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| 2007-10-14 |
| Wall Street Journal In Olso Friday, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded to the Burmese monks whose defiance against, and brutalization at the hands of, the country's military junta in recent weeks captured the attention of the Free World. The prize was also not awarded to Morgan Tsvangirai, Arthur Mutambara and other Zimbabwe opposition leaders who were arrested and in some cases beaten by police earlier this year while protesting peacefully against dictator Robert Mugabe. Or to Father Nguyen Van Ly, a Catholic priest in Vietnam arrested this year and sentenced to eight years in prison for helping the pro-democracy group Block 8406. Or to Wajeha al-Huwaider and Fawzia al-Uyyouni, co-founders of the League of Demanders of Women's Right to Drive Cars in Saudi Arabia, who are waging a modest struggle with grand ambitions to secure basic rights for women in that Muslim country. Or to Colombian President Àlvaro Uribe, who has fought tirelessly to end the violence wrought by left-wing terrorists and drug lords in his country. Or to Garry Kasparov and the several hundred Russians who were arrested in April, and are continually harassed, for resisting President Vladimir Putin's slide toward authoritarian rule. Or to the people of Iraq, who bravely work to rebuild and reunite their country amid constant threats to themselves and their families from terrorists who deliberately target civilians. . . . Many, many more at he link. These men and women put their own lives and livelihoods at risk by working to rid the world of violence and oppression. Let us hope they survive the coming year so that the Nobel Prize Committee might consider them for the 2008 award. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #6 funny |
| Posted by: Albemarle Spusock4178 2007-10-14 14:43 |
| #5 Nobel Peace prize is a joke. So is lit prize. And I'm not all that hot about the prize recipients in sciences |
| Posted by: Albemarle Spusock4178 2007-10-14 14:39 |
| #4 The only consolation is that Gore had to share his prize with the UN. Any sane person knows that a prize shared with such a corrupt organization is tainted beyond redemption. Of course, none of that will prevent Gore from viewing his award as a pinnacle achievement, which—in a large number of respects—is actually quite fitting. Gore isn't fit to polish the shoes of those listed above with the oil from his nose. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-14 13:04 |
| #3 It's the Eurovision Peace contest. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-10-14 10:12 |
| #2 It's nice to see that the Euro Nobel elites have finally evolved to "Dancing with Stars". Now just move it to the entertainment section were it belongs, along with Britney, and Oprah, and .... |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-10-14 10:04 |
| #1 Bah Humbug... did they invent the Internet? |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-10-14 09:20 |