Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize 2009
- Thread starter GregCentauro
- Start date
-
- Tags
- nobel prize obama
meesterperfect
Hiliary 2020
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
Strike a nerve, did I? Sorry, didn't mean to. I never mentioned anyone in particular, MP....it was a general comment.
BTW, I never said "hateful" but perhaps that was just a Freudian slip on your behalf? :1orglaugh
Congrats to you and your lady also....whatever it was (Nobel Prize perhaps?
) you did..... :thumbsup:
Legzman
what the fuck you lookin at?
I didn't read the whole topic. So really though, he got the prize for...doing nothing? Got it! :thumbsup:
thanks for clearing that up, I was confused!
I think it is shameful because the last 10 years of Nobel Peace Prize winners is like a who-is-who list of leftist activists.
I quit caring back in 2007 when Al Gore beat out Irena Sendler.
About Irena Sendler.
There recently was a death of a 98 year-old lady named Irena. During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw Ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive' ... She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews, (being German..) Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger kids..) She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises.. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants. She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely. Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard. After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family. Most had been gased. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.
In 2007 Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize .. She was not selected.
Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming.
The nobel prize nominees these last years have done nothing concrete so far, only big talk and no walk.
Only people with no clue and no patriotism can support and vote for a more than mediocre president with a garbage administration.
Source for claim he was nominated while still campaigning? He was elected in November, 2008. Just because nominations were closed doesn't mean nothing else after that date mattered in the decision. Besides, it's not like he was campaigning to win the Nobel prize so what's the problem??
It is not a "joke" award, Jason. He's only the 3rd sitting American president to win it. It's a tremendous honor. Why on earth would any patriotic American not be proud to have our president win the award?? Baffles the shit out of me....
I am no Obama cheerleader but I can't believe that there is so much reflexive disdain for this president on this board. I guess if he had not won it, he'd be being lambasted for being a loser. It's fair to debate whether he should have won but it is classless and just plain wrong to belittle the accomplishment.
I'm so sick of all this partisan horseshit. I remember a day many years ago when we were all just Americans. Gone for good it appears....really sad.
His election was a very successful marketing hype, but the expected results are not here. He made huge promises that he isn't and won't be able to fullfill.
He doesn't represent all Americans but mainly African Americans and other minorities. He doesn't really represent white Americans, I am sorry to say so but this is the reality. He favors blacks over whites. And when you dare to say something negative about him you are labelled automatically as an intolerant person :wtf:
Plus, you seem to forget that the way he acted abroad when shaking Chavez's hand or keening in front of a Saudi official are not worthy of what a true and patriotic American president. The measures of all his campaign and programs like closing gitmo and freeing dangerous detainees, like trying to implement social security and free healthcare at the cost of honest hardwork citizens, like trying to modify the second amendment are far to please the citizens of the USA who are patriotic and who work hard for their country. Obama's so called change is a backward step program and a weakening of the USA.
In general, socialism is the equal distribution of misery hence perhaps why many Americans are in disagreement about him being given ridiculously this prize.
The disdain will grow into a bigger and bigger hatred if Obama continues to be so naive and doesn't open his eyes. It is traitorous to implement healthcare and social security system at the cost of hardwork citizens as well as closing gitmo and freeing dangerous detainees. So, in a certain way, it is justified from the side of deceived voters and true patriots to belittle this so called accomplishment.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
He was the wrong choice. Morgan Tsvangirai deserved it way more.
om3ga
It's good to be the king...
I agree with georges. When I heard about his award, I just thought about the morons that voted for him. He sure did a great job making it safe and peaceful for kids in Chicago.
Wait...................I can't get started. I will go mental like I did with some of my fellow posters after the 2000 election. I bet some of you still think Gore................I will stop now.
Ranger:glugglug:
Wait...................I can't get started. I will go mental like I did with some of my fellow posters after the 2000 election. I bet some of you still think Gore................I will stop now.
Ranger:glugglug:
So for what you're suggesting to be valid....Irena Sendler would have to be something other than a leftist right?? Her actions sure make her sound like a leftist if you ask me.
Also Geo....when leftists are the group more inclined to be anti-war and pro-peace...isn't it rather obvious the majority of winners of a "Peace" prize are generally going to be leftists??? Certainly when people on the right (at least here in the US) spend the majority of their time plotting invasions and warfare...they're not engendering themselves to a body that recognizes efforts for peace.:wave2:
Hmmm, "mediocre president" and "garbage administration" after 9 months.....:georges::eyeso: BTW, have you finally figured out that Pelosi is not a member of the Obama administration as you have so proudly trumpeted again and again here???
He favors blacks over whites...I suppose that's why the majority of members in his "garbage" administration are white and not black.
Really...give it up Geo...:rofl:
You know I hadn't even thought of him. He does seem like the correct choice.
I guess the committee felt that Obama had more of a chance to change things in the position he has than Tsvangirai could.
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
C'mon Georges! Bush wasn't all that bad!
:rofl:
A very legitimate argument! :thumbsup:
1) So for what you're suggesting to be valid....Irena Sendler would have to be something other than a leftist right?? Her actions sure make her sound like a leftist if you ask me.
2) Also Geo....when leftists are the group more inclined to be anti-war and pro-peace...isn't it rather obvious the majority of winners of a "Peace" prize are generally going to be leftists??? Certainly when people on the right (at least here in the US) spend the majority of their time plotting invasions and warfare...they're not engendering themselves to a body that recognizes efforts for peace.:wave2:
3) Hmmm, "mediocre president" and "garbage administration" after 9 months.....:georges::eyeso: BTW, have you finally figured out that Pelosi is not a member of the Obama administration as you have so proudly trumpeted again and again here???
He favors blacks over whites...I suppose that's why the majority of members in his "garbage" administration are white and not black.
Really...give it up Geo...:rofl:
1) How can you know if she was a leftist? Not everyone who was in the resistance or against germans was a leftist by default.
2) We have seen what has given the peace at all cost strategy during Clinton's presidency. 1st wtc bombing in 1993, bombing of Ambassy of Nairobi in Kenya in 1997 and bombing of the USS Cole in 1999. Clinton did nothing to stop the perpetrators of these attacks which lead to 9/11/2001. Reagan obtained better results than beloved Clinton did. There was not a single attack on the American soil or against an American embassy abroad during Reagan's presidency.
3) You are too naive, continue, go and praise obama like you did since the beginning.
4) Reverend Jesse Jackson, Oprah, Louis Farrakhan and most of his loyal fanbase is composed of blacks so what's your point here?? His administration is full of shit, want it or not. I am going to give up when I will see published in the newspapers that Obama is not the president of the USA anymore.
Maybe there is a little bit of fluff to the award, but I still think it's a big deal, and am proud to see Obama win it.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Yeah, I suppose, but the award should be about the change and peace that the person brought in the year. Tsvangirai had been fighting with a corrupt dictator for a long time just so he can have the chance to help Zimbabwe change and bring stability to a country and economy that need it; and it he did it without violence and even through the death of his wife and grandson. While I'm not aware of improvments in Zimbabwe since he became Prime Minister, the future is much brighter than it has been in a long time.
Out of all the Nobel Prizes the one for peace has been the most hit or miss throught the years. Some of the greatest people of the last century have been awarded it and rightfully so. Then again some of the awards for the Peace Prize make you think WTF. I'll admit that Obama hasn't done anything so outstanding that I would have thought he should have won it.
So media hype and "Rock Star" status trump any actually work and sacrifice. Sounds about right. Oh well they gave it to some self important blow hard talking about the weather. Go figure. :dunno::helpme:
I agree with you completely. I was just speculating on the reasons they went for Obama instead of him. I guess they could have always given it to him this year and given Obama at least a year in office in which to show his stuff.
I guess it couldn't wait. I'm sure if Tsvangirai can turn that country around without being assassinated first then he'll get his own medal. If not, it'll be a travesty.
