Lowering The Bar... Again
When I heard that President Oboma had won the Nobel Peace Prize I literally laughed out loud. The wife, watching in the other room, asked if he had won because he was black. I assured her it had nothing to do with his color. She then asked, "why then?"
Good question, I thought. He has only been in office for ten months. His popularity in the US has dropped significantly since he took office. He has yet to accomplish anything of importance, at all. Most of his campaign promises are now being watered down because they are either not realistic or would be a disaster if he were allowed to carry them out.
Unlike President Carter, the worse American president to date, who received the Nobel Peace Prize for brokering peace between Israel and Egypt, Obama's biggest claim to fame is the beer summit he had at the white house to broker peace between a professor and a police officer.
So why did Obama get the award? Mostly because he's not President Bush. Also because he's a liberal. Now the Nobel Peace Prize falls into the same category as the Oscar, and the Emmy and a lot of other once honorable acknowledgments. Not given on merit but instead to those with the most liberal agenda. The award committee has done nothing but cheapen the prize for all those who have won it before and will receive it after. Worse they did it for political reasons. They used the award to send a message to former President Bush that they didn't like him and they wanted to embarrass him. Petty, as well as sad.
The first reactions I'm seeing from most Americans, Obama supporters and opponents, is disbelief. It left me wondering if the people of Pakistan feel they are getting peace as Obama authorizes bombs to be dropped on them? Or, if the people Afghanistan feel peace is on its way as Obama will neither commit to securing their country or pulling out of it? Does Israel seem to be embracing Obama's push for peace? Do the Palestinians? The North Koreans are rebuilding their nuclear facility as Iran admits it has more nuclear capacity than we thought. Where is this peace the The Nobel Peace committee speaks of?
Like our news media, the Nobel committee has taken something precious and made it into a joke, which is exactly why I was laughing when I heard about it.
12 comments:
Wow! I wonder if I an get a Nobel Peace Prize? I'm not Bush either!!
Sounds promising.
Where's my picture?!
You would deserve it just as much. I'm sure you HOPE for peace just as hard as the president. lol
Still looking :)
The Lunatic pendulum has now swung to the highest level of insanity, while the importance of the Nobel prize has been reduced to zero.
Keep on it, RT!
Maybe we should have a due date on that picture?
*grin*
Oh, and hi Harbinger.
*wave*
:)
I can only shake my head in disbelief.
Sad to say, the Peace Prize has been a joke for a while. Of course, that's only my opinion.
Perhaps it was awarded to Mr. Obama for his previous work with the Weather Underground? Now THERE'S a peaceful thought for ya.
Did the committee give a reason for their nomination?
Jen: Still looking :)
Daughter: At least in the past there was a pretense of a reason. This is soooo obviously agenda driven. They don't even care to hide it anymore.
TT: I looked through their announcement for their reason but they fail to cite any accomplishment he's made.That's because he has none yet. Mostly they say it's for his HOPE for peace and his VISION for a world with out nukes. I have HOPE, I have VISION. What about me??? Seriously, he was nominated 4 months after he took office... WTF?!
But to be fair I will paste their reason here so you can see it for yourself.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.
Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.
For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."
Get on the picture huntin'!!!
*waiting*
Where's my picture?!
*stomp stomp*
WHERE?
I'm with Jen, pictures. Oh come on, winters coming, clocks are going back. It's so depressing, give me something!
*nod*
We're gonna start a picket line on your blog.
PICTURES PICTURES PICTURES!!!
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