Quote: If the world was stunned to learn that President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, it will be even more amazed by all the awards that are still coming his way.
A Reason.tv Rapid Response video. Approximately two minutes.
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Posted: 10 Oct 2009 02:31
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SINCE WHEN IN HELL DO THEY GIVE AWAY THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR BEING BLACK?!?
If that's the case, then Obama does not deserve it, seeing as he only masqueraded as a wholly black man to steal votes away from McCain! If anything, the first Nobel Prize for civil rights(?) should go posthumously to Dr. King, who no doubt is doing flip-flops in his grave over this!
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Posted: 10 Oct 2009 06:46
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I was just joking with a friend of mine that if intentions wre good enough for the million dollar prize, I'd like to sign up for it too.
I honestly have no clue as to why he was nominated a mere 12 days after taking office for anything presumably other than his spoken intentions, and certainly why after his nine month review he was chosen based on performance, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't based solely on him being black.
Here's a vid of the committee announcing his win- take it as you wish.
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But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
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Posted: 10 Oct 2009 07:14
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Sorry pak, it just seems like everything else that goes on concerning this liberal scam artist is because he's (half)black. Have you heard the liberal senators calling their opponents racist because they don't support the (non)health-care bill?
I so look forward to 1-20-2013, the end of the error!
Obama nation = ABOMINATION!
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Posted: 10 Oct 2009 18:14
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I see both sides using the race card as a tool of divisiveness to try and win their respective sides over with sound bites instead of dealing with actual issues. Obama occasionally uses it himself in various speeches I've seen, for better or worse.
Might explain why politics gets little to nothing accomplished anymore- I'm not sure government was ever supposed to be some form of entertainment any more than our news was or has become. __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
Posted: 12 Oct 2009 16:27
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Well only thing for sure is he won the award for his liberal policies. Not because he's accomplished anything. It's way too obvious a scam when you give a President an award who has only been in office a few months. __________________
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Posted: 12 Oct 2009 21:03
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If he won a Nobel prize for his policies, then it wouldn't be for doing nothing and I don't see how it's a 'scam'. Who got cheated exactly? __________________
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Posted: 12 Oct 2009 21:29
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It's a joke how's that for better accuracy.
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"That's pretty amazing, winning the Nobel Peace Prize," Jay Leno said Friday night of President Barack Obama's latest accolade. "Ironically, his biggest accomplishment as president so far ... winning the Nobel Peace Prize." __________________
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Posted: 12 Oct 2009 23:19
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A few too many people are acting like they are personally hurt by it to call it a joke, no? __________________
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Posted: 12 Oct 2009 23:26 Last Edited By: GOParty
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Written by Rolan Kessler of NewsMax:
If the Norwegian Nobel Committee thought it was bolstering President Barack Obama’s prestige in the world by awarding him the 2009 Peace Prize, it was wrong.
From the liberal Huffington Post and Daily Kos to the Washington Post and the Times of London, opinion makers have denounced the decision as a joke, spotlighting the fact that to date Obama has only hot air to show for his efforts at world peace.
"Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent,” the Times of London said. “It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel Committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush administration. The prize risks looking preposterous in its claims, patronizing in its intentions, and demeaning in its attempt to build up a man who has barely begun the period in office, let alone achieved any tangible outcome for peace.”
Mark Halperin of Time magazine wrote, “Barack Obama’s critics have long accused him of being a man of ‘just words,’ rather than concrete actions and accomplishments. The stunning decision to award him the Nobel Peace Prize for, basically, his rhetoric, will almost certainly infuriate his detractors in America more than it will delight his supporters.”
“Whatever happened to awarding for deeds actually done?” wrote Michael Russnow, who campaigned for Obama, on the Huffington Post.
The Washington Post editorialized, “It’s an odd Nobel Peace Prize that almost makes you embarrassed for the honoree. In blessing President Obama, the Nobel Committee intended to boost what it called his ‘extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.’ A more suitable time for the prize would have been after those efforts had borne some fruit.”
As suggested by the Times of London, the award to Obama was an obvious slap in the face of President Bush. “This is an award for not being George W. Bush,” Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal. And what did Bush do to deserve the enmity of the Nobel Committee? He toppled a man who had killed 300,000 people and liberated 50 million people.
Because of Bush, Saddam’s regime no longer inflicts torture on Iraqis by having electric prods attached to their genitals or by giving them acid baths. It no longer drills holes in their ankles and skulls. It no longer leaves them naked in refrigerators for days. It no longer cuts out their tongues and cuts off their ears. Nor does it force Iraqi men to watch gang rapes of their wives and sisters.
Because of Bush, Afghan women can now attend school. They are free to go out in public without being accompanied by a man. They are allowed to hold jobs.
Moreover, because of the $15 billion Bush sent to combat AIDS, deaths in Africa are down dramatically. For that reason, despite claims that America’s moral standing in the world has eroded, Bush’s approval rating in African countries has stood at 80 percent or higher.
Those are real accomplishments worthy of a Nobel Prize. In giving the award to Obama, the Nobel Committee’s effort at burnishing the president’s image backfired by highlighting the fact that he has accomplished nothing beyond delivering oratory.
Does that answer who's getting cheated(again)? Not only Bush, but every decent American who ever voted for, supported, or worked in his administration.
Just when I thought a good man, who served us well as president, couldn't be unjustly smeared any further.
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Posted: 12 Oct 2009 23:34
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Quote: A few too many people are acting like they are personally hurt by it to call it a joke, no?
I wouldn't say I was personally hurt. I'd say my feelings were like when you see a commercial ad you know is lying. But wait there's more kind of thing. __________________
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A month ago nobody gave a shit about the Nobel peace prize, now it's a huge issue. Smells to me like media entertainers trying to keep their jobs; Period.
Last I checked that committee could give out that prize to whomever they wanted for whatever reason they wanted as long as it was at least remotely connected to the topic of 'peace'. Have we heard from any of the other nominees and why they did not win? I doubt it. Anyone who would actually deserve the thing wouldn't be doing what they were doing for such a small prize.
As for George W. Bush, he may not deserve every lashing he gets, but surely he deserves many of them. The praise in that article is sentimental drivel from someone who obviously has a school age crush or the adult equivalent. Things just ain't that bloody sunny in Afghanistan, never mind Iraq. The idea of giving the Nobel peace prize to Dubya is as bad as awarding marksmanship ribbons to Dick Cheney. __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
Posted: 13 Oct 2009 17:58 Last Edited By: Tim
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It would make more sense to give it to Bush regardless of your opinion of him. At least he was in office long enough to have a list of things folks could point at. Obama hasn't had any accomplishments besides getting elected. Unless you are counting his book or something. It's just lame to put it in 80's lingo. __________________
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Bush worked >against< peace by performing a pre-emptive strike, and this is whether you choose to believe he just acted on bad intel or otherwise. Bush and his cabinet deserve trials, not accolades. __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
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Posted: 13 Oct 2009 20:42
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I can't argue about his accomplishments. He ordered Gitmo closed but it's still not closed is it? He ordered a withdrawal from Iraq and at best he's merely removed some troops. He did say he would be willing to talk to other world leaders that his predecessor would not and this at least would seem to hold some water- what this actually would or has accomplished is still something of a mystery. I did find an article on the 'Promise Kept rulings on the Obameter', if it helps anyone.
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
Posted: 14 Oct 2009 22:08
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On the Bush point, if you are arguing that pre-emptive strikes as a rule aren't peaceful then I have to disagree with you. Peace through strength as Reagan used to say. Sometimes getting to a fire before it burns down the forest is better than waiting till it gets near your home. __________________
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There's a fire that's already burning versus someone you don't trust with matches. Hitting the person you don't trust who hasn't started any fire is nothing like putting out a fire. It smells more like fear than strength. Summoning Reagen doesn't make it any better. __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 15:09
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Well ok, but let's say some joker is outside your house with a canon and yelling he's going to blow your house down. What do you do? Wait for him to light the cannon up? __________________
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Again, the analogy does not fit with the real life situation. In reality you have two neighbors with cannons facing each other and a longstanding feud over religion and we are the friend of one of those neighbors who lives clear across town. Our friend happens to be surrounded on the block by the other neighbors' friends, so we went in to two of those other houses and opened fire with the idea of making those houses operate like we operate our own. That's the real life scenario for 'people with cannons'.
I can't think of a single situation ever that calls for or justifies a first strike. This certainly wasn't it. __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
Posted: 20 Oct 2009 21:57
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Well take Saddam. That wasn't exactly your ordinary neighbor either. It'd be like having a mass murderer making threats against you or your friends for that matter. What do you do, just ignore him and hope he goes away? __________________
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I could be mistaken, but to my knowledge Saddam wasn't threatening anyone. I hesitate to call him a threat at all in those last days before his capture.
Aside from that, with actual threats what you return are other threats- promises of retaliation. You don't keep the 'bad guys' in place by attacking them, you become the bad guys that way. That's why we have rules of engagement in the first place. __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
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Think of it this way. America doesn't use it's own people to test out poisonous gas. We go out of our way to help other countries, and those that are hungry.
If that doesn't make us the good guys and Saddam one of the bad guys. What does? __________________
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Being a 'good guy' doesn't give you a free pass to do whatever you want, especially when you've laid out a set of ground rules to play by and then bypass them. __________________
But the backdrops peel and the sets give way and the cast get eaten by the play, there's a murderer at the matinee, there are dead men in the aisles
And the patrons and the actors too are uncertain if the show is through and with sidelong looks await their cue, but the frozen mask just smiles
