I think it is safe to say he has done much more "uniting" that his predecessor. I don't know if I would have said that 2 weeks into it but good for him.
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I think it is safe to say he has done much more "uniting" that his predecessor. I don't know if I would have said that 2 weeks into it but good for him.
This award is basically an award for not being George Bush. He hasn't actually really done anything deserving of a Nobel Peace Price, especially compared to what others have done in the last year, I'm sure. This award will tell all the people that thought the loss of Chicago for the Olympics meant that the world didn't like Obama that they were wrong. Of course, now this opens the door for the end of the world conspiracy theorists in some way or another...
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I am in two minds about this. On one hand, I'm sure there are many people in the world who are more deserving of the award this year than Obama.
On the other hand, I would really enjoy seeing Obama smugging it up over the howls of outrage from the Right. Also, it gives me the opportunity to post this:
If he had any integrity, he'd refuse the prize and give it to someone who really deserved it. And if the Nobel Prize award committee had any integrity, they'd apologize to the world.
Good grief!
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I think it is safe to say he has done much more "uniting" that his predecessor. I don't know if I would have said that 2 weeks into it but good for him.
"Uniting?" I think you misspelled that - the proper spelling is "untieing"
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I voted for him, but I still think this is premature. Most commentators this morning are inferring that the Nobel committee's intention is to support his goals, and hope that the prestige will help him achiev his goal to change the international community's tone and approach to diplomacy. If so, I hope that it works, but I'm rather pessimistic. Countries will do what they and what they believe is in thier own interests, and few of the bad actors will be moved at all by this award.
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If he had any integrity, he'd refuse the prize and give it to someone who really deserved it. And if the Nobel Prize award committee had any integrity, they'd apologize to the world.
Good grief!
Refusing the award would probably cause more problems than accepting. However, I would not be surprised if he dedicates his speech to other deserving heroes, and I hope he consders donating the prize to a peaceful cause.
__________________ The judge and the dreamer stood face to face ... One stranded in time, one lost in space.
The tenderness and love of God our Savior has dawned in our lives; He saved us not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of His mercy. Titus 3:4-5 (Jerusalem Bible)
"What would the church be like if we erred from an excess of compassion rather than from a stingy and legalistic lack of it." - Brennan Manning
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