Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize - Page 4

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-09-2009, 05:23 PM

Sort of a crosspost: Huffpo is agreeing with me on this. Is there a Smilie sufficiently strange for that one? {clicks Smilies} Aw, fuggit.

Two threads to braid -- yeah, I know it takes three skeins to make a braid but work with me here...

10-09-2009, 05:33 PM

I would have voted for Pete Seeger.

The consolation with the Obama award may be that it will incite those leftists teachers who control the education system to force our kids to sing more songs about Obama at the start of every school day.

Undertoad · 10-09-2009, 05:41 PM

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-09-2009, 05:50 PM

Avowed Communists killing Fascists is just one totalitarianism competing with another. Both of 'em collectivist. They were not antitheses, they were competitors for the hearts and minds of the tyrannical.

TheMercenary · 10-09-2009, 05:54 PM

I would have loved to see Pete Seeger get the award. He did a huge environmental clean-up along the Hudson River, among other things and for being a great musician.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloop_Clearwater

ZenGum · 10-09-2009, 06:18 PM

All this talk about "Obama hasn't achieved anything".

Well what has Aung San Suu Kyi achieved? SFA. Sat at home on her ass all the time, not even in a real prison like Mandela.

Sharon/Arafat? Oh sure, there's peace a plenty in the Middle East. Not.

The ILO? There are still sweatshops and slaves today.

Actually achieving stuff does not seem to be a requirement. Making the world feel warm and fuzzy is the thing, I think.

Shawnee123 · 10-09-2009, 06:48 PM

All we are saying, is give peace a chance.

I just love watching people writhe. Now you know how we felt for 8 years.

TheMercenary · 10-09-2009, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I just love watching people writhe. Now you know how we felt for 8 years.

I really doubt people are "writhing", I mean really. We could have done much worse if McCain were elected.

Cloud · 10-09-2009, 06:49 PM

He has given a lot of people in the world hope that there's someone in charge thinking with their brain, not their gonads, when it comes to peace. That is quite an accomplishment.

Shawnee123 · 10-09-2009, 06:58 PM

Well, if anyone would bother to read what I posted about the intent of the award, there would be so much less gnashing of teeth.

The award has been called meaningless. Fine. I'm not arguing that. What I am arguing is, if it's so meaningless, why are people so pissed off?

Huckabee reminded his constituents that to bitch about this would only make them look petty. Why stop now? He said it would be better to ask what Obama has done? Fair enough...until you actually pay attention to what the award is supposed to be about. Do I think it means much? Well, I believe in ideals, and what could be accomplished if we set our minds to it. I think this bestowment paves the way for honoring better ideas about what could really happen, if everyone wasn't so worried about someone else pissing in their spot. Arf.

TheMercenary · 10-09-2009, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Well, if anyone would bother to read what I posted about the intent of the award, there would be so much less gnashing of teeth.

The award has been called meaningless. Fine. I'm not arguing that. What I am arguing is, if it's so meaningless, why are people so pissed off?

Because now it is much more meaningless.

Shawnee123 · 10-09-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Because now it is much more meaningless.

I don't agree.

Please list all the recipients (easily googled) and explain to me the meaning of each. In triplicate.

jinx · 10-09-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Nobel's will

The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way:
The capital shall be invested by my executors in safe securities and shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind. The said interest shall be divided into five equal parts, which shall be apportioned as follows: one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery or invention within the field of physics; one part to the person who shall have made the most important chemical discovery or improvement; one part to the person who shall have made the most important discovery within the domain of physiology or medicine; one part to the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency; and one part to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.

TheMercenary · 10-09-2009, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I don't agree.

Please list all the recipients (easily googled) and explain to me the meaning of each. In triplicate.

The thing speaks for itself. No need for all that work.

Shawnee123 · 10-09-2009, 07:18 PM

Americans are so egocentric.

10-09-2009, 05:23 PM	#1
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10-09-2009, 05:50 PM	#4
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Avowed Communists killing Fascists is just one totalitarianism competing with another. Both of 'em collectivist. They were not antitheses, they were competitors for the hearts and minds of the tyrannical. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-09-2009, 05:54 PM	#5
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I would have loved to see Pete Seeger get the award. He did a huge environmental clean-up along the Hudson River, among other things and for being a great musician. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloop_Clearwater __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-09-2009, 06:18 PM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	All this talk about "Obama hasn't achieved anything". Well what has Aung San Suu Kyi achieved? SFA. Sat at home on her ass all the time, not even in a real prison like Mandela. Sharon/Arafat? Oh sure, there's peace a plenty in the Middle East. Not. The ILO? There are still sweatshops and slaves today. Actually achieving stuff does not seem to be a requirement. Making the world feel warm and fuzzy is the thing, I think. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-09-2009, 06:48 PM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	All we are saying, is give peace a chance. I just love watching people writhe. Now you know how we felt for 8 years. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-09-2009, 05:33 PM	#2
Redux Guest Posts: n/a	I would have voted for Pete Seeger. The consolation with the Obama award may be that it will incite those leftists teachers who control the education system to force our kids to sing more songs about Obama at the start of every school day.

10-09-2009, 05:41 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423

10-09-2009, 06:49 PM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	He has given a lot of people in the world hope that there's someone in charge thinking with their brain, not their gonads, when it comes to peace. That is quite an accomplishment. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-09-2009, 06:58 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Well, if anyone would bother to read what I posted about the intent of the award, there would be so much less gnashing of teeth. The award has been called meaningless. Fine. I'm not arguing that. What I am arguing is, if it's so meaningless, why are people so pissed off? Huckabee reminded his constituents that to bitch about this would only make them look petty. Why stop now? He said it would be better to ask what Obama has done? Fair enough...until you actually pay attention to what the award is supposed to be about. Do I think it means much? Well, I believe in ideals, and what could be accomplished if we set our minds to it. I think this bestowment paves the way for honoring better ideas about what could really happen, if everyone wasn't so worried about someone else pissing in their spot. Arf. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-09-2009, 07:18 PM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Americans are so egocentric. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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