Surprised, humbled Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Wayne Little · Oct 10, 2009

conkerking said:
I don't think there's anyone more surprised than the man himself. He seems a little embarrassed, even.

sounds about right, but it's still gonna cause a sh!t storm about the place....

FLYBOYJ · Oct 10, 2009

Folks, I think the real question here is did the President's actions in 9 months (A few trips to Europe, a few speeches, a change in diplomatic policy and a re-direction of the Afghanistan War) really constitute and legitimize the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize? Here's a list of former winners and it took YEARS of work before they were recognized for their contributions. I suggest some of you look into what some of these people did in the years prior to their Nobel Peace Prize.

• 2008: Martti Ahtisaari
• 2007: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore
• 2006: Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank
• 2005: International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei
• 2004: Wangari Maathai
• 2003: Shirin Ebadi
• 2002: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
• 2001: United Nations, Kofi Annan
• 2000: Kim Dae-jung
• 1999: Medecins Sans Frontieres
• 1998: John Hume, David Trimble
• 1997: International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Jody Williams
• 1996: Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Jose Ramos-Horta
• 1995: Joseph Rotblat, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
• 1994: Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin
• 1993: Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk
• 1992: Rigoberta Menchu Tum
• 1991: Aung San Suu Kyi
• 1990: Mikhail Gorbachev
• 1989: The 14th Dalai Lama
• 1988: U.N. Peacekeeping Forces
• 1987: Oscar Arias Sanchez
• 1986: Elie Wiesel
• 1985: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
• 1984: Desmond Tutu
• 1983: Lech Walesa
• 1982: Alva Myrdal, Alfonso Garcia Robles
• 1981: Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
• 1980: Adolfo Perez Esquivel

Sorry folks, if the president received this at the end of his first term and had a few more things to show BASED ON ACTIONS AND RESULTS, I would agree fully on this decision. I think the prize committee gave him this award based on an agenda and promises yet to be fulfilled, and that's very wrong. Only time will tell if Obama fulfills those promises or whether this premature award will come back to bite him.

stona · Oct 10, 2009

DerAdlerIstGelandet said:
As I know this is going to turn into political debate (these kind of threads always do), I am not going to get involved.

I will however just for the sake of it say that I do not agree with this. He has done nothing to be deserving of the honor. I am not going to say that in 4 or 5 years he will not have done anything, but as of now he as done nothing. It really degrades the meaning of the honor in my opinion.

Well said, I could not agree more.
Steve

r2800doublewasp · Oct 10, 2009

Lost all respect for the Nobel Peace Prize.....

109ROAMING · Oct 10, 2009

GrauGeist said:
It's sad to see how the Nobel award has become an object to toss around like a party favor when it used to be an award for a person's lifetime of hard work and passion.

Christ , aint that the sad truth

Vassili Zaitzev · Oct 10, 2009

Not to get too political, but I do not believe he should be reiceiving this award. Maybe at the end of his first term, based on his actions and their impact. This early into it though, that is not right.

BikerBabe · Oct 11, 2009

I couldn't agree more with FlyboyJ, Vassili and the rest of you guys.
I just cannot for the life of me see why he has been nominated, and why he gets the price.

Butters · Oct 11, 2009

He got it for not being Dubya

JL

ToughOmbre · Oct 11, 2009

Butters said:
He got it for not being Dubya

That's the only reason he got it!

TO

Butters · Oct 11, 2009

Yep. Pretty much...

Still, it's their prize to award as they see fit. So if those who don't like their choices feel that strongly about it, maybe they should just set up their own peace prize to award as THEY see fit.

Maybe Rush Limbaugh could be persuaded to donate a few of his millions to help finance a GOP Peace Prize Foundation. You know, 'put up or shut up'...

JL

GrauGeist · Oct 11, 2009

Actually, Alfred Nobel had a pretty clear outline as to how it was to be awarded...

Lucky13 · Oct 11, 2009

GrauGeist said:
Actually, Alfred Nobel had a pretty clear outline as to how it was to be awarded...

True, and his wishes has not been respected me think....

ToughOmbre · Oct 11, 2009

Comes down to this for me with regard to the Nobel Peace Prize, regardless of who wins it.....

Does anyone really care? I sure don't!

TO

Marcel · Oct 11, 2009

When I heard this, I thought: "Anyone can get the price, great I could get one, too"

B-17engineer · Oct 11, 2009

Saturday Night live did a hilarious skit on Obama last night....

GrauGeist · Oct 11, 2009

lol Marcel!

I'll nominate ya' if you share some of the prize money with me!

Marcel · Oct 13, 2009

I'll buy this catalina and we'll make a party flying from island to island, how about that?

GrauGeist · Oct 13, 2009

Works for me!

Vic Balshaw · Oct 13, 2009

Marcel said:
I'll buy this catalina and we'll make a party flying from island to island, how about that?

I'll come

Ferdinand Foch · Oct 13, 2009

Ditto!
Hey, I said to my parents that I'll try and make the Dean's list this semester. Does that qualify me for the Peace Prize too, before I make the list?
Oh, my dad has a theory that I believe in 100%. Obama got the Peace Prize for trying to get the next Olympics to be hosted in Chicago. Any takers?

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