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Old 10-12-2009, 12:55 PM   #106
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The prize was forced on him because he's half African American. This never would have happened to a fully European American man.
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Old 10-12-2009, 12:58 PM   #107
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How about the Nobel Leebutton Prize?
Quit pushin' mah buttons.
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Old 10-12-2009, 01:00 PM   #108
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Hey, you mean Bush could have had someone else writing his speeches all along and he wouldn't have looked like a complete dumbass?
No. I am not sure he could read, we already know about his poor speaking skills.
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Old 10-12-2009, 01:09 PM   #109
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Yabbut, didn't he read something about goats, once? Where's tw?
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Old 10-12-2009, 01:12 PM   #110
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Psst - The Nobel Foundation is based in Sweden, not Norway. You have to know that to win.
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"It is also unclear why Nobel wished the Peace Prize to be administered in Norway. The Norwegian Nobel Committee speculates that Norway may have been better suited to awarding the prize as it did not have the same militaristic traditions as Sweden and that at the end of the nineteenth century the Norwegian parliament had become closely involved in the Inter-Parliamentary Union's efforts to resolve conflicts through mediation and arbitration."

This explains why I have Albert Einstein's support for the award and you do not. Hah!
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Old 10-12-2009, 01:17 PM   #111
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http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundatio...org_090915.pdf

Stockholm. That be in Sweden, no?

Of course, I wouldn't want to cast aspersions at Wikipedia!
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Old 10-12-2009, 01:23 PM   #112
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There are many Nobel prizes, of course - economics, science, etc. - and the overall Nobel Foundation is in Sweden, but the Peace Prize selection committee operates out of Norway.

"All Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway."

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/p...hortfacts.html
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Old 10-12-2009, 01:24 PM   #113
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Ahhh, jase, now I see.

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Old 10-12-2009, 01:45 PM   #114
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I wouldn't belabor the point except to the extent that I've received an inside tip that the selection committee is impressed with multiple nominations of the same individual or organization. I wouldn't want you mailing your nomination of me to the wrong city.
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Old 10-12-2009, 01:58 PM   #115
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Yea, from what I have heard Hamid Karzai was Obama's campaign manager to win the nomination for the Peace Prize. Maybe that is why he is waiting so long to send those needed troops to Afghanistan...
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Old 10-12-2009, 02:26 PM   #116
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Yea, from what I have heard Hamid Karzai was Obama's campaign manager to win the nomination for the Peace Prize. Maybe that is why he is waiting so long to send those needed troops to Afghanistan...
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Old 10-12-2009, 02:27 PM   #117
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Old 10-12-2009, 02:57 PM   #118
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ok, that's one thing. What else?
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Old 10-12-2009, 03:05 PM   #119
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http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/a...s-of-Nobel.htm
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"Just to fuck with conservatives, Obama should give the Nobel Prize money to ACORN."--Lee Papa (The Rude Pundit)
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