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[winkingstar]

I just got home from work a while ago and signed in to iGoogle, where I was greeted by the headlines of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. I proceeded to sit here for a minute, in utter confusion, because he hasn't done anything. I then read the headline to my friend Brittany (who is visiting for the weekend), and she was equally confused

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[neevebrody]

We really do have a skewed sense of priorities, don't we? *sigh* It seems intentions are good enough... Obama's got big enough shoes to fill as it is between his promises and the world's expectations. I agree, there are people who sacrifice every day for the causes of peace - people who live in that pursuit who, IMHO, deserve the prize and the recognition so much more.

[winkingstar]

I especially hate that the nominations were due two weeks after the inauguration. I mean, WHAT? Couldn't they have at least waited until next year, when he might possibly have done something? Though I think I would still tend to think there are more deserving people for the prize.

[argosy]

I'm totally with you, but I don't think we can blame the *Americans* this time. Mostly I've just spent the day being perplexed. But the Peace prize is notoriously weird. How do you give a prize for "peace," really?

[winkingstar]

Oh, I know it's not our fault. But it's another thing I'm not proud of, as an American, and many world reactions seem unimpressed and/or perplexed. *sigh*

[fish_echo]

Those are the people we should be honouring.

Yes, this.

[winkingstar]

:/

[valancy_s]

So much in agreement with you on this (which I just heard about five minutes ago). Some people do so much, SO MUCH, dedicate their whole lives to the cause of peace. I hate that one of them didn't get honored because a very famous public figure with good rhetoric and good intentions did instead.

[winkingstar]

And then the next day he's still just talking about all these good things and not setting any timelines or anything constructive. Argh. There are SO MANY more deserving people.

[hikaru_daydream]

THIS. Just seriously - THIS.

[winkingstar]

The killer for me is how the nominations were due two weeks after his inauguration, when he really hadn't done anything. I mean, just... WHAT? *headdesk*

[hikaru_daydream]

What really, really gets me is that the man talks a big game, but HASN'T DONE ANYTHING -- even now.

It's like he got nominated just because he's the first black president and has made a lot of vague promises.

:pulls out hair: It drives me NUTS! ...And of course to voice any of these feelings as a white woman makes me racist -- this is the main reason why I don't talk politics at work.

GAH! :headdesk:

[winkingstar]

Yes, exactly! I hadn't been thinking about it much either way, but this incident made me really aggravated that he's still talking empty words with no timelines for doing anything. Argh.

I am actually so annoyed that I think I need to make a meme out of this. Like, try to get a bunch of people to post about someone who actually works for peace. I'm going to try to do that this weekend.