President Obama Wins Peace Prize
Obama Wins Peace Prize, Vows 'Call To Action'
How do I feel about it? I think it a bit facetious but the Nobel Board always goes their own way. Not like I dis-agree with the choice, but I'm not sure President Obama was the number one person on the planet promoting peace, definitely in the top ten though. Perhaps they thought he was was the number one unappreciated peace worker? Most needing of an "atta-boy"?
I do like the fact it will piss off the far right, so that has massive chuckle points there!
Some of the best quotes I've seen so far:
P.Z. Myers on Pharyngula:
"...but I guess all you have to do is follow after Bush and not blow anything up for a year, and presto, you look like Gandhi."
Seen on Facebook:
"Reason for President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize? They couldn't award his predecessor Nobel War Prize."
Jeff Fecke on Alas, a blog:
"I don’t know if Barack Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize quite yet, and I’m actually serious when I say he won it in no small part for simply not being George W. Bush - for seeking to reengage with the world in the sort of way that decent, non-rogue countries do. That said, who cares? What’s fun is that this sets up the sort of massive, overwhelming, out-of-control right-wing freakout that money can’t buy."
Another from Facebook:
"[Friend] thinks that the ORIGINAL plan in Oslo was to mail a Nobel to everyone in the world except George W. Bush. But then they realized they could make the same point, for lots cheaper."
How do I feel about it? I think it a bit facetious but the Nobel Board always goes their own way. Not like I dis-agree with the choice, but I'm not sure President Obama was the number one person on the planet promoting peace, definitely in the top ten though. Perhaps they thought he was was the number one unappreciated peace worker? Most needing of an "atta-boy"?
I do like the fact it will piss off the far right, so that has massive chuckle points there!
Some of the best quotes I've seen so far:
P.Z. Myers on Pharyngula:
"...but I guess all you have to do is follow after Bush and not blow anything up for a year, and presto, you look like Gandhi."
Seen on Facebook:
"Reason for President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize? They couldn't award his predecessor Nobel War Prize."
Jeff Fecke on Alas, a blog:
"I don’t know if Barack Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize quite yet, and I’m actually serious when I say he won it in no small part for simply not being George W. Bush - for seeking to reengage with the world in the sort of way that decent, non-rogue countries do. That said, who cares? What’s fun is that this sets up the sort of massive, overwhelming, out-of-control right-wing freakout that money can’t buy."
Another from Facebook:
"[Friend] thinks that the ORIGINAL plan in Oslo was to mail a Nobel to everyone in the world except George W. Bush. But then they realized they could make the same point, for lots cheaper."