Obama receives the Nobel Peace Prize

[CNYCacher]

http://nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/process.html

The deadline for nomination was 11 days after he was inaugurated.

[Silver Bullet]

Maybe it is a consolation prize for coming in dead last at Copenhagen.

[Ex-MA Hole]

The Nobel peace prize and gun salesman of the year award in the same year, damn this guys good.

/thread....well played....

[Viking]

http://nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/process.html

The deadline for nomination was 11 days after he was inaugurated.

Well, he IS the Obamessiah, so he's obviously automatically qualified!

[ronnyreagan]

My opinion is that this award is simply a residual effect of the world's hatred for our previous president. That or ACORN rigged it.

[Viking]

Hell, the Norwegians aren't all exactly happy about it either:

Nå håper jeg virkelig Sverige overtar fredsprisen, for dette er bare pinlig.

(Translation: Now I really hope that Sweden takes over the Peace Prize, because this is just embarrasing.)

[AmbulanceDriver]

Damn near had a cerebral aneurysm when I heard this.  Even the local news folks seemed somewhat stupefied as they were reading the story.  Kinda had a bit of an incredulous tone....   Mostly a "WTF?" tone......

[Monkeyleg]

The deadline for nomination was 11 days after he was inaugurated.

So, was it the NY Times, CBS, or Chris Matthews who nominated him?

This is like marrying someone after the first date, or buying a car after sitting on the seat.

Wait, that's what the voters did.

[grampster]

Keep your TV's turned off, campers.  The groveling and slobbering will be insufferable today on the MSM.  Can't wait to listen to Rush today.  hee hee hee.

[Silver Bullet]

This is like marrying someone after the first date, or buying a car after sitting on the seat.

Wait, that's what the voters did.

 

[Ben]

Wow. This is one of those threads where I honestly thought it was a joke and linked to a parody site. Even reading up until the post just before mine I had a hard time believing this was real.

At any rate, as others mentioned, the award lost credibility some time ago. Reading about past awards where people who performed selfless, outstanding acts and lost to the likes of Gore and Arafat makes it pretty easy to dismiss the validity of the award.

[HankB]

Even The Onion wouldn't come up with something this absurd . . . they at least try to make their parodies plausible.

This is absolutely insane . . . literally, starkly, insane. He was inaugurated on January 20, and nominations closed on February 1 . . . exactly WHAT did he accomplish in less than 2 weeks to merit even a nomination? (Besides give Chris Matthews a tingly feeling in his leg?)

One thing, and one thing only: He Is Not Bush. (Bush Derangement Syndrome must be pandemic in Europe.)

And to WIN the award, all he's done is go on a worldwide apology tour and bow down before the king of Saudi Arabia . . . and figuratively, before all Moslems worldwide.

Well, he gets to join such luminaries as Yassir Arafat and a long line of other anti-American activists as Nobel Peace Prize winners, rendering that award even less meaningful now and in the future.

(Once again. my .sig line is proven correct.)

[roo_ster]

And this on the exact same day that your space fleets bomb the moon?  A crazy decision!

 :rolleyes:

 

I guess NASA reads imao.us, too:

[red headed stranger]

And this on the exact same day that your space fleets bomb the moon?  A crazy decision!

 :rolleyes:

 

By ordering a hit on the moon people, Pres. Obama secretly saved us from a massive lunar invasion...hence the Nobel.

 

[roo_ster]

Of the humor/parody sites, only one can claim to have made The One what he is.



http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/10/obama-wins-the-nobel-peace-prize-by-listening-to-me/

Obama Wins the Nobel Peace Prize by Listening to Me
Posted by Frank J. on October 9, 2009 at 9:27 am

A lot of you laughed when I first unveiled my peace plan over seven years ago, but who is laughing now? This morning, America crashed a probe into the moon causing an explosion. And the result?


Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize.

And before you say, “This is a mockery of the Nobel Peace Prize! Obama has barely been president, so there is no way he’s had time to accomplish as much peace as Yasser Arafat,” answer me this: Has anyone else in the world’s history successfully attacked the moon? It’s an accomplishment under Obama’s watch and I think is quite worthy of the prize. Certainly more worthy than whatever they thought Carter did.

And if you think we have peace now, just wait until we hit the moon with a nuclear yield!

[Jamisjockey]

http://nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/process.html

The deadline for nomination was 11 days after he was inaugurated.

I am incredulous.
simply an inauthentic process if there ever was one.  The fix is in.

[mellestad]

I am incredulous.
simply an inauthentic process if there ever was one.  The fix is in.

Nomination, not voting.

:Grabs popcorn:

[Gewehr98]

Is it funny green popcorn?

He was nominated after just 11 days in office as President.  Whoopty-$@#!ing Doo.  

Hell, even Arafat got his nomination after many years of brokering his special style of "peace".  

The Prize - it's worthless.

[Balog]

Nomination, not voting.

:Grabs popcorn:

I'm curious. What do you feel he had done in his first 11 days to merit nomination?

[Ben]

Nomination, not voting.

Not sure what your point is. Generally nomination implies some valid cause based on past acts. What did he do in under two weeks to deserve nomination?

Oops -- Balog and G98 are faster on the keyboard than I am

[mellestad]

I'm curious. What do you feel he had done in his first 11 days to merit nomination?

Who said I thought he deserved it?  I just pointed out that he was nominated, not voted on.  I feel content just to watch this thread flame up, thanks!

[zahc]

When small men cast large shadows, sunset is near.

[Gewehr98]

I just pointed out that he was nominated, not voted on.  I feel content just to watch this thread flame up, thanks!

Umm, somebody voted based on that nomination, otherwise it wouldn't be a news headline today.

So yes, it would appear the fix is indeed in.

Unless, of course, the nomination was based on his Messianic tendencies since birth, prior to assuming the Oval Office?

Word to the wise regarding the "content to watch thread flame up" thing: If somebody's in here just to stir the pot, I can certainly remedy that, not unlike a defunct thread where somebody accused military officers of things that simply aren't true...

[mellestad]

Umm, somebody voted based on that nomination, otherwise it would be a news headline today.

So yes, it would appear the fix is indeed in.

Unless, of course, the nomination was based on his Messianic tendencies since birth, prior to assuming the Oval Office?

Word to the wise regarding the "content to watch thread flame up" thing: If somebody's in here just to stir the pot, I can certainly remedy that, not unlike a defunct thread where somebody accused military officers of things that simply aren't true...

Read your privates Gewehr.

So I can't come in and make a statement, then watch, but the rest of posters (you agree with) can come in and rage as much as they want?  Nice.

[makattak]

Who said I thought he deserved it?  I just pointed out that he was nominated, not voted on.  I feel content just to watch this thread flame up, thanks!

Wow, even the Times Online and the Huffington Post are outraged by this:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6867711.ece

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-russnow/barack-obama-nobel-peace_b_314899.html

Yet our new resident socialist apologist is just loving it. (aside- Hey, we've got a socialist to go with our communist now!)

Says a lot.