I wondered about that myself for a minute until I realized it was a POV photo :)

That's a ridiculous reason. Does anyone believe this has actually worked?

Just some random comments in the article that I found intriguing. Make of them what you will.




What is even more absurd than Obama receiving this award is the Taliban saying he deserves it for killing civilians and such. I am pretty sure that they are the last organization with any say in the matter.

This was such a great flick....

Looks like the President is fashionably late to his news conference. You can hear the various reporters doing their reports in the background using words like 'stunned', 'pranked', and 'surprised' to describe the reactions of Obama's staff.

Good for Obama.

Which, if you read about her, was a million times more astute choice than this. There's more to peace than peace treaties.

Haha...I'm thinking they wanted to buff the award off and make it relevant again, so who better to give it to? I dunno what else they would've been thinking, though some strange people have been considered for it in recent years.

I would have chimed in earlier, but I was on the phone with Oslo. My 4-year old daughter has won the Nobel Prize in Economics for her exciting work with piggybanks. I'm so excited!

I wonder if SNL can do something good with this.

I can picture something with him giving a press conference, with it repeatedly being interupted by an aide informing/giving him awards like the 2009 AL Cy Young, a Grammy, an Olympic medal, etc.

I'm not sure that anything could be funnier than the actual event.

Auntie Farrah is so proud.

Insane...


"They lauded the change in global mood wrought by Obama's calls for peace and cooperation, and praised his pledges to reduce the world stock of nuclear arms, ease American conflicts with Muslim nations and strengthen the U.S. role in combating climate change."

So I guess they haven't been watching Iran? Sending more troops to the Middle East and never withdrawing from Iraq?

"Obama said he was surprised and deeply humbled by the honor, and planned to travel to Oslo to accept the prize, "

Another wasted taxpayer-funded trip to Scandinavia

Uh oh... we better stop laughing.

DNC official: GOP siding with terrorists - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
Every time you laugh, the terrorists win.

So I'm too lazy to look this up, but did he nominate himself? If not, why is everyone so up in arms about it throwing insults at him (like Steele and his irrelevant ilk)? I mean, if he didn't nominate himself, didn't campaign for it, what's he supposed to do if they give it to him...turn it down? I guess we shouldn't think too much about it, but I just don't see the issue other than the committee that gave a peace award to a terrorist made another silly choice.

BTW, I wonder if Brad Woodhouse is going to be taken to the woodshed by his bosses for calling the Taliban terrorists a day after the NYTimes reported:


Afghan War Debate Now Leans to Focus on Al Qaeda - NYTimes.com

Turning it down actually would have been a pretty kick-ass act of statesmanship, and would have impressed the hell out of me.

I don't know that people are blaming him personally (well probably some silly Republicans are), I think it just really re-enforces the idea that this is a charming, smooth talking, rock star who the world has fell in love with, but who doesn't actually have substance. I think Swaggs hit on it well above - what's next, a grammy? Maybe the Nobel Prize for Chemistry? It just seems like a funny parody of Obama's celebrity.

I agree.

The presidency is shaping up to be a very lucrative gig for him, he's definitely an hugely and ridiculously successful human being.

Would you have agreed with Steve Yzerman getting nominated to the Hockey Hall of Fame based on two weeks of play in the NHL (and winning after nine months of NHL experience)?

Well that's appropriate, he's a parody of a President, so it kind of works.

He's already got two Grammys.

AFP: Obama beats Clinton -- this time at the Grammys

The funny thing about that is that yes, he must have received the reward for his unfullfiled campaign rhetoric. All the fancy speeches and slogans. That makes sense, because he was definitely more effective there than during his presidency thus far.

I'm so old I remember when many of these posters complained about Bush Derangement Syndrome.

At least they didn't give the award to Michael Phelps.
Then again, they'd probably have 8 different peace prizes that can be won by swimmers.

I mean, if Usain Bolt won the award, we'd all be wtf, but he probably deserves it more than Obama. I mean, you gotta figure for 9.6 seconds everyone chilled out, dropped their weapons, and watched the man run.

Is that the liberal version of "It's unpatriotic to criticize the president!"

If you're referring to me, I didn't have a problem with people correctly calling Bush a bad president. It went just a tad further than that though, even here.

More like, "you said this was unpatriotic and now you're doing it."

Here's what inquiring minds really want to know:

Does he get the AL MVP award representing the White Sox? Or the NL MVP award since he's in Washington?

And how will his certain Cy Young win affect the MVP race? I'm thinking the White Sox jacket makes him a shoo-in for the AL but he did throw that pitch in St.Louis in a National League ballpark.

Could he sweep them both?

Who? Not me.

Are you claiming that because someone else said that, all criticism of Obama is suspect?

You're old enough that your sarcasm is starting to just come off as grouchy. Or maybe it's more difficult defending the person in charge than it is in making snarky comments from the underdog position. :)

I think this is more Obama Amusement Syndrome than Obama Derangement Syndrome, at least for me. I've been chuckling all morning, not booking a flight to Oslo to protest. :)

He's also expected to win an AVN award for Best Threeway Sex Scene—Vid, for his performance in Fresh Meat 7.

There is a ton of conservative butt hurt in this thread. The whiplash from the gloating over Chicago not getting the Olympics to this is amazing to watch.

Didn't say you. I was simply correcting your interpretation of his statement.

He said "many of the posters in this thread", immediately after a post by me, so I assume he was referring to me.

I haven't been this outraged since BYU won the football championship in 1984.

I wonder if he continues to do what he's done so far for seven more years, will we consider him among the greatest presidents? Before or after Lincoln?

I'm thinking he'll end up with most of his Presidential/Nobel peer group. Somewhere between Woodrow Wilson & Jimmy Carter.

No, I didn't do a search, it's just from memory that BDS was discussed many times during the tenure of our last President. I'm perfectly willing to accept that you never mentioned it, but others in this thread certainly did.

Butt hurt? Like conservatives were really pulling for a Dick Cheney Nobel Peace Prize and now we're upset that Obama came in and pulled off the upset?

No, sorry Cartman. There's a great deal of mirth that the Nobel Committee picked a guy based on "hope" rather than actual achievements. Given that the global celebrity-hood of Obama has cooled down quite a bit since his inauguration, it's really amusing to see him named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Maybe there are conservatives frothing at the mouth over this, but I just think it's ridiculously amusing. :)

Nah, We all know Obama was saving his best pitch for his home country of Kenya for the 2020 games.

:)

And Obama is not even comparable to the Nazi's anyways. The Nazi's got the olympics.

Obama has had to deal with more crap in his first 9 months in office than MANY of the other presidents. Based on politics today, I can't believe anyone really thought he would be able to turn things around in that short of a period. It's gonna take some time to right that ship. To me, him winning this award shows the impart he is having on the international community with regard to our standing in it. Instead of bitching about it, I see it as a positive for ALL of us in that aspect. We should be proud that a US president is obtaining this level of respect !

That's how he was elected. Why should this be any different?

The second paragraph is better.

I'm not sure what BDS is, but I definitely discussed how I thought the Bush criticisms were completely over the top (as are some of Obama), but that certainly doesn't include "bad president" in either instance.

I never, ever said that it's not patriotic to criticize the government or the president. That's just silly.

Sorry, I guess I missed the subtle nuance obviously in play about being happy that the US missed out on something that would reflect well upon the country was the same as mocking an award that reflects well upon the country.

I'd laugh but that's too sad to be truly funny.

Of course other countries are happy to see him in office, he's the political equivalent of taxing the rich to death due to cash envy. I wouldn't mind seeing a lot of countries with a similar incompetent in office either, but it ain't with an eye toward their best interest.

I'd hoped we'd gotten the Olympics and think that those who like the fact that Obama failed at something that obviously was important to him are partisan hacks.

I think Obama getting the Nobel Peace Prize for making a few speeches is ridiculous.

I also think equating them without thinking that maybe there's a difference there is very partisan as well.

Wait, you mean we have to vote again in November? Fuck! I'm assuming that Presidential terms are only 1 year now, because that's the only way it makes sense to criticize him for "unfulfilled campaign rhetoric" 8 months into his presidency.