Nobel Peace Prize?!?!

[Crabtownboy]

NBC postulated that this award was more of a slap in GWB's face than anything for Obama.

That could very well be true.


Rbell states, "I plan to build a society where war will not exist. We will all hold hands, be happy, and sing together, with Tiny Tim playing his ukelele..."tiptoe, through the tulips..."

Now: Since we give awards based on what a person intends to do...where's MY Nobel Prize? Actually, keep the trophy...where's my money?!?!

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What makes it more sickening is the fawning that the news folks are going ga-ga over Obama's "accomplishment." Even though they themselves admit he's done nothing yet to deserve it.

One of the comments in the Washington Posts stated that G. Bush is probably responsible for two Americans winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Jimmy Carter in 2002 and B. Obama this year.

The following comment is why Carter won:

JIMMY CARTER JR., former President of the United States of America,

for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.

It is possible that part of the reason Obama won the Peace Price is as a slap in the face of G. Bush. He, GB, was really disliked and distrusted in Europe. He also highly irritated many in Europe by social blunders that insulted various leaders in Europe, like shaking the hand of the Slovakian president with gloves on [ http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050225/news_1n25notebook.html ] ... kind of like pointing the sole of your shoe at an Arab or the time he highly insulted the German Chancellor by massaging her shoulder in public. [ http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=bu...8&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=bce49bf8,8c99f38a ]

 

[ccrobinson]

When I heard it, I thought it was a joke until I realized it wasn't April 1st.

*cut to a shot of Nelson Mandela chucking his award in the garbage bin, mumbling, "Well, this isn't worth anything anymore." *

 

[billreber]

This article http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_nobel_peace says

Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, the peace prize is given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Like the Parliament, the committee has a leftist slant, with three members elected by left-of-center parties. Jagland said the decision to honor Obama was unanimous.

What else can we expect?

Bill :godisgood:

 

[Allan]

Nope, not a joke. Not quite sure why since, as far as I can tell, he hasn't actually done anything yet. It seems to be on the basis that he might vaguely want to do something but, on those grounds, surely most of us qualify?

That is the whole point. It isn't what he has done but and encouragement to what he has 'yet' to do.
From here:

Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.

And this as well:

The Nobel Committee lauded the change in global mood wrought by Obama's calls for peace and cooperation but recognized initiatives that have yet to bear fruit:

And then this:

Still, the U.S. remains at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Congress has yet to pass a law reducing carbon emissions and there has been little significant reduction in global nuclear stockpiles since Obama took office.

"So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far. He is still at an early stage. He is only beginning to act," said former Polish President Lech Walesa, a 1983 Nobel Peace laureate.

"This is probably an encouragement for him to act. Let's see if he perseveres. Let's give him time to act," Walesa said.

Pathetic isn't it.

He has no friut to his actions, no substantial reasons for giving it to him except to hopefully encourage him. The article displays some of the most disgusting verbage of Obama worship I have seen yet.

I say that because he had done nothing yet, and this is conceded by the Nobel prize group, but is still hailed as the bringer or at the very least the catalyst for the coming of world peace.

 

[Tom Bryant]

That's a great reason for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize. We hated your predeccessor. And you've promised so much. And we hope this award will enable your success. And that's may be what is fueling it.

 

[sag38]

When you are lumped in with Arafat (especially Arafat) and Jimmy Carter that isn't saying a whole lot. In fact, I'd personally consider it an insult.

 

[BigBossman]

How did he manage to win that? He hasn't been in office for a full year yet.

 

[carpro]

I mean, no matter what you think about it, what has he DONE to be honoured in such a way?

Absolutely nothing.

As we say here in the U.S., talk is cheap.

But then, the Nobel Peace Prize has been a joke for a long time.

 

[donnA]

OSLO -- President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.

The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.

More here

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Apparently the whole thing was fixed in advance

President for only 11 days, how much did he accomplish in 11 days that makes him worthy of the nobel peace prize.

 

[NaasPreacher (C4K)]

I was hoping that Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai would have won the prize. He has actually done something to work towards peace in a country being destroyed by the dictator, Robert Mugabe.

I totally agree. Tsvangiri was a worthy nominee.

 

[NaasPreacher (C4K)]

Earlier thread running here

http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=62103

 

[Crabtownboy]

President for only 11 days, how much did he accomplish in 11 days that makes him worthy of the nobel peace prize.

If you read about past winners you will notice it is not about the results of the person's beliefs or actions, but about what they tried to do. If the Nobel Peace Prize was given on what a person accomplished then many of the recipients would not have been given the award ... such as AUNG SAN SUU KYI, Burma. Oppositional leader, human rights advocate. So it is not even in the ballpark to say nothing has been accomplished. That is not part of the criteria.[

 

[Crabtownboy]

Obama's Nobel and America's Popularity

I didn't want to start a new thread. I did find the following interesting and do believe there is much truth here .......

Obama's Nobel and America's Popularity


The Nobel Peace Prize award to Barack Obama seems so goofy -- even if you’re a fan, you have to admit that he hasn’t really done much yet as a peacemaker. But there’s an aspect of this prize that is real and important -- and that validates Obama’s strategy from the day he took office.

The Obama team came to the White House convinced that one of America’s biggest problems in the world was “reflexive anti-Americanism,” as Obama put it in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly two weeks ago. They saw America’s unpopularity as a big national-security problem, and they were right.

So they set about winning hearts and minds (the Nobel judges among them) from Day One. Obama gave a series of speeches calculated to position him as the Un-Bush. He listed his achievements in that same U.N. speech -- halting torture, ordering the closure of Guantanamo, withdrawing from Iraq, backing negotiations on climate change, and paying America’s debts at the United Nations itself.

Europeans liked it, too, when the president picked a fight with Israel over settlements, and when he showed himself so determined to negotiate with Iran that he overlooked the fact that its government had stolen an election.

That’s what he’s being honored for, really: reconnecting America to the world and making us popular again. If you want to understand the sentiments behind the prize, look at the numbers in the Transatlantic Trends report released last month by the German Marshall Fund. Obama’s approval rating in Germany: 92 percent compared to 12 percent for George Bush. His approval in the Netherlands: 90 percent compared to 18 percent for Bush. His favorability rating in Europe overall (77 percent) was much higher than in America (57 percent).

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/po...obel_and_americas_popu.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

 

[carpro]

Obama had only been president for 10 days or less when nominated.

Arafat is probably screaming at the devil in hell right now over this insult to his great works for peace.

 

[Tom Bryant]

Big Whoopee... He's made us popular again. That's on a par with Mandela and King.

 

[tinytim]

From the committee...

'his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,'

IOWS.. his apology tour...

 

[carpro]

Big Whoopee... He's made us popular again. That's on a par with Mandela and King.

We are still hated.

Our enemies ...and our friends...simply see a president that they can take advantage of. One that will make decisions that are not in the best interests of the U.S.

They like that a lot.

 

[Crabtownboy]

From BBC ......

Asked why the prize had been awarded to Mr Obama less than a year after he took office, Nobel Committee head Thorbjoern Jagland said: "It was because we would like to support what he is trying to achieve".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8298580.stm

 

[NaasPreacher (C4K)]

So I guess 'good intentions' are enough.

 

[Winman]

Perhaps at a time when Obama is being asked to send more troops to Afghanistan, some are trying to influence him not to??