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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 8:55:05 AM | I'm sure fellow peace loving Nobel peace prise winner Arafat is watching from his heavenly pearch among the angels of peace singing praises of the chosen ones: Arafat and Obama. Compare and contrast the Nobel committee to the International Olympic Committee.
Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939. I guess in those days the committee was not as quick to pass the thing before the nominee actually did something. Joseph Stalin was nominated twice and Benito Mussolini was also nominated. | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 8:57:20 AM |
Hehe, pissed I tell ya, PISSED!
So rich in the gift of understatement.
The first thing that popped into my head when I read the news was an image of cartoon character right-wingers with steam shooting out thier ears, hats spinning off thier heads, eyes bugging out, all accompanied by the tones of a steam whistle.
That's the great thing fact has over fiction, you just can't make this kind of stuff up.
I think today will be a good day... | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 9:01:03 AM | I'm being asked to furnish things that President Obama has accomplished.
Well here are 10 for you that he did in the first 100 days in office!
(sorry it's so long, but you did ask)
1. Health Care: The Obama White House cleared an important hurdle in the health care reform debate when it appropriated $19 billion in the stimulus package to help implement an electronic medical record system. The money is paltry compared to the hundreds of billions set aside for an overhaul of the health care system in the budget. But officials inside and out of the White House say its significance is hard to overstate.
"We need to have health IT so we have a better idea both of what works but also... so people can share information," Zeke Emanuel, Obama's health care adviser told the Huffington Post in mid-March. "We are on our way in a way that we have never committed ourselves before."
2. Communications: A presidential campaign built on innovative messaging and advanced technology has, naturally, become a White House defined by similar characteristics. As such, the reach of the administration's new media efforts - from hosting online question-and-answer sessions with the president to publishing the first White House blog - has been as expected as appreciated. It's unfortunate, said one tech savvy Democrat, because the new policies have had tangible impacts. "The White House streams every event with the president on its website, even press events," he said. "It's remarkable because, this Sunday they held a swine flu press conference that ordinary people [including many who may have been personally nervous about the topic] were able to watch online... Before you had to wait for a readout or hope that CSPAN would cover it. This is one of those things that people don't quite understand the significance of."
3. Transportation: Since the passage of the economic stimulus package in mid-February, the Obama Department of Transportation has approved 2,500 highway projects. The movement of stimulus money out the door has been as swift as it has been effective: $9.3 billion has been spent in all 50 states. Touting its impact, DOT officials say 260,000 jobs are expected from this investment. And with competition for contracts fierce, the department is set to approve even more projects than previously envisioned. "There will be more money for additional transportation projects," said the official.
4. Education: Maligned for its handling of the financial and banking crises, the Obama Treasury Department has nevertheless implemented policies with real qualitative and quantitative impact on debt-burdened families. Chief among those was a $2,500 tax credit to help offset the cost of tuition (among other expenses) for those seeking a college education. Nearly five million families are expected to save $9 billion, according to Treasury officials.
5. Cars: The automobile industry at the White House and Congress's behest has undergone seismic structural changes, managerial reorganization, and massive cuts in employment. But for all the tough love, the president has put in place the framework for an industry recovery. Perhaps the most significant of steps was to allocate $2 billion in stimulus cash for advanced batteries systems. One high-ranking Hill aide called battery technology "the next big frontier" in the automotive world, adding that if the U.S. could dominate this market it would reclaim its perch as the world's premier car manufacturer.
6. Pakistan: Cognizant of a destabilizing situation in Pakistan, the administration's diplomatic team, with a major assist from Japan, secured $5 billion in aid commitments "to bolster the country's economy and help it fight terror and Islamic radicalism" within the country. The money, as Pakistan observers -- notably Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry - note, will prove instrumental in bringing the nation away from the brink of failure and increased Taliban control.
7. Cities: More than any prior president, Obama has put a spotlight on America's struggling cities, even creating an office of Urban Policy in the White House. It is the Justice Department, however, that lays claim to one of the most consequential of urban affairs achievements. Through the Recovery Act, DOJ secured $2 billion for Byrne Grants, which funds anti-gang and anti-gun task forces. The money, cut during the Bush years, is expected to have massive ramifications on inner-city crime and violence.
8. Engaging the Muslim World: While certainly discussed, foreign affairs experts insist that Obama's engagement with the Muslim world has been at once remarkable and under-appreciated. From the first interview with Al Arabiya to his Nowruz address to the Iranian people, to his proclamation that "American is not at war with Islam" during an appearance in Turkey, seasoned observers have been routinely impressed. "Through these [statements and interviews]," said one Democratic foreign policy hand, "He has been able to dramatically change America's image in that region."
9. Forests: Since taking office, the White House has put under federal protection more than two million acres of wilderness, thousands of miles of river and a host of national trails and parks. The conservation effort - the largest in the last 15 years - came with the stroke of a pen when Obama signed the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 in late March.
10. Tone: Leaving a meeting at the White House on Tuesday a progressive member of the House of Representatives commented to the Huffington Post just how impressed she was with the president's manner. "He is so calm," said the member, "and has a great ability to make you feel like you're being respected and listened to."
Oh, and most importantly for me, he's giving me HOPE, something we haven't seen in the last 8 years!
Peace,
Goldee | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 9:02:42 AM | Perhaps our fellow posters here will have better insights if they read the entire text of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee's citation awarding this year prize to president Barack Obama. I am hoping that, once you read the text, many of the visceral reactions here will be a little more informed.
I would like to note that the text entered below was taken from another link (listed below), as it is impossible right now to access the site of the Nobel Prize Organization.
"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
"Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.
"For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5981RA20091009?virtualBrandChannel=11621 | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 9:09:26 AM | In an article "How the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded...
(Fragments of the entire article)
President Obama, the third sitting American president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, was selected from a so-called "short list" of 5 to 20 finalist candidates.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee's deadline for nominations was February 1, just 11 days after Obama's inauguration.
In his will, Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel said the Peace Prize, presented annually in Oslo, should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
Obama, who was "humbled" by the award, according to administration officials, was praised for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the committee said.
So, the award was made for his efforts to strengthen international diplomacy. He has been doing that.
Why would anyone have a problem with him getting such an award?
"We condemn the award of the Nobel Peace Prize for Obama," he said by telephone from an undisclosed location.
When the Taliban condemns something like OBAMA getting the Nobel Peace Prize ... then you know the Prize Committee is on to something ... eh? | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 9:26:51 AM |
"to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
Nothing pathetic about that^^^.
Since before his election, Obama has attempted to heal some of the damage done by the previous administration, globally. It is for that attempt that he was awarded the Nobel.
Nothing more.
Nothing less.
See it for what it honestly is.
If you can. | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 9:35:20 AM | Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939. I guess in those days the committee was not as quick to pass the thing before the nominee actually did something. Joseph Stalin was nominated twice and Benito Mussolini was also nominated.
And how is this point ANYTHING other than completely irrelevant.
Apparently you are unaware that it only takes ONE person to nominate someone for consideration.
Apparently you are unaware that being nominated, without winning, is about the same as being selected for the Olympic team and then dropped days before competition begins.
So what if someone thought these people should be nominated (even Pol Pot had his supporters)?
How is this point (if it can be called that) in any way meaningful other than as a typical right-wing made-up, b.s. attempt to slur something they don't agree with ? | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 9:46:57 AM |
And how is this point ANYTHING other than completely irrelevant.
Apparently you are unaware that it only takes ONE person to nominate someone for consideration.
While I agree it's irrelevant that lots of bad guys have been nominated, don't think that just anyone can nominate people for a Nobel prize. There is a list of approved nominators, selected because (presumably) they know more than the average joe about their area.
So... what the nomination of these bad guys tells us it that there's a lot of internal debate over who gets the peace prize. In fact, judges have resigned over some of the more controversial awards. That'd be one reason why they look hard for different bases on which to hand out the peace prize. | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 9:55:30 AM |
Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939. I guess in those days the committee was not as quick to pass the thing before the nominee actually did something. Joseph Stalin was nominated twice and Benito Mussolini was also nominated.
Yeah! I think that Ronald Reagan would also be in that category of people who spread terror and violence around the world, and nonetheless were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. However, the Commitee wasn't fooled by the praise bestowed upon those false prophets of peace who tried to achieve peace by dominating all others by force and violence. Yes, those people never won.
Perhaps you will remember that Ronald Reagan was all gung-ho about destroying the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua, causing violence and destruction by funding illegally the "contras," a bunch of criminals and drug runners that wanted to go back to the feudal times of the Somoza dictatorship. Perhaps you will not remember who won the Nobel Peace Prize one of those years when Ronald Reagan was nominated: Oscar Arias, 1987; the president of Costa Rica, who presented a plan to bring peace to Central America. That plan was opposed by the Reagan Administration because it included the requirement of dismantling the contras, and to stop the supply of weapons to warrying factions by others countries, including the United States.
In the end Ronald Reagan didn't win the prize because he wasn't a man of peace. Oscar Arias was! | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 10:00:33 AM | As I looked through the news I found that the Nobel Peace Prize award this year seems have many wondering what the heck the Nobel committee is up to.
Like some have said Obama has some grandiose ideas but he had yet to complete any of them, so far all of his ideas are just words.
One commenter said look at the guy in the background while the announcement is being made...He's laughing--Why?? Most people don't laugh at announcements such as this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52b5IHxqHrk
"Comment: absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6867711.ece
"Bill Clinton or Bono not Obama deserved Nobel Prize"
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/col/NOdowd/Bill-Clinton-or-Bono-Not-Obama-Deserved-Nobel-Prize-63841857.html
"Joe Scarborough and Mark Halperin Mock News that Obama has Won Nobel Peace Prize - Video 10/9/09"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NtCLgtd3rE
"Why Did Obama Win The Nobel Peace Prize?"
http://wbztv.com/local/obama.nobel.peace.2.1237783.html | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 10:35:13 AM | While I agree it's irrelevant that lots of bad guys have been nominated, don't think that just anyone can nominate people for a Nobel prize. There is a list of approved nominators, selected because (presumably) they know more than the average joe about their area.
Yes, a nominator has to be someone "recognized" by the committee as being rather more knowledgeable than the average joe (more specifically, "a broad array of qualified individuals, including former recipients, members of national assemblies and congresses, university professors (in certain disciplines), international judges, and special advisors to the Prize Committee")...
... but, that does not change the fact that it requires only ONE nominator. The statement didn't say "anyone", it said "one".
So... what the nomination of these bad guys tells us it that there's a lot of internal debate over who gets the peace prize. In fact, judges have resigned over some of the more controversial awards. That'd be one reason why they look hard for different bases on which to hand out the peace prize.
Yes, and this is why those listed in the post I questioned didn't make it and why the point of thier having been nominated is irrelevant. | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 10:57:26 AM |
"Joe Scarborough and Mark Halperin Mock News that Obama has Won Nobel Peace Prize
It doesn't surprise me that Joe Scarborough and Mark Halperin might mock the news that OBAMA won the Nobel Peace Prize ... that's the kind of stuff they're good at.
Scarborough is a flaming Republican and was at one point the attorney that represented Michael F. Griffin, the accused killer of abortion doctor David Gunn, in early to mid 1993. What's that tell you about that man?
Halperin is a former ABC News political director that "Time" hired who is the next best thing to Scarborough ... he will bend over backwards and fold himself into some kind of geometrically-improbable shape to give the G.O.P. the right to define the story.
Do people really watch that kind of stuff to get a balanced view of politics? | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 11:28:05 AM | The woman in that clip made a great point though. The people angry that the US President won the prize are the same people that were happy and giddy that America lost it's bid for the Olympics. (even though that would have created thousands of jobs and stimulated our economy.)
There are still many young men and women far from home risking their lives for us. It does not help their moral to continually denigrate their Commander and Chief. | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 11:29:58 AM | Here's a couple of good one-liners I came across in a Cerabino blog
How screwed up is America? We’ve been buying guns in record numbers to protect ourselves from the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
guess this means Republicans have a new menace: activist Nobel judges.
and the one that will have most right-wingers scratching thier heads and saying "Huh?!? I don't get it..."
When George W. Bush was told that Obama was a Nobel Laureate, Bush responded: “I didn’t know he was good at roping.”
Don't know 'bout the rest of you, but I'm feeling mighty proud to be an American and an Obama supporter today! Congrats Pres. Obama!
Well, Brandie my dear, given where you live that makes you a "square peg in a round hole". | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 11:53:58 AM |
Yeah, I am so proud of obama. Now he is in the same elite club as jimmy carter, yassir arafat............................
and Teddy Roosevelt, the Red Cross, Albert Schweitzer, George Marshall, Lester Pearson, Dag Hammarskjold, the Red Cross again, MLK, Willy Brandt, Eisaku Sato, Andrei Sakharov, Amnesty International, Mother Teresa, Lech Walesa, Elie Wiesel, Oscar Sanchez, UN Peace-keeping Forces, the Dalai Lama, Mikhail Gorbachev, Aung San Su Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders)...
Oh, and let's not forget Mohamed El Baradei and Al Gore | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 1:19:27 PM | I Just read on Politico that President Obama plans on giving the 1.4 million to charity.
Jsut keeps making my day better and better!
Peace,
Goldee | |
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| President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
Posted: 10/9/2009 2:01:03 PM |
Woke up to great news this morning, President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize!
link:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/09/obama-nobel-peace-prize/
I'm hearing some people are pissed, well good! Means we're doing something right!
It makes me proud to be in the land of the free and the home of the brave, I guess I saw hope for America and the world when we elected Senator Obama to be President Obama. And you are right you can tell how good he is doing by the number of fanatics that keep going after him day after day.
2010 is right around the corner that's when the faltering, distorting, fabricating party of NO will see their numbers in the senate shrink and soon the party of NO will be no more | |
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