Nobel Peace Prize

[RICHARD]

IMO, and if it were me, I would´ve declined the award, but it´s not me... so.. it´s up to him and his PR people

Give the award back, keep the money?

[lizbud]

Paul Krugman writes a regular column for the NY Times. In his piece last Sunday, he said this -



BTW - Mr. Krugman was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.

This sure looks like it's a very personal dislike of Obama the man, even
thought these people will swear it isn't. I say, be glad for America.

[Marigold2]

I am very proud of President Obama. He took office at a time when we were involved in two wars, our economy is in serious trouble, respect for America was at a all time low.
What was said by a member ealier is correct, leaders of other countries did not like Bush, did not respect him or us, however these same leaders’ presidents, Prime Ministers, Kings and Queens do like Obama. That can only be good for US. If we have the respect of other nations we have hope that this world can be a better, safer place for all. Having friends with other world leaders can only be good. We need friends, not more enemies with weapons of mass destruction.
Sometimes instilling hope is the most important thing a person can give to another, to a nation and its people. With hope we can put our differences aside and work for the greater good. Kennedy said it best “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”. Obama asks the same of us. He inspires me to make a better world for all animals.
I myself am not a noble prize winner, a college professor, a world leader. This is not my award to give or take. I am not qualified to grant this prestigious honor. Is there any one here who is? If so please step forward. If not please ask yourself why you cannot be joyful that Obama has the respect of some of the greatest minds in the world and the hope of something better to come

[Edwina's Secretary]

BTW - Mr. Krugman was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.

Did he earn the award?

I don't recall it being debated, but perhaps we should!

[Grace]

Did he earn the award?

I don't recall it being debated, but perhaps we should!

I don't recall either. So I went googling. Found that someone from the Austrian Economist was a bit perplexed. However, another person from Forbes was pleased.

There is also the Marginal Revolution.

Overall, it does not appear that his was a shocking choice

[Edwina's Secretary]

Well! That does it! I am canceling my subscription to the Austrian Economist!

[blue]

Some of the people who were passed over for Obama. Source.



In 2002, Sima Samar became the first women's affairs minister in Afghanistan's post-Taliban interim government. Prior to her appointment, Samar had dedicated her life to the preservation of basic rights for women and girls in Afghanistan. She fled her country in 1984 during the Soviet ocupation and moved to the border town of Quetta, Pakistan, where she founded the Shuhada Organization to support the education and health needs of Afghan women and girls. With dogged persistence and at great personal risk, she kept her schools and clinics open in Afghanistan even during the most repressive days of the Taliban regime, whose laws prohibited the education of girls past the age of eight. When the Taliban fell, Samar returned to Kabul and accepted the post of Minister for Women's Affairs, even as she continued to run her clinics and schools. But her persistent calls for equality and justice attracted the attention of Afghanistan's powerful religious leaders, who still saw no place for women in Afghan public life. She was taunted by male colleagues, and she began to receive thinly veiled death threats from Islamic conservatives hoping to silence her. She was ultimately forced to step down from her cabinet post, which was left unfilled. She subsequently was offered a non-cabinet position chairing the Independent Afghanistan Human Rights Commission, a position she still holds.





Ingrid Betancourt, French-Colombian ex-hostage.

Ingrid Betancourt holds her award from Reporteres Sans Frontieres on Sept. 24, 2009 in Montreal. Betancourt was captured by FARC in 2002 while campaigning for the Colombian presidency and held for more than six years before being rescued.

If anyone knows how to bounce back from tragedy, it’s Betancourt. During the Colombian senator’s 2002 presidential campaign, she was abducted by a marxist organization and held captive for six-and-a-half years. Since being rescued in July, 2008, she has been dubbed a “freedom fighter” and “symbol of hope.”




Dr. Denis Mukwege jokes with patients outside the surgical ward of Panzi hospital in Bukavu, DRC. On this photo's date, Dr Mukwege had treated 21,000 women suffering from devastating gynecological injuries as a result of rape in Congo's brutal war. He is the only gynecologist treating these wounds in the country. Oct. 14, 2008

Seeing pregnant women arrive at the hospital on a donkey and dying during childbirth encouraged Mukwege to study gynaecology and obstetrics. Noticing that so many women had been sexually abused, he later founded the Panzi hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of thousands of female sexual violence victims have been helped so far.


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I guess words and promises are more important then actions. He wasnt in office for Two weeks when he was nominated for the NPP.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Its also interesting to note that only two other sitting US Presidents have been given the Nobel Peace Prize. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Note that both of those men were no friend of the individual Liberty this nation was founded on.

Interesting indeed.

I suppose you do not include Jimmy Carter because he was not sitting at the time (standing I suppose?)

[Puckstop31]

I suppose you do not include Jimmy Carter because he was not sitting at the time (standing I suppose?)

Uhhh, right. Sitting, as in "currently in office".

Its interesting that when the Nobel Peace Prize is given to a US President (current or former) that they are less than champions of individual freedom. In fact, they are/were rather authortarian.

Why not Ronald Reagan? Did he not win the Cold War?

Then again, if they give it to a life long terrorist like Yassir Arafat....

[Edwina's Secretary]

Why not Ronald Reagan? Did he not win the Cold War?

No, he did not.

[RICHARD]

MMM MMM MMM
Barack Hussein Obama

He won the prize of Nobel
With little effort or work
The committee that awarded
Must be a panel of jerks.


MMM MMM MMM
Barack Hussein Obama

Hasn't stopped terror or war.
Two weeks as our president-he's barely in the door!
His health care plan is not so good.
He should 'president' like he should.

MMM MMM MMM
Barack Hussein Obama

Is more a TV star.
My television viewing, his visage he does mar.
Stay at home and lead OUR nation.
please stop trying for international sensation

MMM MMM MMM
Barack Hussein Obama

You asked for unclenched fist
Because I don't agree with you, does that means I am a racist?


MMM MMM MMM

[Edwina's Secretary]

What a pity that unlike - well Barack Obama for instance - you don't use your talent for something constructive....

[Marigold2]

Richard I don't understand your anger toward OB's award. Are you quailifed to choose? Is this your award to give or take? If some of the brightest and greatest minds in the world think he is deserving what makes you think you know better? This man is admired throughout the world by great leaders, statesmen, clergy, kings, prime ministers. Everyone is incorrect but you, Glenn Beck and and Rush? This award is something to be proud of. Our president is admired, how can that be bad? As for the timing, we do not know all that goes on in the world. We are not secert service, counter intelligence, we do not know what he has done behind the closed curtain with the military. We can see what Bush did and how he became a laughing stock to the world leaders. How he was hated, now we have a President who is intelligent, respected and loved by the world and he has won something truly special and important. He was as surprised as we all were, perhaps his greatness is being seen by the most intelligent and gifted of the world and not the common man because we don't have all the facts nor should we.

[blue]

5 people made the decision for the NPP, not the greatest and brightest minds of the world. Just 5 people.

If Fidel Castro thinks Obama's NPP as a positive step, I guess that makes El Hefe a progressive or a moderate in his political thinking.

I bet former POTUS Clinton is pissed at BHO getting a NPP first, after all Clinton actually accomplished something in his 8 years (not sure what but he did serve for more then 2 weeks and didnt get nominated). Heck if I were Mr Clinton Ild be doubly cranked, his VP got a NPP for creating the BS that is globull warming, and a guy that barely knew the layout of his new house and offices gets a NPP.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Oh my. Well, better five smart people than 5 thousands Hefes looking for glo bull anything...