Obama has won a Nobel

DaemonSeid · #1 10-09-2009, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Little32

(and sometimes you folks are just too much for me).

And this looks like it's gonna be one of those days...I will just sit back and watch this one play out.

Join me and pop some popcorn. The usual players will pop in momentarily.

You may want to read this This kind of adds to what KSig said earlier.

Myth: The prize is awarded to recognize efforts for peace, human rights and democracy only after they have proven successful.

More often, the prize is awarded to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through, sometimes at critical moments.

KSigkid · #2 10-09-2009, 10:04 AM

Little32 and DS...I think you're making WAY too much out of this. EW is the only poster who has been critical of the President's international policy in this thread. All the rest of us are saying is that they think it was a bit early and premature to give him the prize. That's it.

Did we lose the ability to second-guess at the close of the Bush administration?

ETA: It never ceases to amaze me how sensitive people can be to criticism when it's aimed at their favorite politician. I guess that's one similarity between some Bush supporters and some Obama supporters...

DaemonSeid · #3 10-09-2009, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by KSigkid

Little32 and DS...I think you're making WAY too much out of this. EW is the only poster who has been critical of the President's international policy in this thread. All the rest of us are saying is that they think it was a bit early and premature to give him the prize. That's it.

Did we lose the ability to second-guess at the close of the Bush administration?

Nope...not making it anything. I agree (to a point) with 'all the rest of you".

However, I would like to state for those that wondered 'why'. I simply wanted to provide info and an opinion as to 'why'.

I am just merely stating that at this point with some of what i read, I am watching to see how both pro and cons play out...that is it.

I'm not really taking part of the debate because I already have an idea of how it will go, so have at it. I got red kool ade and popcorn sitting by the couch.

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

That probably had something to do with it. A Black President of South Afrika is a great example of change and hope for future change.

I knew you would say that...thanks.

KSigkid · #4 10-09-2009, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

I'm not really taking part of the debate because I already have an idea of how it will go, so have at it. I got red kool ade and popcorn sitting by the couch.

But see, when you make statements like this, you're essentially saying "The anti-award debate will be ridiculous, so I'll just sit back and watch."

Need I remind you that you were one of the most willing participants in the pro/con Bush debates...

DrPhil · #5 10-09-2009, 10:12 AM

It's always silly when people state that they aren't taking part in a discussion. Your lack of participation speaks for itself. If you insist on being on the sidelines, just be on the sidelines and don't turn every discussion into a popcorn and kool aide spectacle. You exaggerate the debate and get the pro-Obama people riled up when you do that.

DaemonSeid · #6 10-09-2009, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by KSigkid

But see, when you make statements like this, you're essentially saying "The anti-award debate will be ridiculous, so I'll just sit back and watch."

Need I remind you that you were one of the most willing participants in the pro/con Bush debates...

Yup...guilty.

So...carry on people!

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

It's always silly when people state that they aren't taking part in a discussion. Your lack of participation speaks for itself. If you insist on being on the sidelines, just be on the sidelines and don't turn every discussion into a popcorn and kool aide spectacle. You exaggerate the debate and get the pro-Obama people riled up when you do that.

Nobody has to do it...sometimes some of you folks do it for yourselves...so...that's it for me.

DrPhil · #7 10-09-2009, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Yup...guilty.

So...carry on people!

Welp, thanks to DS we can have a discussion. To what do we owe this honor?

Back to the topic before Little32 and DS got sidetracked:

Obama doesn't deserve a Nobel Prize.

Munchkin03 · #8 10-09-2009, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

Welp, thanks to DS we can have a discussion. To what do we owe this honor?

Back to the topic before Little32 and DS got sidetracked:

Obama doesn't deserve a Nobel Prize.

When I heard this on NPR today, in that crazy state between sleep and wakefulness, I thought it was BS. I took sinus meds last night and had crazy dreams so anything was possible.