Nobel Peace Prize for Obama?

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I guess the silly season is not going to end any time soon. Next up, the Nobel Committee at Oslo awards the Peace Prize to Barack Obama after a mere nine months in office. Although for the conservatives it feels much longer; after all he has made America a socialist, commie-loving, profit-killing hellhole. Admittedly, the Nobel Committee was impressed with Obama’s intentions for nuclear disarmament but considering America still has the world’s largest stockpile of nukes, mere intentions aren’t enough otherwise every Ms.Universe candidate would get a Nobel for her promises of world peace and ending world hunger. It is deja vu all over again when the Nobels gave one to Woodrow Wilson for his League of Nations that America never joined. Even the guy who predicted his presidency couldn’t have predicted this one :) Can or will anyone blame Obama for hypnotizing the Nobel Committee? I’m sure we can. Let the brickbats rain.

For the future, as I suggested on Twitter, let the Nobel Committee scrap its stupid no-posthumous-award rule (one that denied Gandhi) and start at say, 3000 B.C. I’m sure some pharaoh had noble intentions. Or perhaps even Jesus Christ that would make wing-nutters go, Ok! now the Nobels are legitimate. Would this be the break that late-night comedians were waiting for to make fun of Obama? Perhaps, there is hope and Obama always promised that.

“Nobel Peace Prize for Obama?” [Short URL: http://www.ipatrix.com/?p=3000] was published Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 9:16 am by Patrix, filed under 9rules, Current Affairs, and tagged as Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Nobel Prize, peace, politics, United States, WTF. Both comments and linkbacks are closed.

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http://www.rpsam.blogspot.com Rhucha
Although I am very excited to read this news, I am equally stunned. Obama’s work is still in its infancy. Of course it is a great step towards World Peace, but as you mentioned mere intentions are not enough. I think it’s a little too premature to declare He has done it! Nonentheless hope remains. However, given the timing of this prize Obama could face hell of opposition from within the Country than outside; for his efforts to change the world. Let’s hope the “Charm” he used to bring this prize to US helps him to pursuade people at home that Politics has to go beyond partisan!

Patrix
Some contend that is was given in an ‘aspirational’ sense like when Desmond Tutu got in 1984. But I still disagree with the choice and it is far too early regardless of his intentions and goals for peace. Riding the world of nuclear weapons is merely a chimerical goal and has no hope of ever achieving fruition so unless he makes significant headway in that direction, the award is premature. But as this Reuters article puts it, it now places a burden on Obama on achieving those ends; not something that a sitting U.S. President would want.

Hannah
I find it funny that the deadline for nomination as only about 9 days after he took office. That just blew my mind.

Patrix
So if the deadline was yesterday, your mind wouldn’t have been blown?

Hannah
No, thats not exactly how I ment it. But what could he have done in 9 days to be nominated in the first place?

Patrix
Beats me :) But I’m sure they don’t start the clock as soon as he takes office. The prize wasn’t given to the post of the President of the United States. So although the choice is baffling, I find that reasoning for not giving him the prize strange.

http://ashujo.blogspot.com Ashutosh
I really like the way the whole world is looking like a circus these days

Patrix
It may actually be more entertaining and less infuriating if we look at it that way :)

http://wyblog.us/ Chris Wysocki
Obama threw out the first pitch at the All Star game – nominate him for the Cy Young Award!
Did you know there’s a Facebook group seeking to award Obama the Heisman Trophy? Hey, why not!
And his TelePrompTer should definitely get a Pulitzer!

Patrix
Actually, I would like your wishes come true just to see more wingnut heads explode.

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