the peace prize

[baleanoptera]

Hey! The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to give the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama!

Congrats to all the Americans on my flist.

Comments

[reginaspina.livejournal.com]

Of course, if it makes Glenn Beck's head actually explode then the world WILL be a better place.

You know, if even we Obama "fans" are puzzled by this decision, I imagine it will only lend fuel to the idea that the Peace Prize is all totally political and has nothing to do with actual achievements.

Still, he's certainly a better choice than Henry EFfing Kissinger was!!

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

I imagine it will only lend fuel to the idea that the Peace Prize is all totally political and has nothing to do with actual achievements.

Oh definitely, and I even suspect that to some extent that was the idea. This was the first prize to be handed out by the committee's new leader, and unlike the previous one (who was a staunch conservative and a deeply religious man) the new leader is known as a bit of a lefty with a fondness for making big political statements.

he's certainly a better choice than Henry EFfing Kissinger was!

Not the proudest moment in Nobel history that. ;)

[reginaspina.livejournal.com]

the new leader is known as a bit of a lefty with a fondness for making big political statements.


it's just so strange and puzzling! I'm a big fan of President Obama and I still find it weird that they would make this award so soon in his Presidency. What if he doesn't live up to the intentions? So strange!