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

yes, i realize that kdawg(c) already made this thread in TSB, but a lot of us don't venture into that particular forum and i was kinda hoping for some outrage and name-calling in the true CC fashion

personally, while i voted for obama and i genuinely like him, i don't think he deserved it...i get the feeling that HE doesn't feel like he deserves it, either, but maybe that's just me hoping he's as objective as i make him out to be in my head (i'm not a dem, per se, and i don't think obama is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but i think he's competent and decent, which is a combination the GOP hasn't been able to turn out in decades, so it's really the necessary lesser of two evils)

in any case, i agree with walsea: "so soon? too early. he has no contribution so far. he is still at an early stage. he is only beginning to act."

10/9/2009 8:47:19 AM

It seems pretty retarded that Obama got the Peace Prize. I mean, who were the other options, Hassan Ngeze and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

10/9/2009 8:50:56 AM

Oh no

He won a fucking medal

Ahhhhhhhhh

10/9/2009 8:51:34 AM

it's like they gave him a medal for being the first black president...or for not being a republican

in which case, the americans with common sense that voted him in deserve the medal, not the man himself

10/9/2009 8:52:45 AM

piece!

10/9/2009 8:54:14 AM

10/9/2009 9:21:08 AM

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"or for not being a republican "

thats a good reason to get a medal

10/9/2009 9:23:16 AM

ibtdrudgereport

10/9/2009 9:36:25 AM

I like how they had to wake him up to tell him he'd won.

Can you imagine someone waking you up as the president?

"Sir?.... Sir? You need to wake up. Sir?"

"HUH?!? WhAT! What's wrong?! Are we under attack?!? DID SOMETHING BLOW UP?!"

"Umm... no.. "

"What happened? Is it terrorists??"

"Nooo, um, you just won the Nobel Prize."

"....."

"Yeaaaah."

"I'm going back to bed."

10/9/2009 9:37:09 AM

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"Wow, this is really gonna fuel the fire of the "Obama is the anti-christ" people."

10/9/2009 9:37:24 AM

I think it's unfair to the other recipients.

The deadline for nominations was in February so he hadn't even been in office for a month and he was nominated. Mother Teresa devoted her whole life before she was recognized.

10/9/2009 9:40:39 AM

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"personally, while i voted for obama and i genuinely like him, i don't think he deserved it"

+1...and +1 for agreement with walesa.

FFS, Arafat was given a Nobel Peace Prize. But Ghandi never was.

As much as I dislike the GOP in its current form, W, and so many elected officials and official stances from that side

..."not being a Republican/Bush" is not a good enough reason to win a Nobel.

10/9/2009 9:41:15 AM

^ from what I read, it's at least partly because he's returned the US to multilateral diplomacy.

10/9/2009 9:42:38 AM

Kanye: Yo Obama, I'm happy for you and imma let you finish, but Al Gore had the best Nobel Peace Prizes of all time. OF ALL TIME!

Obama: I told you he was a jackass.

10/9/2009 9:43:21 AM

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"i don't think he deserved it..."

agree

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"I just figure that it makes more sense for the prize to be a reward for actually doing something, not just for the Hope that something could be done. Why give Obama the award when someone like Vaclav Havel still doesn't have it?"

-aielman

speaks to the sad state of the world that Obama was the one picked, that they had to choose someone that hasn't yet really done anything...

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 9:51 AM. Reason : k]

10/9/2009 9:46:01 AM

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"^ from what I read, it's at least partly because he's returned the US to multilateral diplomacy. "

Not worthy of winning the Nobel. That falls under the 'yay not a republican president! not W!' umbrella.

I've been trying to find a list of the other nominees for this year. Sarkozy and Betancourt are on there; I'm trying to find more.

Mukwege is a name that's on the list that many people won't recognize. He's far more deserving of this than Obama.

10/9/2009 9:47:51 AM

so why does this really matter?

10/9/2009 9:48:56 AM

^^ yeah, well i'm guessing the Nobel committee is a better judge of what's Nobel-worthy than we are.

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 9:49 AM. Reason : rat]

10/9/2009 9:48:58 AM

It's good and all to sit here and talk about all the people in the world who deserve the prize, but what really matters is looking at the list of people nominated for it this year.

10/9/2009 9:49:27 AM

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"Was our standard of behavior lowered so much by the last eight years that anything other than "shoot first, look for evidence later" is heralded?"

-timswar

Oh, and nominations are kept private for 50 years.



[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 9:52 AM. Reason : ds]

10/9/2009 9:51:12 AM

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"Mother Teresa devoted her whole life before she was recognized."

Some people would disagree with you regarding the compassion of Mother Teresa son.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Missionary_Position_%28book%29



And I'm a little bit confused about why Obama has won a Nobel Peace Prize. What exactly has he done for world peace? He has barely done anything at all in the US, let alone on a global scale, and none of it has had to do with peace....

He's a fucking cock bag and I believe he is essentially Bush's evil twin. Well, except that he makes us look even weaker as a nation by being apologetic and shit. I believe he has overly idealistic views of the world and he is naive concerning the level of hatred towards this country. I do not believe that he was the best choice as a president son, I think he is far too radical. I think McCain is an idiot and I can't stand his beliefs, but I do think he would have been much more moderate in most ways and would have been much more competent militarily, which is what we need right now since we are currently involved in conflicts and have more on the horizon in my opinion. It doesn't matter whether or not you think we should be in these conflicts, they have already started. You have to deal with them properly now and he is not capable in those regards.

10/9/2009 9:51:52 AM

^^ yep

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"so why does this really matter?"

it doesn't other than the pro-Obama folks get their ego's stroked

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 9:53 AM. Reason : ^]

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 9:53 AM. Reason : fuck, i wasted my 40k post on OBAMA? wtf... LAME]

10/9/2009 9:52:52 AM

^^^^ Like I said:

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"I mean, who were the other options, Hassan Ngeze and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?"

10/9/2009 9:53:24 AM

oic

10/9/2009 9:53:50 AM

so yeah, maybe the other nomination were a big bag of dicks, and the only legit choice was BO

10/9/2009 9:54:04 AM

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" it doesn't other than the pro-Obama folks get their ego's stroked"

lol, I haven't seen a single pro-Obama person saying he was a good choice. More like, this is something the anti-Obama crowd will hang onto forever as if it was somehow Obama's fault that he was given the award.



[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 9:54 AM. Reason : ]

10/9/2009 9:54:06 AM

There were 205 nominations, 33 of which were organizations.

10/9/2009 9:54:36 AM

I JUST CAME IN HERE TO HATE ON SOME SHIT

10/9/2009 9:55:35 AM

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"lol, I haven't seen a single pro-Obama person saying he was a good choice. More like, this is something the anti-Obama crowd will hang onto forever as if it was somehow Obama's fault that he was given the award."

absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, basic logic son.

10/9/2009 9:55:52 AM

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

I can imagine someone that's devoted years toward winning. Doing all kinds of things they didn't want to do just to raise their stock, Nobel Peace Prize grubbing all the way. Finally seeing their opportunity on the horizon. "Yes! 2009 is the weakest year yet. I'm a shoe in!" Then Obama gets elected, wins in the last second and they end up losing again. Kinda like a bad movie cliché.

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 9:59 AM. Reason : -]

10/9/2009 9:56:32 AM

I'm guessing there's no take backs on the prize?

10/9/2009 9:58:26 AM

you can decline to accept it.

10/9/2009 9:58:55 AM

Has anyone done that before?

10/9/2009 10:01:09 AM

If I won it out of the blue, not understanding why I received it, I may be tempted to refuse it so it could be awarded to someone more deserving... until the cash prize was brought to my attention. Then I'd start to convince myself of all the reasons why I earned it.

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 10:02 AM. Reason : -]

10/9/2009 10:02:25 AM

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"Two Nobel Laureates have declined the Nobel Prize! Jean-Paul Sartre, awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature, declined the prize because he had consistently declined all official honours. Le Duc Tho, awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. They were awarded the Prize for negotiating the Vietnam peace accord. Le Doc Tho said that he was not in a position to accept the Prize, citing the situation in Vietnam as his reason. "

10/9/2009 10:02:28 AM

iop1


wow.

10/9/2009 10:02:49 AM

It does seem like a weak year for peace-making. The only exception I can think of is Bill going to North Korea to break out those two chicks.

10/9/2009 10:03:28 AM

^^^ Interesting.

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 10:03 AM. Reason : .]

10/9/2009 10:03:32 AM

Anyone who believes that he doesn't deserve it is clearly just a racist.

10/9/2009 10:04:01 AM

Only one president who should get the Nobel Peace Prize:

http://karabess.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/ronald_reagan21.jpg

[Edited on October 9, 2009 at 2:13 PM. Reason : +]

10/9/2009 10:04:45 AM

A bit preemptive but either way, our President did just win the Nobel Peace Prize and I think that is pretty awesome. It has been quite some time since we last saw this amount of respect from other nations.

Although, it does say a lot about the people of this nation when they hate on him for winning a such an honor. Cut the guy some slack yo!

10/9/2009 10:05:18 AM

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"A bit preemptive but either way, our President did just win the Nobel Peace Prize and I think that is pretty awesome. It has been quite some time since we last saw this amount of respect from other nations. Although, it does say a lot about the people of this nation when they hate on him for winning a such an honor. Cut the guy some slack yo!"

After W, it doesn't take much for the rest of the world to have a better opinion of the US.

I don't see anyone hating on him - shit, even he wasn't expecting it. This is a reflection on the Nobel committees, not Obama.

But even if it were...he's got a Nobel Peace Prize now! No slack for Obama!

10/9/2009 10:07:01 AM

Utterly ridiculous. My response on hearing this was, I presume, the same as most other people's--"what the fuck for?" I mean I voted for Obama, and while I'm not entirely happy I certainly haven't given up on/turned against him yet, but this is some bullshit. I don't care who the other nominees were, I'd give it about a 99.9% chance someone else deserved it more.

10/9/2009 10:08:36 AM

^^^ He has done nothing to deserve this award. It is likely simply encouraging him to do what the rest of the world wants us to do, weaken ourselves any number of ways (In this case, by disarming the population). I think it's a nod to his filthy anti-self defense and anti-firearm stance.

10/9/2009 10:08:44 AM

whats next, the Heisman?

10/9/2009 10:08:45 AM

Ugh, fucking delete that picture you idiot.

10/9/2009 10:09:40 AM

let's be honest. nobel peace prize is now the miss america pageant for the socialists/commies. it ain't what it used to be.


this comes as 0 suprise.

10/9/2009 10:09:46 AM

$20 says he declines, it'd be a pretty solid political move and take some balls

10/9/2009 10:10:18 AM

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"fucking delete that picture you idiot."

10/9/2009 10:10:53 AM

Set 'em up

10/9/2009 10:13:17 AM