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10-09-2009, 02:10 AM #1Registered User
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Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
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10-09-2009, 02:12 AM #2Unregistered User
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Wait, what did he do to earn this? Nevermind, I forgot that award lost all meaning when Gore got one.
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10-09-2009, 03:26 AM #3Huitzilopochtli commands
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If Yassar Arafat can win one, anyone can!
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10-09-2009, 03:46 AM #4Random Words
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TWO WEEKS
That's the duration of President Obama's administration that existed before the nomination deadline. In other words, a Nobel Peace Prize was just awarded to a junior Senator who's only major accomplishment in life was some community work and winning a US presidential election.
How can anyone say, with a straight face, that two weeks in office warranted this recognition? For his supporters, please: List his specific global accomplishments in those first two weeks (or as a Senator & presidential candidate).
- Increased attacks inside Pakistan?
- Dramatically expanded war in Afghanistan?
- Continued war in Iraq?
- Belligerence towards Iran's "peaceful" nuclear program?
The 2010 award could have been justified with actual actions. This just makes the Nobel committee a laughingstock.
TWO WEEKS
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10-09-2009, 03:53 AM #5Registered User
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I thought this news was a joke when I heard it on Drudge
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10-09-2009, 04:12 AM #6Registered User
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Well, technically he was only NOMINATED then. I'm sure the voting takes place much later. No idea what the criteria for being nominated are, but the actual Nobel vote was likely quite recent.Originally Posted by nutsy54
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10-09-2009, 04:54 AM #7Registered User
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my gawd why isn't everyone else ragin at this bs. WTFOriginally Posted by nutsy54
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10-09-2009, 04:56 AM #8Resident Animal
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I hope people do not blow this out of proportion, though the sound of conservative and liberal talking heads loading their mouths with extra ammo indicates otherwise.
First of all, it is not an objective award, it is based on international popularity. It is about as objective as homecoming queen.
Secondly, like it or not, Obama is very popular with the rest of the world for various reasons. He faces a lot of opposition at home, but a lot of welcome overseas. You could say that it is because he is a big pussy who wants to destroy America blah blah or that people like him because they like dealing with a literate American president blah blah.Disciple of the tire flip and Utilikilt.
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10-09-2009, 05:00 AM #9*Quality Poser*
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Obama has made some promising moves in the ME, Iran, and Europe. He really does use diplomacy as his main weapon.
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10-09-2009, 05:14 AM #10qUALITY POSTER
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Originally Posted by end_game
Congrats to him, looks like he's in some fine companyOriginally Posted by Weightaholic
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10-09-2009, 05:19 AM #11Huitzilopochtli commands
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Originally Posted by baroni01
That's why I'm not raging. Looks like all you have to do is get your name in a newspaper.Originally Posted by brighamw
Congrats to him, looks like he's in some fine company
Yassar fcking Crakafat won one. Bra-fcking-VO!My personal pronouns are: Don't talk to me/Fck off
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10-09-2009, 05:24 AM #12Banned
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But why? War in Iraq and Afghanisten is still going on. Guantanamo Bay is still open. Iran and North Korea still working on their A-Bombs.
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10-09-2009, 05:39 AM #13Jacques Rhott
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Didn't Ahmadijahd (sp) pretty much tell him and the US to fukoff a couple of weeks ago?Originally Posted by DaPlasurNDaPain
http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...926169,00.html
Wow strong promising move..
"Do you think SHE actually felt like that was a sexual thing he was doing? She's like 6. Only an actual p3do would think that she thought he was groping her, too."
"Not that it's impossible to touch a minor inappropriately, but it is true that a 6 year old girl will not recognize someone putting a hand on their chest as groping, whether it is inappropriate or not."
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10-09-2009, 05:42 AM #14Jacques Rhott
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Notice how the scientists who win the Nobel Prize usually have to accomplish something?Originally Posted by Ultimus
But I think I'd like a Nobel Prize too though. You nominate me and I'll nominate you - we'll trade them like reps!
"Excellent post, have a Nobel Prize!"
"Nobel Prize on recharge!""Do you think SHE actually felt like that was a sexual thing he was doing? She's like 6. Only an actual p3do would think that she thought he was groping her, too."
"Not that it's impossible to touch a minor inappropriately, but it is true that a 6 year old girl will not recognize someone putting a hand on their chest as groping, whether it is inappropriate or not."
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10-09-2009, 05:43 AM #15thisOriginally Posted by Weightaholic
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10-09-2009, 05:44 AM #16Banned
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obama supporter here.
the nobel prize has been a politicized piece of junk AT LEAST since 1964 when JP Sartre declined it the NP for Literature, because he knew it was a douchey westernized institution.
im surprised the US president doesn't just win it every year.
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10-09-2009, 05:47 AM #17Going back to beast mode
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He isn't George Bush. It's really that simple.Originally Posted by end_game
These bozos have no idea how much they took an award that used to mean something and turned it into a sad joke.
When Arafat got it I was trying to agree that it was a psychological "attaboy" being thrown his way that might help shape things for the better. OK, I could live with that.
But when Irena Sendler was overlooked in favor of Al Gore in 07'....it was all over. http://www.planetearthpeaceparty.com...l-peace-prize/"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
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10-09-2009, 05:52 AM #18Registered User
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It is.Originally Posted by toathis
“From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother...”
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10-09-2009, 05:53 AM #20Dallas brah
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Yall don't understand quite how popular Obama is overseas. During my tenure in France when the race was hot, he was literally in the news weekly. And they all have a very positive opinion of him
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10-09-2009, 05:55 AM #21Jacques Rhott
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Since when is a Nobel Prize awarded for popularity?Originally Posted by Creatonx
Last edited by Bushmaster; 10-09-2009 at 06:00 AM.
"Do you think SHE actually felt like that was a sexual thing he was doing? She's like 6. Only an actual p3do would think that she thought he was groping her, too."
"Not that it's impossible to touch a minor inappropriately, but it is true that a 6 year old girl will not recognize someone putting a hand on their chest as groping, whether it is inappropriate or not."
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10-09-2009, 05:56 AM #22
It just shows how the media is manipulated and how brainwashed people are.
A men that did nothing and is undeserving of anything.
The whole fakeness of 'change' and the whole fiasco of the popularity. Its just pathetic.
It also shows how the nobel peace price is bs, i wouldnt be surprised of some israeli gets it.
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10-09-2009, 05:58 AM #23Bodymore, Murderland.
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They also have a very positive opinion on Madonna and Michael Jackson.Originally Posted by Creatonx
Just saying.Gay Friendly(no homo)-/Black Friendly(no racist)-/Hick Friendly(no inbred)
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10-09-2009, 05:59 AM #24Jacques Rhott
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In before accusations of racism for not agreeing with the Nobel Committee.
"Do you think SHE actually felt like that was a sexual thing he was doing? She's like 6. Only an actual p3do would think that she thought he was groping her, too."
"Not that it's impossible to touch a minor inappropriately, but it is true that a 6 year old girl will not recognize someone putting a hand on their chest as groping, whether it is inappropriate or not."
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https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=182007113&p=1671975503#post1671975503
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10-09-2009, 06:00 AM #25Roaming 7500 acres
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Now Obama and Jimmy Carter have one more thing in common.
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10-09-2009, 06:08 AM #26Going back to beast mode
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Don't laugh. That list is growingOriginally Posted by reyalp
"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
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10-09-2009, 06:13 AM #27Registered User
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I think he may be the 3rd antichrist.
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10-09-2009, 06:18 AM #28Going back to beast mode
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Don't hate. He is awesome. I'm surprised it took this long to award him. Let us all take a day off and cherish this moment.Originally Posted by Air Biscuit
"If a kid asks where rain comes from, I think a cute thing to tell him is "God is crying." And if he asks why God is crying, another cute thing to tell him is "Probably because of something you did."
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10-09-2009, 06:19 AM #29Forever aBOARD
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This whole thing is hilarious because they've basically just made themselves look like a bunch of fools again, and this time even a lot of Obama supporters agree.
Has Obama actually accomplished, ANYTHING? Much less anything to deserve winning a NPC?
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10-09-2009, 06:19 AM #30Registered User
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if i were the Nobel Peace Prize winner next year i would refuse to accept the award
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