olympos Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 BREAKING NEWS! http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/22602/1/ The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 to US President Barak Obama. The Nobel Peace Prize is an international prize which is awarded annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee according to guidelines laid down in Alfred Nobel's will. The Peace Prize is one of five prizes that have been awarded annually since 1901 under the auspices of the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm for outstanding contributions in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. Starting in 1969, a Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has also been awarded. Whereas the other prizes are awarded by specialist committees based in Sweden, the Peace Prize is awarded by a committee appointed by the Norwegian Storting. According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize is to go to whoever "shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses". The prize includes a medal, a personal diploma, and a large sum of prize money (currently 10 million Swedish crowns). The Nobel Peace Prize has been called "the world's most prestigious prize". The Prize is awarded at a ceremony in the Oslo City Hall on December 10, the date on which Alfred Nobel died. (NRK/Nobel Committee) CONGRATULATIONS TO MR OBAMA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 I was a bit shocked at this as well, but too lazy to post it. He's done nothing to prove himself, nothing at all, to win this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 I was a bit shocked at this as well, but too lazy to post it.He's done nothing to prove himself, nothing at all, to win this. FFS .... nobel peace prize for what ??? suppose for beating those 2 ***** bush and cheney's gotta be worth something ... but a nobel peace prize ??? :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustyjuggler Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 **** me!! is it April already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 I always thought it was some kind of life time achievement award? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 my initial reaction was WTF! this has subsequently been revised to WTF!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Feels to me like its almost a push rather than a gift. Like the Mafia giving you something you would like but don' t deserve, BUT you know you're going to have to pay it back.... and you can't get out of it. Time for some of that good old peace **** Obama! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympos Posted October 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 And there is really nothing that could change your mind ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbes Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Someone's taken the piss, right fellas?! :shock: :? I'd hoped they'd give it to Morgan Tsvangirai for sticking his neck out against Uncle Bob for over a decade and, after numerous attempts to let him sniff the daisies from below, being roughed up and dragged through the courts on trumped up charges, he's got the patience of a saint trying to work with that murderous c*nt together. Now if that doesn't deserve a Nobel Peace Prize than what does. On the other hand they have given it to the war criminal Kissinger too, so it kinda figures. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drlovelife8 Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 ok ok, before we hang obama. who does deserve it then????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAV Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 If Obama won the "Peace prize" surely Beej qualifys for a Laureate of some description :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeusbheld Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 I always thought it was some kind of life time achievement award? *never* was, and usually was for some specific thing. bit timid in taking on china aren't they. 2nd year in a row Hu Jia's been in it but not won. i suspect his family could use the prize money, too, (him being in prison and all). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjotr75 Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Well, the norwegians have been a bit jealous because Obama went to visit Denmark last week. So the only way they could get him to come to Norway, was by giving him the peace price, then they knew he had to come... and yes, now he is comming :!: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germannrw Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 For peace ! Why not ? For me it is ok , him become this price ! Also he become a ORDER with it !! So we all can hope for peace , and the soldiers can go home , from afganistan and anywhere ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Oh Joeska... :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olympos Posted October 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 To those who ask themselves why Obama got awarded: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/press.html The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. 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. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened. 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." Oslo, October 9, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 after Bush anyone would seem a prize winner........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANNO Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 I voted for the man and I am please he is our President! But this does seem a bit premature!?! to use an old US advertizung tag-line: "where's the beef!" At this moment if I had a wish... take the prize $$$ -Bank it! ...(you can now afford to)- cut all fishy ties he has had (they all do; to get elected) with special interest groups and become a stateman to the world and an honest broker domestically! cannot wait for the knee-jerk rants coming from the far :arrow: :arrow: I. E. COulter, Rush, glen Beck, Bill O'. :idea: you know it will be interesting to see how the worlld at large reacts too? ( I know America is a love hate item around the world) :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 I think this is an important and rather f**ked up fact...... ''Instead the committee chose Mr Obama, who was inaugurated less than two weeks before the 1 February nomination deadline. '' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetieBabie Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 President Obama Comments On Winning Nobel Peace Prize http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luQ8ujkmekE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodKarma Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 I voted for the man and I am please he is our President! But this does seem a bit premature!?! to use an old US advertizung tag-line: "where's the beef!" At this moment if I had a wish... take the prize $$$ -Bank it! ...(you can now afford to)- cut all fishy ties he has had (they all do; to get elected) with special interest groups and become a stateman to the world and an honest broker domestically! cannot wait for the knee-jerk rants coming from the far :arrow: :arrow: I. E. COulter, Rush, glen Beck, Bill O'. :idea: you know it will be interesting to see how the worlld at large reacts too? ( I know America is a love hate item around the world) :? well said DANNO :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodKarma Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 ironically even how every thing is percieved to be world surveys still get surveys produce results such as this... I would agree with the love :: hate analogy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/06/global-survey-says-us-now_n_311479.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyHappyJoy Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 I like how Obama was humble to say that he didn't deserve to be in the company of other winners. This will, however, deepen his political mandate and influence on the world stage as a peace maker. This may come in handy with situations with Iran and North Korea. It is also seen as political bias to the left. It is seen as self-congratulatory by the left. Yes, the world is glad to finally be rid of Bush, but I think this hurts the credibility of the Nobel Committee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce551 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Obama response: ?I knew it was going to be a busy day,? Mr. Axelrod said, ?and that was before I knew that the boss had won the Nobel Peace Prize.? One questioner in the audience asked Mr. Axelrod to share the president?s initial, unvarnished reaction when he learned about winning the Nobel Prize. Mr. Axelrod said that the White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs, woke Mr. Obama with the news. ?What are you talking about?? Mr. Obama said, according to Mr. Axelrod. ?Is this a joke?? NY Times http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/obama-adviser-warns-against-quick-decisions-on-afghanistan/ :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trocks69 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 wtf this is such a joke on a large scale...am glad i will leave this joke of a country soon....am embarressed to be an american for once in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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