Barack Obama gets Nobel Prize for Peace

[Peasie]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: remo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Did you people read the article? </div></div>
who yuh callin &quot;you people&quot;?

[RichD]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: remo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think Obama should respectfully decline the prize and ask to be reconsidered at a later date when the entire context of his presidency can be taken into account. </div></div>

Did you people read the article?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> </div></div> [The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> </div></div>

The word here is vision,and his ability to talk before going to war after 8 years of war mongering he is a breath of fresh to the entire world... </div></div> yes and it did not change my opinion

[julie*mango]

Myths about di Nobel Peace Prize!

Common misconceptions about the Nobel Peace Prize


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By The Associated Press – Fri Oct 9, 1:45 am ET
OSLO — An award that generates as much interest as the Nobel Peace Prize is bound to be surrounded by myths. Geir Lundestad, secretary of the secretive committee that awards the prize, outlines for The Associated Press some of the most common misunderstandings:
• Myth: The awards committee announces a shortlist of candidates.
The committee does not release the names of any candidates and keeps records sealed for 50 years.
• Myth: A campaign for a particular candidate can sway the awards committee.
A campaign could have the exact opposite effect on the fiercely independent committee, which does not want to appear influenced by public pressure.
• Myth: Candidates can be nominated until the last minute.
The nomination deadline is eight months before the announcement, with a strictly enforced deadline of Feb. 1.
• Myth: Anyone can nominate a person or group for the Peace Prize.
No, although Nobel statutes on who can nominate were slightly broadened in 2003. They now include former laureates; current and former members of the committee and their staff; members of national governments and legislatures; university professors of law, theology, social sciences, history and philosophy; leaders of peace research and foreign affairs institutes; and members of international courts of law.
• Myth: The prize can be revoked if a laureate does not live up to the standards of the peace prize.
There are no provisions for revoking the prize.
• Myth: The prize can be awarded posthumously.
The prize was award posthumously only once — in 1961, to former U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammerskjold, after he was killed in a plane crash in Africa. The rules were amended in 1974 to prohibit posthumous prizes.
<span style="color: #FF0000">• Myth: The prize is awarded to recognize efforts for peace, human rights and democracy only after they have proven successful.
More often, the prize is awarded to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through, sometimes at critical moments.</span>
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091009/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_nobel_peace_myths

[remo]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: remo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I think Obama should respectfully decline the prize and ask to be reconsidered at a later date when the entire context of his presidency can be taken into account. </div></div>

Did you people read the article?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> </div></div> [The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> </div></div>

The word here is vision,and his ability to talk before going to war after 8 years of war mongering he is a breath of fresh air to the entire world... </div></div> yes and it did not change my opinion </div></div>

And that would be your right...I think the Nobel Committee is making a statement here with this award

[RichD]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

a political statement?

[Peasie]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

Lass week: Losing an international honor is a huge disaster for Obama!

Dis week: Winning an international honor is a huge disaster for Obama!

He can't win

[RichD]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gungo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lass week: Losing an international honor is a huge disaster for Obama!

Dis week: Winning an international honor is a huge disaster for Obama!

He can't win </div></div>him is a winner in some of us eyes ..but to others him really cant win

[mountaingal]

Re: Myths about di Nobel Peace Prize!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">• Myth: The prize is awarded to recognize efforts for peace, human rights and democracy only after they have proven successful.
More often, the prize is awarded to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through, sometimes at critical moments.</div></div>



i don't think obama should decline the prize. i think he should accept the recognition and use the dollars towards his efforts to achieve peace.

[julie*mango]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gungo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lass week: Losing an international honor is a huge disaster for Obama!

Dis week: Winning an international honor is a huge disaster for Obama!

He can't win </div></div>

for real

[Peasie]

Re: Myths about di Nobel Peace Prize!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i don't think obama should decline the prize. i think he should accept the recognition and use the dollars towards his efforts to achieve peace. </div></div>
He has no say. That money belongs to us, baby.

[RichD]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gungo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichD</div><div class="ubbcode-body">ok its 10 Million SEK </div></div>

Since it belongs to the American people, mi get $0.46 next year on tax return </div></div> no its not awarded to the president of the US its was awarded to Barack Obama..its all his.

btw that would have been about 0.03 SEK or about USD$0.02 per person

[seemiyah]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mrs___Diabolical</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Gungo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lass week: Losing an international honor is a huge disaster for Obama!

Dis week: Winning an international honor is a huge disaster for Obama!

He can't win </div></div>

for real </div></div>

I third dis....

[Nanook]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

President Obama just delivered a beautiful speech. Awesome!

[mountaingal]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

yes, Nan. a couple of us here watched it in our office. we were waiting to see if he would accept it or decline it, and we were all happy when he said he would accept.

[Dyoll_73]

Re: Oonu seeit. Obama win di Nobel Peace Prize!

Perhaps the Nobel Committee is hoping that by awarding Obama with prize, he might exert more effort to solving more conflicts and not resort to war - and certainly not go to war with Iran. But they are making a mistake here. The military industrial complex is far too dominant. Obama will most likely escalate the war in Afghanistan, and the general there is almost demanding that Obama acquiesce to his demands. Centrist dems like Obama who never served in the military always get uncomfortable around 5-star generals.

And while the focus is on nuclear non-proliferation, the Middle-East seems the primary area in which that issue will be fought out. Containing a supposed Iranian nuclear threat should be coupled with working towards a nuclear-free Middle East, and have the courage to deal with Israel's nuclear arsenal as well - something which Israel hasn't even officially declared. They continue to expand settlements and commit the most egregious human rights violations and just last week at the UN, Obama got b!tch-slapped by the Prime Minister, Netanyahu. So good luck on that front.

This award was premature. He should have declined.