President O'Bama Nobel Laureate...

[Furunculus]

This prize is a hint that this path is the only one for global peace.

never have i seen a more glorious example of hubris.

tho as yet i am not sure whether it belongs to a bunch to scandinavains for thinking they know best on matters of world governance, or to you for ascribing such divine judgement to those same scandinavians.

(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding

Anyway. It's quite funny that you use words like hubris concerning my post, yet also remarking sarcasm like "divine judgement". If I am presumptuous, then so are you.

nothing merely your assumption that some random scandinavians are qualified to sit in judgement on success not yet gained.

again, it is not i that ascribes such wonderful foresight to the nobel muppets, but you.

[rvg]

They should create a new Nobel Prize category: "For Being Barack Obama." Then they can subsequently award it to him every year for the rest of his life.

[Fragony]

They should create a new Nobel Prize category: "For Being Barack Obama." Then they can subsequently award it to him every year for the rest of his life.

sums it up, people should stop doing this his job is hard enough without such pressure. Might even hurt their cause elevating him to high, give the man some time.

[Fixiwee]

nothing merely your assumption that some random scandinavians are qualified to sit in judgement on success not yet gained.

again, it is not i that ascribes such wonderful foresight to the nobel muppets, but you.

You have only made a joke out of my statement yet. Please tell me what is wrong about diplomacy, the will to talk to each other and rewarding a man for the intentions? If you are trying to derail my statement ad absurdum I fail to understand the reason behind it.

[Ronin]

Leave it to the Norwegians

[Lemur]

I was convinced this was another Onion article, until I clicked the link. I realize they've given the NPP to some offbeat characters such as Yasser Arfafat and Henry Kissinger, but this one really takes the odd cake.

[Aemilius Paulus]

Heh, I am so relieved to see Backroomers take such a thoughtful stance... Most other people I spoke to are indignant and hostile to my attempts to explain how Obama does not, or does not yet deserve the prize... So I gave up...

My only questioni s, why is it that the news seemed so relatively quiet about it? Most people I spoke were nto even aware of Obama's trophy.

[KukriKhan]

One more tick-mark on the "To-Do" list of Things to Accomplish Before being Selected Simultaneous Secretary General of The United Nations and NATO, after this part-time gig as POTUS.

[Don Corleone]

I think it was rather shrewd by the Nobel committee. Jump on Obama's recent acquiesences to Russia (blocking deployment of the missile shield) and Iran (will not prevent them from developing nuclear weaponry) and reward these in such a high profile, verifiable manner as to prevent the President from ever acting out of accord with their wishes in the future when he becomes more mature in his term (and when presidents stop playing world diplomat and start playing to the home crowd again to get reelected).

What's that? You want to prevent Venezuela from invading Costa Rica? But we gave you the Peace Prize.... you have to just verbally condemn it, you can't actually DO anything about it....

[Vladimir]

Handicapped by success then?

[Strike For The South]

Guys he derseves cause hes black! He's the desdcent of sharecroppers! His family wallowed under opression in the Jim Crow south!

[Sasaki Kojiro]

[Aemilius Paulus]

Guys he derseves cause hes black! He's the desdcent of sharecroppers! His family wallowed under opression in the Jim Crow south!

How true, most of his appeal rest on the colour of his skin... Would Obama be chosen as a candidate if not because of his colour? Heck no. He would not have rose so high in the first place, before he got nominated either, if he was white. But that is politics - so nothing to grumble about here. It is not as if the business of politics even pretends to be fair and balanced (God, how FOX butchered that slogan... just like "maverick" and Sarah Palin)

[Subotan]

Guys he derseves cause hes black! He's the desdcent of sharecroppers! His family wallowed under opression in the Jim Crow south!

Actually, his family didn't, since his father was Kenyan, and his mother was white.

[Subotan]

Maybe it would be better seen as an encouragement, rather than a reward. He now has to justify being awarded it.
In related news, check out Neo-Con websites for some seriously funny .
E.g.http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:y_ne...9jCn18fv5zfNdF

[Hooahguy]

pity its not April fools.
he does not deserve that award. at least not yet.

The nobel prize would lose its points if its only given to those who have already done their job. The entire point of the peace prize is to get people to do something.

um, NO.
so by that reasoning we should give the prize to everyone, because then they would be inspired to do some good towards mankind.
what if some dumb words by him causes a war, or makes something go badly wrong. guess those folks over at the Nobel peace prize association would look pretty dumb.
but once again, you cant expect them to not bow at the alter to obama, right?

[Kadagar_AV]

May I start off by saying that it is the crazy norwegians who handles the peace prize. It's not part of the "proper" swedish Nobel prize. Back in Nobel's day, Sweden used to own Norway (we still do, but in a way other meaning of the word).

Now, about Obama and the peace prize... Ridiculous...

Don't get me wrong, I think Obama is on a whole different scale of good compared to Bush. But still???

What has he actually done?

If he actually accomplished something, it would be WAY better to give him the prize then... For soooo many reasons, most of them stated already.

[The Stranger]

Obamamania!!! He doesn't even need the money...