this award has become a joke. Al gore who only gets richer while using more power at his home than most people flying private jets and telling us to cut back. Carter who helps dictators who kill people running against them keep thier office. what a bunch of idiots get this. It is just a liberal award now.
This is the same committee that gave the Peace prize to Yasser Arafat.
FRAUD!!!!!! Laughable FRAUD!
This vote confirms the prize is nothing but politics. Worthless.
Repudiation of Bush? Give me a break. It's racist pure and simple. He was nominated and won because he is a black man. Obama is a shadow. He has hidden all of his school records and any other record that would show us what he is made of. Even his books are being questioned as to who wrote them. He never authored any thing before the books. All he had given at the point of nomination was words, nothing more. I would be embarrassed if I were Obama. Nothing personal, he may turn out to be a great president, but he needs time in office.
Doing a little research, the will of the founder of the prize states it should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
Other past nominees included Stalin and Hitler....
Makes sense to me!
This guy gets recognition for schmoozing with leaders of known terrorist countries and not feeding the need of our Troops abroad defending us.
What an embarrassment AGAIN to the USA.
The only thing this man has made an extraordinary effort at is trying to be a rock star and making a fool of himself in the process.
This is a joke right!
I’m not surprised! The Nobel Peace Prize is insignificant. If they gave the prize to a murderous thug like Arafat who stole billions of dollars from his own people, they’d give it to a weak, naive, foolish pacifist like Obama.
he's done nothing but apologize for the actions of the united states since he ran for office.if this is the criteria for winning the prize then i guess he deserves it.if he's that ashamed of his country then why be the president?
I'm sure he finished just ahead of Chevez and Zeyas.
I know who Carter, Clinton and Gore voted for. What a joke. Maybe next we'll get Fidel Castro or Hugo Chavez.
Wow, I am stunned! What an honor!
This is hilarious! We should rename this the Affirmative Action Peace Prize-
I suppose they liked it when he slammed our country. What a joke! The guy has done nothing either here or internationally but run his mouth. When he has results, then give him the award. I suppose they had to do something to make up for not giving him the Olympics.
This is an "Olympic bid" consolation prize.
I'll take the Nobel Prize over the Olympics any day. This makes me proud to be an American and shows how much the world still looks to America for guidance in times of crisis.
Obama has been so busy making his "apologize for America" tours all over the world!! How about to pacify Obama!! Another good reason! Of course he doesn't need any help in that area! I did not know what narcism meant until Obama came along!
IT,S LIKE U.N. WORTHLESS
Awarding this to President Obama totally discredits the Nobel Peace Prize and shows the selection criteria needs a serious reevaluation. Aren’t these awards supposed to be given for achievement, not hope and theory? What has the President done to deserve this? Nothing.
Kathy: what an honor--give me a break! this is an embarassment to our country that a socialist should get such a totally worthless prize. If the prize is worthless so to is the receipient.
"Aspirations above concrete accomplishments" and I'm still laughing...
Please give me a break. Mr. Obama does nothing but put America down. He has only been in office a little over 8 months. That's barely enough time to learn where things are in the White House.
The Democrats and Mr. O are in the process of ruining this country. All he/they know how to do is spend - spend - spend & tax - tax - tax, and put this and future generations in debt. Sure Bush got to where he was spending like a liberal, but at least he did not put America down. O's spending makes Bush's pale in comparison.
Wake up America ! ! !
Good Grief!
So the next time Ms Universe talks about world peace and has a plan, can we nominate her?
What a joke!
I plan to call some friends in Norway to ask what they are smoking these days!
Wow, I am not stunned at all! what a comedy!
This just enforces the fact that the Nobel Peace Prize has become a worthless award... except for the cash he gets.
This is a slam in the face to the people of the USA. Giving one to Carter, Gore, Clinton, Obama tells me they will give one to anybody.
Um.... Let's see. It must have been Bush's fault that he won since it was Bush's fault that we, thank goodness lost the additional tax burden Olympics. I suppose that since he was nominated just before the February 10 deadline, he was chosen for all of his prior work as an "ACORN Community Organizer". Surely, the nominating committee would not base their choice with only having served 2 weeks as President of the new USSA.
The Nobel Peace Committee has soiled itself. Too bad they didn't give it to the
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani in Iran, who risks daily assassination in his support of non-retribution, democracy, and women's suffrage to counter the violent extremists. Someone who shows personal bravery, achievement, and principle. Instead, the prize goes to a 1938 Neville Chamberlain wanna-be who hides behind a teleprompter.
The Nobel whackos need to put the crack pipe down. Who is it going to be next year, Chavez?
Will his teleprompter share the award? What a joke.
He's The Messiah. It's the least they could do for him.
"his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation."
I guess talking about; talking about international diplomacy and cooperation, is how this committee sees greatness.
The bar has sunk to an unprecedented low. Awarding Obama this Peace Prize has put a tarnish on this prestigious award, that may very well take years to wear off. With the deadline for nominations back in mid February, the entire basis for Obama winning was based on campaign rhetoric.
The committee should be ashamed for such Political move, in what is supposed to be a non-political environment
Mike M.
I wonder how much George Soros gave to the selection committee? Since the nomination deadline was February 1st and Obama was only in office two weeks, there has to be a hidden factor in here somewhere.
Or did I miss the extraordinary events that took place in the first two weeks of his presidency that brought the world together and achieved universal peace for all time? Hooray! The Iraq and Aghan wars are over. The Somalia pirates have taken up fishing for a living. The Taliban and Al Qaida have denounced terrorism and have expressed love for their Christian brothers. Iran and North Korea have turned their centrifuge installations to a kids theme park. All is now peace and love in the world. Oh, thank you Messiah Obama, Thank You.
THAT PRIZE and three dollars will get you a drink at Starbucks.
Big Deal.
They have only succeeded at cheapening further the value of the award.
If you listen to the announcement, it says his "EFFORTS" for world peace. Since when have they given a Nobel Peace Prize for "EFFORT". My son still gets C's in school, but he puts in more EFFORT than the others!
Was ACORN involved in it?
The world hated the America Bush represented and loves the America Obama represents. People can disagree with the reasons, but I feel this is a huge show of support for the true American ideals as seen by the rest of the world. This is the real reason Obama got the award.
What are the true American ideals as seen by the rest of the world, Lisa?
We surely should try to be what the world wants!
2 Timothy 3:1-7
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
The real reason is the liberal elite in the world are so in love with the idea of this man that they have no qualms about giving him an award after barely 9 months in office. it doesn't matter if you ACTUALLY accomplish anything, only that you AGREE with them and are 'trying'! Appearances matter more than fact to them.... so sad.
The President has to date done nothing to warrant this award. To be blunt, he has several issues facing him but has yet to secure a position on any of them. I think this was a political move to bolster his image by giving him a "victory". I don't think is was a slam on Bush and as far as the citation, well they had to come up with something didn't they.
We already knew the Nobel Peace Prize was simply a tool to advance liberal agendas. After Carter, Gore, Arafat, the Prize is meaingless in any intellectually honest way. We see the Swedes injecting themselves into our politics by trying to bolster a failing President Obama. But, then, Obama is so strongly against America, literally the first anti-American president in our history, that the Swedes couldn't help but reward his ideology, which matches the prevailing anti-American feelings of the world's leftest governments and dictators and thugs. Of course they love him, he embraces all the bad guys and gives our allies the cold shoulder. Obama....running the country into the ground so he and his marxist/socialist/statist cronies can save us with more government control of our lives, slowly extinguishing our liberties, and exposing us to the risk of attack by our sworn enemies. Like all liberal fantasies, we can take the Nobel statement and know that what is says is the exact opposite of the truth.
Its troubling that he was selected considering that the deadline for nomination was Feb 1! What is the critieria for this award in that short space of time? His accomplishments as a Senator or ACORN activist??
Anyone watching the Nobel announcements realizes that it has become a highly politicized organization and that it tries hard to show their disgust with our conservative leaders with nominations like Carter / Gore / Obama! They've become irrelevant and frankly useless in my opinion.
He did nothing to "earn" the American Presidency either. No actual achievements, just vapid, naive promises; the guy keeps winning things based on speeches written by someone else. I guess the pen is mightier than the sword. Boot camp should now include training on how to click your Bic to scare off those pesky Al Qaeda terrorists.
I am so shocked that even I can't think of a comment. Obviously there was no one else in the world doing more than the little he has done. I think they had to give it to someone so they chose the "groundbeaking black man who overcame the race card to be leader of the free world". I think I'll move to the moon if they find water.
Who's next, Oprah or Kermit the Frog? The Nobel committee has lost the bubble!
I'm telling you people, this guy is only a puppet. He is the poster child for someone elses agenda behind the scenes. They use him to further that agenda from afar and when the criticism comes, he takes the fall. As long as the "Manchurian Candidate" is in office, there will be a lot of stupid legislation blaimed on his inadequacy to lead. However, if the "puppeteers" continue to flood us with crap they figure eventually something will pass as it won't seem as ludicrous as the last one.
What a pain in the neck. Now all the school children will have to make up new song and dance routines to cover Obama getting the award. What a joke.
It is better to be hated for something you are than to be loved for something you are not.
what a joke.
Well, the one good thing about this is when I heard the news I lost my appetite... I could use to lose a few pounds.
This comes on the heel of the announcement that he has decided to allow the taliban to have some role in Afghanistan. The very people who gave haven to the 'organization' that attacked us (US).
Of course he was awarded this (now a) joke of an award, he constantly makes decision which is to the detriment of the USA, and that seems to be the only criterion now.
What a joke, the I'm sorry campaign started after the nomination process. It's abour race and the US election of a socialist. most of the world is socialist. duh
He got this for being first black President of the United States not for anything he has done.
"What, me care!" Without an encylopedia how many Nobel winners can you name???
just another joke
The Error of January 20, 2009 continues to embarrass America! What a shame for such a great country.
This just continues to degrade the award and showcases internationalist manipulation in their bid to control their puppets.
why don't you tell the truth, you can't stand for a black person to make you feel so small. and by the way you are small. keep drinking that koolaid today so you will have something to say tomorrow.
De nada Pratt. By the way is your last name Fall?
Ah hah, hah, hah, hah..... Thank you Nobel Prize Committee, you have made my day. I haven't laughed so loud in ages. Yeah, Clark, I can just picture Kermit The Frog with the award next year! Ah, hah, hah, hah, hah..........
You want to know about koolaid pratt? Go to nicknak.com and click on the video "Hey there Obama". That will tell you about koolaid!
The Nobel prize has a long history of being awarded more for the Nobel committee's aspirations than for the winners' actual accomplishments: Mideast peace or a better South Africa, come to mind. Looks to be more for his election of being the first black president since entries for the Nobel were submitted in Feb!
A peace maker??? So he wants to allow the Taliban to share in the Afghan solution... great. Tell the women of Afghanistan that the Taliban will be part of the 'solution'. It seems that the elimination of the Taliban from any governmental influence allowed the women to enjoy some normal freedoms accorded to women throughout the world. He just threw every woman in that country under the bus!
How is it that we, as the people of United States, think that one of the worlds most prestigious organizations would just award a medal to blast a past president. I agree that some of the people who have won can be questionable but to believe that anyone wins because of his color---no wonder this country has preception problems around the world.
jfb
The question is Mr. Burleson, how could one of the worlds most prestigious organizations consider nominating someone for the peace prize who was only in office for 2 weeks when the nominations were closed? What outstanding achievements were accomplished in those two weeks?
I was listening to Al and Staci in the car about this recent happening. It is totally inconceiveable to me that Obama was awarded the Peace prize when he hasn't accomplised ANYTHING! I don't think it is a slam on President Bush, but I do think it is political. I perceive the committee making a statement about Obama's ambition to make all people, all nations equal. It is utopian CRAP! This is coming at the expense of American preeminence as our leader brings America to the level of the third world country. Other nations rejoice at that.
Exactly Mark!
President Obama did more for world peace in his first night's sleep in the White House than Bush did in eight years there.
Mark, Leviticus 19:18. Love thy neighbor as thyself.
WM, trust me, I watch all the Obama speeches I can, and I have never heard him apologize for America. That said, I think he should, because we have done some awful things (e.g. attach a country that did us no harm). But, he has not even apologized for that. Some future president will have to, I guess. When you do something wrong, you have to apologize. We teach that in kindergarten.
sikovit, past nominees also include Reagan. Are you saying that Reagan is like Hitler and Stalin?
Run all over the world with your tail tucked, appologizing for everyting American, and you win an award. I agree with some of the previous comments that bring up some of the past recepiants of the "Peace" Prize, and it makes you wonder about the mindset of the selection committee. As is typical, ideals and symbolism carry more weight than reality. Too bad that doesn't work in the real world.
Nice to see that pratt and IMD are awake. Pratt.....to throw in the race card and IMD for his never ending facination with Obama. Let the fun begin.
Just another example of kissing the rear of our brand new polished "rear kissing politician". Wow.
I awoke to this news and thought it was a nightmare. Obama could not even bring peace in his hometown of Chicago, is continually bringing unrest to our country with his rediculous policies, can't make up his mind about Afghanistan where my brother-in-law is serving and continually brings this country down by berating it. He's on a constant "campaign" tour. There must have been slim-pickins this year for him to have won. The whole award and the committee is a joke - it has no credibility. This reminds me of the movie Miss Congeniality and the line -- "All I want is World Peace", empty words. Gee, I wonder if he'll use his prize money towards the humongous debt he keeps piling up on we middle-class Americans!!!!!
Here's my take: it is a "thumbs-up" to Obama, a signal, if you please, that he is to continue to dismantle the American "threat." They like how he has begun and they are urging him not to be dissuaded from The Goal by the American populace.
Great point Joseph.
He was sent here for a reason and we are blessed by his presence.
In his acceptance speech he said he was going to share the award.....is he going to share the money too?
Talia, you have drunk the Obama koolaid, my dear. Now you are praising him as a Messiah. You have joined the Great Assembly of Barack!
I'm shocked that Obama isn't sharing the prize with Ahmedinijad...
Your full of it, Talia. The only reason he got the award was because he panders to europe. REAL Americans try to PISS off europe.
C'mon guys, Talia was joking. Right?
Unfortunately, people like Talia are not joking.
President Obama has broken new ground here. Nominations for potential winners of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ended on February 1. The president took office only 12 days earlier on January 20.
read more
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/10/09/tommy-seno-obama-nobel-prize-win/
i.m.
I may have had to swallow my opinion if Reagan was awarded the prize but
Reagan sought peace through strength not bowing to terrorists.
I really think a peace prize awarded to a sitting Commander in Chief, knee deep in two war arenas and floundering, is embarassing and a slap in the face to the Armed Forces to which he is responsible!
It concerns me that the Republican Party and the political right has taken to this anti-Americanism exhibited by their desire to see Obama fail, their joy that he was unable to secure the Olympics, and now their response to him receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. The only reason I was able to support McCain for president was because of his unwavering "Country First" attitude. I don't care about many sports, but you better believe that I will root for the American every time. Obama is our President, and I expect every American to support him.
Michael,
I don't want any US President to fail...but with your expectation of 100% support I hope you are used to disappointment.
Michael,
I don't want any US President to fail...but with your expectation of 100% support I hope you are used to disappointment.
Don't expect my support, Michael. I learned a long time ago that you don't blindly support a person merely because he holds a high office or due to the amount of votes he got. Supporting him requires that I vote for his re-election and vote for others that will support his policies. I plan to do neither! I will not support him on philosophical grounds. I fully expect his policies to fail at best and undermine our liberties and strengths at worst so how can I support him? I consider him to be not only a socialist but a communist. I consider myself to be a constitutionalist and a capitalist so I cannot in good conscious support him.
Talia,
I think the word you were looking for is CURSED, not blessed.
I can't wait till he starts requiring everyone to get RFID chips in their hands for ID purposes so we can buy things.
I hope I never have to share a foxhole with you guys. You are an embarrassment to America. I bet you didn't even fly the flag this 4th of July. Hell, why don't you burn it?
Michael...
Before you jump in a foxhole, be sure the guy (Commander in Chief) that is in charge of your safety and well being is supporting you!
Michael, your philosophy is so ingorant. We are only treating your president like you treated ours. Ours was not perfect, but yours is just a spineless dictator who only has your support because you are going to get "freebies."
Great point, sikovic. He says this, Michael, because the people who are ACTUALLY in the foxholes are secondary in obama's eyes. You would know this if you weren't getting your freebies. For instance, we cannot engage the enemy if they are near civilian populations. He is a farce, and I will NOT support him. I don't even consider him the leader of my country.
...And you are correct, I didn't put up an american flag on Ind. Day-I put up a gagsden flag.
I don't think you have ever seen a foxhole except in the movies, Michael. I can tell you how it feels to have mortar shells falling around you while you are crammed in a small hole with several other guys. And yes, I do fly the American flag on holidays. And that is why I have earned the right NOT to support this president!
It's a figure of speech, guys. I have no plans of being in a foxhole either. I just don't agree with the outrage in the media. We should be proud that an American got the award.
And, Senior Citizen, if you were a soldier you should know the role of the Commander in Chief. You swore an oath to obey him, unless you were an officer. You may not be a soldier anymore but you should respect the office.
NO, michael, soldiers take an oath to protect the CONSTITUTION first. If the president does not follow the constitution, then soldiers don't have to obey him. In fact, in such a case, they are suppossed to oppose the president. Americans do NOT follow a solitary leader, if they did, that would be tyranny.
Michael,drop all the political and waving the flag thing for a few minutes and look at a couple points.
1. Nominations for potential winners of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ended on February 1.
2. President Obama took office on Jan. 20th,that means he was President for 11 days before the nominations were closed,so what was so great that he did in his first 11 days to get nominated,and how nominated him and for what reason.
3. And what about the other 204 nominations, who were they and what were the reasons they were nominated,most of us will never know because there is a 50 year ban on releasing the names and information for each years nominations,so we want know till 2056.
4. Who and what was he nominated for based on the first 11 days he was President,because thats all whoever nominated him has to base there reasons on. Nobody on Gods green earth knew what he was going to do after Feb. 1 unless they has some kind of flash forward moment.
And last by not least I could care less what political,racial,gender,religious etc. afflictions my President may have,but I don't have to follow any politician blindly. I have the right as an American to ask question,disagree and voice my opinion of there policies. On an individual level I don't want the President as a man to fail and I respect his office,but on a policy level I totally disagree with most of what he proposes and wants to do to this country.
There are two kinds of people in this world,sheep that follow and never question and sheepdogs that are always on guard,for you never know when the wolf may strike or at what hour they come.
And try and overlook my bad math,big fingers and poor eyesight,it rough getting old.
He's Black and a towelhead... Why are you surprised??
I just want to know what he did in eleven days in office.... That's all I want to know. Otherwise this "peace prize" is a total sham and disgraces al of the previos winners and all future winners will have no credibility...
shocked, "Black and a Towelhead"? Really? That's what you've got? I'm not impressed. Anybody else here want to weigh in on this? Or are you going to let your silence define you?
RS, why does Obama have to be President to qualify for the prize. I fail to see the significance of the eleven days.
Will, they take an oath to defend the Constitution AND obey the orders of the President. It's the same oath.
Michael, looks like you need a new home. Call it like you see it.
Will, good for you. I never though the flag itself was important either. People wrap them selves in it and think they are better than you are. I carry the flag with me all the time, but you can see it only through my deeds.
Michael, sikovit, and all you other people jumping into foxholes. Don't do it, regardless of the President. Stay civilian, it's more civil.
Senior, not only is he sharing the money, he is giving all of it away.
Talia, they are all Thomas.
sikovit, awarding the prize to a man in charge of two wars is indeed troubling. However, he did not start the wars. He was against the Iraq war and seeks an end to the war in Afghanistan. Let's hope he pulls out all the troops soon, as I think that is part of the expectation that comes with this award.
President Obama was givien the prize in order to deter him from defending the USA through invasion of hostile countries (example: Iran)
i.m. -
I must agree with you...the mamby pamby Europeans that awarded him the prize now EXPECT us to do as THEY would do...tuck our tails, and pull out!
Makes it all worthwhile...bribing a Commander in Chief to again bow to terrorists and turn his back to all the Armed Forces that gave their lives protecting us.
I can only wonder if we pulled out of Europe in WWII before mission accomplished, what they would be doing now!
btw...the charity he's donating to, please don't be ACORN!
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