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Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
misteranswer
10-09-2009, 01:19 AM
Talk about a banner year for him.
skyxx
10-09-2009, 01:26 AM
Couldn't you have at least posted an article on how he got it and for what.
Here i'll do it for you.
OSLO – President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.
The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.
"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the committee said. "His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population."
The committee said it attached special importance to Obama's vision of, and work for, a world without nuclear weapons.
"Obama has as president created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play," the committee said.
Theodore Roosevelt won the award in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson won in 1919. Former President Jimmy Carter won the award in 2002, while former Vice President Al Gore shared the 2007 prize with the U.N. panel on climate change.
The Nobel committee received a record 205 nominations for this year's prize.
In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses."
Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, he said the peace prize should be given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Sweden and Norway were united under the same crown at the time of Nobel's death.
The committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel's guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change.
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Associated Press Writer Ian MacDougall contributed to this report.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091009/ap_on_re_eu/eu_nobel_peace
U.S. President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between people," the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday.
The committee attached special importance to Obama's vision and work for a world without nuclear weapons in the prize citation.
The Nobel committee said Obama has created a new climate in international politics that has focused on multilateral diplomacy and an emphasis on the role of the United Nations and other international institutions.
"Thanks to Obama's initiative, the U.S.A. is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened," the citation said.
A record 205 nominations were received for the prize this year.
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba, Chinese dissident Hu Jia, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and Afghan women's rights activist Simi Samar were considered key contenders for the prize.
In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses."
More to come
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/10/09/nobel-peace-prize-obama.html
twitchyzero
10-09-2009, 01:29 AM
legendary
why can't we have a kick-ass head of state in canada...
Oh yeah, I still dont believe Gore deserved his Nobel prize
skyxx
10-09-2009, 01:35 AM
^ He Co-"developed" the internet. HOW CAN HE NOT? :lol
static
10-09-2009, 01:51 AM
so this would be the first thing Obama has to thank Bush Jr for ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8298580.stm
ANALYSIS
Paul Reynolds
BBC News, London
The award is certainly unexpected and might be regarded as more of an encouragement for intentions than a reward for achievements.
After all, the president has been in office for a little over eight months and he might hope to serve eight years. His ambition for a world free of nuclear weapons is one that is easier to declare than to achieve and a climate control agreement has yet to be reached.
Indeed, the citation indicates that it is President Obama's world view that attracted the Nobel committee - that diplomacy should be founded "on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population".
El Bastardo
10-09-2009, 04:33 AM
legendary
why can't we have a kick-ass head of state in canada...
We had Tommy Douglas
misteranswer
10-09-2009, 05:14 AM
We had Tommy Douglas
All hail the Jack Bauer's Grandfather! King of Saskatchewan.
Tapioca
10-09-2009, 07:45 AM
I like Obama, but I don't think he deserved the prize based on what's done in the past year (statements, ambitions, etc. notwithstanding)
In terms of the other nominees, I would have given a hard look at Morgan Tsvangirai. If anyone actually has been following what's been going on in Zimbabwe, I would think that Tsvangirai would be more deserving of this prize. He's a guy who's actually fought for what's right in his country, has had his wife killed 'mysteriously', and has been physically intimidated.
!LittleDragon
10-09-2009, 09:16 AM
I like Obama and all but I don't think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize yet. He has great intentions but what has actually accomplished so far while in office?
hotjoint
10-09-2009, 09:21 AM
cool
MR_BIGGS
10-09-2009, 09:22 AM
legendary
why can't we have a kick-ass head of state in canada...
Oh yeah, I still dont believe Gore deserved his Nobel prize
Our PM is too busy singing Beatles songs
http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.canada.com/news/national/stephen+harper+should+have+sung+french+critic/2072880/2068102.bin?size=620x400
they give these awards out like door prizes
misteranswer
10-09-2009, 11:05 AM
Our PM is too busy singing Beatles songs
http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/www.canada.com/news/national/stephen+harper+should+have+sung+french+critic/2072880/2068102.bin?size=620x400
He's also not the Head of State for Canada.
shenmecar
10-09-2009, 11:45 AM
I like Obama and all but I don't think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize yet. He has great intentions but what has actually accomplished so far while in office?
Maybe they're awarding his intentions.
wnderinguy
10-09-2009, 12:01 PM
I like Obama and all but I don't think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize yet. He has great intentions but what has actually accomplished so far while in office?
Not to mention that the cutoff for nominations was only two weeks into his term(Feb 01 2009),so he got the Nobel Peace Prize for two weeks of work.:rolleyes:
stotch
10-09-2009, 01:46 PM
Not to mention that the cutoff for nominations was only two weeks into his term,so he got the Nobel Peace Prize for two weeks of work.:rolleyes:
thats pretty retarded, what did he get done in those 2 weeks
there just kissing obama's ass
Gumby
10-09-2009, 02:04 PM
I like Obama and all but I don't think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize yet. He has great intentions but what has actually accomplished so far while in office?
Yup, that's exactly my feeling on this as well. :)
Also sets a bad precedent (getting the Nobel Peace Price for something you haven't done [yet])!
StylinRed
10-09-2009, 02:38 PM
i was like "WTF?" when i heard.... im sure there are people who actually deserve the award out there...
it makes no sense at all to give Obama the award... sure he's cool but he hasn't done shit
tbh this really hurts the image of the Noble award for me...
Vansterdam
10-09-2009, 07:24 PM
legendary
why can't we have a kick-ass head of state in canada...
Oh yeah, I still dont believe Gore deserved his Nobel prize
manbearpig
Nocardia
10-09-2009, 07:41 PM
I was under the impresssion that winning a nobel prize is more about life's work and discovering/implementing things.
I don't really know what Obama has done but its weird that he could win something like this for only being in office for such a short period. Its also weird because as a president, it is your job to help peace and prosperity.....I know that its other people's job to invent things too and they win the prize, but the president can really do anything he wants, others affect social change and such...I don't know, I am just rambling..but does anyone know what I mean?
johny
10-09-2009, 07:44 PM
they said on the radio today that all nominations for the Nobel peace prize were due 11 days after the election date. meaning his Nobel peace prize nomination had to be in after only 10 days of being president, at which point he had done nothing... (and still hasn't)
^ Nice fact, but I don't see how that's relevant. He obviously won the award for what he did in 8 months, not 11 days.
It just shows you how much of a fuck up Bush was.
If Obama achieves something significant, then the scholars on the Nobel committee were right. If he doesn't, they were wrong.
wnderinguy
10-09-2009, 10:10 PM
^ Nice fact, but I don't see how that's relevant. He obviously won the award for what he did in 8 months, not 11 days.
Which is what?Just because he didn't invade another country,like the previous president,doesn't mean he's earned a Nobel Peace Prize.
!LittleDragon
10-09-2009, 10:13 PM
This isn't the first WTF tho... like why did Yasir Arafat win the award and not Gandhi?
misteranswer
10-09-2009, 10:18 PM
This isn't the first WTF tho... like why did Yasir Arafat win the award and not Gandhi?
He probably was going to get it in 1948. Unfortunately he died, and they don't award these prizes to dead people.
WakeMeUp
10-09-2009, 10:19 PM
Laughable if you ask me. He hasn't done a damn thing to warrant this thing. Well besides saying
1) "I'm not George Bush"
2) "Hello Iran, and mid east terrorist groups. I know you want to kill us, but let's just talk. I'll give up my weapons just to show you i'm not playing, ok?"
Hondaracer
10-09-2009, 10:26 PM
Not to mention that the cutoff for nominations was only two weeks into his term(Feb 01 2009),so he got the Nobel Peace Prize for two weeks of work.:rolleyes:
exactly. it's fucking bullshit
what has he done for humanity, let alone the american people
this far into his term he really seems like a do-nothing president, he'll sit back on the advice of advisors, make safe decisions, and run it out
a bunch of people i was talking to today who are fairly into US politics including one black guy said they all didnt think he would make it to a second term
Which is what?
He's made a couple of speeches LOL.
Just because he didn't invade another country,like the previous president,doesn't mean he's earned a Nobel Peace Prize.
Apparently, that's enough! :D
Like I said, Bush was a real fuck up. When Obama talks, ppl listen. And in 8 months, he's basically told the world, I'm POTUS and I'm not a fucken idiot.
turbomelon
10-09-2009, 11:59 PM
There have only been two other American Presidents that got the Nobel Peace Prize and they definitely did a lot more than what Obama has done.
He pretty much got a peace prize for saying, "We need to change" anyone with a mouth and some ounce of common sense could say that, but that does not mean they deserve a nobel peace prize. I mean it would be one thing if down the line they gave him the peace prize as a result of stabilizing the middle east, and vastly improves his country's way of life, but he hasn't done any of it yet.
Just because he has the intention or the seeming potential to make a difference doesn't mean he has already. That's like giving some researcher the nobel prize because he claims in a few years time he's gonna discover something AMAZING. The world hasn't changed for the better yet, and while there may be some signs, to award Obama the nobel peace prize so early in his term when he has almost no concrete results just cheapens the Nobel Peace Prize.
Right now other leaders are saying well he better work hard to prove he deserved it, but last time I checked you aren't supposed to be pre-awarded something for future actions, you're supposed to actually do something then be recognized for it. It's like giving some kid out of film school an oscar for best picture of 2013 before he's even made it. What's even funnier are the diehard supporters of Obama who say don't count Obama out for doing something incredible, when the actual issue is that he's been awarded for saying stuff and doing something he hasn't done yet.
m4k4v4li
10-10-2009, 01:39 AM
not really about what he has accomplished, but its what he stands, obama is the posterboy for the american dream, the process of getting elected is harder work although maybe not as innovative than w.e he may accomplish as president
as soon as you get elected, your presidential powers diminish greatly as each day passes... by the 100th day the majority of your power to influence is subject to admin
anyway
that being said i thought he shouldnt have got it
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