|
On October 10 2009 01:35 Railxp wrote:Giving him the award because they like what he is TRYING to do is like giving me an A while i'm completing an exam beacuse they would like to encourage me to do well. What the fuck backwards logic is this?
Ignoring your bizarre ragey wording...
IMO a better analogy would be telling everyone that you've been acing every test over the past semester so everyone should look to you for help in studying for the final exam... and the backdrop for this would be that you've been telling everyone the test will be a breeze.
|
what a joke!
GJ obama on doing nothing!
|
On October 10 2009 01:35 Railxp wrote:
fuck that. He hasn't done jack shit. He ran on the platform that he would withdraw troops first thing in office, but troops are still in Iraq AND Afghanistan, in fact afghanistan is kicking so much ass USA might have to do a troop surge again. Where the fuck is peace in any of that? Giving him the award because they like what he is TRYING to do is like giving me an A while i'm completing an exam beacuse they would like to encourage me to do well. What the fuck backwards logic is this?
Obama might be "an international symbol of hope and peace", but he is only that beacuse Bush fucked up so badly, and because he has good oratory skills and looks completely different. His name has been well marketed to the public, but he has yet to answer to even one of his promises made so far.
sometimes you have to lie to please the delusional
|
BS. Fix the economny, THEN give him the nobel prize
|
On October 10 2009 01:27 Liquid`NonY wrote:
Rather than wait 10 years to see how Obama's career pans out to make an easy choice, they're seizing a more useful role by opining on an active thing. While it goes against their normal method, it doesn't undermine the integrity of the award or their reasons for awarding it.
Giving away a completely unwarranted award just makes a joke out of the award.
|
A man had fallen on hard times. He stood outside a convenience store debating whether to rob it. Suddenly, he received a text message from his daughter. “Thank you for being such a good person.” The man turned around and walked home.
|
Are you joking? there are MANY more people that are more deserving of this.
|
On October 10 2009 02:08 Archerofaiur wrote:
A man had fallen on hard times. He stood outside a convenience store debating whether to rob it. Suddenly, he received a text message from his daughter. “Thank you for being such a good person.” The man turned around and walked home.
Agreed. Very interesting move by the committee IMO, made the winner much more interesting to watch, heehee :p
|
It's laughable 
|
Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
The most ridiculous part of this is that he was nominated for it less than 2 weeks into his presidency...I agree that it was premature.
|
The funny thing is, more people in the U.S. are probably gonna be more pissed that Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize than they were for Arafat.
There's a lot of irrational Obama-worship, but there's also a lot of irrational hate for the guy too. So many people want to see him fail and to bring him down.
|
I think that the guys who chose Obama for the Nobel prize are the best IRL trolls ever.
|
Obama is not deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize. You've gotta be kidding me
I wasn't aware that the Nobel Peace Prize was the "A for effort award".
|
Giving someone an award as a means of adding ethos to their political agenda has no place here. Utterly rediculous. Al Gore's was a joke, but at least he had done things before being awarded, even if they didn't promote peace or help the environment.
Giving globalist-pandering speeches in Germany and Egypt, saying that MAD is a bad thing, and having people over for a beer after insulting them are not enough to qualify someone to be one of the planet's premier contributors to world peace.
|
On October 10 2009 00:33 TeCh)PsylO wrote:
I agree that this is way to early, but saying he has achieved nothing is a stretch. He has completely changed the tone of international diplomacy. Some quick examples
*He was one of few people to speak out against the war in Iraq from the get-go
*When Russia invaded Georgia, the media and politicians flew into cold war mode. Obama said we needed to wait and gather all the facts, in which he was widely criticized for. It was later revealed that Georgia instigated the war. McCain, if president, would have probably dropped troops into Moscow
*On week 1 of his presidency, he announced closing Gitmo, and personally reached out to middle eastern leaders to try to change the tone of our relationship.
*He has been pushing Israel to freeze settlements, a key issue to a peace deal.
* During the Iranian meltdown following the Iranian elections, most politicians would have utilized the events to take a strong public stance against Iran. Obama, in my belief in interest if uranium negotiations and security in Afghanistan, stayed out of it. At least publicly.
*Currently, he is reviewing the strategy in Afghanistan. The population centric counter insurgency strategy that has been taking shape since his presidency, has been threatened by a fraudulent election and a severely corrupt government. This is an important step back, regardless of the end decision, as to not get stuck in our own momentum, as we did in Vietnam.
I would consider all of those things accomplishments, some more so than others, and some with more lasting effects than others. It is to early to win a prize, but to say Obama hasn't done anything is ignorant of our foreign policy and current international conflicts. It almost says in the OP that Obama received the award in anticipation of his accomplishments, which the poster felt appropriate to bold as if it was the only significant sentiment or implication of the whole news item. But the article does also say that he's been changing the tone of international politics, and it seems few people have even asked what that means, or doubted whether it means nothing. Above post is appretiably informative imo.
|
He killed a friggin' fly, man. WHERE'S THE PEACE IN THAT?
|
Guys: The Nobel Peace Prize is not awarded to recognize past accomplishments. That is not their goal. It's a symbol, used to promote peace efforts as best they can. In this case, they are throwing their support behind his plans for nuclear disarmament. Maybe that means that someone who did a lot in the past doesn't get recognized, but that's a small price to pay to increase the chance that Obama's plans for nuclear disarmament will succeed. One shiny medal doesn't matter- it's the peace that matters.
|
Only a US president could win the Nobel Peace prize while waging 2 wars in foreign countries that have around 90% of the casualties being civilian. The US calls it terrorism... but when they do it... its time for peace prizes? Anyone who thinks this isn't utter bullshit should go spend 2 weeks in Iraq and Afghanistan then come back and tell me how peaceful the commander in chief must be.
|
Radfield
Canada2720 Posts
The Peace Prize should have gone to, and probably one day will go to, Greg Mortenson. There is not another person alive doing more to promote lasting peace in the world than this man.
|
Neither were started by Obama. That's irrelevant.
|
|
|
|
|
|
EPT
