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WTF??
Topic Started: Oct 9 2009, 02:39 AM (554 Views)
Cottia
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Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize!? :blink:
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Kenny
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I know; they totally should have given it to Oprah.
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Snefaldia
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Hey, don't knock the O. She helped me lose the weight. Then gain it back. Then lose it again.
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Gruenberg
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This is ridiculous. Paris Hilton would have been a more deserving recipient.
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Iron Felix
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When I woke up there was a CBS Special Report on the TV. I was still half asleep and didn't have my glasses on but it looked like it said "Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize". The sound was off on the TV so I wasn't sure. I stumbled around looking for my glasses and said out loud "what the fuck did that say?". By the time I found them the special report was over so I got on the computer and sure enough...... :augh:

Any idea why they did this? Isn't this sort of bizarre?
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Kenny
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Apparently because he meets the same qualifications as every candidate for Miss America since the pageant began:

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The Norwegian Nobel committee has decided that the Nobel peace prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

He believes in world peace! Awww... Posted Image
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Iron Felix
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On the plus side, the right-wing blogsphere and talk radio punditry are apoplectic over this development. Should provide some quality entertainment. Posted Image
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Get your popcorn ready, cause here it goes....... :auss:

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GRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you can't be f**king serious! Barak Hussain Obama mmmm...mmmm....mmmm, winning the nobel prize??? I knew the standards were low when they gave it to the late terrorist camel jockey(Arafat), and to the smartest white man in the world( Al Gore), but this is absof**kinglutely insane. Barry has done Jack Shit to earn the prize except for his efforts to wreck this great country. Sweet Flaming Asscrakers! As I see it now the Nobel Prize is now meaningless! :kennygettinangry:
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Kenny
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the right-wing blogsphere and talk radio punditry

I really don't follow either...do you think you could provide us with amusing links as the cacophony unfolds? :captspauld:

edit: minus Palentine's entertaining rant, of course. ;)
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The Palentine,Oct 9 2009
11:50 AM
Get your popcorn ready, cause here it goes....... :auss:

:railingmostfuriously:
GRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you can't be f**king serious! Barak Hussain Obama mmmm...mmmm....mmmm, winning the nobel prize??? I knew the standards were low when they gave it to the late terrorist camel jockey(Arafat), and to the smartest white man in the world( Al Gore), but this is absof**kinglutely insane. Barry has done Jack Shit to earn the prize except for his efforts to wreck this great country. Sweet Flaming Asscrakers! As I see it now the Nobel Prize is now meaningless! :kennygettinangry:

:lol:

I'm not angered by it, just...perplexed. I guess I'd say "good for him" for winning the thing, but this really calls into question the credibility of the Nobel committee. I mean, are these same standards (good intentions+potential) going to be applied to all the other Nobel Prize categories now?
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Cobdenia
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I heard this when in the car...the ensuing WTF? caused myself, and a number of other cars listening to the same station, nearly caused a massive pile up
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Kenny,Oct 9 2009
11:52 AM
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the right-wing blogsphere and talk radio punditry

I really don't follow either...do you think you could provide us with amusing links as the cacophony unfolds? :captspauld:

edit: minus Palentine's entertaining rant, of course. ;)

I'll see what I can dig up. I think you can fill in the blanks though. :D

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Snefaldia
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Even some die-hard leftist activists I know are scratching their heads and saying "the hell?"

They want to know why people like Morgan Tsvangirai, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Dalai Lama, etc. haven't been recognized.

The simple answer is that it's a racket and doesn't accomplish anything. The long answer is that it's a complex process that factors in politics, popularity, and other non-peace related factors to give a man a shiny medal. So, kinda like the Olympics...
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Snefaldia,Oct 9 2009
10:46 AM
They want to know why people like Morgan Tsvangirai, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Dalai Lama, etc. haven't been recognized.

Probably because the last two already have been. ;)

Although I agree, Tsvangirai would have been a much better choice than Barack Obama.
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Snefaldia,Oct 9 2009
09:46 AM
Even some die-hard leftist activists I know are scratching their heads and saying "the hell?"

They want to know why people like Morgan Tsvangirai, Aung San Suu Kyi, the Dalai Lama, etc. haven't been recognized.

The simple answer is that it's a racket and doesn't accomplish anything. The long answer is that it's a complex process that factors in politics, popularity, and other non-peace related factors to give a man a shiny medal. So, kinda like the Olympics...

I wonder if I started rabbiting on about how I want to see the end of nukes, war, famine, pestilence, and those ketchup sachets you find in motorway services station will earn me a Nobel Prize...
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