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.. if you say something often enough then it IS true....right ?

generalgrog wrote:Wow...I'm just stunned. Here I was thinking the Nobel organization and the peace prize actually meant something. But it's really just a political mechanism to inluence people by bribing them.

Obama should decline this bribe.

GG

A politician decline a bribe?! LAWLZ your funny grog.

Man this is superweak.

This should be an award for the most productive outcome not to support messages of hope.

I declare shenanigans!

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:Man this is superweak.

This should be an award for the most productive outcome not to support messages of hope.

I declare shenanigans!

Quoted for Super truth!

In spite of what I said earlier, I would be curious as to what most Europeans think about this one. I'm not asking whether they like Obama or not, but rather whether they feel this is who the prize should go to.

That award, waaaagh_gonads, would go to dakka vets no doubt.

Why is there not a war prize? I mean, is war not a human endeavor in which one can be superior to other people in?

Unfortunately, I don't believe Obama is Jesus Christ reincarnated, unlike our media.

Obama has done nothing yet. He has, in fact, got that award for saying lots of nice sounding things, but doing nothing. And as said already, he was nominated when only two weeks into office.

I couldn't care less about Obama, because I have little interest in who is running the capitalist machine from year to year, but this has devalued the worth of the prize is in my eyes.

Grignard wrote: Why is there not a war prize? I mean, is war not a human endeavor in which one can be superior to other people in?

Because France would feel left out. *giggle*

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/

Interesting list.

Ketara wrote:Unfortunately, I don't believe Obama is Jesus Christ reincarnated, unlike our media.

Obama has done nothing yet. He has, in fact, got that award for saying lots of nice sounding things, but doing nothing. And as said already, he was nominated when only two weeks into office.

I couldn't care less about Obama, because I have little interest in who is running the capitalist machine from year to year, but this has devalued the worth of the prize is in my eyes.

I think he's probably a swell guy, but I'm not seeing peace prize. Personally I hope this man can help make it so that if I lose my job I won't go bankrupt if I need healthcare.

This is Madness! Now you can get a Nobel for trying. And the later on the Nobel Academy guys will complain that the Nobel Peace Price is being mocked...

M.

Grignard wrote:In spite of what I said earlier, I would be curious as to what most Europeans think about this one. I'm not asking whether they like Obama or not, but rather whether they feel this is who the prize should go to.

I don't think he deserves this prize now. Not the worst choice available, but I'm sure there are others who have done more.

In the future.. well.... we'll see I guess.

I vote we give the prize to the little engine that could!

Grignard wrote:In spite of what I said earlier, I would be curious as to what most Europeans think about this one. I'm not asking whether they like Obama or not, but rather whether they feel this is who the prize should go to.

I think probably most Europeans were unaware the Peace Prize was coming about now. It's not a big event on my news calendar, anyway, and I am pretty well informed. I'm more interested in the science prizes.

You know my opinion from the OP -- Obama got it for not being Bush.

Bush made the USA's name dirt in a lot of European minds. There was massive relief when Obama was elected, that caused a general love-in which helped win him this award.

That said, I am trying to think of someone else who should have got it instead and no-one springs to mind.

Norwulf wrote:I vote we give the prize to the little engine that could!

Well in the story, the Little Engine that could actually accomplished his mission.

Obama will also be awarded the Shiny Gold Sticker© along with H.P. Lovecraft and Snoopy™. Another pretentious award of imagined import proffered back and forth between self-aggrandizing organizations and individuals.

utan wrote:

Norwulf wrote:I vote we give the prize to the little engine that could!

Well in the story, the Little Engine that could actually accomplished his mission.

Obama will also be awarded the Shiny Gold Sticker© along with H.P. Lovecraft and Snoopy™. Another pretentious award of imagined import proffered back and forth between self-aggrandizing organizations and individuals.

Which is exactly why the Litttle engine that could is more deserving of the award. Then again Moses the raven from animal farm, basically accomplished the same thing as Obama. We're all going to Sugar candy mountain people!

Kilkrazy wrote:

Grignard wrote:In spite of what I said earlier, I would be curious as to what most Europeans think about this one. I'm not asking whether they like Obama or not, but rather whether they feel this is who the prize should go to.

I think probably most Europeans were unaware the Peace Prize was coming about now. It's not a big event on my news calendar, anyway, and I am pretty well informed. I'm more interested in the science prizes.

You know my opinion from the OP -- Obama got it for not being Bush.

Bush made the USA's name dirt in a lot of European minds. There was massive relief when Obama was elected, that caused a general love-in which helped win him this award.

That said, I am trying to think of someone else who should have got it instead and no-one springs to mind.

Meh its always been dirt. The only country my grandfather couldn't stand on his runs was France, because they hated Americans so much, and this was before WWII.

This confirms what Kanye West was telling us all along: prizes are political.

That hasn't changed...I think they feel that you are ALL ungrateful for the aid they gave you before and more than anything they hate you for helping spread English as the language of the modern world. There's been lots of talk over here this week about them being one of the major movers behind this.

Kilkrazy wrote:
That said, I am trying to think of someone else who should have got it instead and no-one springs to mind.

A more deserving candidate...

Compare this to Greg Mortenson, nominated for the prize by some members of Congress, who the bookies gave 20-to-1 odds of winning. Son of a missionary, a former army Medic and mountaineer, he has made it his mission to build schools for girls in places where opium dealers and tribal warlords kill people for trying. His Central Asia Institute has built more than 130 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan — a mission which has, along the way, inspired millions of people to view the protection and education of girls as a key to peace and prosperity and progress.


http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1929395,00.html

Frazzled wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:

Grignard wrote:In spite of what I said earlier, I would be curious as to what most Europeans think about this one. I'm not asking whether they like Obama or not, but rather whether they feel this is who the prize should go to.

I think probably most Europeans were unaware the Peace Prize was coming about now. It's not a big event on my news calendar, anyway, and I am pretty well informed. I'm more interested in the science prizes.

You know my opinion from the OP -- Obama got it for not being Bush.

Bush made the USA's name dirt in a lot of European minds. There was massive relief when Obama was elected, that caused a general love-in which helped win him this award.

That said, I am trying to think of someone else who should have got it instead and no-one springs to mind.

Meh its always been dirt. The only country my grandfather couldn't stand on his runs was France, because they hated Americans so much, and this was before WWII.

That's not what international relations studies show, but hey, if it works for you!

reds8n wrote: That hasn't changed...I think they feel that you are ALL ungrateful for the aid they gave you before and more than anything they hate you for helping spread English as the language of the modern world. There's been lots of talk over here this week about them being one of the major movers behind this.

English was not his primary language.

Zad Fnark wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:
That said, I am trying to think of someone else who should have got it instead and no-one springs to mind.

A more deserving candidate...

Compare this to Greg Mortenson, nominated for the prize by some members of Congress, who the bookies gave 20-to-1 odds of winning. Son of a missionary, a former army Medic and mountaineer, he has made it his mission to build schools for girls in places where opium dealers and tribal warlords kill people for trying. His Central Asia Institute has built more than 130 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan — a mission which has, along the way, inspired millions of people to view the protection and education of girls as a key to peace and prosperity and progress.


http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1929395,00.html

It may have hurt him to be nominated by members of Congress.

The Nobel prizes generally rule out political nominations, I'm not sure specifically about the Peace Prize.

Kilkrazy wrote:

Frazzled wrote:

Kilkrazy wrote:

Grignard wrote:In spite of what I said earlier, I would be curious as to what most Europeans think about this one. I'm not asking whether they like Obama or not, but rather whether they feel this is who the prize should go to.

I think probably most Europeans were unaware the Peace Prize was coming about now. It's not a big event on my news calendar, anyway, and I am pretty well informed. I'm more interested in the science prizes.

You know my opinion from the OP -- Obama got it for not being Bush.

Bush made the USA's name dirt in a lot of European minds. There was massive relief when Obama was elected, that caused a general love-in which helped win him this award.

That said, I am trying to think of someone else who should have got it instead and no-one springs to mind.

Meh its always been dirt. The only country my grandfather couldn't stand on his runs was France, because they hated Americans so much, and this was before WWII.

That's not what international relations studies show, but hey, if it works for you!

Studies are irrelevant I can make stats up all day long as well. After all 9 out of 12 stats are lies.
All I know is he travelled regularly to China, the new USSR, Africa, India (and what would become Pakistan), and Mexico. He liked all of them (although he said what was to be Pakistan was dangerous) except France.

We gather you lot will mainly be speaking Spanish soon enough...

reds8n wrote:We gather you lot will mainly be speaking Spanish soon enough...

Soon? We've been speaking Spanish here since the 1500s.

I mean I couldn't have my telenovellas without the Spanish now could I?

"Ay MARIA!"

*googles telenovellas quickly*..

...think I got ya.....hmm..several jokes/skits in the Simpsons about that guy in the Bee suit suddenly make a lot more sense.

..my search history looks well weird due to this forum of late.

Kilkrazy wrote:
It may have hurt him to be nominated by members of Congress.
The Nobel prizes generally rule out political nominations, I'm not sure specifically about the Peace Prize.

True, but I doubt it was more political than this farce.

ZF-

I think this belittles the value of the Peace Prize considerably.