President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

[SableRay]

This is a just absolutely amazing. The committee is made up of some very smart thoughtful people. Congratulations Mr. Barack Obama the 44th President of the United States of America.

 

[Xenophon]

This is a just absolutely amazing. The committee is made up of some very smart thoughtful people. Congratulations Mr. Barack Obama the 44th President of the United States of America.

Funniest post in the thread.

I bet your leg was shaking as you typed it.

 

[WillowTree]

This is a just absolutely amazing. The committee is made up of some very smart thoughtful people. Congratulations Mr. Barack Obama the 44th President of the United States of America.

you mean of course the USof KKKA!

 

[Xenophon]

Love him or hate him; Obama is "OUR" president

He represents America and "ALL" of her people.

"EVERYONE" should be "PROUD" that the world honors "OUR" leader..

He represents "ALL" Americans

Only unpatriotic and anti-american people will denegrate this award for "OUR" president.

We can't deny the partisan hacks their sour grapes fest.

Only an imbecile would be 'proud' Obama won an award he has neither earned nor deserved, but do tell us more about 'hacks.'

 

[theHawk]

Love him or hate him; Obama is "OUR" president

He represents America and "ALL" of her people.

"EVERYONE" should be "PROUD" that the world honors "OUR" leader..

He represents "ALL" Americans

Only unpatriotic and anti-american people will denegrate this award for "OUR" president.

YES! This is a victory for ALL AMERICA!

AMERICA RULES! We just f*cking owned the rest of the world with this victory.

 

[Wry Catcher]

Better the POTUS stand before the world and call others nations "Evil" or invade and occupy another nation on a false pretext?

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

This is a just absolutely amazing. The committee is made up of some very smart thoughtful people. Congratulations Mr. Barack Obama the 44th President of the United States of America.

Yeah just absolutely amazing.

 

[WillowTree]

Sure, "our guy," he is OUR President...whereas Yasser Arafat is most decidedly NOT our president...hence, not "our guy."

no he isn't, he leads the USof KKKA

 

[Xenophon]

hmmmmmmmmm hmmm hmmmmm

Barack Hussein Obama

They gave him a prize

for telling us lies

hmmmmmmmmm hmmm hmmmmm

 

[Qball]

Love him or hate him; Obama is "OUR" president

He represents America and "ALL" of her people.

"EVERYONE" should be "PROUD" that the world honors "OUR" leader..

He represents "ALL" Americans

Only unpatriotic and anti-american people will denegrate this award for "OUR" president.

We can't deny the partisan hacks their sour grapes fest.

It's not sour grapes to be a bit incredulous about the guy winning the Nobel Peace Prize after nine months. I mean, I know you guys like him and all, but geez.

 

[Coyote]

He gave a "hope" to American people, and rest of the world maybe saw some of that "hope". We fell for it, so did world.

Reminder... Yasser Arafat won it too.

That's sort of correct. But he did not win it in isolation. I notice detractors of Nobel Peace Prize Winners pull Arafat out at the drop of a hat but it's usually out of context.

The prize was awarded joinly to:
YASSER ARAFAT , Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO, President of the Palestinian National Authority.
SHIMON PERES , Foreign Minister of Israel.
YITZHAK RABIN , Prime Minister of Israel.

for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East.


It was awarded to 3 people working together who were able to forge a plan that might have worked had Rabin not been assassinated (by his own people no less). They deserved the prize for that effort and it is that particular effort that was awarded the prize.

True...

Today, peace in the Middle East depends on Hezbolah, Hamas and Ahmadinejad. Should they be nominated too?

You completely missed the point didn't you?

 

[tigerbob]

Of course, we KNOW this is not Obama's fault so HE can NOT be blamed for this appearing rushed decision to nominate him by the committee....I am certain some of you will find a way to blame obama for the committee's seemingly rushed choice.

Though I do believe the panel was only nominating people at the time, and months afterwards could have been used to make their decision on the winner and not just the first 10 days of Obama being in office.

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you. A person does not get nominated for a prize before he or she has earned the right to win the prize. The nomination and prize are to be awarded after the deed has been done.

I'm not saying that the President's effort should never be recognized, but they should not have been recognized before they were actually done. IMHO.

And no, I do not blame President Obama for this.

Immie

You think his name was put forward without his knowledge?

 

[Rozman]

Like it or not he's involved in two wars,he hasn't closed Gitmo yet,Iran is on the brink of producing nukes, North Korea is doing some crazy crap still, the Mideast with Israel and Palestine is still unresolved.
White kids are getting beat on by blacks on buses,black kids in Chicago are getting killed by other black kids. Yes I can understand why the President was given this honor......huh?
What a joke.

 

[Immanuel]

I was going to ask if anyone knew who else had been nominated, but evidently the nominees names are kept secret for 50 years. With today's announcement it is easy to see why they don't tell us who else got nominations.

2009 Nobel Peace Prize – 205 Names Submitted: Nobel Prize Announcements in October | Suite101.com

The Norwegian Nobel Institute was set up in 1904 to aid the Nobel Committee to vet candidates. While the institute keeps nominees’ names secret for 50 years, the process of submitting candidates often leads to the disclosure of potential winners.

Immie

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

Better the POTUS stand before the world and call others nations "Evil" or invade and occupy another nation on a false pretext?

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLhWg-8bafM]YouTube - Obama= WAR in Pakistan[/ame]He wont even back up his own contentions

 

[Xenophon]

Back off!

He won the peace prize, he is GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Meister]

Oh, and back off, he got it for having a beer with a policeman and a professor at teh white house!

Who else but Barry could have pulled it off??!QUOTE]
Yasser Arafat, Jimmie Carter, Al Gore, U.N. Peace Keeping Forces

 

[Immanuel]

Of course, we KNOW this is not Obama's fault so HE can NOT be blamed for this appearing rushed decision to nominate him by the committee....I am certain some of you will find a way to blame obama for the committee's seemingly rushed choice.

Though I do believe the panel was only nominating people at the time, and months afterwards could have been used to make their decision on the winner and not just the first 10 days of Obama being in office.

I'm sorry but I have to disagree with you. A person does not get nominated for a prize before he or she has earned the right to win the prize. The nomination and prize are to be awarded after the deed has been done.

I'm not saying that the President's effort should never be recognized, but they should not have been recognized before they were actually done. IMHO.

And no, I do not blame President Obama for this.

Immie

You think his name was put forward without his knowledge?

Does it really matter whether or not he knew who submitted his name?

Maybe he submitted it? Maybe Nancy Pelosi submitted it?

I don't know who submitted, but regardless, I don't think he had anything to do with his selection.

Immie

 

[Ame®icano]

That's sort of correct. But he did not win it in isolation. I notice detractors of Nobel Peace Prize Winners pull Arafat out at the drop of a hat but it's usually out of context.

The prize was awarded joinly to:
YASSER ARAFAT , Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO, President of the Palestinian National Authority.
SHIMON PERES , Foreign Minister of Israel.
YITZHAK RABIN , Prime Minister of Israel.

for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East.


It was awarded to 3 people working together who were able to forge a plan that might have worked had Rabin not been assassinated (by his own people no less). They deserved the prize for that effort and it is that particular effort that was awarded the prize.

True...

Today, peace in the Middle East depends on Hezbolah, Hamas and Ahmadinejad. Should they be nominated too?

You completely missed the point didn't you?

On the contrary, I'm right at it.

 

[Meister]

Anyone find out who it was that sponsored him? You do need a sponsor to get nominated, along with some money, of course.