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2004-12-06 International-UN-NGOs
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Posted by Steve 2004-12-06 9:55:28 AM|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Wow. Just when you couldn't think of anything more meaningless than a Nobel Peace Price comes... the UN Peace Prize.
Posted by BH 2004-12-06 10:07:28 AM||   2004-12-06 10:07:28 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Feh. They would probably name it the "Arafat Memorial UN Peace Prize."

You get a plaque, a picture of you and Kofi, and a lovely blender.
Posted by Seafarious  2004-12-06 10:10:42 AM||   2004-12-06 10:10:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 lovely blender being emblematic as the Peas Processor?
Posted by eLarson 2004-12-06 10:50:49 AM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com]  2004-12-06 10:50:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 (I just envisioned Whirled Peas... pretty cool)
Posted by eLarson 2004-12-06 10:51:15 AM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com]  2004-12-06 10:51:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I understand giant origami swans make a good bowl for whirled peas.
Posted by Dar  2004-12-06 11:03:36 AM||   2004-12-06 11:03:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Any chance that it'll involve giving away money that shouldn't have ended up in UN hands in the first place?
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-12-06 11:14:27 AM||   2004-12-06 11:14:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 You get a plaque, a picture of you and Kofi, and a lovely blender.

No doubt Saddam will be the first winner.
Posted by Robert Crawford  2004-12-06 12:18:42 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/]  2004-12-06 12:18:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm betting on Kimmie-boy-the-baby-killer (N. Korea) for the first UNpeace prize followed closely by whatever is in charge in Sudan and the the Mullah's of Iran....

Saddam is a big disappointment to the UN since he is no longer in power and cant torture his own people any more.
Posted by CrazyFool  2004-12-06 12:28:20 PM||   2004-12-06 12:28:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 A UN Peace Prize at this point is like the scandal-ridden Catholic Church coming out with a St Sebastian Man-Boy Love Award.
Posted by lex 2004-12-06 12:39:24 PM||   2004-12-06 12:39:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Kofi has 20 billion to play with.
Posted by gromgorru  2004-12-06 12:46:26 PM||   2004-12-06 12:46:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Won't be Kimmie. North Korea is one of the very few non-member states.
Posted by Chuck Simmins  2004-12-06 1:11:17 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org]  2004-12-06 1:11:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Great idea, Kofi! This will solve everything!
Posted by tu3031 2004-12-06 1:32:24 PM||   2004-12-06 1:32:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Lol, tu! My initial response exactly, heh.
Posted by .com 2004-12-06 1:34:38 PM||   2004-12-06 1:34:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Is this a UN Peace Prize or an Unpeace Prize? With the UN, it's hard to tell.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2004-12-06 2:25:49 PM||   2004-12-06 2:25:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 I like the idea of "Arafat Memorial UN Peace Prize", you get plaque and a few seconds later that plaque detonates taking away another idiot.
Posted by JFM  2004-12-06 2:46:16 PM||   2004-12-06 2:46:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 The United Nations peace prize would be announced each year with the fanfare of a Live Aid-like concert, to be broadcast on a youth channel like MTV.

I can see it now: hosted by Ben Affleck, with special appearances by the Vichy Blixie Dixie Chicks, Green Day, Ashlee Simpson & Her Lip-Sync Orchestra, Barbara Streisand, Joan Bayez, Bruce Springsteen, Tone-Loc, the surviving members of the Village People, . . . .
Posted by Mike  2004-12-06 3:12:44 PM||   2004-12-06 3:12:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 the prize is a beautiful statuette of a UN member dining on a mound of dead women and children.
Posted by 2b 2004-12-06 3:16:12 PM||   2004-12-06 3:16:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 2b-I like your idea! 'Course, I've always liked representational art..
Posted by Jules 187 2004-12-06 3:17:45 PM||   2004-12-06 3:17:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 I'm a die hard BRUCE fan (travel all over to see him) at ANY PRICE** He would not endorse such an event!

Andrea
Posted by andrea  2004-12-06 6:50:45 PM||   2004-12-06 6:50:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 rriiiggghhhttt
Posted by Frank G  2004-12-06 7:32:13 PM||   2004-12-06 7:32:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 And just like the Sydney Peace Prize, or Australian of the Year, nobody who wins it will ever deserve it....

and nobody who deserves it will ever win it!
Posted by Anon1 2004-12-06 9:08:28 PM||   2004-12-06 9:08:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Hey, just a thought...While the Nobel...in many categories is for achievement, the UN award would be for "trying" to achieve.

Sort of a symbolism over substance thing.

Who better to be the first recipient than Bill Clinton, the best:

“I never tried harder…guy”

Seems like a shoo in to me.
Posted by Thraing Ulolurong1664 2004-12-06 9:18:49 PM||   2004-12-06 9:18:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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