Damn foreigners and their commendations.We will smother America to do our bidding!
Didnt Obama refuse to meet the Dalai Lama?He's just maintaining peace with China. :smug
Didnt Obama refuse to meet the Dalai Lama?Dalai Lama is already peace enough, China needs more peace.
This is hilarious. I kind of think that the Nobel panel did this just to fuck with the crazy wingnuts here in 'murika. The usual wingnuterati will be especially deranged today.
Nothing agains black people but he really shouldn't win it.
For what exactly?
Cheebs must be going crazy.He is. His ability to type and fap at the same time is impressive.
It sort of makes sense, in that him not being GWB or McCain
It sort of makes sense, in that him not being GWB or McCain
That's basically it because he was already nominated a month or two into his presidency.
Nothing agains black people but he really shouldn't win it.I don't understand why you felt the need to say that. smh
For what exactly?
Borys :lolNothing against blacks but he doesn't want to cuddle with you.
Come here and cuddle, big guy :-*
Nothing agains black people but he really shouldn't win it.I don't understand why you felt the need to say that. smh
For what exactly?
Because without it I would be called racist?
Nothing against black people but this is true.more thinly veiled euro-racism
I can't wait to watch Glenn Beck. :lol
I personally think it's pretty cool. I think regardless of tangible results, he has definitely changed the International climate in a positive way. And he's definitely working on reaching out to other countries; I never would've thought that America would have a tighter relationship with France than the UK a year ago.
I personally think it's pretty cool. I think regardless of tangible results, he has definitely changed the International climate in a positive way. And he's definitely working on reaching out to other countries; I never would've thought that America would have a tighter relationship with France than the UK a year ago.
And even Russia is coming around!
... and furthermore, regardless of all the political stuff, as a sitting black President for one of the world's largest powers, he has become a symbol for overcoming racial adversity. If anything, they should've awarded him the prize on that merit.
I do agree with ToxicAdam, that in some regards this will fuel conservatives to attack him on what he hasn't done.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Brand America is now ranked #1 by global citizens, according to the GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media, a division of GfK Custom Research North America. Results from the 2009 Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index(SM) (NBI), which measures the global image of 50 countries, show the United States taking the top spot as the country with the best overall brand, up from seventh last year.
Now we just need to start making stuff in this country again.
Now we just need to start making stuff in this country again.
We make debt, which we sell to the Chinamen. In return we buy their cheap crap and don't whine too much when they poison our pets and children.
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Your libertarian friend cries neoconservative tears?
Now I know that I can do absolutely nothing and get the Nobel Peace Prize. That award has lost all meaning to me. He hasn't done a god damned thing.
He's really confused, plus he got laid off recently which has pushed him farther to the right.
He's really confused, plus he got laid off recently which has pushed him farther to the right.
I'd say so. Who better than the unemployed to advocate the abolition of a safety net?
You guys do know us black people post here ,right?
You guys do know us black people post here ,right?
Interests:1) Continuing my career as a young professional
2) Meeting new people and expanding my network
Favorite Music:so i've been told everything I listen to is ignorant...but nothing beats the ORIGINAL No Limit and Cash Money Records.
Favorite TV Shows:Life's to short to be wasted in front of the TV.
Favorite Movies:Read the line above
Are you saying i'm white? Racist.
I don't agree with you Card Cheat, in fact, I think you're a racist and offending the president when you imply that I am a white.
PRESIDENT OBAMA I'M REAL HAPPY FOR YOU AND I'MA LET YOU FINISH, BUT NORMAN BORLAUG WAS THE GREATEST NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE OF ALL TIME!
He's really confused, plus he got laid off recently which has pushed him farther to the right.
I'd say so. Who better than the unemployed to advocate the abolition of a safety net?
He also started reading Atlas Shrugged. Huh. Objectivism and unemployment checks... what would Ayn Rand think?
He's really confused, plus he got laid off recently which has pushed him farther to the right.
I'd say so. Who better than the unemployed to advocate the abolition of a safety net?
He also started reading Atlas Shrugged. Huh. Objectivism and unemployment checks... what would Ayn Rand think?
He takes unemployment checks and is a libertarian? :lol :lol I guess you do pay for it.
What a racist. No wonder he doesn't think i'm black, he prob thinks black people are still sharecropping.
You guys do know us black people post here ,right?
What a racist. No wonder he doesn't think i'm black, he prob thinks black people are still sharecropping.
Go ahead, post an actual picture of yourself holding a sign that says "The Card Cheat is a racist asshole" and I'll nuke my own account here. No one will ever hear from me again.
Not Willco's morning. Plus that joke has been done about 20 different times on GAF already.BREAKING: BARACK OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR BOWING UP THE MOON, WARNS MARS "YOU'RE NEXT"
David Bowing?!?
What a racist. No wonder he doesn't think i'm black, he prob thinks black people are still sharecropping.
Go ahead, post an actual picture of yourself holding a sign that says "The Card Cheat is a racist asshole" and I'll nuke my own account here. No one will ever hear from me again.
I will go ahead and do that, let me spend $50 on a camera to proove to some internet racisct that black people are on the internet. Actually I might do this, it would be nice to get a slave owner ridden of.
Not Willco's morning. Plus that joke has been done about 20 different times on GAF already.BREAKING: BARACK OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR BOWING UP THE MOON, WARNS MARS "YOU'RE NEXT"
David Bowing?!?
This is what happens when you're working on no sleep
And this has to do with a) Barrack Obama or b) Nobel prize how?
:lol
That's from Barack's Facebook page. All black people know each other on FB, Borys.Oh I guess every black person has a digital camera now, right malek? We have to keep track of all the stuff we rob somehow.
Dude, you're white. I've seen your real picture.
So there you have it. The short path to the Nobel Peace Prize: Party, go to meetings, skip church, release federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries, party some more.
Is Obama the youngest person to win it?
Rigoberta Menchu Tum is the youngest winner. She was 33 at the time.
Rigoberta Menchu Tum is the youngest winner. She was 33 at the time.
Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams were 32 when they shared the Nobel Peace Prize.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was 35.
Rigoberta Menchu Tum is the youngest winner. She was 33 at the time.
Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams were 32 when they shared the Nobel Peace Prize.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was 35.
FINE! Rigoberta Menchu Tum was the youngest winner who didn't have to share her prize!
but to say he hasnt made strides to accomplish peace or accomplished any peace related goals is bullshitI didn't say that. What I'm saying is that the prize should be awarded for any peace-accomplishing milestone in history. Being bush's moderate replacement doesn't automatically qualify you...
say he hasnt made strides to accomplish peace
I didn't say that.
I mean, he hasn't even been trying really which makes sense as there's other issues to handle. and he hasn't even put in an impressive amount of effort into accomplishing any peace-related goals.
What I'm saying is that the prize should be awarded for any peace-accomplishing milestone in history.
...why? What has Obama done to win this reward? "Changing the climate of international politics" rings hallow when you consider his diplomatic politics are quite normal and sane compared to the ridiculous actions of the previous administration.
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Not to mention the fact that he stated very clearly about Iraq that it wouldn't be just a "welp, later folks!" pull out. Does the term "phased" mean anything to you, foc?
No you wouldn't stoopid.Nothing agains black people but he really shouldn't win it.I don't understand why you felt the need to say that. smh
For what exactly?
Because without it I would be called racist?
Man.
There's a lot of dumb people on my facebook.
Not to mention the fact that he stated very clearly about Iraq that it wouldn't be just a "welp, later folks!" pull out. Does the term "phased" mean anything to you, foc?
Not to mention the fact that he stated very clearly about Iraq that it wouldn't be just a "welp, later folks!" pull out. Does the term "phased" mean anything to you, foc?
True, and troops are leaving there every day. He's doing what he said he'd do there, and in Afghanistan. But has he closed Gitmo or achieved universal health care or lowered nuclear weapons/secured loose nukes or global warming etc etc etc?
Obama has accepted it perfectly. Even he admits it was unearned. But if he truly takes it as a call to action it'll be a good thing. Maybe this will finally will him to accomplish...something
pulling troops out of afghanistan would cause less peace btw.
But has he closed Gitmo or achieved universal health care or lowered nuclear weapons/secured loose nukes or global warming etc etc etc?
But has he closed Gitmo or achieved universal health care or lowered nuclear weapons/secured loose nukes or global warming etc etc etc?
Disarmament is really not a good way to uphold peace.
...why? What has Obama done to win this reward? "Changing the climate of international politics" rings hallow when you consider his diplomatic politics are quite normal and sane compared to the ridiculous actions of the previous administration.
...why? What has Obama done to win this reward? "Changing the climate of international politics" rings hallow when you consider his diplomatic politics are quite normal and sane compared to the ridiculous actions of the previous administration.
It also rings hollow.
And the political capital will create itself. The wingnuts are going to go apeshit about this. And they’re going to do so in the nastiest way possible and damage themselves badly. Specifically, I predict that they’re going to do enough “affirmative action” jokes to irritate the black vote into showing up for a midterm in the same numbers they did for the Presidential. The jujitsu approach of acting graciously and allowing his enemies to demonstrate what kind of people they are is Obama’s chief political strategy.
Some of my favorite films have black people in them!
ZH, Editing it out. :gloomy.
I was going to follow it up with "Yeah, Borys loves black people. He thinks everybody should own at least one." But since you edited yours out, I won't bother.
smh @ ZH for ruining a perfectly good truth.
But Lech Walesa, the dissident turned Polish President, who won the Peace Prize in 1983, spoke for many, declaring: “So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far.”http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6868905.ece
QuoteBut Lech Walesa, the dissident turned Polish President, who won the Peace Prize in 1983, spoke for many, declaring: “Nothing against blacks, but so soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far.”http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6868905.ece
Borys redeemed
Kanye: "Yo Barack, I'm really happy for you and I'ma let ya finish, but Mother Theresa is the greatest prize winner of all time.":rofl :rofl :rofl :teehee
(http://i38.tinypic.com/b5fepl.jpg)Crisp. Refreshing. And I was /so/ parched.
Has anybody in this thread mentioned that he's the first US President to go on record with "no nuclear weapons" as a goal? No other President has publicly stated that NO nukes is a good idea. Everyone else has been about limitation, non proliferation, basically maintaining the status quo.
He's also an idealistic do-nothing!
Oh, conservatives - never change.
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Well, you can't expect peace without some war every now and then. Peace comes in different flavors; from the Utopian concept of world peace, to the more realistic option of stability and lessening of future conflicts. But you need to pave the ground, with explosives, before you can lay the foundation for that kind of real peace.
it is kind of ridiculous that they would give out a peace prize every year. it makes sense for the science fields because there's always important things happening but how often is there a nelson mandela or a gandhi who is actually deserving of the peace prize?
Good christ, you're deluded. Bush brought stability to Iraq like a brick brings stability when going through a shop window. There were no Al Qaeda in Iraq before we went there. Hussein didn't like them, didn't tolerate them. Now that we've pissed everyone there off by killing innumerable civilians, Al Qaeda likely has a ripe field for their recruitment drives. It was an oppressive regime before, but it's pretty questionable about whether or not their quality of life has been improved. You know, by being killed. By their liberators.Well, you can't expect peace without some war every now and then. Peace comes in different flavors; from the Utopian concept of world peace, to the more realistic option of stability and lessening of future conflicts. But you need to pave the ground, with explosives, before you can lay the foundation for that kind of real peace.
So your saying that Bush deserved a Nobel Peace Prize? ???
Well, you can't expect peace without some war every now and then. Peace comes in different flavors; from the Utopian concept of world peace, to the more realistic option of stability and lessening of future conflicts. But you need to pave the ground, with explosives, before you can lay the foundation for that kind of real peace.
So your saying that Bush deserved a Nobel Peace Prize? ???
Well, you can't expect peace without some war every now and then. Peace comes in different flavors; from the Utopian concept of world peace, to the more realistic option of stability and lessening of future conflicts. But you need to pave the ground, with explosives, before you can lay the foundation for that kind of real peace.
So your saying that Bush deserved a Nobel Peace Prize? ???
President Obama, who declared 'A World Without Nuclear Weapons' in Prague, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Has the era at last started shifting? The start of the Peace Walker plan? I hope that comes to be.
'Peace will not walk to you'
'You must both walk towards one another.'
Most of the people who get it are deserving of it but there's some major problems with giving one of these out every year. For one, you have to look at the long-term effects of their actions which automatically disqualifies all those politicians who stopped fighting a war to get one (I guess that would also disqualify Barack from getting one this year).it is kind of ridiculous that they would give out a peace prize every year. it makes sense for the science fields because there's always important things happening but how often is there a nelson mandela or a gandhi who is actually deserving of the peace prize?You're an idiot.
From Hideo Kojima's blog
QuotePresident Obama, who declared 'A World Without Nuclear Weapons' in Prague, has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Has the era at last started shifting? The start of the Peace Walker plan? I hope that comes to be.
'Peace will not walk to you'
'You must both walk towards one another.'
what an awesome plug.