Obama's Nobel May Drive Right Over the Edge

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Obama's Nobel May Drive Right Over the Edge

It's fun to imagine the shocked expressions in the dark precincts, where toil writers for Human Events, the National Review, the Weekly Standard, Fox News etc. on learning that President Barack Obama will be awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Rest assured that they will be deploying the most rancid vitriol at their disposal throughout the day.

Sure, we're all surprised. But this is likely to drive wing-nuts over the edge, or at least the few who haven't succumbed to Obama derangement syndrome already. Expect denunciations of the Nobel Committee, heightened whining about Obama's 'free ride' with Euro-liberals, splenetic critiques of his foreign policy etc. It's all in the oven.

They will certainly say that the Nobel Peace Prize is just another liberal doo-dad, not mentioning of course that Republicans and conservatives like Teddy Roosevelt, Henry Kissinger, George C. Marshall, Elihu Root, Meachem Begin, F. W. de Klerk and others are counted among previous recipients.

They will pooh-pooh the notion of giving the world's most prestigious award to a leader who has been in office less than 10 months. Heck, they will say, President Carter didn't get his Nobel Peace Prize until 20 years after his presidency.

Surprised as even progressives may be, Obama's selection makes good sense. He has enkindled new hope around the world that the planet's greatest military and economic power now has sane, prudent leadership. Though many were caught off guard when he went to Cairo and addressed the Arab world, it was seen as the most sincere effort ever made by an American leader to promote healing in the Middle East. Citing President Obama's "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland put it this way at the press conference announcing Obama's selection:

We are not awarding the prize for what may happen in the future but for what he has done in the previous year. We would hope this will enhance what he is trying to do...He has created a new international climate...One of the first things he did was to go to Cairo to try to reach out to the Muslim world, then to restart the Mideast negotiations and then he reached out to the rest of the world through international institutions...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

And further,

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.'

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[babylonsister]

1. Not just the right; look around. Behold some true colors. nt

[kestrel91316]

2. +1

[spanone]

28. .

[Kahuna]

34. +3

[BlooInBloo]

3. They forgot about the anti-Obama DUers.

[Name removed]

4. Deleted message

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[babylonsister]

5. What bridge do you live under? Is it on the way? nt

[krispos42]

36. Wow. That was almost funny.

Too bad he didn't know that there is plenty of coal next door in Wyoming.

And ironically, now he's the one that black... and crispy!

[drm604]

6. Pepperoni or sausage?

[Name removed]

9. Deleted message

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[drm604]

11. Coming right up!

[Swamp Rat]

16. Have a cookie

[Swamp Rat]

8. LALALALALAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[LostInAnomie]

12. Racism and bullshit all in one post.

Your mother must be so proud. Fuck off.

[WonderGrunion]

14. Wow! Open racism in the 21st century.

Enjoy your pizza when it gets delivered.

[WonderGrunion]

17. 2 posts and he's gone.

We have the best mods in the whole internet.

[drm604]

22. He explicitly announced in his profile that he was a freeper troll.

No pretense whatsoever. He was asking to be kicked. To each his own, I suppose.

[intheflow]

35. Most trolls are too stupid to understand stealth.

A very few can hold it together for a while, usually just posting one or two word posts to get past 1000, but eventually the inevitable happens and they expose their true selves. (And if the thought of an exhibitionist teabagger troll doesn't make you lose your cookies, nothing will!)

[drm604]

37. This guy wasn't even trying to hold it together.

I don't remember the exact words but his profile said something like "Yea, I'm a freeper troll mothaf'ers".

Maybe they're probing to see how alert we are around here, or maybe that guy just thinks he's funny. :shrug:

[intheflow]

39. Or maybe he's just stoopid. n/t

[Javaman]

15. Meh, I really don't understand the point of this.

it really doesn't bother us in the bit. However, we are fascinated by the concept of a talking ass.

tootles.

[Swamp Rat]

19. Coming here to say 'goodbye' before committing suicide?

:patriot:

[Javaman]

25. ooo, good one. LOL

I like that. :)

[hfojvt]

18. well that would be a huge waste of gas

http://www.wma-minelife.com/coal/coalhome.html

"Welcome to the Wyoming Mining Association's Coal Home Page. Wyoming coal mines produced 466,319,331 tons of low sulphur coal in 2008 and directly employed 6,760 people. This amount of coal accounts for about 40% of the nation's coal. This coal is used in over 37 different states to generate electricity. The map shows coal usage for the year 2007."

[hfojvt]

7. in all fairness

it is a very short drive

[jimlup]

10. Right wing heads exploding all over the country today!

It should be fun to watch. I'm looking forward to Keith and Rachel tonight.

[CoffinEd]

13. But the WORLD hates Obama!

At least that's what I heard last week. B-)

[calimary]

29. And you heard it from the "America First" crowd!

:evilgrin:

[libodem]

20. 'F'ing Good

I hope those god damned lemmings all run off the cliff at break-neck speed. Too, fast to quickly tie a cinder block around their stoopid necks. I wish I could don a pair of work boots and kick them off the cliff!!!!!! Work off a bit of hostility. * Stomp * Kick * Stomp * Kick * Stomp * Kick *

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

21. Lemings don't actually commit mass suicide. FYI (n/t)

[Rude Dog]

31. Not real ones, at any rate.

But http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QtNN9ZcYqQ">these ones?

[Ms. Toad]

23. So a Nobel's got wheels, like a car? Cool.

What's the Nobel going to drive (right) over the edge of?

[dgillam1975]

24. I thought

After Kissinger and Arafat, the award had become meaningless.
Personally, I would be ashamed to win an award either also held.

[JTFrog]

30. You have nothing to worry about.

Your misogynistic troll ass would never be considered.

[Minimus]

32. Your reply made me chuckle.

[tanyev]

33. Darn. Gone before I could welcome him to DU.

WTG mods! :applause:

[jimshoes]

26. Here's hoping!

:bounce:

[Cali_Democrat]

27. K&R

[Mudoria]

38. How could they get any farther over the edge than they are now?