Finally son

10/9/2009 10:13:36 AM

just for you

10/9/2009 10:16:43 AM

Um, that one is just fine....

It causes no problems with side-scrolling....

10/9/2009 10:17:55 AM

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"This is a reflection on the Nobel committees, not Obama."

agreed...obama will undoubtedly get flak for receiving it, but it's not like he asked for it...i suppose he could have declined, but i just don't see that working out well, either...i guess the committee is a better judge of who "deserves" it than regular folks like you and i (after all, it's a private organization, not a global democracy), but i just can't see myself agreeing with them

10/9/2009 10:20:50 AM

All Obama did was ride the "governmental change" wave. What action has he taken to "strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people"? He has done nothing of the sort SO FAR, if that is the platform for his peace prize, it should have been given to the millions of young voters (and african americans) that turned up for the first time at the polls. All he did in that regard was be well spoken (Clinton didn't get a peace prize, and he could talk a cigar into a cooch) and non-white.

10/9/2009 10:21:03 AM

Well he hasn't invaded Iran yet, so I suppose he's got that going for him.

10/9/2009 10:28:07 AM

Bush should have 3 or 4 of them, for literally fighting several wars at the same time and receiving the least amount of casualties and deaths on the winning side in human history.

Who else has pulled that off in the history of the world???

10/9/2009 10:31:35 AM

oh and he also had a country that 70% hated him while he fought those wars too. haaa.

man. now THAT is an accomplishment.

10/9/2009 10:32:21 AM

I guess its official, Norway has a man crush on Obama

10/9/2009 10:33:41 AM

you know you do too Pat- don't lie

10/9/2009 10:46:35 AM

i gave Pat's dog a box full of chocolate-covered raisins to celebrate

10/9/2009 10:48:01 AM

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"Norway has a man crush on Obama "

haha love it

10/9/2009 10:54:12 AM

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"What action has he taken to "strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people"? He has done nothing of the sort SO FAR"

Actually, that's not true. Go read a newspaper.

10/9/2009 10:59:06 AM

dammit. If you kill my dog you're burying him!

10/9/2009 11:13:10 AM

just goes to show you we are all fucked

10/9/2009 11:15:17 AM

He had the vote of Khadafi, Castro and Chavez....glowing endorsements.

10/9/2009 11:15:52 AM

his wife was voted one of "People"s most beautiful women of the world. ha.

10/9/2009 11:16:16 AM

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"his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between people"

hahahaha

last year's winner spent 3 decades on multiple continents resolving international conflicts before he won

this year's winner was in office for 1 month when the voting wrapped up...oh yeah we're still involved in 2 international wars also

10/9/2009 11:30:11 AM

you think he will take the general's advice now and send more troops over to afghanistan???

10/9/2009 11:49:04 AM

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""I am a genuine admirer of Obama. And I am very pleased that George W. Bush is no longer president. But I doubt that I am alone in wondering whether this award is slightly premature. It is hard to point to a single place where Obama's efforts have actually brought about peace - Gaza, Iran, Sri Lanka? "While it is OK to give school children prizes for 'effort' -- my kids get them all the time -- I think international statesmen should probably be held to a higher standard," he wrote. "

10/9/2009 11:55:30 AM

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"this year's winner was in office for 1 month when the voting wrapped up..."

half a month, 2 weeks, 11 days. Calling it a full month is giving them too much.

10/9/2009 11:59:49 AM

Nominations had to be post-marked two months before he even won the election, sometime in September.

10/9/2009 12:09:32 PM

OH come the fuck on. This is rediculous.

10/9/2009 12:26:40 PM

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"rediculous"

10/9/2009 12:31:33 PM

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"Nominations had to be post-marked two months before he even won the election, sometime in September."

i assume you're joking...otherwise, i call bullshit without proof

10/9/2009 12:34:25 PM

Rush brought up a good point that it is a very liberal award. Gore, Carter, and Obama win one but Reagan didn't even though he was one of the key figures in bringing communist Europe to an end. That's an interesting way of looking at it.

10/9/2009 12:53:25 PM

well, part of the reason conservatives never win is that any good they do is tainted with large amounts of stupid

also, of COURSE it's a liberal award...when was the last time you saw a group of conservatives willing to give away money and recognition in the spirit of global peace? not gonna happen

10/9/2009 12:57:48 PM

^^

1. You listen to Rush Limbaugh
2. You think Ronald Reagan deserved a Nobel Peace Prize
3. You think Ronald Reagan ended communism in Europe.

...

10/9/2009 1:00:00 PM

Gorbachev won a Nobel prize, helped end the Cold War...with Reagan

ps: what has Obama done to deserve this award? Bail out some huge corporations? Not close Guantanamo and not bring our troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq?

10/9/2009 1:02:03 PM

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"ps: what has Obama done to deserve this award? Bail out some huge corporations? Not close Guantanamo and not bring our troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq?"

did you even READ the thread, you dumb fuck? this has been addressed

10/9/2009 1:08:11 PM

yeah i read the thread...what has he done to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize...you dumb fuck

oh yeah, you admit in your first post that he's done nothing to deserve it

so therefore, i'm not allowed to question why he won it

10/9/2009 1:08:49 PM

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"Nothing against Obama, but man... this must have been a pretty weak year"

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"Among names mentioned in recent years are former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu, as well as the Austrian-based relief organization SOS Children’s Villages and the European Union."

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/record-205-nominees-for-2009-nobel-peace-prize_100160737.html#ixzz0TSZnmOTM

The entire fucking European Union (which would still have been rediculous)

Just for the record, here is the Wiki entry for Wei Jingsheng:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei_Jingsheng

10/9/2009 1:17:20 PM

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"well, part of the reason conservatives never win is that any good they do is tainted with large amounts of stupid also, of COURSE it's a liberal award...when was the last time you saw a group of conservatives willing to give away money and recognition in the spirit of global peace? not gonna happen"

I think all politicians have skeletons in the closet if you go looking. Like we both said, it's a liberal award.

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"1. You listen to Rush Limbaugh 2. You think Ronald Reagan deserved a Nobel Peace Prize 3. You think Ronald Reagan ended communism in Europe."

1. My family was riding together when we went to visit my sister and have lunch since she was in town. My dad likes to listen to him, not me.
2. I didn't say he really deserved it, but he did do more than Obama has. Obama is just another talking head in DC like the rest of our politicians who give big speeches and spend lots of money. That is no different than Reagan.
3. Some of his policies did help (the arms race), but no it wasn't all him.

10/9/2009 1:19:41 PM

Ronald Reagan DID end communism in Europe. Don;t make me post the pic again.

10/9/2009 1:20:04 PM

^Of course he did and that is the simple answer, but Pope John Paul II also helped to free his home land of Poland. The USSR would have probably failed anyway at some point. They already were having economic problems, but what the US did helped the end come a little sooner.

10/9/2009 1:24:13 PM

the whole world is making fun of us. this is the biggest joke in history. if you can't see this, then you are delusional.

10/9/2009 1:27:15 PM

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"fuck, i wasted my 40k post on OBAMA? wtf... LAME"

lulz, there is something wonderfully ironic about that.

Obama has already said that he doesn't believe he deserved the award for his accomplishments thus far, but will view the nomination as a call to action. Well put.

It would have been pretty stupid to decline the award politically speaking, as the GOP would simply spin that reaction as Obama being "too good for the award" or "arrogant." You cannot win with these close-minded types, they simply don't play, or think, fairly.

Regardless, I'm an Obama supporter still, and I don't believe he deserved the award for what he's done so far, and neither does he! The majority of Obama supporters that I know also share this same viewpoint. Believing otherwise is simply a false assumption. To prove it, simply ask around.

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 1:40 PM. Reason : -]

10/9/2009 1:29:36 PM

I will treat your president with the same respect you gave mine.

10/9/2009 2:35:19 PM

Oh shit, AceInTheSky is pissed!!!111

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"Obama will donate the roughly $1.4 million award to charity, a White House spokesman said Friday."

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 2:40 PM. Reason : swoon!]

10/9/2009 2:37:08 PM

^^

Look, completely glazing over the underlying reasons in an attempt at appearing fair and balanced. Can you fit the stereotypes any snugger? Seriously, the Iraq blunder alone, merits a serious lack of respect on all fronts. Shoot first, ask questions later, that's how thugs operate, not America.

10/9/2009 2:43:21 PM

^^ i could use some of that. you know, bail me out...

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 2:48 PM. Reason : i can't get a damn job.]

10/9/2009 2:47:14 PM

^^^Swoon? Really? It would be ridiculous for him to keep it. He has already admitted that he doesn't deserve it.

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 2:48 PM. Reason : ]

10/9/2009 2:47:44 PM

He has already accepted it, and as I previously stated, it would have been politically stupid to decline it.

10/9/2009 2:48:41 PM

^the money

10/9/2009 3:01:00 PM

Preemptive Nobel Peace Prize > Preemptive War

10/9/2009 3:20:50 PM

Stimwalt, what the hell are you talking about. It's not like Congress and a lot of the EU countries WEREN'T in agreement about invading Iraq. If I recall Russia had some pretty strong evidence of WMDs there as well.

10/9/2009 3:27:51 PM

obama is a fuckin bitch just like every other politician

hes just lucky this is the complete rockstar age with regards to media coverage

I didnt read much of this thread...but this stands out to me:

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"which would still have been rediculous)"

Obama needs to send your ass to school before he accepts that nobel prize

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 3:31 PM. Reason : e]

10/9/2009 3:29:18 PM

they're all like "We hate Bush SO MUCH...because of his 'baseless war'...that we're gonna give Obama the Nobel Peace Prize...even though he's the new commander in chief of our armed forces, which are still fighting in this 'baseless war'"

10/9/2009 3:29:42 PM

yea last i heard we are still shippin dem boyz off

dem boyz

10/9/2009 3:32:46 PM

it makes me sad that some people think you can flip a switch and recall every soldier on a whim

NO, REALLY, IT'S THAT EASY!

10/9/2009 3:40:24 PM