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Twitter on the Obama Nobel win

2 years ago
by uncommonguy in

Lots of funny obser­va­tions on Twit­ter for #nobel. Not agree­ing or dis­agree­ing with these, but I laughed:

@damngoodmon: I'm just say­ing Woodrow Wil­son had to set­tle WWI and push the League of Nations to win his Nobel Peace Prize.

@volatile_tifa:Kanye: I'm real happy for you Obama, and Imma let you fin­ish, but what have you done to earn this award besides call me an ass? XD

@rickmcmillan: Noth­ing against Obama and his Nobel Peace Prize, but nom­i­na­tions were due 2 weeks after he took office. He hadn't even unpacked yet!

@paulaharington: Once I found out that the Nobel Peace Prize was between Jon Gos­selin and Obama. I felt much bet­ter that Obama won.

@krupali: "You can't build a rep­u­ta­tion on what you are going to do" — Henry Ford

@rkerestes: Thinks the #Nobel Cmte should've just said they are rec­og­niz­ing the Amer­i­can peo­ple for demon­strat­ing we're not the stereo­type peo­ple think

@sadin: I just played Soli­taire on my com­puter. And god­dammit Obama won that too.

@KimDay71: Just not being the jack­ass your pre­de­ces­sor was is not enough cri­te­ria for the #Nobel.

@joelfaucett: I think we can all agree that Obama deserves the #nobel for pre­vent­ing Sarah Palin from ascend­ing to the White House.

@srpetrew: Jimmy Carter 22 yrs of ser­vice. Woodrow Wil­son 6 yrs. Teddy Roo­sevelt 5 yrs. Obama 11 days and he wins the #Nobel Peace Prize. Too soon?

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2 years ago
by uncommonguy in

I am annoyed they gave Obama the Nobel Peace Prize. Accom­plish­ments: attempt­ing to talk to Iran; attempt­ing to talk to North Korea; talk­ing up 'hope'. I should get the biol­ogy prize for dream­ing about unicorns.

Within 20 min­utes I was per­son­ally belit­tled for say­ing so then lumped in with orga­nized right-wing nutters.

My response to one legit­i­mate com­ment:
This most pres­ti­gious award in the world should be given for accom­plish­ments, not a sport­ing try. Ini­tia­tives? Visions? Hope? Come on, that's like [as Mike said sep­a­rately] giv­ing out par­tic­i­pa­tion rib­bons for softball.

There are peo­ple out there with demon­stra­ble suc­cesses and they should get it. The prize is a chance to rec­og­nize some­one would oth­er­wise would be ignored on the global stage. Giv­ing it to the most glob­ally well-liked man (after maybe the Dali Lama) and leader of the USA seems like a missed oppor­tu­nity to rec­og­nize a suc­cess­ful leader labor­ing in rel­a­tive obscurity.

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