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Obama receives Nobel Peace Prize
Linky.
Well even though a troll already brought this up, I figure having a real topic about this event would be helpful. So, Barack Obama just won the Nobel Peace Prize. While I don't have anything against Obama himself, I feel like he was wholly undeserving of the prize. After all, he has done very little in the sense of globally bringing about peace or furthering the cause of peace in the 9 months he has been in office (and close to 3 years of politics altogether). I feel like there are much more deserving people in the world, who have been actively working to bring about peace in their respective spheres of influence, that deserve this award much more. Perhaps Obama will do something Nobel-worthy within the next 4 years. Perhaps he will decrease the violence in the middle east, or create some sort of social reformation that spreads across the world, or influence environmentally-friendly energy resources on a large scale...but as it stands at the moment, he hasn't done anything I would consider giving him the Nobel Prize for. Please discuss and keep an open mind to those who disagree with you. 
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10-09-2009
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Yeah, when I heard about Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize, I thought, "WTF? You can get the Peace Prize from just talking a lot now?"
I mean, seriously, what gives?
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10-09-2009
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I agree. I don't have anything against Obama, but he hasn't really... done anything.
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10-09-2009
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Glorious news that they have given our Dear Leader the recognition that he deserves! ¬_¬
Also, the submissions deadline for the peace prize is Feb 3rd... so he had to have been submitted before then. I'm sure that in his first 2 weeks in office his many accomplishments qualified him for such an illustrious prize. My issue with this, like most others who have posted, is that he hasn't accomplished anything yet. Nor has he spent much time in a position where he could try to accomplish things. I could see giving someone the award for many years of trying to get something done, but this is just ridiculous.
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When did Al Gore win it, last year? 2 years ago? I know that this probably sounds stupid and biased, but I feel like the liberal media is controlling who wins this prize more these days. And even now Global Warming is mostly a joke these days. I can understand where the media is coming from with the whole, "His path could lead him to do great things," logic, but at the same time none of us really KNOW that his path will take us anywhere good. Why can't people wait a few more years when he'll deserve it more? If he'll even deserve it? Last edited by MrsSallyBakura; 10-09-2009 at 03:25 PM.
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Also, Global Warming if true does NOT mean that it will always be hotter in all locations around the world. It's based on global average. We can still have cooler summers, and hotter summers in one geographic location and it does not infer a trend or lack of trend on a global scale. There are many factors that go into even the global temperature, and one that you must consider right now is that we're in an extended solar minimum, meaning that the sun is putting out less energy right now than 'normal', leading to slightly less sunlight heating the earth.
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And I meant that the media is more of an influence than a "control," per say. Obama's campaign was an emotional brainwash that's still stuck on some people, particularly those who aren't Americans I feel like (aka those who aren't directly impacted by Obama's leadership).
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10-09-2009
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I'm happy that he won it, but there's a lot more people out there who deserve it more than he does.
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10-09-2009
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(Sarcasm, don't take seriously. At all. srsly)
[sarcasm]No, Obama deserves it. He's black. Therefore, he has done a lot. After all, African Americans (As opposed to those with African descent in general) grow from each other in a way that allows them to fight against all forms of racism, even if it's not actually there because of them fighting against said racism. Those who disagree are automatically racist, because I am a proud 1/32 African-American. I imagine, because I am African-American, that my great great etc grand mother/father was raped and white men/women are evil. Now, because I am also of white skin, this poses a conundrum. Am I evil? My African-American blood says no, I am not, but my white skin says... no, I'm not. However, you are not allowed to say that I am not racist, because I am an African-American and all white people are racist if they say that they're not racist because they're hiding their racism, but if you call the African part of me not racist, you deserve a pat on the back. Now, be that as it may, I am running for office, and if you don't vote for me, you are a racist. However, I am not allowed to say that because I have to let the media be my attack dog. Therefore, all text above and below this statement weren't written by me, but rather the media. Now, does Barack Obama deserve the nobel peace prize for being black and talking a lot? My African part says yes. However, my white part says... yes, because his secret service watchdogs are recording everything I say, and if I say anything against the Castro Revolution, I'll be taken away and publicly executed, even though our house is run-down and we are heavily in debt because we want to live a normal life. But because Castrobama is busy trying to achieve economic equality (except for himself, what with the 400k/year and 1 million dollar prize for doing absolutely nothing), we cannot escape our debt and our living conditions continue to decline. A certain friend of Obama's made direct communist remarks about 'controlling the media'. Now, while Plato would agree that we should control the media, he also agreed that if you had thoughts that were against his beliefs, you were an immoral person and should be kicked out of his country. Now, how would Obama's little friend want to see you kicked out? Execution of course. And then there's the heart of the matter without the random ramblings. Obama has a Chia pet. That's right. An Obama Chia pet.  Do you see a problem here? With this Chia pet? And the hype? ...What? You don't think he deserves all that hype? Well, that's fine and dandy, but what I'm REALLY concerned about is this thing's accuracy. Let's compare. Above is the Chia pet. And that is Obama. Do you see the problem? HE HASN'T GOT ENOUGH HAIR FOR A CHIA PET! He doesn't DESERVE his own Chia pet! HE HASNT GOT THE HAIR. ...What? This isn't about Chia pets? FUCK. Well, as for the nobel peace prize... I believe that Obama has done nothing more but cause disparity and hatred among individual groups. Just like Queen Elizabeth I, but unintentionally. He has sided with racist figures time and time again, pretending not to have known of their tendencies. That's fine and dandy once or twice, but this has happened loads of times. It's unreal. Racism, Socialism, and Obamaism. Yes, Obamaism. Some people believed he was the messiah. Above, I said that all of these statements were done by the media. That is not entirely true. Rather, I regret to inform you that you have been Glenn Beck-rolled. That's right. I wrote this in the perspective of Glenn Beck. Let that forever be burned into your memory.[/sarcasm] ... Glenn Beck sucks.
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Yeah, I'm with the majority here. I don't understand; I mean, how long has he been in office? I'm not exactly anti-Obama but I'm not really pro-Obama either. I just haven't been very affected by whatever he has done.
So how does he deserve a Nobel Peace Prize? For being the first black president of the United States or something? I mean, you really have to do something good to deserve an award like that. I think of, you know, Mahatma Gandhi.. Give it some more years and we'll see if he deserves a prize. He seems like a pretty smart guy, but who knows..
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10-09-2009
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given the fact that i've already been called a c^nt by one person and gotten into two other arguments today: i'm with the majority here. since when has spewing hot air out of an orifice been enough to win one of the most renowned worlde awards? and my favourite line today "does that mean i can fart and win the lottery now?" i mean i wouldn't have to purchase a ticket right? cause that would mean actually doing something to win the prize. that's fair right?
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10-09-2009
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Obama shouldn't have won because most people voted for him just because he's black...that's is no reason to vote for someone, or not vote for them, the color of their skin has nothing to do with anything, Obama is not qualified to be President, and hasn't done anything to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize...Harry Potter's done more to deserve it.
Obama won the election because of his skin color not his qualification, and he has now won the Nobel Peace prize, most likely because of his skin color. He won't be so great when we're under China's rule now will he?
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 (sorry, its just that is greatest thing that man never said and its only great before you think he is making really clever joke)Though seriously, there is a lack of political candidates at minute, and the only western politican who is on the up, is German leader and that is only because she is blaming the rest of world for everything (surpising how poeple like poeple who that) Quote:
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PS and to blame Obama for the way your population fights amoung itself, just because it decided to vote someone it didn't like to its leader, is silly, I mean you should be happy, Britain didn't even get that, Last edited by Fat1Fared; 10-10-2009 at 07:41 AM.
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It's sort of like saying "oh they're not so bad" about somebody you don't know very well, but somebody who knows them better says "well you don't have to put up with them." Quote:
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I thought he had won the Nobel Peace Prize for just talking at first. But then I found out it had to do with nuclear weapons. I don't really think he deserves it.
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10-11-2009
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Everytime I see the Chia commercial advertising this, I want to shoot myself. That's the fastest way I can think of to stop this pain right now. Now I really don't want to choose sides on the Obama debate, but c'mon, declaring Obama to hail among the ranks of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln...isn't that way too much? And now we have the Nobel Prize. Face makes a really good point; who the heck would nominate him 2 weeks after he takes office? How much can you accomplish in 2 weeks for world peace? I am seriously nauseated with all this Obama glorification when he hasn't done much but get elected. That's it. He got elected. And he's half-black. Oh Ehm Gee. World peace furthered! Yes, he did have talks with Iran about the nuclear weapons, but Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still not backing down from his "peaceful nuclear program". And yes, he is morally better than his predecessor, but to give the Nobel Prize to a guy who shows qualities that Europeans like and happened to be president at the same time is pretty much degrading the award into a popularity contest.
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however I wouldn't say the world has a softer view of Obama, more an ironic one, most poeple in britian, think he is just another US leader in end, but one with a PR for his campaign and they find it amusing that because he hasn't changed the world in less than year, everyone in US is unhappy, and this is even more amusing when actually look at the fact, he actually fighting a lot of problems which where left to him by the last leadership (who would have thought, politics's ain't a cecluar thing) Quote:
though I will admit, it was quicker than I expected, lol Last edited by Fat1Fared; 10-11-2009 at 07:56 AM.
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