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Obama Nobel win shocks Swedish peace group |
2009-10-09 |
The Local English-language Swedish news site (boldface emphasis added) ![]() "The choice of Barack Obama as the recipient of the world's foremost peace prize is shocking," said the group's chairwoman Anna Ek in a statement. Ek conceded that the US president had sent "positive signals" with regard to his future commitment to global peace. "But at the same time Obama is the president of the biggest military power in the world and is waging two wars in the world. That should certainly disqualify him from a peace prize," said Ek. Social Democrat press spokesman Urban Ahlin also confessed to being caught off guard by the award. "I was quite surprised I have to say. The efforts Barack Obama has made for peace do not currently correspond to a peace prize," he told news agency TT. My opinion of the intelligence and good sense of Scandanavian peace hippies has gone up a bit after reading this. |
Posted by:Mike |
#11 is it April 1st in the northern hemisphere? |
Posted by: Classer 2009-10-09 21:38 |
#10 Obama couldn't bring the Olympics to his hometown, but as a direct result of his policies George W. Bush brought home 3 peace prizes (Carter, Gore, Obama) and two oscars (Moore, Gore). |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-10-09 14:21 |
#9 "But at the same time Obama is the president of the biggest military power in the world and is waging two wars in the world. That should certainly disqualify him from a peace prize," said Ek. Not the mention that on the same day he launched an unprovoked attack by bombing the Moon. [White House spokesmen replied that it was all planned during the Bush Administration.] |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-09 10:56 |
#8 One can only imagine the sacrifices Obama and his teleprompter will make in accepting this award. let TOTUS speak That's Nobel-Prize Winning Teleprompter to You ... Wow. What I can I say. Wow. I'm honored. Clearly Big Guy - who can't stop dancing on the bed up in the residence right now, by the way - won this award for his speeches. I mean, after nominating himself for the Nobel Prize for Peace two weeks after entering the office of the Presidency, let's face it, it isn't like he had anything to show for it. He said if he'd known it was this easy to win a Nobel, he would have nominated himself for the Nobel Prize for Literature years ago for his 5th Grade essay on "Raisin the Sun" (of course, he would have had to share that prize with Billy Ayers). Or his yeast science project from 7th grade for the Nobel Prize for chemistry. There's so much to do now before the awards ceremony in Oslo. I'm going to have to buy a white tie and tails, and really get a good, high-gloss screen polishing for the awards ceremony. Big Guy is hoping that after accepting the Nobel for peace, if he gives a really good speech, they'll give him a second Nobel for talking, because he's really earned that one. |
Posted by: Beavis 2009-10-09 10:56 |
#7 ![]() Members of the Committee who awarded Dear Leader the prize This was decided by five people, four of them women, on the day after Dear Leader said Talibanis should be part of an Afghan government? Thorbjorn Jagland Kaci Kullman Five Sissel Marie Ronbeck Ingel-Marie Ytterhorn Agot Valle |
Posted by: BigEd 2009-10-09 10:53 |
#6 One can only imagine the sacrifices Obama |
Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007 2009-10-09 10:26 |
#5 The "O" joins a list including: ALBERT ARNOLD ( AL) GORE JR. MOHAMED ELBARADEI JIMMY CARTER JR. UNITED NATIONS PUGWASH CONFERENCES ON SCIENCE AND WORLD AFFAIRS YASSER ARAFAT MIKHAIL SERGEYEVICH GORBACHEV THE UNITED NATIONS PEACE-KEEPING FORCES AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LE DUC THO |
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2009-10-09 10:04 |
#4 Elie Wiesel was shocked, too, as expressed in an interview on NPR this morning. But he temporized that President Obama changed the world simply by allowing America to elect him as the first Black president. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2009-10-09 10:00 |
#3 Ed, that was funny. |
Posted by: rjschwarz 2009-10-09 09:44 |
#2 I blame Norwegian and Swedish racism that Teh One didn't sweep ALL the awards. |
Posted by: ed 2009-10-09 09:04 |
#1 I'm not shocked by this. I was shocked by El Baradei receiving it, the same year North Korea went nuclear, and Iran began enriching uranium. |
Posted by: Destro_in_Panama 2009-10-09 08:59 |