or i guess as it should now be known "The Nobel Prize for Good Intentions"
In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize - Yahoo! News
yes Barack Obama has been awarded The Nobel Peace Prize.... in spite of not doing ANYTHING in the way of making the world a safer or more peaceful place...
hell just this past Saturday, Saturday Night Live even had a skit lampooning how little he has actually managed to get done
we are still involved in two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (although he talked about ending them)
the detainee prison at Guantanamo Bay is still open (although he talked about closing it)
there is no universal health care (although he talked about it)
nothing has happened in the way of nuclear disarmament (although again, he talked about it)
im not going to continue listing things that he has talked about or proposed but not come through with, because its pointless... he hasnt done anything to make the world a safer or more peaceful place
the argument could be made that his apology tours have repaired relations between the US and much of the world... i disagree... but the argument could be made
even if you look at his work prior to becoming elected president...the man has not even brought peace to his home town of Chicago, where just last week a story came out about a teenager who was beaten to death with a board on his way home from school
so for all of the talk with ZERO results, he has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace (Good Intentions)
this award does however show something quite telling.... it shows that the world (or at least the board members of the Nobel Prize) no longer fears the United States of America... we are no longer viewed as a symbol of strength or power
i present to you the furthering of the movement for the pussification of America
so congratulations Barack Obama on winning an award for doing NOTHING
and congratulations Nobel Prize committee, for shitting all over the award and making it another MTV style popularity contest....
if i was any of the prior winners who actually put work and effort into bringing peace to the world, reducing suffering and making people safer, i would be PISSED
In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize - Yahoo! News
yes Barack Obama has been awarded The Nobel Peace Prize.... in spite of not doing ANYTHING in the way of making the world a safer or more peaceful place...
hell just this past Saturday, Saturday Night Live even had a skit lampooning how little he has actually managed to get done
we are still involved in two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (although he talked about ending them)
the detainee prison at Guantanamo Bay is still open (although he talked about closing it)
there is no universal health care (although he talked about it)
nothing has happened in the way of nuclear disarmament (although again, he talked about it)
im not going to continue listing things that he has talked about or proposed but not come through with, because its pointless... he hasnt done anything to make the world a safer or more peaceful place
the argument could be made that his apology tours have repaired relations between the US and much of the world... i disagree... but the argument could be made
even if you look at his work prior to becoming elected president...the man has not even brought peace to his home town of Chicago, where just last week a story came out about a teenager who was beaten to death with a board on his way home from school
so for all of the talk with ZERO results, he has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace (Good Intentions)
this award does however show something quite telling.... it shows that the world (or at least the board members of the Nobel Prize) no longer fears the United States of America... we are no longer viewed as a symbol of strength or power
i present to you the furthering of the movement for the pussification of America
so congratulations Barack Obama on winning an award for doing NOTHING
and congratulations Nobel Prize committee, for shitting all over the award and making it another MTV style popularity contest....
if i was any of the prior winners who actually put work and effort into bringing peace to the world, reducing suffering and making people safer, i would be PISSED