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Old 02-09-2011, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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Has he done anything to really deserve it yet? I know that it was based on potential, but I'm not sure he's really done anything to promote peace in this world or better humanity.
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Old 02-09-2011, 05:42 PM
 
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I don't know where it stands now, but Obama officially has a body count attached to his administration.
Makes the notion of him getting a peace prize more laughable by the day.
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Old 02-09-2011, 05:46 PM
 
Location: Near Manito
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I don't know where it stands now, but Obama officially has a body count attached to his administration.
Makes the notion of him getting a peace prize more laughable by the day.
True dat, but no more laughable than Yasser Arafat.

Rueful laughter, I hasten to add.
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Old 02-09-2011, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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Like most awards, I don't give much thought to it.
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Old 02-09-2011, 05:53 PM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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It was clear from the get-go to all but the most ardent o-bots (and a handful of powerful but equally delusional weegees) that this farce of a prize would ultimately become an embarassment.
And it was so.
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Old 02-09-2011, 06:02 PM
 
Location: Tyler, TX
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Has he done anything to really deserve it yet? I know that it was based on potential, but I'm not sure he's really done anything to promote peace in this world or better humanity.
He's bowed to a lot of foreign leaders in a very peaceful and non-threatening way.
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Old 02-09-2011, 06:50 PM
 
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Has he done anything to really deserve it yet? I know that it was based on potential, but I'm not sure he's really done anything to promote peace in this world or better humanity.
He received his Peace Prize "based on potential". . .
That is like saying an athlete is presented the gold medal for a possibility he might win the race!
It is beyond absurd. That's our man.

He hasn't done one thing to bring his own country together. Absolutely nothing to facilitate peace between our two party system.
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Old 02-09-2011, 06:54 PM
 
Location: Near Manito
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I would like to be given a hundred million dollars based on the possibility that I might someday purchase a winning lottery ticket. Or perhaps an Academy Award based on the possibity that I might someday be discovered in Schrafft's drugstore sipping on a chocolate malt and wearing a pink cashmere sweater. I only hope that my chest hair does not protrude, spoiling the effect.
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Old 02-09-2011, 06:55 PM
 
Location: Portland, OR
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He received his Peace Prize "based on potential". . .
That is like saying an athlete is presented the gold medal for a possibility he might win the race!
It is beyond absurd. That's our man.

He hasn't done one thing to bring his own country together. Absolutely nothing to facilitate peace between our two party system.
I mean it's pretty much true. It was a "nudging" to not be like Bush. At this point, I pretty much have to say that Obama is as guilty as Bush is for our Guantanamo, Iraq and Afghanistan occupations.
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Old 02-09-2011, 06:57 PM
 
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Silly.

Just demonstrates the 'value' (non-monetary) of the award.
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