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ScottM said:
The irony in your post is astounding, but not unexpected. Unlike the O-man, Carter and Roosevelt actually accomplished things to win their prizes rather than being the product of a PR campaign. If the O-man can settle a few things in Israel-Gaza, Iran, North Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, Latin America, etc., rather than having press conferences and making speeches he may be worthy of the award.
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You know, I'm going to side with the opinion of Nobel Prize winners Gorbechev and Mandela over USCHO right wingers. You'll have to forgive me for that. However, I think this article in Reuters may give the Obama haters comfort, as apparently Taliban leadership shares their view...:rolleyes:
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While the award won praise from such statesmen as Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev, both Nobel laureates, it was also attacked in some quarters as hasty and undeserved.

Afghanistan's Taliban mocked the award, saying Obama should get a Nobel prize for violence instead.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said it was absurd to give a peace award to a man who had sent 21,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to escalate a war.
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I'm not going to let the absurdity of this bother me. I'm just going to pretend he won the Nobel Prize for "excellent use of a cool deep voice". I'll just have to figure James Earl Jones, Sean Connery, Morgan Freeman, Trace Adkins, Bowser from Sha Na Na, the guy from the Oak Ridge Boys, and the movie voice over guy will all get their award someday after getting passed over by the President.
 
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Rover said:
Way too much partisan whining out here. Once again America looks good on the world stage, as a sitting President is honored internationally, but a few knuckledraggers with no hope or direction in their empty lives feels the need to cry about it. :rolleyes:

Personally, I'm proud of America on this one, just like I would have been had I been around when TR won, and how I was happy for Carter even though I remember his Presidency and it wasn't a good one. I would kindly suggest that some of you embark on getting lives instead of focusing on complaining constantly. You may find yourself better off in the end....
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I noticed you left Gore out of your spiel, who likewise won it for doing nothing more than making a movie.

MW4Bucky&SNC said:
I'm not going to let the absurdity of this bother me. I'm just going to pretend he won the Nobel Prize for "excellent use of a cool deep voice". I'll just have to figure James Earl Jones, Sean Connery, Morgan Freeman, Trace Adkins, Bowser from Sha Na Na, the guy from the Oak Ridge Boys, and the movie voice over guy will all get their award someday after getting passed over by the President.
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Unfortunatly the movie voice over guy died, and is now ineligible unless he was nominated prior to his death.
 
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Zudnic said:
Because this is in danger of becoming his jump-the-shark moment. He'd be taking credit for not doing anything. His options are to accept the award when even his fanboys, except Rover, realize he doesn't deserve it, exacerbating his "narcissism problem" (nice phrase, Kaus) or turn it down and look like an ***. He can't win.
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FYP.
 
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My wife is a bigger liberal than Rover, but even she thinks this is ridiculous.
 
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Yeah...lets see. The opinion of Nelson Mandela on this issue vs the opinion of Sicatoka, ScottM, Zudnic, MattS, Spin Control....

You know, this is a tough one. But, I think I'm going to have to side with the world leader vs the internet shut-ins on this one. ;)

Not being 100% versed in Nobel criteria, I couldn't tell you what he did and didn't deserve. What I will say is that the angst over this is hilarious. Its like when people were downright gleeful that the US didn't get the Olympics. At some point you have to take a breath and figure some things don't need to be opposed. Good for him. Good for the US. If it makes you feel any better, I don't think it changes his political position any since that's apparently all that matters...
 
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The Sicatoka said:
One word statement?
Most Americans gave it when they heard the news. It was ...

Seriously?

Followed by ... :eek: ... then :confused: ... then :rolleyes:
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Most Americans have never heard of the Nobel Prize. They're still slowly coming to grasp the concept of the electoral college.
 
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Rover said:
You know, I'm going to side with the opinion of Nobel Prize winners Gorbechev and Mandela over USCHO right wingers. You'll have to forgive me for that. However, I think this article in Reuters may give the Obama haters comfort, as apparently Taliban leadership shares their view...:rolleyes:
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While the award won praise from such statesmen as Nelson Mandela and Mikhail Gorbachev, both Nobel laureates, it was also attacked in some quarters as hasty and undeserved.

Afghanistan's Taliban mocked the award, saying Obama should get a Nobel prize for violence instead.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said it was absurd to give a peace award to a man who had sent 21,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to escalate a war.
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Nice try, Rover. I voted for the Obama, and frankly he's becoming a disappointment, much like you. The fact people like you are so slavishly devoted to him when he has yet to knock one out of the park makes me laugh. And comparing me to the Taliban? You're as sad and pathetic as those who would question your patriotism opposing a troop buildup in Afghanistan. Keep going. Work is boring today, it's raining and I could use another laugh.
 
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MW4Bucky&SNC said:
I'm not going to let the absurdity of this bother me. I'm just going to pretend he won the Nobel Prize for "excellent use of a cool deep voice". I'll just have to figure James Earl Jones, Sean Connery, Morgan Freeman, Trace Adkins, Bowser from Sha Na Na, the guy from the Oak Ridge Boys, and the movie voice over guy will all get their award someday after getting passed over by the President.
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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/po...ughn_rabinowitz_win_aw.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
had this great paragraph:

At the same press conferences, the Academy announced that the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award would go this year to Britney Spears for her intention to “spend whatever it takes to save the whales.” The Academy recognized that Spears had not yet saved a single whale, but it felt strongly that it was the intention that counted most. Spears, who was leaving a club at the time, told People magazine that she would not want to live in “a world without whales.” People put it on the cover.
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Cohen isn't exactly a conservative mouthpiece, either.
 
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SPIN CONTROL said:
Yeah, because there would be more peace in this world had the neocons not taken out Saddam and the Taliban.
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And here we all thought the US army did that, not "I have other priorities." I guess FDR defeated the Nazis, not the armed forces.

I also like the idea that launching the Iraq War was a net gain for peace. Stability, maybe. Security, unlikely but at least arguable. But "peace"? :D

Back you go onto Ignore. This time you lasted nearly a week without making a fool of yourself. New league record.
 
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ScottM said:
Nice try, Rover. I voted for the Obama, and frankly he's becoming a disappointment, much like you. The fact people like you are so slavishly devoted to him when he yet to knock one out of the park makes me laugh. And comparing me to the Taliban? You're as sad and pathetic those who would question your patriotism opposing a troop buildup in Afghanistan. Keep going. Work is boring today, it's raining and I could use another laugh.
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Let me see if I'm understanding this correctly. You're this upset over a sitting US President getting an international award? It really bothers you this much that this occured, when by all accounts he did nothing to seek this out and is as surprised as anybody? Again, might I suggest this really isn't worth the crying. Its a nice thing, I'm happy for the guy and for the United States, and it has no downside while possibly having an upside. My angle here is simple: to point out the idiocy of anybody making a big deal out of this. Sadly, you now qualify for reasons you've yet to explain. Really - what's the big calamity here?
 
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The view from Russia...

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Rover said:
Yeah...lets see. The opinion of Nelson Mandela on this issue vs the opinion of Sicatoka, ScottM, Zudnic, MattS, Spin Control....

You know, this is a tough one. But, I think I'm going to have to side with the world leader vs the internet shut-ins on this one. ;)
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How about Lech Walesa?
"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.
http://www.boston.com/news/world/eu...t_barack_obama_wins_nobel_peace_prize/?page=2
 
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Just another nail in the coffin of the Nobel Prize's credibility. Obama joins such recent "illustrious" winners as: the IPCC, Al Gore, the United Nations, Kofi Annan, and Yasser Arafat. Once again, the world shows how disconnected from reality it is.
 
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Zudnic said:
Because this is in danger of becoming his jump-the-shark moment. He'd be taking credit for not doing anything. His options are to accept the award when even his fanboys realize he doesn't deserve it, exacerbating his "narcissism problem" (nice phrase, Kaus) or turn it down and look like an ***. He can't win.
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It can be spun that way, granted. Maybe Victor Davis Hanson nominated him so he could write an irate column. :p
 
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