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snoopdrew
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Location: Bundang, South Korea
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 Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:41 am Post subject: Obama deserves Nobel prize? |
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From the NY Times,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/world/10nobel.html
Does that discussion of whether he deserves it or not really matter? If anything, it might put a higher expectation on Obama to accomplish more in terms of world peace, but isn't that what we want anyways? |
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scotty12347
Joined: 16 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:50 am Post subject: |
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I think its VERY premature, when you look back at the list of who has won it previously and see some great names, Obama doesnt deserve to be in their company, not yet at least.
Apparently its been awarded on his intentions for the future, but since when has that been the basis of awards? |
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Old Gil
Joined: 26 Sep 2009
Location: Got out! olleh!
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| you can haz off topic burger? |
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Bryan
Joined: 29 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Sure, he deserves it. Along with Yasser Arafat.
How can you even judge if someone is deserving of an award that means absolutely nothing? It was given to a dictator who enslaved his own people (Arafat). The award has just become a prize that is given to whoever leftists feel is their hero of the day. |
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ytide
Joined: 26 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Here's a good take on it:
http://isteve.blogspot.com/2009/10/affirmative-action-nobel.html
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The Affirmative Action Nobel
From Reuters, not The Onion:
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U.S. President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on
Friday for giving the world "hope for a better future" and
striving for nuclear disarmament. |
The hilarious career of Barack Obama continues to demonstrate how
much white people long to give money, fame, and power to a black guy
who meets minimum standards of presentability, regardless of his lack
of accomplishments. |
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| It was given to a dictator who enslaved his own people (Arafat). |
That is infantile.  |
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I think he was awarded it for the simple reason that he is not George W. Bush. It's not much of an achievement, not being someone else, but I think that Obama has carried it off quite well. |
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jdunca12
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
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eIn07912
Joined: 06 Dec 2008
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, there's a thread on this then?
Right.
Cheerio. |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Sleepy in Seoul wrote: |
| I think he was awarded it for the simple reason that he is not George W. Bush. It's not much of an achievement, not being someone else, but I think that Obama has carried it off quite well. |
That's exactly what I was going to say. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| A member since 2003 does not know where to post political/current event threads? |
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Dimitris Stylianos
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