The Glade 4.0

In office for less then two week, and wins the prize. Can join such wonderful elightened company as Carter, Gore, Koffi (didn't they give one to Yassir Arafat?).

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"Life isn't divided into genres. It's a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky."
— Alan Moore

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

Hallelujah! He's solved world peace!

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

He's winning the Nobel Prize because he is the first black president.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

You didn't see this coming?

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No, haha I really didn't. It's really infuriating.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

It was a foregone conclusion that Obama would win this year's Nobel Peace Prize. He made all the right speeches in all the right foreign nations. He got the Nobel Peace Prize for throwing his own nation under the bus: "If America wants to lead the world, it must start enacting policies the rest of the world supports." That said, it's kind of neat for the sitting President of the United States to win the Nobel Peace Prize in his first year. Because Obama has had neither the time nor the power to do anything substantive, it demonstrates the Nobel Peace Prize for what it is: a political approval stamp.

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*watches my last bit of idealism die*

I have not always agreed with who won a Nobel Prize, but this is the first time I was aware that someone won for doing NOTHING.

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Memento Vivere

I have local knowledge.
That sandbar was not there yesterday!

I've long held that the only Nobels with any shred of credibility left are the ones for physics and chemistry.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

You mean the ones you never hear about?

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

The Nobel Prize for literature is generally ok.

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I'm with you SG.

What happened to people like MLK, Ghandi, Mother Teresa, etc as winners?
Nitefox told me that Al Gore won it for his stupid Global Warming thingy. Seriously?

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Europeans are impressed with global warming.

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Buckle your pants or they might fall down.

Mother Teresa was a bad choice. Doing nothing is more worthy of a nobel prize than teaching a nation in a population crisis about the evils of using birth control.

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But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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I was thinking more along the lines of her dedicating her entire life and sacrificing everything to love and care for people at the bottom, not about her politics. But yes, you have a very good point.


Regarding Obama,
I thought this quote was pretty good:

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Jesus of Nazareth

Yeah, about what I expected to see here on this.



Bolding mine. I believe that is the relevant portion.

I'm pleased with the award and hope that is helps bear fruit with our diplomatic efforts abroad.

Why couldn't they promote the President after he actually did something then?

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The Dude abides.

Congratulations, Mr. President.

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It feels like all the people who want limited government really just want government limited to Republicans.
---The Daily Show

Aizle:

Seriously, you think he's already earned this award? Obama should decline it.

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When did they add "Pillaging your countries tax base" as a major criteria for the Nobel Peace Prize?

lol, what a joke of an award this has become. He hasn't done anything! The people giving the award even say this!

Popularity contest, that's it. The feelgoodism award.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

I am shocked that patriotic conservatives would be offended that the President of the United States was so honored. I would have expected celebration that the duly elected leader of our country had earned such a prestigous honor.

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It feels like all the people who want limited government really just want government limited to Republicans.
---The Daily Show

Considering that Gorbachev was de facto leader of the USSR from 1985 forward, implemented perestroika in 1986, introduced Glastnost in 1988, implemented the ability of citizens to own private businesses in a wide range of previously blocked areas also in 1988, created free elections in 1989, and as a result of his efforts, was elected to essentially the same post, but by general election this time, in 1990, that quote that you found to be "the relevant portion" is highly suspect and intellectually dishonest at best, an outright lie at worst.

Personally, the most important quote in that article is:



Two weeks... so what exactly was the basis for his nomination? His stellar record of abstain or vacant on Senate bills for the single term he was in office for the US Senate?

I'd love to know on what credentials you think he was nominated, and how you think his previous performance in politics compares the achievements and actions of Gorbachev in the same time span prior to being awarded the Peace Prize.

Why do you all hate america so much? /snark

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It feels like all the people who want limited government really just want government limited to Republicans.
---The Daily Show

Is that really necessary?

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Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.