Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
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tybird wrote:
Mulligan for Iran????inmytree wrote:Former Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, said Obama has already provided outstanding leadership in the effort to prevent nuclear proliferation.
at least he's not talking about bombing or invading Iran...0 -
Personally, I wish he was.inmytree wrote:tybird wrote:
Mulligan for Iran????inmytree wrote:Former Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, said Obama has already provided outstanding leadership in the effort to prevent nuclear proliferation.
at least he's not talking about bombing or invading Iran...Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....0 -
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SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
Personally, I wish he was.inmytree wrote:
at least he's not talking about bombing or invading Iran...
No peace prize for you!!! NEXT...!
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I don't get it either... I like the guy and voted for him, but besides toning down our foreign policy a bit, he has done nothing to earn this.
I haven't checked out who was in the running, but someone got screwed out of getting this award.My whole life
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln0 -
SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:Obama was just awarded the Gold medal for the 2016 Winter Olympics.....90 meter ski jump......
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, guess i might as well stop my training then, and that was gonna be my year! :(don't compete; coexist
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'0 -
hopefully Kanye will have something to say about thisblackredyellow wrote:I don't get it either... I like the guy and voted for him, but besides toning down our foreign policy a bit, he has done nothing to earn this.
I haven't checked out who was in the running, but someone got screwed out of getting this award.
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Drowned Out wrote:
hopefully Kanye will have something to say about thisblackredyellow wrote:I don't get it either... I like the guy and voted for him, but besides toning down our foreign policy a bit, he has done nothing to earn this.
I haven't checked out who was in the running, but someone got screwed out of getting this award.
is glenn beck the new kanye west??don't compete; coexist
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'0 -
I had the same thoughts this morning when I heard the news. Which brought me to another thought, a quote of John Lennon's (Happy Birthday John!)My3rdEye wrote:Kloddz wrote:
:shock: My immediate reaction was WTF for?!? I've known for about 15 - 20 minutes now and I'm still asking myself the same question. I like Obama and have faith that he may do some good things down the road but the fact remains his country is still occupying two other nations.
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it." -John Lennon0 -
I'm not on my computer at the moment but Naomi Campbell nailed it this morning on http://www.democracynow.org I'll post what she and others had to say about this farce of award given to president Obama.
Peace*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)0 -
i guess on the bright side they gave 1 to Kissinger and Obama's 'nothing' is far better than what Kissinger is guilty of.
it is funny, though, he gets this as he most likely will be increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan shortly and continues to do nothing while Israel continues to violate the Geneva Conventions, international law, UN resolutions, commits war crimes....don't compete; coexist
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'0 -
I heart Scout Niblett wrote:it is funny, though, he gets this as he most likely will be increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan shortly and continues to do nothing while Israel continues to violate the Geneva Conventions, international law, UN resolutions, commits war crimes....
What exactly should Obama do about Israel? You could have stated that in roughly the same amount of time it took you to focus on how dastardedly the Isrealis are. Thanks for the chuckle, though. I laugh whenever someone pretends that the UN gives Israel a fair shake.
Seriously ... Obama has pushed for peace harder than Bush and Clinton did before him. What else can he do that might solve the problem? He's pretty much flat-out stated that he supports a two-state solution, but no nation has the power to force this on Israel.0 -
The Nobel Prize is now a fucking joke.
They gave it to a guy who became president two weeks before the deadline to nominate people for this award. Let me repeat: Obama just won the Nobel Prize for the first two weeks of his presidency.
Must have been a hell of a 14 days. Pick out new drapes, adopt a dog, arrange your furniture, win a Nobel Prize. The standards are slipping.
On the bright side, I guess Obama can put this on the mantel next to the Father of the Year trophy he won two months before his first daughter was born.everybody wants the most they can possibly get
for the least they could possibly do0 -
Did anyone watch Obama's speech this morning? He said he didn't deserve to be among the people that have recieved the award in the past but he would accept it in the spirit of affecting nuclear disarmament, etc."First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win ."
"With our thoughts we make the world"0 -
slightofjeff wrote:The Nobel Prize is now a fucking joke.
They gave it to a guy who became president two weeks before the deadline to nominate people for this award. Let me repeat: Obama just won the Nobel Prize for the first two weeks of his presidency.
Must have been a hell of a 14 days. Pick out new drapes, adopt a dog, arrange your furniture, win a Nobel Prize. The standards are slipping.
On the bright side, I guess Obama can put this on the mantel next to the Father of the Year trophy he won two months before his first daughter was born.
This I do agree with ... I am surprised his wife didn't win some sort of back-up or consolation prize as well.0 -
you hear that? thats the sound of the Nobel Peace Prize's credibility dying in agony.0
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How and what was affected?????markin ball wrote:Did anyone watch Obama's speech this morning? He said he didn't deserve to be among the people that have recieved the award in the past but he would accept it in the spirit of affecting nuclear disarmament, etc.All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.0 -
tybird wrote:
How and what was affected?????markin ball wrote:Did anyone watch Obama's speech this morning? He said he didn't deserve to be among the people that have recieved the award in the past but he would accept it in the spirit of affecting nuclear disarmament, etc.
Does seem like a random link to make ... "I don't deserve this prize, but if I accept, no one will want nukes anymore!".
Uh huh. ...0 -
rebornFixer wrote:I heart Scout Niblett wrote:it is funny, though, he gets this as he most likely will be increasing the number of troops in Afghanistan shortly and continues to do nothing while Israel continues to violate the Geneva Conventions, international law, UN resolutions, commits war crimes....
What exactly should Obama do about Israel? You could have stated that in roughly the same amount of time it took you to focus on how dastardedly the Isrealis are. Thanks for the chuckle, though. I laugh whenever someone pretends that the UN gives Israel a fair shake.
Seriously ... Obama has pushed for peace harder than Bush and Clinton did before him. What else can he do that might solve the problem? He's pretty much flat-out stated that he supports a two-state solution, but no nation has the power to force this on Israel.
he can cut their funding, cut back on arms shipments....
the UN has been more than fair towards Israel....has the UN ever sanctioned Israel like it has several other countries? has the UN ever imposed an arms embargo or any sort of embargo on Israel like it has several other countries?don't compete; coexist
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'0 -
I am not saying a word! lol Get em a Body Bag Yeeeeeaaaaa!
Sweep the Leg Johnny.0
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