A thanks from Norway...

[trigz]

...to the American people for electing this fantastic man as your president. The speech he gave in my hometown today is the best political speech I have ever heard, bar none.

You're bloody lucky to have Barack Obama - and so are we. History is in the making with Obama at the helm.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Cheers...some of us here actually feel the same way

:hi:

[livetohike]

2. Thank you for your kind words

:hi:

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[alsame]

4. Thanks for sharing your feelings with us.

:hi:

[Clio the Leo]

5. He belongs to the world....

..... after taking our share of Ghandi, Mandela, Mother Theresa and the Beatles, it's high time we return the favor again.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

32. That is a lovely way of looking at it....

[impik]

6. Thank you. This is lovely

[wryter2000]

7. Glad to share

He's something, huh? :)

Nice to hear from you.

[JTFrog]

8. K&R

[tabatha]

9. Thank you so much. He is a great man,

but unfortunately, as has been done to a lot of things, some in the US can't stop trashing him.

[zippy890]

10. thank you - and Norway

Many of us are very proud our president was awarded and is accepting the peace prize today.

:hi:

[jenmito]

11. K&R. We ARE lucky to have him. The majority of us know that. Thanks for feeling

the same as we do. :hi:

[treestar]

12. Thank you

And your Nobel Committee for recognizing him in this way.

[Pirate Smile]

13. Thank you and we enjoy getting the view from across the pond.

:hi:

[moondust]

14. Thank you, Norway!

I traveled Oslo->Finse->Bergen about 35 years ago and thought I was in heaven! Thank you for your recognition of our President and for making an effort to push the world toward peace in these difficult times.

Skål!
:toast:

[ShortnFiery]

15. Yes, it's not their country that's being bombed to kibbles and bits ... and bits. eom

[Cha]

16. And, thank you, to Norway, for

honoring our President with the Nobel Peace Prize..many of us actually get it why it was awarded to Pres Obama.

[KrR]

17. Thank You...

But you chose the wrong website.... this website is overrun with DK supporters and Anarchists...

[trigz]

18. Well, I'm a socialist myself

...but anyone with half a brain would realise what Obama is about: Intelligent leadership of a quality the world has not had for a long, long time.

[PJPhreak]

43. Thank You!

"Intelligent leadership of a quality the world has not had for a long, long time."

Very well said.

[FrenchieCat]

19. But he won't be honored here......

only scorned and demeaned.
We are still working the automatic negative reflex pilot
that Bush left us with.

But I agree, that was one of the best speeches on the subject of
the true limits of our imperfect humanity that I have ever heard spoken.

[mogster]

20. It was a very good speech

It'll blow over, don't worry. I hope he gets the help he need from abroad to make some progress in what he's doing.
It's good to remember that the awarding country also is involved in the same war, and so is most of Europe.

[otohara]

41. Ain't That The Truth

Not so sure about your "automatic negative reflex pilot that Bush left us with" theory being the reason for all the nasty-ass shit being said about Obama on DU.

[Algorem]

21. you get hit in the head by part of that missile or what?

[Kind of Blue]

22. You're welcome, Norway Trigz. The majority of us appreciate

him too!
KnR!

[Rhiannon12866]

23. K&R! Great post, my friend! Thank you...

It's wonderful to see you back! During today's coverage of the president's award, I did think of you and wondered what you thought. It's been way too long...

Rhiannon :hi:

[Hekate]

24. Thank you back. I also think this will be a historic presidency, tho' he was elected at a rough time

... in US history.

Hekate

[ClarkUSA]

25. Thank you, trigz. Good to see that you feel the same way many of us American Obama supporters do.

:hi:

[saltpoint]

26. Hello to you and a gracious thank you as well.

[Techn0Girl]

27. Thank you Norway but what would be really nice....

Nobel Peace Prize award - 12 million Swedish Kroners ...
Security detail - 12 million American dollars ....
Truly creating Peace - Priceless

[ClayZ]

28. Thank You! :)

K and R

[Goldstein1984]

29. Thanks

He's not doing as well as some of us hoped, but your message is a good reminder that he's a lot better than what we had before. In fact, he's the best president in my lifetime, which stretches back into the 50s.

By the way, not everyone who disapproves of some of what he does hates him. We were just expecting more. But he's just getting started. We'll see. He needs to keep hearing the bad with the good. Democracy is not a fan club.

[AllyCat]

30. He gives good speeches.

Just curious from your perspective...why do you feel he earned the prize? Some of us are having a hard time with this as he has escalated the war in Afghanistan and now has made it easier for future administrations to use torture. What am I missing? Seriously, need some light as this is making me pretty down.

[tomp]

31. fooled another one.

public option dead. but such pretty words.

[berni_mccoy]

33. Why don't you go crawl back into the shadows, Wormtongue

[tomp]

47. why don't you start defending the people...

...instead of barack obama.

obamaphilia, it's rampant. get your vaccination soon.

[sonias]

34. You are most welcome

Glad you enjoyed the speech. It was a great speech. He has big shoes to fill with the winners that came before him.

:hi:


Sonia

[TwilightGardener]

35. Hey, anytime!

:thumbsup:

[Historic NY]

36. Thank you Norway..

[LWolf]

37. I'm glad you like him. Please keep him. nt

[salguine]

39. +1000

[Peacetrain]

38. We like him too!!!!

[salguine]

40. You have national health care in Norway, don't you.

[jwirr]

42. Thank you. Many of us here are afraid because he handles things

in a far different way than we are used to and we do not understand what he is even trying to do. But we all hope that your assessment is correct and that he helps us all into a better future. He started with an almost impossible job and we continually forget some of the things he has already accomplished in the fight for the rest of what we ask for, especially an end to the wars we are in.

[newtothegame]

44. Our obsession with "making history" is what got us here. Prop 8, no universal healthcare. n/t

ed for sp

[goclark]

45. I was in Norway in the '60 ~ when I saw the Ceremony

on television I was so pleased, your country is so beautiful!


Thanks for the post and we are glad you are at DU

[goclark]

46. I forgot to tell you I saw the Midnight Sun in Norway

Wow!

I'll never forget it ~ I was in a bar with some of my college friends, we were on a college tour from the US. A really nice guy started talking to Ms. goclark and asked me had I ever seen the Midnight Sun.

I told him that I had not.

He said," I take you to see it on my motor bike "~ and off we went!

It was never to be forgotten!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_sun