Oh, and then there is THIS little bit of insightful BS.
The Award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Obama was a no brainer. It will go down in history as one of the most significant Peace Prizes ever awarded
Barack Hussein Obama was born to a white mother and black father at a time when his father would have been lynched in much of the United States for marrying a white woman. From this humble beginning he rose to be President of the most powerful nation on earth
The Nobel committee has long recognized accomplishments in racial harmony as the furtherment of peace. Previous prizes to Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu were examples
The election of a black man in historically racist America is a significant accomplishment.
Your right. It WILL, "
...go down in history as one of the most significant Peace Prizes ever awarded" but NOT for the reason you believe. It will become a symbol that illuminates perfectly, the progressive agenda driven motives of the Nobel committee that violates every principle Alfred Nobel stood for and quickly making the Nobel Peace prize irrelevant.
Nobel was a scientist...a conservative scientist I might add...and the Nobel Foundation was established to honor people who had ACHIEVED to better mankind...NOT an ideology!
The only thing this president will go down as achieving is as the most divisive figure in the history American politics. He and his minions have taken class warfare and the fulminating of POINTLESS civil decent to a level not seen since the 1860's. A WONDERFUL legacy...don't ya think?
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...at a time when his father would have been lynched in much of the United States for marrying a white woman..." WHERE in the HELL do you live...OR do you just read the same books as Rosie!?
MOST of the US...really? Dude...YOU need to get a GRIP!
Twice as many people were struck dead by lightning in any given year in this country than were "lynch" because of their race. A little historical perspective MIGHT be in order!
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Previous prizes to Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu were examples" You are putting Obama in the same sentence with those men...REALly!?
Let's see, how many times was Obama jailed for his beliefs? How much time did he spend on the dirt floor of a prison cell? How many times did HE stand as a LONE VOICE in the wilderness? How many bullets whizzed by his head? How many times was he SHOT DEAD before he got the Nobel???
SHUT UP with that crap. It's ridiculous!
His whole career as a "community organizer" was laid out at the feet of Bill Ayers and the remnants of the Weather Underground. His Professorship was a GIFT as a favor to Valerie Jarrett's family as a favor to Michelle. His ONLY accomplishment as a State Representative in Illinois was to vote "present" more than any other legislation in the body. And, his only claim to fame as a Representative in the US House of Representatives was a CLAIM that he "would have" voted against the Iraq War "IF" he'd be there at the time and to CONSISTENTLY vote AGAINST the troops he NOW commands.
NOT COMPARABLE to those men of ACHIEVEMENT and SACRIFICE!!!
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The election of a black man in historically racist America is a significant accomplishment." Again...where in the HELL do you get this crap? Why do you suppose America is called the "melting pot" by the rest of the world? WHY do you suppose MILLIONS of people of different races from all around the world have HISTORICALLY come to this country every year? Do you suppose it was and is because they believe they will be MORE oppressed than the country they left?
Are there racist in this country? HELL yes! Is or WAS this country any more racist than any other country in the world? HELL NO!
The FIRST slave owner in this country was a free BLACK MAN!!!
Again, a little historical perspective please. The Constitution of this country was designed so that racism could NOT be institutionalize into the government...UNLESS "We the People" decided it should be so. 99.9% of every other country on this planets governments HAVE racism and/or bigotry institutionalized into it in some shape form or fashion.
Some folks really do need to study history before they start popping off, but Newt AIN'T one of 'um! ;~)[/QUOTE]
So much idiocy to respond to....so little time
Alfred Nobel was not a conservative.....in fact, one of the first Nobel Peace Prizes went to Progressive Republican Teddy Roosevelt
Your inability do establish that "We the people" did not apply to Women, Blacks or Native Americans And that it somehow establishes a prohibition agains racism makes yours one of the all time silliest posts