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I'd Like To Thank The Stockholm Academy...
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[Dear Blank, or Chrysler Senior Secured Lender, whichever one you find more credible] --
This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honored by this prize -- men and women who've inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.
But I also know that throughout history the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement; it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes.
That is why I've said that I will accept this award as a call to action, a call for all nations and all peoples to confront the common challenges of the 21st century. These challenges won't all be met during my presidency, or even my lifetime. But I know these challenges can be met so long as it's recognized that they will not be met by one person or one nation alone.
This award -- and the call to action that comes with it -- does not belong simply to me or my administration; it belongs to all people around the world who have fought for justice and for peace. And most of all, it belongs to you, the men and women of America, who have dared to hope and have worked so hard to make our world a little better.
So today we humbly recommit to the important work that we've begun together. I'm grateful that you've stood with me thus far, and I'm honored to continue our vital work in the years to come.
Thank you,
President Barack Obama
h/t Bob
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So... how long before we or our allies bomb Iran... he's going to have to do some quick talking to the fine folks that gave him this Nobel Peace Prize if/when that happens... I wonder if the Nobel Peace Prize was an 'oh shit' moment in the White House as they strategically increase the rhetoric over Iran...
I hear that, MN. It's Bob, but I've been away too long and lost my password!
OMG, what does this insanity say? WTF has the guy done. Is this the Special Olympics (advance aplogies) are is the NWO crowd right?
Is it about the moves of physical gold, Chinese defaults on contracts, SDR's or even something worse?
WTF?
Bob
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I wish I could just put my horror into words. This has taken its place beside the moments when I heard (as a 3rd grader) that Kennedy had been shot and the Challenger explosion. Regan not so much.
I helped elect Barry O.
Just speechless (otherwise.)
I know Bob... I voted for him... and he is a disapointment... but what choice did we really have... no real 3rd party candidate... and Palin took the GOP out of the running for me...
Ah, but you did have it...
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=71830
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZuc3krGgC0
Unfortunately, in some states had to write-in.
Right on Gilgamesh! People love to pull it's the only choice I had. Oh, and besides, the fuhrer built such beautiful autobahns. The real Nobel Prizes are in the hard sciences where there are no pc laws of physics. The political nobel prizwws came later and are something akin to the Order of Lenin. I guess Yassar got his prize for shoving a guy in a wheel chair off a cruise ship. Good company to be in.
I knew you would know, MN. Something tells me neither Nader nor Paul will be impressed by this prize . . . but they did run. Palin was just a convenient poison pill for the old time religion crowd.
But WTF? Barry has done absolutely nothing for Peace that I know of. Jimmy Carter has done far more.
Is the Peace Prize now a twisted version of the Homecoming Queen election?
Has Peace become a matter of TBTF?
What has the man done to earn this one?
WTF?
It is all about hope.
Perhaps a rebranding of hope is in order then. I like a little reality with my hope.
The internet generation is being had. Fortunately, I have good reason to expect more from them. Should be interesting to see how this scam plays out.
Bravo, Tyler, for giving us a forum!
hope is about believing what you hope ain't so (just to paraphrase mark twain)
Yes, and hopeium is not a plan!
Alternate Universe speech of Pres. Obama:
While I give thanks for this prize, I must decline it. Instead, I will pass it on to the descendants of Pres. John F. Kennedy, the last actual democrat to occupy the White House.
The last president to actually appoint someone connected to labor to the position of Secretary of Labor!
The last president to actually do battle with the US insurance industry, and force them to sign a Consent Decree (to cease and desist their artificial price-fixing) in October of 1963.
The last president to offer progressive hope to Latin America in his "Alliance for Progress" campaign and process.
The last president to stand up to Wall Street (specificially both GE and US Steel) and question the need for the oil depletion allowance.
The last president to begin the removal of foreign-based active combat soldiers (Vietnam, overturned by his substitute, LBJ).
Yes, truly President Kennedy deserved this prize.
Nevermind that it was Kennedy who got us into Vietnam in the first place (though it was for a *noble* reason..fighting communism).
What choice? You can have written in Ron Paul like tens of thousands (perhaps millions) did.
Actually Colorado didn't allow a write in for president, some other offices yes, but not president. I almost took my ballot and made a "media event" of the situation at the polling place, but I figured I just didn't know procedure or something, and the kids and family were there. I was forced to vote Libertarian. Never, ever, no matter how "important it is this year", vote republicrat. The duopoly of fear is our undoing.
Cynthia Mckinney was a fine candidate. Sorry to all you folks just waking up- being played for a sucker isn't fun.
Cynthia McKinney, a fine candidate?
For what, a Ronald McDonald stand-in?
Wouldn't you have rather abstained then vote for a mole?
Nope... had to exercise my right to vote... and I had to vote for Obama because the thought of Palin being VP was ridiculous and a little scary... and if more people voted 3rd party then McCain/Palin could have taken it. That was the biggest mistake McCain ever made... he should have picked boring old Pawlenty as as VP and he would have had my vote.
Every president was smarter than W...
Great use of usage MnN
Pass what ever you be smokin this way, Andy. Thanks for the laugh.
"MARK IT ZERO, DUDE"
Sometimes ya just gotta say it.
But, once said, the genie is out: WTF is Obama getting a Peace Prize for??
O. just cares more than W. W. cared less than any other pres. After the election he was bored out of his gourd until 9/11 gave him something to do.
I would argue that W. was NOT dumb, not by a long shot. But he was badly advised, had horrible speechwriters, lousy PR managers, and terrible stage presence. It was an unfortunate confluence of many superficial elements that were terribly important to his image and performance.
O has much better support on all these fronts, but lacks one thing, and lacks it in spades: experience and experienced staffers. Superficially, he's fine, people will always like what he's saying and how he says it. But he's got fundamental problems.
Interestingly, O is alot like the economy. Superficially, it's all looking pretty good. But deep down, there is all kinds of mess.
I could give some credence to your argument...
Most human beings are smarter than W..
Gerald Frigging Ford was smarter than W....
Uh. No he isnt.
so the antichrist wins the peace ...interesting
Bout all he could say. I think people across the political spectrum were scratching their heads this morning.
I hope that he FAILS and FAILS hard. He is the type of person which you want to punch in the face with a fucking shovel the moment you see him. He can go fuck himself and his " principles ". And yes; he will fully justify his commitment to peace by sending 100 000 more soldiers to Afghanistan and by bombing the shit out of an innocent nation. Good job Nobel committee.
Cheeky... please don't hold back... tell us how you really feel :-)
i was holding myself back; if i was to write what i really think; i would be banned from t3h int3rn3tz
It looks like weve all started on the scotch early tonight...
This is my get fired up to go drinking friday night song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDwlGbEcJ6Y
Doubt most of you know who Flogging Molly is tho =\
good call vegas. saw flogging molly at acl festival in austin. greatness. as for the prize, he seemed genuinely surprised and said all the right things. the only people shouting 'why?' are the people who don't watch anything except fox news channel.
I prefer this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8rZWw9HE7o
And late night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAN9sKlOZxE
I had no idea Lech Walesa watched Fox News.
@Vegas, saw flogging molly at the "waterlogged"austin city limits last saturday.they were pretty tight.played like a bunch celtic punkers who washed down a breakfest of prellys with guinness, a bit too old to be moshing it up in the mud, but it did look like the younguns were havin fun...
Hey Cheeky: WhereTF is Reagan's Nobel peace pipe??? Let's start by noting what he did in Germany, ended cold war with Ruskies, etc, etc....That prize just lost all credibility, it will be sold on eBay next week where it belongs.
Yeah Sqworl; and while we're at it; why not give the prize to Robert Mugabe for freeing the people of Zimbabwe from the corrupt FIAT system, Goebbels for promising the freedom to the people of Sudet etc etc. And i think the maximum bid will be a pack of gum and a slingshot.
+1000 watch the video below! x
You are a weird dude. Reagan freed half of Europe fromthe Communists, including my family and he is less deserving than Liberals who try or hope. Wilson, League of nations, result WW2, Carter Middle East Peace, that's working great, oh and that remarkable statesman Arafat.
The problem with Liberals like yourself, is you just wish problems and evil people will just go away, live under these people and you will gain a new perspective.
Get real! Reagan discontinued the sanctions which Carter put in place (and I was no fan of Carter) -- said sanctions bringing the Sovs to their economic knees.
Reagan was their best bud....otherwise the Sovs would have melted much sooner. The way the US is in the process of melting today....
McKinney, Kucinich, Nader... the only REAL candidates.
And let's not forget Grenada!
Just imagine how the sound of "WTF" would have been heard from coast to coast and possibly all over the world, if all people had in unison, heard the news "Obama wins a Nobel Prize for Peace"--more dark decisions from the Nobel foundation.
We must hope, it would seem. Luv tha web, though, for speed.
And its ability to amplify
I voted for this asshole and I agree, he can go fuck himself.
Why would you hope the President fails? You sound like the loony left during Bush's administration.
a) you must be new here
b) he isn't my president
c) he is a facist/socialist
d) a dick
e) all the above...
f) the Dalai Obama
g) ZOMG he is ruining the USA, things were great before he arrived
How can anyone conceivably call a president a socialist who completely kowtows to Wall Street and their banksters?
How can anyone conceivably call a president a socialist who appoints primarily Wall Street and biopharmaceutical lobbyists?
We're traders. Once the trend asserts itself, you get on board. Obama's ADX is bearish and getting moreso. It's just not smart to fight the tape.
Whut?
I am not "hoping" that he fails because Barack "Idiot" Obama has already FAILED.
federalism is the only thing that really failed. obama is a dog ear in the history of this human project. when are people going to find their freedom lies in their state? for a lack of a better political locus.
You would hope the president fails if you think that the things he's trying to do are harmful.
It's a matter of perspective, I suppose. And while he's made just a couple of decisions I found admirable, I hope, for all our sakes, that he fails in most of his agenda.
I voted for him too - ashamed to admit but McCain would have probably been worse. Will vote for third party next time or write-in. What a POS he is. He and his bankster friends can go to hell. A one term president for sure!
see the problem is McCain would be the same as Obama, since those who give orders to Obama would give orders to McCain if he was elected. But yeah, he would be slightly worse simply because of a prospect that he could have died during his tenure in the WH, and then Sarah " OMFG didn't i see you in a MILF porn being serviced by that dude with a 50 inch rubber hoe " Palin would become POTUS.
"Who's Nailin Paylin"
http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/10/Who-s-Nailin-Paylin-First-Minut...
Yes, that is true. If McCain had won, things would probably be exactly the same. I did not vote for Obama. Since banksters run this country, anyone in office is just their yes man. I was really glad Hillary did not make it though. That lady has some deep seeded insecurities. I could just see her declaring war on Utah because it was Wednesday or some other stupid shit reason like that.
I don't think either party put up their best guys in the election. Everybody knew that the economy was going down a rathole and nobody really wanted to wade in to fix it. So they put up their expendables knowing that whoever won the election would be a one-termer. Did you notice the look of relief on McCain's face when he gave his concession speech? The man practically danced off the stage with a big grin. That was not the look of a "loser" but of a guy who just dodged a very large bullet.
I am amused at Obama's blaming of Bush for the mess, but he has continued the same policies. Guantanamo is still open, Iraq and Afghanistan are still hot, the defence secretary is the same, the banks have been given MORE money, Bernacke has been renominated, and little Timmy has been moved over from the NYFed to the Treasury. It's W's third term, really. Nothing has changed. And Obama has until the end of the year to turn things around before it all becomes his total responsibility.
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+1 trillion.
Fuck him. He is an asshole. any asshole who thinks W was the worst president has never read a history book, i.e. they have been educated by the US public school system and went to US university.
What a complete joke the US has become...
I'm with you, Cheeky. He's a complete fuckwit and has done NOTHING since he got into office.
Barack Obama is NOT my president.
I don't care if he got a damned Peace Prize. So did Yasser Arafat. Didn't make him any less of a cunt.
Yassir Arafat, aka the cunt. Priceless.
Don't forget Nobel Laureate, Henry Kissinger....
cheeky love your post, you and others have tought me alot. thank you.
now let me teach you something...for eight years us scandies have seen a wormongering, sciencehating jesusfreak in charge of the world. how bad we have felt and how pessimistic we have been is almost unmeasurable.
i am also dissapointed in obama but you cannot overestimate the hatred we have felt for W. seriously.
yeah and the rabid hate for GWB was over the top and unbelievable! Still is. The media and dems demonized him in the 2000 election and then when he won, and yes, he won, they went apeshit!... and it never stopped.... for 8 freaking years. No coming together. No accepting the loss of the Goracle and moving on. NO,.. not even after 9-11. The man was NEVER given a chance by the left or the media.
Well, now you guys got what you wanted. An empty suit to fit all aspirations except he is so painfully underqualified, he will lead to more pain for the left than anything the GOP could have dreamed of. Great pick. I hope all that voted for the O enjoy choking down this vomit as he leaves the country and the left in utter shreads. But, he speaks well and does really well with non-stop media flattery and looking the other way.... something GWB never had. Wonder why?
+1000
Not as offensive or disingenuous as his usual stuff.
Poor Bill and Hillary, they just cannot catch a break.
Hillary will quit and become a Republican and run against Obama and smoke him...lol
...and when she does, she'll get my vote. She'd have been far preferable to either of the choices on offer last November.
Geez, while I don't know why one would bother answering an "Anonymous" let us set the record straight:
Bill & Hillary didn't leave the White House to end up being worth over $100 million just on the basis of speaker's fees.
Plenty of payoffs went to the Clintons for their passage of NAFTA, GATT, PNTR for China, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (allowing the establishment of ultra-monopolies) and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (allowing for ultra-leveraging by those ultra-monopolies).
Like the time they put some sizable funds (in trust, 'natch) in Quellos Management, which was then purchased by Blackrock (those guys managing the bailouts on no-bid contract), which drove up their investment considerably.
That's the way it's done......
What is the source of this transcript?
This transcript lacks the salvo to Iran in Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acknowledgment speech today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7bHkH779qg
I have come to expect better from ZH and TD.
Your right they should have included more of the speech... Tyler someones messing up here...
I liked the part where he says... "A world that gives life to the promise of our founding documents.." at 54 seconds...
Does that mean he's in favor of slavery now?
Or does that mean he plans to abolish the Fed?
And finally.. Just who is the "Ruthless enemy" that threatens America and her allies this time at 1:45 ? ... The Fed+TBTFs?
He also said he has no plans to honor our commitment to the NPT... even after he's dead. People forget this treaty has two parts... one where we promise to de-arm... how's that going Mr. President?
I'm clearly confused... can someone help me?
No
No
Iran
Thanks for the clarification Cheekster... I keep waiting for the "Hope" and "Change"...
You are the optimist :-)
:-)
I did not think #3 was Iran. I was thinking it was that really scary rap group, Al Quaeda.
See this is why you don't want to leave any money behind: Eventually it will end up the hands of douchebags. If you want to leave a legacy build some shit while you're still alive.
And which causes would that be; impoverishing the world with infinite bailouts, starting another war against a Muslim nation, cheating the people to whom you SERVE; implementing anarcho-fascist measures; WHAT ? i would really like to know what " set of causes " will this worthless prize be giving momentum to.
Every policy you just mentioned was started by the last President.
oh God, you make my head hurt with your idiocy, please go back to HuffPost. This is not about Bush ( who i hate more than i will ever hate another human being on the face of the planet Earth ). It's about broken promises and grounds upon which Obama got the Nobel.
the five norweigans on the panel don´t really care about domestic american policy. they do however care very much about how science is treated and they care most of all about the enviroment.
if obama fails the copenhagen test then im all with you btw
and CONTINUED and EXPANDED by the current...
He ran on promises he cannot deliver, except those to the Unions who gave him in excess of $100M in campaign money. SEIU's lil bitch!
no, what is happening now has been in motion for a pretty long time. some would date it back to the two headed monster Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House
How is this even a surprise? Previous selections were directly targeted to piss off the US conservatives (sic). This is no different.
Anyone scratching their heads simply hasn't been paying attention.
It's pathetic and sad the Nobel committees are reduced to political statements in selecting their award.
(FWIW, I'm a Bush hater and a very early member of the "Obama disappointed")
Like the phrase "Obama disappointed"... I think I am going to borrow that if you don't mind...
We are legion.
How long before the Obamacons get enough nerve and come out to play once more?
Dude: They are training them on the streets in Chicago right now!!!
You must spend all week looking for fabulous pictures of her :-) But, I wouldn't expect anything less from you on a Friday night :-)
Unfortunately I'm going to have to blow this popstand before the big fight breaks out... looks like the boys are ramping up... presidents, scotch, and Nobel Peace Prize is not a good combo on a Friday night... don't want to be around to mop up the mess :-)
I was surprised to not see any specific acknowledgments of Ben Bernanke & Tim Geithner for helping Obama lead the US in overcoming the global financial crisis and now well into recovery, so they can direct their full, undivided attention to Afghanistan, Iraq & Iran "conflicts"...
Another GS scam?
http://newcentury.netne.net/scan1.pdf
Please pass the scotch bottle my way, Andy.
Maybe if I drink enough I can get so plastered that I actually believe that there's someone credible occupying the White House...the Fed...the Treasury...
I don't think there's that much alcohol on the planet.
The smell of gunpowder can be quite intoxicating...
May I suggest 10 shots of Tequila...its the quickest way to pissing yourself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlUpwH0S-Ps
This just in from the 2010 Superbowl in Miami.
-- President Obama wins Superbowl MVP without even playing. In an unheard of coup, the President was able to achieve Superbowl greatness without even suiting up. Commissioner Goodell had this to say, "He was truly super. We just can't quantify his input today." The losing team had this to say, "For all he's done, he just deserves it." The President seemed surprised as he spoke from Washington D.C. on the Miami Video Score Board, "Wow. I can't say this was totally unexpected, after winning the World Series MVP in October. But, still, I've never even played football before."
Ladbrokes has put the odds of President Obama winning the F1 championship and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa at even money.
As MVP, the President will be entitled to a full winners share, which amounts to 68,000 New US Dollars. That is roughly equivalent to 1 ounce of gold or a night at the Dorchester Hotel in London.
Listen... the Nobel's are nothing more than the Academy Awards for politicians.
Do you really think it was a coincidence Denzel Washington and Halle Berry BOTH won Oscars for Best Actor & Best Actress in the same year that Sidney Poitier received his lifetime achievement award?
From Wikipedia:
"The Nobel Peace Prize conveys social prestige and is often politically controversial."
So, do you really think it was a coincidence that Barack Obama wins the Nobel PEACE Prize immediately following Bush's presidency? Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the missing TARP funds that Michael Moore DIDN'T eat went towards paying off the Nobel Committee that selected him!
Ironically enough:
"Five Nobel Prizes (including the Peace Prize) were instituted by the final will of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist and industrialist, who was the INVENTOR OF THE HIGH EXPLOSIVE DYNAMITE."
Sounds like a guilty conscience to me...
And also:
"U.S. President Barack Obama was nominated the day after inauguration and then elected for the award just 8 months into his administration."
Looks like they wanted to make sure he was sworn in case someone took a swipe at him.
This just came in off the networks.
The Olympic Committee has retracted their decision to award the 2018 Olympics to Rio and has unanimously awarded it to Chicago in appreciation of the World's first Peacemaker President Obama.
Obama's acceptance shows how clueless he is.
The peace prize is for historical reasons farmed out to the Norwegian parliament who choose the politicians who serve on the selection committee. This resulted in a hard left socialist committee.
These socialists have done what socialists have always done. They have subverted the aims of the Nobel prize to their own ends.
They have made Barack Obama their poster child for international socialism.
This award -- and the call to action that comes with it -- does not belong simply to me or my administration; it belongs to all people around the world who have fought for justice and for peace. And most of all, it belongs to you, the men and women of America, who have dared to hope and have worked so hard to make our world a little better.
Okay... fine... you give me my "piece" of the $1.8 million Nobel prize, and I'll start my "call to action" by demanding that the Federal Reserve be fully audited.
If the world only knew how opaque this Administration has become...
I did some math... it comes out to 0.6 cents...
Would you like that in cash or check?
You can send it to me in gold.
In a really, really small envelope.
There's always one Obamabot, wherever you are.
I'd like to see him take his prize and apply it toward the national debt.
I won't hold my breath waiting for that to happen.
The cash award is not in US$.
BO winning the Nobel prize on nothing is eerie shit. The conspiracy theories are true. One world alliance next.
All to save the banks bondholder plutocrats....what a joke. Where is the real leader of this generation? That person needs to emerge now.
There is no real leader. The citizens must all be leaders. The time fast approaches where brother may once again fight brother. Choose your side early and seek out those who share those beliefs. Communicate, plan, and train.
First Krugman and now this guy? An insult to the recipients who actually worked to promote peace.
What can you say about a "peace" prize that was setup by two guys who invented dynamite?
About as much as you can say about Mr. Carnegie setting up the foundation for the advancement of teaching because of all the kids killed or maimed in his factories.
About as much as Mr. Rockafeller setting up a medical research foundation because of all the people poisoned by the snake oil( that would be petroleum distillates if you want to be picky about it) sold by his father.
Face it, the prize is a bad joke and so far, so is the presidency of Mr. Obama. I did not support his candidacy and completely disagree with almost all of his positions but our problems are so severe that I sincerely hoped he would do well in office. Needless to say I am completely disappointed but not surprised.
By the way; The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by The Norwegian Nobel Committee. Has been for 108 years.
And here's their official announcement: http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/home/announce-2009/
It appears as though the hopium pipe is getting as much use in Stockholm as in Washington. And more is the pity. Chasing the dragon is not a real life accomplishment.
W said the jury is still out on evolution.
scandies are the least religious and most science loving people ever. he got the price for not being a jesusfreak.
I think I am getting the hang of this new 1984 lingo shit..
Obama, Nobel Peace Prize winner
Mother Theresa, cock sucking whore of the devil
Ayn Rand, communist pig dog
Dear Nobel committee
I promise i will find a cure for cancer, AIDS; i will unify Quantum Mechanics and Einstein theory of relativity; i will solve Riemann hypothesis and i will find an ultimate ideolfy which will prevent poverty, inequality and financial bubbles.
Also i will find the principle of nuclear fusion, prove the existence of God beyond any doubt, heal the blind, feed the hungry and impregnate Heidi Klum.
I think my FUTURE resume speaks enough for itself, and that it will be sufficient for me to be the Nobel Prize recipient in every category in the year 2010.
Sincerely yours
Cheeky Bastard
HAHAHA
Seriously, I think it should have gone to Bill & Melinda Gates, they are saving millions of lives around the world and developing cures with their own money.
The Phama community is quite pissed at them for their work in funding R&D that will actually produce cures...cures have no profits, just save lives...
Wow...you really aren't familiar with their foundation, are you? Their profits and revenues cause far more wars and murders in Africa than lives they will ever save. Ever hear of Coltan?
Cheeky,
You have my vote buddy!
-Michael
Dear Mr. Bastard,
Unfortunately, after a careful review of your qualifications we find that they are all just promises, promises, promises... empty promises... and unfortunately the Nobel Committee has already awarded the Empty Promises Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama. If you had read the fine print you would have found that the special "Empty Promises" category is only awarded once every 4 years.
You are encouraged to reply in 2013, but you may face stiff competition from a new 'Empty Promises' President of the United States who we feel will be a strong candidate for that year's prize.
Sincerely,
Nobel Peace Prize Committee
Based on the evidence provided below the award goes to???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT5Kl38fSVY
Thanks... lol... hadn't seen that skit yet...
This is who nominated Obama for the prize!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arPnVL_7y_Q&feature=related
The Stockholm Academy?
Last time I checked the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded by the Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway. All other Nobel Prizes are decided in Stockholm.
Yes, you are correct, its Norway, not Sweden!!!
Hey, all those Eurotrash socialist wastelands look the same these days anyway.
Eurotrash; really; don't be an asshole; insult those who are to be insulted, not the whole continent; you don't see any of us " Eurotrash " visitors of ZH calling all Americans redneck warmongering morons, now do you; just those who fit the before mentioned category.
I've never seen the semicolon used to such avail. Is there a Nobel punctuation prize?
American capitalism working out good for you so far? Home of the debtors...
Last time I checked Myron Scholes got a nobel prize for economics. He also aided in the collapse of Long Term Capital Management.
These awards are useless. It's a bunch of intellectuals who got beat up in highschool who feel the need to pat eachother on the back. A single fund partly managed by him almost created a credit crisis in itself (oh but they got bailed out to) That is how smart he was.
Useless.
It should be renamed when Genuis Fails...lol
(Without google or references) Can anyone honestly name the last 5 people to get the nobel peace prize? Or the last 5 people to win any Nobel prize?
I got Mother Teresa, Myron Scholes, and that guy from A Beautiful Mind.
Annan, Kissinger, Gorby, Sammy Davis, Jr. and last but not least President of Poland...so there!
Right on target, Pizza Delivery Dude! Of course, the econ prize was first given to looney-tunes Milton Friedman, so it stands to reason it has always been a farce (Krugman, et al. - clowns all).
I fully expect Sarah Palin to be the next Nobel Prize in Economics recipient.
"These challenges won't all be met during my presidency, or even my lifetime"
In other words ... fuck your stupid peace award
"These challenges won't all be met during my presidency, or even my lifetime"
...or ever
No.
He can do a "Hugo Chavez" amendment, by removing term limits; then we can all have him as President for Life.
Ask yourself, how are we going to exist without Him ?
His new title should be "Mr President Indispensable".
The following quote from 1984 kept reverberating through my head over and over again after I heard the news. A sitting POTUS involved in two wars, at least one if not both launched by lies and blatant aggression.
War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength.
Obama's Reverend, who he disavowed, I think had it right, "God damn this country."
RATM -Killing in the Name
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkuOAY-S6OY
I'm about to break....
Fuck you I won't do what you tell me! Fuck you I won't do what you tell me! Fuck you I won't do what you tell me! Fuck you I won't do what you tell me! Mother fucker! Ugggggghhh!!!
As others, I can't think of a reason Obama was given the Prize.
Did they award it for what they think he'll accomplish?
They gave it to Gorbachev for breaking up the Soviet Union.
Nobel committee,
Thankyou for noticing my magical mystic powers. In the short time from Jan 20 to Feb 1 my achievements were great. Happy to see you overlooked my little spat with Limbaugh my first week.
I must confess though, the award should go to my teleprompter (TOTUS). I've decided though to accept the cash and use it to repair the one broken totus and to buy 10,000 more to be placed strategically around the globe.
Oblame
sorry to be the lone gunman here, but perhaps the Nobel Committee just pulled a Greenspan, GG style.
think about it...
Obama is the globalist's inside joke for Black Death to America. Don't call me a racist, i just report for the mother fuckers
RATM - Sleep Now in the Fire (Wall St video)
http://myplay.com/video-player/rage-against-the-machine/sleep-now-in-the-fire