Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize - Page 10

SamIam · 10-12-2009, 10:15 PM

For the tinfoil hat crowd, the following may prove interesting. BTW its from a Muslim based blog for whatever that may be worth:

"However, all of this is really beside the point, since it assumes that the Nobel Prize remains an "award" when in fact it is no such thing. It is actually a shrewd vehicle for influencing the power elite, and as such represents an attempt to lobby Obama and influence him over the course of his next term(s). The decsion of who gets a Nobel Peace Prize, and just as importantly who doesn't, is an explicit editorial statement. That President Bush was not awarded one* was a rebuke of the unilateral, pre-emptive, diplomacy-averse doctrine that bears his name. But with Obama, it is an attempt to shape the doctrine yet to be." - blog.beliefnet.com

Radar · 10-12-2009, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

Jimmy Carter, Yasur Arafat, Al Gore, Barack Obama. Ha ha ha ha ha. Watch the Oscars for the winner. Another useless awards show.

All of those people, including Yassir Arafat, are more accomplished and important than a useless turd like you will ever be.

Jimmy Carter is practically a saint. His awards for humanitarian efforts, environmentalism, disarmament and development, arbitration, and the promotion of non-violence and peace include...

Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999
Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Others include:
Freedom of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1977
Silver Buffalo Award, Boy Scouts of America, 1978
Gold medal, International Institute for Human Rights, 1979
International Mediation medal, American Arbitration Association, 1979
Martin Luther King, Jr., Nonviolent Peace Prize, 1979
International Human Rights Award, Synagogue Council of America, 1979
Conservationist of the Year Award, 1979
Harry S. Truman Public Service Award, 1981
Ansel Adams Conservation Award, Wilderness Society, 1982
Human Rights Award, International League of Human Rights, 1983
World Methodist Peace Award, 1985
Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, 1987
Edwin C. Whitehead Award, National Center for Health Education, 1989
Jefferson Award, American Institute of Public Service, 1990
Liberty Medal, National Constitution Center, 1990
Spirit of America Award, National Council for the Social Studies, 1990
Physicians for Social Responsibility Award, 1991
Aristotle Prize, Alexander S. Onassis Foundation, 1991
W. Averell Harriman Democracy Award, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, 1992
Spark M. Matsunaga Medal of Peace, US Institute of Peace, 1993
Humanitarian Award, CARE International, 1993
Conservationist of the Year Medal, National Wildlife Federation, 1993
Rotary Award for World Understanding, 1994
J. William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding, 1994
National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award, 1994
UNESCO Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize, 1994
Great Cross of the Order of Vasco Nunéz de Balboa, Panama, 1995
Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Award, Africare, 1996
Humanitarian of the Year, GQ Awards, 1996
Kiwanis International Humanitarian Award, 1996
Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, 1997
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Awards for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, 1997
United Nations Human Rights Award, 1998
The Hoover Medal, 1998
The Delta Prize for Global Understanding, University of Georgia, 1999
International Child Survival Award, UNICEF Atlanta, 1999
William Penn Mott, Jr., Park Leadership Award, National Parks Conservation Association, 2000
Zayed International Prize for the Environment, 2001
Jonathan M. Daniels Humanitarian Award, VMI, 2001
Herbert Hoover Humanitarian Award, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 2001
Christopher Award, 2002
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 2007[118]
Berkeley Medal, University of California campus, May 2, 2007
International Award for Excellence and Creativity, Palestinian Authority, 2009[119]
Mahatma Gandhi Global Nonviolence Award, Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence, James Madison University (to be awarded September 21, 2009, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and to be shared with his wife, Rosalynn Carter)

Jimmy Carter has done more unselfish acts of kindness to improve the world than any 10 Republicans you can name combined.

Al Gore won the election for the presidency. He exposed the irrefutable, indisputable, scientific fact that man-made global warming is real in an accurate, truthful, honest, and scientifically sound movie that won an Acadamy Award, and he deservedly won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in bringing about international cooperation in dealing with something that is very likely to end all life on earth if nothing is done.

President Obama's efforts to close Gitmo, and reverse the horrible foreign policy of his treasonous predecessor while reaching out to other nations in an effort to repair our damaged reputation and moral standing in the world greatly increase peace in the world.

Yassir Arafat was the leader of a terrorist organization, but he's come the closest of any Palestinian leader to bringing lasting peace to that part of the world when he publicly stated that Israel had a right to exist in peace and security and he very nearly got Israel to agree to return to the 1949 armistice lines while recognizing a state of Palestine. This is the closest to true peace those people have ever been.

And you? You're just a loudmouthed douchebag with a chip on your shoulder and nothing to back it up.

10-12-2009, 11:33 PM

I certianly would agree that it is hard to argue against the post-presidential (and vp) contributions of recent Democrats....the Carter Center, the Clinton Global Initiative, and the (Gore) Alliance for Climate Protection.

Poor Bill, the only one now without a Nobel.

Looking forward to the Bush post-presidential legacy.

classicman · 10-13-2009, 07:40 AM

It's official - - -
ESPN is reporting that President Obama watched 2 quarters of a football game and is being nominated for a Heisman Trophy.

Just a little levity folks.

Oh, and Carter is a saint! He is one of the most genuinely kind souls on the planet. Didn't like him much as a pres tho. I'm glad he's found his calling.

Shawnee123 · 10-13-2009, 07:42 AM

Carter was too nice to be president! I agree that he has done some wonderful things.

Hey, dude, we agreed on something.

Spexxvet · 10-13-2009, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

...Spexxvet: "They wouldn't let him win it because he's black."

HALF-African American. Get it right, nimrod.

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Originally Posted by Redux

The Stanley Cup is a lordly "foreign" prize and an insidious attempt to indoctrinate us into the peace loving, national health care loving ways of our northern neighbors

Nooooooooo!

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Originally Posted by classicman

It's official - - -
ESPN is reporting that President Obama watched 2 quarters of a football game and is being nominated for a Heisman Trophy.

Just a little levity folks...

That's not funny. He's gonna win the Heisman - just watch.

TheMercenary · 10-13-2009, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I can imagine the posts if Obama had NOT won the Nobel Peace Prize:

Spexxvet: "They wouldn't let him win it because he's half African-American."

For Spexxvet, fixed if for ya dickweed.

At least he is one of the few true Americans that can claim to be a true African-American.

Spexxvet · 10-13-2009, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

For Spexxvet, fixed if for ya dickweed.

That's MISTER dickweed, to you.

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

At least he is one of the few true Americans that can claim to be a true African-American.

Not like that Panamanian, McCain.

TheMercenary · 10-13-2009, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

That's MISTER dickweed, to you.

Ok, Mr. Dickweed.

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Not like that Panamanian, McCain.

McCain is one of the few Dickweed's who are a bigger Dickweed than you.

Radar · 10-13-2009, 12:11 PM

I've got dickweed all over my lawn. I'm gonna have to take out the weed whacker.

Shawnee123 · 10-13-2009, 12:15 PM

Wouldn't it be meaner to call a guy a "weed-dick?"

Just sayin'

Spexxvet · 10-13-2009, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar

I've got dickweed all over my lawn. I'm gonna have to take out the weed whacker.

Or a Dick Wacker

TheMercenary · 10-13-2009, 04:51 PM

Hey Spexxvet you should check out this breaking news!!!!

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BigHollywood:

by Andrew Leigh
September 10, 2010
The Nobel Prize Committee announced today that it is awarding the Prize in Medicine to Jimmy Duncan, a senior at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York, for getting a 97 on his bio-chem final.
“The Committee felt that Master Duncan has shown great promise with his outstanding grades,” said Dr. Leif Quisling, chairperson of the Nobel Prize Committee. “It is our fervent hope that this award encourages him to do great things in the future, such as find a cure for cancer.”
The committee was first alerted to Jimmy Duncan when they came across a YouTube clip of Duncan’s class presentation on his career goals.
“We were particularly struck by his unbridled optimism,” said Dr. Quisling. “Duncan closed his passionate talk with these inspiring words: ’And we can end cancer in our lifetimes if we all work together really, really hard!’ It is exactly those kind of empty platitudes that impress this committee. Far more so than anything so gauche as actual achievement.”
Mr. Duncan was somewhat blase’ about the news. “I was lying in bed playing a little X-Box before heading off to school when my mom yelled, ‘Jimmy, you’ve got a phone call from Stockholm!’ It was pretty cool, yeah.”
Dr. Quisling acknowledged that the committee was inspired to award prizes prematurely after giving President Barack Obama a Nobel Peace Prize the year before, despite the fact that nominations had been closed only 11 days after he entered office.
“In Barack Obama’s case, we figured that if the American people were willing to hand over the U.S. presidency to someone who hasn’t accomplished much, why not give him the Nobel Peace Prize before he’s done anything, either?” Dr. Quisling said.
As for Jimmy Duncan, 17, he says he’s “psyched” about the Nobel Prize. “I should be a shoo-in now to get into Harvard,” he said.
“By the way, I’m not going pre-med anymore,” Duncan volunteered. ”Now that I’ve got the Nobel in Medicine, why bother? I’ll just invest my prize money in a diversified fund and I never have to work another day in my life. In fact, I may just skip Harvard and go to a party school. Arizona State, here I come!”
We contacted Dr. Quisling’s office for a comment on Duncan’s change in plans. Nobody returned our calls by press time.

Spexxvet · 10-14-2009, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Hey Spexxvet you should check out this breaking news!!!!

They only gave it to Jimmy Duncan because he's European-American. Oh, and because he's not George W. Bush. I'll be getting a Nobel soon. You? Not so soon.

TheMercenary · 10-14-2009, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

They only gave it to Jimmy Duncan because he's European-American. Oh, and because he's not George W. Bush. I'll be getting a Nobel soon. You? Not so soon.

I don't need one of those. We all know now, with Obama getting one, it really means nothing now.:p

10-13-2009, 07:40 AM	#139
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	It's official - - - ESPN is reporting that President Obama watched 2 quarters of a football game and is being nominated for a Heisman Trophy. Just a little levity folks. Oh, and Carter is a saint! He is one of the most genuinely kind souls on the planet. Didn't like him much as a pres tho. I'm glad he's found his calling. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-13-2009, 07:42 AM	#140
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Carter was too nice to be president! I agree that he has done some wonderful things. Hey, dude, we agreed on something. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-13-2009, 12:11 PM	#145
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	I've got dickweed all over my lawn. I'm gonna have to take out the weed whacker. __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

10-13-2009, 12:15 PM	#146
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Wouldn't it be meaner to call a guy a "weed-dick?" Just sayin' __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-12-2009, 10:15 PM	#136
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	For the tinfoil hat crowd, the following may prove interesting. BTW its from a Muslim based blog for whatever that may be worth: "However, all of this is really beside the point, since it assumes that the Nobel Prize remains an "award" when in fact it is no such thing. It is actually a shrewd vehicle for influencing the power elite, and as such represents an attempt to lobby Obama and influence him over the course of his next term(s). The decsion of who gets a Nobel Peace Prize, and just as importantly who doesn't, is an explicit editorial statement. That President Bush was not awarded one* was a rebuke of the unilateral, pre-emptive, diplomacy-averse doctrine that bears his name. But with Obama, it is an attempt to shape the doctrine yet to be." - blog.beliefnet.com

10-12-2009, 11:33 PM	#138
Redux Guest Posts: n/a	I certianly would agree that it is hard to argue against the post-presidential (and vp) contributions of recent Democrats....the Carter Center, the Clinton Global Initiative, and the (Gore) Alliance for Climate Protection. Poor Bill, the only one now without a Nobel. Looking forward to the Bush post-presidential legacy.

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