eagle Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 All awards are slanted. Grammy awards are voted on by members which is 5000 or so not the millions of listeners. Its still an Honor but most awards are done this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodKarma Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Teddy R.. was also responsible for me to be able drive to the grand canyon and have the affection for it.. as an avid hunter...he preserved a lot of national parks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeGeneve Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Just saw on FOX that Cheney's daughter is calling for Obama to send the mother of a fallen US soldier to go to Oslo and collect the award in 'honour of fallen US soldiers in the War on Terror'! Of course bloody FOX is running with it...... Good to watch mindless comedy now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Just saw on FOX that Cheney's daughter is calling for Obama to send the mother of a fallen US soldier to go to Oslo and collect the award in 'honour of fallen US soldiers in the War on Terror'!Of course bloody FOX is running with it...... Good to watch mindless comedy now and then. Fox news is so pathetic , it's like the rightwing Onion..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beej Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Just saw on FOX that Cheney's daughter is calling for Obama to send the mother of a fallen US soldier to go to Oslo and collect the award in 'honour of fallen US soldiers in the War on Terror'!Of course bloody FOX is running with it...... Good to watch mindless comedy now and then. Can they also pay for the mother of every innocent man/woman/child thats been killed by American bombs to go along to? Madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Nice man wins Nobel prize for meeting job description US President Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for being an all-round nice guy, and pretty much adhering to his job description. There were a record 205 nominations for this year?s peace prize. Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Chinese dissident Hu Jia had been among the favourites who do not have a powerful army at their disposal. The Nobel Committee explained that President Obama was a deserving winner, despite being in post for just ten months. Recognition ?Mr Obama has done extremely well in his short time in office.? ?He has managed to not invade any more sovereign states, and this obvious restraint deserves recognition.? ?Also, the civilian deaths caused by US troops around the world is waaay down on last year - another reason for celebration.? ?But best of all, he has agreed to reduce his haul of nuclear weapons to a level capable of destroying the planet just three times over - again a significant improvement on the last guy.? ?I mean, he could literally make one phone call and Iran would disappear off the face of the Earth, but he hasn?t made that call yet, and for that reason, we happily award him this nice big prize ahead of many lesser-known pacifists and human rights campaigners.? The award has demonstrated a shift in the awarding criteria to favour those nominees who can prove they are definitely not George W Bush. One former losing nominee derided the committee?s decision, saying, ?So basically he?s got the award for not being as bad as the last guy in his job? Well the last guy who had my job used to piss in the customers soup, so why not give it me!? (na) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Moobs Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Just saw on FOX that Cheney's daughter is calling for Obama to send the mother of a fallen US soldier to go to Oslo and collect the award in 'honour of fallen US soldiers in the War on Terror'!Of course bloody FOX is running with it...... Good to watch mindless comedy now and then. Can they also pay for the mother of every innocent man/woman/child thats been killed by American bombs to go along to? Madness. Right after the Brits and Europe make reparations for the past few centuries of conquest, global warfare and colonialism. Hey, we can even limit to after 1492 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Just saw on FOX that Cheney's daughter is calling for Obama to send the mother of a fallen US soldier to go to Oslo and collect the award in 'honour of fallen US soldiers in the War on Terror'!Of course bloody FOX is running with it...... Good to watch mindless comedy now and then. Can they also pay for the mother of every innocent man/woman/child thats been killed by American bombs to go along to? Madness. Right after the Brits and Europe make reparations for the past few centuries of conquest, global warfare and colonialism. Hey, we can even limit to after 1492 or so. Hmmm, Dave my bourbon guzzling chum; I think some sand has got in your eyes and you are having a little problem in interpretation of the artistic one's words... The Beej did not mention reparations in any form. His post was a response to the news that Cheney's daughter wants Obama to send the mother of a fallen US soldier to collect the Nobel Piss prize. Beej replied with would they send the mothers of those killed by US troops too? More of an anti Cheney/Fox thing than anything else. But the merest re4ason for you to go on one of your cliched anti European rants. Was there not something in Nostredamus about a white man leading an army from the east to destroy Europe?? I think that this white man may be you Dave. Just calm down a little. Deep breaths. (and yes, the 'calm down' is also directed at your usual opponents too before you get all blustery about that too) :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakeGeneve Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 A wonderful day for the planet and world peace with the signing of the post START treaty (Appaently called 'New START' treaty) to reduce nukes by the big two to record lows. The treaty, if ratified by lawmakers in both countries, would require each country to deploy no more than 1,550 strategic warheads, down from 2,200 allowed in the Treaty of Moscow signed by President George W. Bush in 2002. Each would be limited to 800 total land-, air- and sea-based launchers — 700 of which can be deployed at any given time — down from 1,600 permitted under the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty of 1991, or Start. Because of counting rules and unilateral reductions over the years, neither country would have to actually eliminate large numbers of weapons to meet the new limits. Moreover, the treaty does not apply to whole categories of weapons, including thousands of strategic warheads held in reserve and tactical warheads, some of which are still stationed in Europe. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/world/europe/09prexy.html?hp Hard to imagine that just 20 years ago we had nearly 50 000 nukes by the big 2. Obama is seemingly intent on further agreements to get the numbers down to a few hundred in the coming decade and eventually a nuke free world. This new treaty appears to provide a good foundation for that goal. Someone should nominate them both for the Noble Peace prize..... :roll: We should all be celebrating. :cheers: :bounce: :thumbleft: :rotate: :cheers: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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