Just over two and a half hours ago at 6am EST it was announced that US President Barack Hussein Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. After being inaugurated on January 20, he was nominated for this (formerly) prestigious award just two weeks later on Feb 1 (the deadline for nominations).
Really? In addition, what the heck did he do during those two weeks that deserved a fricken Nobel Peace Prize? This is worse than Al Gore getting the prize for running around the world in a carbon spewing jet to say how bad flying around in jets is for the ecosystem.
All partisanship aside, if this award can be given to someone who, at the time, had not done ANYTHING then it has lost all meaning. Apparently, according to former winner Desmond Tutu, it is to encourage him.
I want some frickin encouragement; give me the Nobel Prize for Economics and I promise to contribute at some point.
Although this is basically the most pointed way the rest of the world can take that last parting shot at the Bush administration (and Obama should realize this, it is less about him than it is about Bush), it ignores all the actual accomplishments by people around the world who deserved this award.
Way to go people.
Only two weeks after? Hmm… does sound verrry strange. Maybe they were bribed? Maybe it really is a joke (the peace prize I mean) and now we can all comprehend it has no real meaning attached to the name?
Comment by m kotrla — October 10, 2009 @ 9:21 am