? The Nobel Peace prize has always been seen as nothing more than a propaganda piece of award.

[JazMerkin]

Oh for fuck's sake they gave an award to Kissinger, who was involved in some truly horrific goings on in Latin America & Asia throughout the early 70s. The message - The Nobel Prize is not to be taken seriously

[AdamGB]

Of course it's not... 5 out of 8 billion people have an opinion on something - the internet loses it's mind.

[Gandalf]

Oh for fuck's sake they gave an award to Kissinger, who was involved in some truly horrific goings on in Latin America & Asia throughout the early 70s. The message - The Nobel Prize is not to be taken seriously

It is a piece of crap. It's just a shame the worlds media reports on this rubbish as though it has value.

[BoxingGorilla]

I don't think the award is to impress anyone living today.

It's for our great, great, great grandchildren. They will know as much about Obama as most of us today know about Washington or Lincoln or any other president.

[Gandalf]

I don't think the award is to impress anyone living today.

It's for our great, great, great grandchildren. They will know as much about Obama as most of us today know about Washington or Lincoln or any other president.

You don't give a prize to miles saying "This is a memento of all the good that we think you will do in the future". It is silly.

miles hasn't done anything and neither has Obama. It's a bullshit prize.

[JazMerkin]

I don't think the award is to impress anyone living today.

It's for our great, great, great grandchildren. They will know as much about Obama as most of us today know about Washington or Lincoln or any other president.

You don't give a prize to miles saying "This is a memento of all the good that we think you will do in the future". It is silly.

miles hasn't done anything and neither has Obama. It's a bullshit prize.

Well, Miles not to be picky, but he probably has done a bit more than you to deserve one. Your record on trees & neighbours shows you're not the man for the Peace Prize