hunterrose Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) What? Scratch winning a Nobel Prize off my Things I Want to Do List. <blows gasket> Edit: Dumb and Dumberer. According to Wikipedia and Nobelprize.org, the nominations for Nobel Prize candidates had to be submitted on or before February 1. How many days had Obama been in office at that time? 11?? Edited October 9, 2009 by hunterrose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placebo Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Ridiculous. Just plain ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) Even if I wanted Obama's policies to succeed (as opposed to seeing him get badges), this is not a prize I would ask for -- not at this time. It can only raise the cynicism and feeling of "non achievement" to the "independent" U.S. voter. Edited October 9, 2009 by softwareNerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'kian Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 The Nobel Foundation ought to change the name of that prize to "The Nobel Prize for Prominent Leftist People," or possibly to "The Nobel Prize for Left-wing Activism." It would still be bad, but at least it would be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 The Nobel Foundation's notion of "peace" clearly involves the ruination of mankind and a return to a simpler, pre-human landscape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'kian Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Keep in mnd this is the same organization that awarded Albert Einstein, the foremost physicist of his time, a prize in chemistry. Not for the Theory of Relativity, which revolutionized physics, but for his work on the photo-voltaic effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Primacy of Consciousness is alive and well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whYNOT Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Nominated at less than 2 weeks in office.??!! What objective methods did they use? His pretty face? Lech Walesa, the former Polish President, and 1983 N.P.P. recipient, said: "So soon ? Too early. He has no contribution so far. This is probably an encouragement for him to act. Let's see if he perserveres." Appeasement (by which he is threatening the future of the U.S.A. and the rest of us) is what counts I guess. By which standard, Neville Chamberlain should have got the award for trying to deal with the Nazis. This is another victory for p. c.- ness, subjectivism, and intrincism. Geez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake_Ellison Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 This committee is a joke. It was one when they gave Gore the Peace Prize for a fake documentary, and it is now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalism Forever Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Their standards are slipping, though. Arafat had to murder thousands of people before he got the Prize. Al Gore had to make a movie. What did 0 have to do? Read a couple of words from the teleprompter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whYNOT Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Honestly, I would like to congratulate all Americans on your Prez receiving this honour, but I know that O'ists in particular will not receive undeserved reward, unmerited praise. It has got to be a mixture of pride and embarassment that most other U.S. citizens are feeling right now, and I have to empathize with this. I felt the same way when the S. African Archbishop, Desmond Tutu ( the 'soul of the nation' ) received his award. Now although I feel little patriotism for Zimbabwe, where I lived for several years, I think that another nominee, Morgan Tsvangarai, was more deserving of the Peace Prize; if only for opposing that tyrannical bastard Mugabe, and trying to return the country to peace and prosperity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenriz Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Arafat had to murder thousands of people before he got the Prize. Al Gore had to make a movie. What did 0 have to do? Read a couple of words from the teleprompter? Mother Teresa had to promote a nauseating "cult of suffering" before she won it. Jimmy Carter had to kiss up to every anti-American dictator and write anti-Semetic books about Israel before he won it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandros Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) Keep in mnd this is the same organization that awarded Albert Einstein, the foremost physicist of his time, a prize in chemistry. Not for the Theory of Relativity, which revolutionized physics, but for his work on the photo-voltaic effect.Einstein's theory on the photoelectric effect and the idea of the photon can be considered the start of quantum physics. If that isn't revolutionary, I don't know what is. --------------------------------------------- In my lifetime (24 years), the Nobel Peace Prize has never stood for anything. To me, Obama just received the equivalent of a gold medal from a 25-cent vending machine. However, the prizes in sciences and literature are interesting (literature less and less every year). Kao's work in fiber-optics was revolutionary to say the least, and Boyle's and Smith's invention of the CCD (charge-coupled device) revolutionized everything from medical imaging to the little camera you travel with in your pocket. But my favorite result of their invention? These: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/ Edited October 9, 2009 by Alexandros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdeaSave Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 The only peace the Nobel committee can achieve is the "peace" experienced by a zombie. According to them, peace consists of evasion - evading the the difference between good and evil, between true and false, between fact and non-fact ... all in order to pretend that none of those exist. They give their prizes to those who are the best pretenders. On their view, the world would be better off if the mind of every individual were scooped out and replaced by mush, making all of us zombies. Just like in the movies, the zombies would all end up dead. Unlike the movies, Nobel zombies would die at the hands of evil, not good, i.e., they would die at the hands of the very thing the Nobel committee wants to evade. Mark Peters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Einstein's theory on the photoelectric effect and the idea of the photon can be considered the start of quantum physics. If that isn't revolutionary, I don't know what is. --------------------------------------------- In my lifetime (24 years), the Nobel Peace Prize has never stood for anything. To me, Obama just received the equivalent of a gold medal from a 25-cent vending machine. However, the prizes in sciences and literature are interesting (literature less and less every year). Kao's work in fiber-optics was revolutionary to say the least, and Boyle's and Smith's invention of the CCD (charge-coupled device) revolutionized everything from medical imaging to the little camera you travel with in your pocket. But my favorite result of their invention? These: http://hubblesite.org/gallery/album/ You are right about this. It's the "Peace Prize" that is the joke. The prizes in science are often based on real merit. The Peace Prize is usually based on the subversion of justice. If anything, the Peace Prize could be considered a prize for high level corruption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Even Obama says he doesn't deserve the prize: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 (edited) The wall street journal is doing a poll right now on if Obama should have the award. I just voted. It is at 80.1% NO. Edited October 9, 2009 by Castle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Even Obama says he doesn't deserve the prize: Question is will he put the money where his mouth is and refuse it? I'm not holding my breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapereAude Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Question is will he put the money where his mouth is and refuse it? I'm not holding my breath. Of course Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. If you consider the nature of the prize and its most recent recipients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatriotResistance Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 More evidence the average critical-thinking ability of the world is falling rapidly. It is truly frightening. Bob Galts Gulch Gifts And for fun - Anti-Obama messages store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussK Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Their standards are slipping, though. Arafat had to murder thousands of people before he got the Prize. Al Gore had to make a movie. What did 0 have to do? Read a couple of words from the teleprompter? He hasn't been in power that long yet. Maybe they thought the prize would be moral motivation to kick start his peace propositions and plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEgoist Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Atlas Shrugged isn't coming true. The Onion is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Atlas Shrugged isn't coming true. The Onion is. lol priceless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussK Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Einstein's theory on the photoelectric effect and the idea of the photon can be considered the start of quantum physics. If that isn't revolutionary, I don't know what is. In addition, the photoelectric effect greatly influenced the discoveries and technologies of the recent Novel Prize winners that you continue on to mention. I didn't realize this until after watching The News Hour on PBS, in which they dedicated about a 10 minutes spot to discussing the prize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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