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Slow Motion
United States6960 Posts
On October 10 2009 04:50 Mindcrime wrote: at least he wasn't instrumental in bombing Cambodia damn Kissinger set the bar low Yeah, everyone needs to take another look at Kissinger and Arafat, and realize that 0 > -10. | ||
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shidonu
United States50 Posts
On October 10 2009 04:25 bburn wrote: While I don't think he deserved it, can anyone come up with some people who would have been good choices? I cannot think of anyone which is sad for a number of reasons. While at a local beauty pageant, one of the contestants was asked what she would wish for if she had but one wish. Her response was, "world peace". I think she should have at least been in the running. | ||
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ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
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BalliSLife
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Kaialynn
United States242 Posts
On October 10 2009 05:05 ghostWriter wrote: Obama has done nothing so far. Not really his fault, Congress is being very unsupportive, but he definitely doesn't deserve a peace prize. I haven't followed much on the politics as of late, but doesn't he have a democratic house *and* senate? I can understand Republicans not being supportive, but it's hard for me to believe that congress, which is a majority of his political affiliation, isn't being supportive. brbrbrb reading up on stuff before someone absolutely destroys my argument here. | ||
Excalibur_Z
United States12237 Posts
On October 09 2009 19:53 LaughingTulkas wrote: Nobel Peace prize, going the way of the Heisman trophy... + Show Spoiler + or am I the only nerd who also loves college football? Why not nominate Obama for the Heisman? That's what I'm doing! He's my write-in nominee. http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/theheismanvote/2009/ | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
he hasn't even done anything yet | ||
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eMbrace
United States1300 Posts
On October 10 2009 05:08 BalliSLife wrote: rofl at the people who say he's done nothing yeah, but he's clearly done something that seems to pissing lots of people off | ||
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Louder
United States2276 Posts
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araav
Armenia1590 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
Nothing major. Also don't confuse pissing lots of people off with paranoia, and idiocy. | ||
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omnigol
United States166 Posts
On October 10 2009 02:15 Slow Motion wrote: 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. Another possibility is that this has and will get much more media attention than arafats misdeeds and his nobel peace prize ever did. I bet many people are just completely ignorant of arafat. | ||
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BalliSLife
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eMbrace
United States1300 Posts
On October 10 2009 05:28 omnigol wrote: Another possibility is that this has and will get much more media attention than arafats misdeeds and his nobel peace prize ever did. I bet many people are just completely ignorant of arafat. Never heard of him to be honest. | ||
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uiCk
Canada1925 Posts
On October 10 2009 05:29 BalliSLife wrote: Ok so if he's done nothing, what would you guys like him to do? have to agree that the current flair in the air (no surprise since were in worldwide recession) is skepticism, and everyone in most discussions, whether in live or anonymously has resulted in bringing up mostly the negative points and arguing on that. No one to blame since the last 10 years has been basically a realization for many around the world how corrupt and fucked up things are. We currently live in a very dysfunctional world, plagued by environmental threats, religious threats, economic threats, so i think promoting something that can benefit us in the future is the best thing and most important thing at the moment. | ||
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ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
On October 10 2009 05:08 BalliSLife wrote: rofl at the people who say he's done nothing Name his accomplishments (not that I blame him, he hasn't even been in office for a year). But he definitely doesn't deserve the prize. Rather than fostering peace, he's currently contemplating whether or not to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Giving the peace prize to Obama diminishes the accomplishments of all the people who actually deserved the peace prize. The committee that voted for it even admits that they were looking at Obama's promise, rather than his accomplishments. rofl at you. On October 10 2009 05:09 Kaialynn wrote: I haven't followed much on the politics as of late, but doesn't he have a democratic house *and* senate? I can understand Republicans not being supportive, but it's hard for me to believe that congress, which is a majority of his political affiliation, isn't being supportive. brbrbrb reading up on stuff before someone absolutely destroys my argument here.[/QUOTE] He has a super majority in the Senate and a majority in the House. 60 votes = if everyone votes on party lines, they can pretty much pass anything without any Republican support. But: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
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citi.zen
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eMbrace
United States1300 Posts
are you implying that pulling all troops from afghanistan is the better path to peace? | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
The first three Nobels are the only ones that matter ;D | ||
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