Did President Barack Obama deserve
to receive this year's Nobel Prize?
A clear majority favored Barack Obama receiving the Nobel Peace
Prize for 2009.
Just kidding. An overwhelming majority -- 87 percent -- answered no
when asked if President Obama deserved to win the prize. Ten percent
didn't care and only two percent felt the award had been deserved.
to receive this year's Nobel Prize?
A clear majority favored Barack Obama receiving the Nobel Peace
Prize for 2009.
Just kidding. An overwhelming majority -- 87 percent -- answered no
when asked if President Obama deserved to win the prize. Ten percent
didn't care and only two percent felt the award had been deserved.
COMMENTS
They gave it to Jimmy Carter and Yassir Arafat--well at least he is in with good company--a do nothing President and a terrorist who
hid under the umbrella of the UN. Chamberlain would be proud.
NYpeanut
Where’s the selection for “do you think BO is a euro meat puppet?”
Brilliant
Yes he deserved it because the Peace Prize is a joke.
Retain Mike
Greg Lewis in American Thinker presents an uncharitable picture of Obama etal as displaying classic beta male behavior. The alpha
male dog approaches directly, while the beta male displays acquiescent gestures signaling uncompromising submission. Lewis sees
submissiveness in offering conciliatory gestures to Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in sending John Kerry to meet Syrian leader
Bashar al-Assad, in bowing to King Abdullah, in airy discussions with Hugo Chavez and David Ortega, and in generally ridiculing U.S.
past actions whenever he appears on an international stage.
Of course these actions are constructive within the worldview continually vetted by liberal constituencies and confirmed with the
Nobel Peace Prize. Here the best approaches to diplomacy reside within modern game theory for which John Nash and others received
Nobel prizes. Supposedly we simply talk to these people and they realize the brilliance of Western conflict resolution.
For Obama to regard this award as a call to action, he must pursue actions, which gave the United States a well-deserved reputation for
abandoning allies, ignoring the suffering of others, and failing to respond to significant attacks. During the Cold War a few examples
were crises in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Guatemala, Cuba, and Lebanon. More recently our apathetic boredom
impacted Somalia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Sudan.
Unfortunately aspiring totalitarians grasp and retain their power through defeating others on playing fields ruled by human cunning
allied with animal brutality. For them an internal/external continuum exists where politics is war without bloodshed, and war is politics
with bloodshed. Why abandon such proven strategies, especially when a potential opponent exhibits behaviors they disregarded in
their rise to dominion?
Aspiring totalitarians such as Muslims of the Salafi/Wahhabi heresy take great encouragement from our failure to defend the
sovereignty of our Iranian embassy, and our subsequent lethargic responses to 15 major terrorist attacks under four presidents. They
are well acquainted with our affection for debating elegant foreign policy models until we find meanings for necessity, proportional
response, multi-lateralism, and exit strategy, which shelter us from meaningful confrontation with an empty, self-congratulatory
righteousness. Obama now has further impetus to walk an all too familiar road, assuring potential allies we will turn a blind eye,
agonize over their losses from afar, or cut and run.
Effective diplomacy against emerging opponents will be methodical, covert, multi-faceted, and predictably lethal. Westerners must
abandon concepts of war and diplomacy as mutually exclusive. Any resort to war must be managed and not become a bewildering,
tragic consequence of shattering attacks induced by failed diplomacy descending into appeasement. Without such a strategy, we can
never hope to attract allies interested in human freedom.
kittykat77
I’m not unhappy about it. I’m not happy about it either. Actually, I am quite indifferent. Shrug it off people. Time to get on with more
important business.
Gaffer
Yes, Obama wants to collect all your IP addresses and which URLs you use so that his ‘people’ can ‘visit’ you and try to convince
you he deserves it.
NonValueAdded
hid under the umbrella of the UN. Chamberlain would be proud.
NYpeanut
Where’s the selection for “do you think BO is a euro meat puppet?”
Brilliant
Yes he deserved it because the Peace Prize is a joke.
Retain Mike
Greg Lewis in American Thinker presents an uncharitable picture of Obama etal as displaying classic beta male behavior. The alpha
male dog approaches directly, while the beta male displays acquiescent gestures signaling uncompromising submission. Lewis sees
submissiveness in offering conciliatory gestures to Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in sending John Kerry to meet Syrian leader
Bashar al-Assad, in bowing to King Abdullah, in airy discussions with Hugo Chavez and David Ortega, and in generally ridiculing U.S.
past actions whenever he appears on an international stage.
Of course these actions are constructive within the worldview continually vetted by liberal constituencies and confirmed with the
Nobel Peace Prize. Here the best approaches to diplomacy reside within modern game theory for which John Nash and others received
Nobel prizes. Supposedly we simply talk to these people and they realize the brilliance of Western conflict resolution.
For Obama to regard this award as a call to action, he must pursue actions, which gave the United States a well-deserved reputation for
abandoning allies, ignoring the suffering of others, and failing to respond to significant attacks. During the Cold War a few examples
were crises in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Guatemala, Cuba, and Lebanon. More recently our apathetic boredom
impacted Somalia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Sudan.
Unfortunately aspiring totalitarians grasp and retain their power through defeating others on playing fields ruled by human cunning
allied with animal brutality. For them an internal/external continuum exists where politics is war without bloodshed, and war is politics
with bloodshed. Why abandon such proven strategies, especially when a potential opponent exhibits behaviors they disregarded in
their rise to dominion?
Aspiring totalitarians such as Muslims of the Salafi/Wahhabi heresy take great encouragement from our failure to defend the
sovereignty of our Iranian embassy, and our subsequent lethargic responses to 15 major terrorist attacks under four presidents. They
are well acquainted with our affection for debating elegant foreign policy models until we find meanings for necessity, proportional
response, multi-lateralism, and exit strategy, which shelter us from meaningful confrontation with an empty, self-congratulatory
righteousness. Obama now has further impetus to walk an all too familiar road, assuring potential allies we will turn a blind eye,
agonize over their losses from afar, or cut and run.
Effective diplomacy against emerging opponents will be methodical, covert, multi-faceted, and predictably lethal. Westerners must
abandon concepts of war and diplomacy as mutually exclusive. Any resort to war must be managed and not become a bewildering,
tragic consequence of shattering attacks induced by failed diplomacy descending into appeasement. Without such a strategy, we can
never hope to attract allies interested in human freedom.
kittykat77
I’m not unhappy about it. I’m not happy about it either. Actually, I am quite indifferent. Shrug it off people. Time to get on with more
important business.
Gaffer
Yes, Obama wants to collect all your IP addresses and which URLs you use so that his ‘people’ can ‘visit’ you and try to convince
you he deserves it.
NonValueAdded
2harddrive
It is obvious: Hussein Obama GOT the award because he was America’s first BLACK President.
dog breath
It was worth giving it to him just to see if his head would get so large from his inflated opinion of
himself that it might explode.
YankeeReb
It just points out what a joke both the Nobel prize and the Soetoro presidency is. One group of
Norwegian socialists patting a Kenyan marxist on the back. What a pathetic sham.
rickmichaels
You can simply click yes, no or "I don't care"...
Does "F*** NO!!!" count as an answer?
unixfox
Sure, he is in great company with the other losers that have received it.
Raycpa
I cannot think of someone more like Arafat or Al Gore, so yes, he deserved to win.
marron
If Carter, Gore, Arafat, and Menchu deserve it, he certainly does.
edcoil
Yes. It is same as giving an actor the Oscar hoping they will make a great movie one day.
pnh102
I have to say that yes indeed 0bama deserves the prize. The prize itself no longer means anything
good, so let him enjoy it.
---
The nominations were closed 11 days into his Presidency. The best reason I have heard given asto
why he got it was that it was an award to America for changing direction and reentering the world
community by electing him. Next time the Nazis invade, well, good luck with that, people.
Their email is postmaster@nobel.no
---
The shame is not owned by Obama but by the Nobel Prize..
---
He was nominated two weeks after taking the reigns of power. Clearly, this is the Norwegian
Parliament trying to influence U.S. power and elections by "mandating" that Obama is great for
world peace without a shred of evidence of success.
---
not been doing it long enough.
---
Hell NO, He has done nothing to help the USA. In fact I think he wants to destroy America & he
has been doing a good job of that. If he wants to be President of the World I wish he would have
moved to another country & he can be whatever he wants & leave us alone.
---
What a joke!
---
Barack Hussein Obama (MMM MMM MMM)
---
Please!...This is ridiculous!...A Nobel Peace Prize for two weeks worth of doing nothing?...The
world may be all ga-ga with Gilligan but back home the real score is the destruction of America! Of
course the rest of the America haters in the world love him! HE STINKS!
---
Greg Lewis in American Thinker presents an uncharitable picture of Obama etal as displaying
classic beta male behavior. The alpha male dog approaches directly, while the beta male displays
acquiescent gestures signaling uncompromising submission. Lewis sees submissiveness in offering
conciliatory gestures to Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in sending John Kerry to meet
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, in bowing to King Abdullah, in airy discussions with Hugo Chavez
and David Ortega, and in generally ridiculing U.S. past actions whenever he appears on an
international stage.
Of course these actions are constructive within the worldview continually vetted by liberal
constituencies and confirmed with the Nobel Peace Prize. Here the best approaches to diplomacy
reside within modern game theory for which John Nash and others received Nobel prizes.
Supposedly we simply talk to these people and they realize the brilliance of Western conflict
resolution.
For Obama to regard this award as a call to action, he must pursue actions, which gave the United
States a well-deserved reputation for abandoning allies, ignoring the suffering of others, and failing
to respond to significant attacks. During the Cold War a few examples were crises in Hungary,
Czechoslovakia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Guatemala, Cuba, and Lebanon. More recently our apathetic
boredom impacted Somalia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Sudan.
Unfortunately aspiring totalitarians grasp and retain their power through defeating others on
playing fields ruled by human cunning allied with animal brutality. For them an internal/external
continuum exists where politics is war without bloodshed, and war is politics with bloodshed. Why
abandon such proven strategies, especially when a potential opponent exhibits behaviors they
disregarded in their rise to dominion?
Aspiring totalitarians such as Muslims of the Salafi/Wahhabi heresy take great encouragement from
our failure to defend the sovereignty of our Iranian embassy, and our subsequent lethargic
responses to 15 major terrorist attacks under four presidents. They are well acquainted with our
affection for debating elegant foreign policy models until we find meanings for necessity,
proportional response, multi-lateralism, and exit strategy, which shelter us from meaningful
confrontation with an empty, self-congratulatory righteousness. Obama now has further impetus to
walk an all too familiar road, assuring potential allies we will turn a blind eye, agonize over their
losses from afar, or cut and run.
Effective diplomacy against emerging opponents will be methodical, covert, multi-faceted, and
predictably lethal. Westerners must abandon concepts of war and diplomacy as mutually exclusive.
Any resort to war must be managed and not become a bewildering, tragic consequence of shattering
attacks induced by failed diplomacy descending into appeasement. Without such a strategy, we can
never hope to attract allies interested in human freedom.
---
N Korea shooting off more missles, Iran closerer to a nuke, Chavez noisy about nuclear power,
Pakistan in more turmoil, jihadists getting more aggressive in Afghanistan. Obama's plan is peace
through weakness. Now that is something the liberals in Norway can wrap their minds around.
Just following in Carter's footsteps. He, also, never saw a thug dictator that he didn't want to crawl
up their leg and kiss their rear-end.
---
There is no basis for his receiving this award, and his accepting it is pure arrogance and pride.
---
So who in tarnation would want to be in the company with Arafat and Carter? Not to mention the
medacious Al Bore? That P Price is a farce and says more about those who bestow it than the
recipients. So, Mazal Tov! Barack. Maybe you got after all what you deserve, just a tad early!
---
What a crock of bovine manure!
---
OSSAMA BARACK the ASSHOLE needs to be impeached & put in prison!!
---
Obammy winning the peace prize, says the Nobel Peace Prize is worthless! Yasser Arafat won it
also. The peace prize is not worth a hill of beans.......the recipient receives cash.......but as an honor
it is WORTHLESS! Reagan or George W. were worthy of the award!
---
I thought that the prize was to be awarded for accomplishments that led to peace. What
accomplishments of Obama have led to peace? By the way how did the publicity about global
warming lead to peace?
---
What a joke!! Obama has done nothing to deserve the prize! Absolutely nothing! The Nobel
Committee has devalued seriously anything they do.
---
If he had an ounce of class, he'd be embarassed and refuse to accept same.
---
You are kidding right?
---
The man has done NOTHING, unless you could say he is destroying America's economy. He
doesn't love his country much. I hope he fails.
---
If the man had the brains to politely say thanks, but at this point I do not deserve this award,my
low opinion of him might have changed.
---
He really should get the ORDER OF THE RED STAR!
---
Ronald Reagan created true peace by bringing an oppressive communist regime by bankrupting
them and never going to war.
----
It is obvious: Hussein Obama GOT the award because he was America’s first BLACK President.
dog breath
It was worth giving it to him just to see if his head would get so large from his inflated opinion of
himself that it might explode.
YankeeReb
It just points out what a joke both the Nobel prize and the Soetoro presidency is. One group of
Norwegian socialists patting a Kenyan marxist on the back. What a pathetic sham.
rickmichaels
You can simply click yes, no or "I don't care"...
Does "F*** NO!!!" count as an answer?
unixfox
Sure, he is in great company with the other losers that have received it.
Raycpa
I cannot think of someone more like Arafat or Al Gore, so yes, he deserved to win.
marron
If Carter, Gore, Arafat, and Menchu deserve it, he certainly does.
edcoil
Yes. It is same as giving an actor the Oscar hoping they will make a great movie one day.
pnh102
I have to say that yes indeed 0bama deserves the prize. The prize itself no longer means anything
good, so let him enjoy it.
---
The nominations were closed 11 days into his Presidency. The best reason I have heard given asto
why he got it was that it was an award to America for changing direction and reentering the world
community by electing him. Next time the Nazis invade, well, good luck with that, people.
Their email is postmaster@nobel.no
---
The shame is not owned by Obama but by the Nobel Prize..
---
He was nominated two weeks after taking the reigns of power. Clearly, this is the Norwegian
Parliament trying to influence U.S. power and elections by "mandating" that Obama is great for
world peace without a shred of evidence of success.
---
not been doing it long enough.
---
Hell NO, He has done nothing to help the USA. In fact I think he wants to destroy America & he
has been doing a good job of that. If he wants to be President of the World I wish he would have
moved to another country & he can be whatever he wants & leave us alone.
---
What a joke!
---
Barack Hussein Obama (MMM MMM MMM)
---
Please!...This is ridiculous!...A Nobel Peace Prize for two weeks worth of doing nothing?...The
world may be all ga-ga with Gilligan but back home the real score is the destruction of America! Of
course the rest of the America haters in the world love him! HE STINKS!
---
Greg Lewis in American Thinker presents an uncharitable picture of Obama etal as displaying
classic beta male behavior. The alpha male dog approaches directly, while the beta male displays
acquiescent gestures signaling uncompromising submission. Lewis sees submissiveness in offering
conciliatory gestures to Sudanese leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in sending John Kerry to meet
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, in bowing to King Abdullah, in airy discussions with Hugo Chavez
and David Ortega, and in generally ridiculing U.S. past actions whenever he appears on an
international stage.
Of course these actions are constructive within the worldview continually vetted by liberal
constituencies and confirmed with the Nobel Peace Prize. Here the best approaches to diplomacy
reside within modern game theory for which John Nash and others received Nobel prizes.
Supposedly we simply talk to these people and they realize the brilliance of Western conflict
resolution.
For Obama to regard this award as a call to action, he must pursue actions, which gave the United
States a well-deserved reputation for abandoning allies, ignoring the suffering of others, and failing
to respond to significant attacks. During the Cold War a few examples were crises in Hungary,
Czechoslovakia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Guatemala, Cuba, and Lebanon. More recently our apathetic
boredom impacted Somalia, Rwanda, Uganda, and Sudan.
Unfortunately aspiring totalitarians grasp and retain their power through defeating others on
playing fields ruled by human cunning allied with animal brutality. For them an internal/external
continuum exists where politics is war without bloodshed, and war is politics with bloodshed. Why
abandon such proven strategies, especially when a potential opponent exhibits behaviors they
disregarded in their rise to dominion?
Aspiring totalitarians such as Muslims of the Salafi/Wahhabi heresy take great encouragement from
our failure to defend the sovereignty of our Iranian embassy, and our subsequent lethargic
responses to 15 major terrorist attacks under four presidents. They are well acquainted with our
affection for debating elegant foreign policy models until we find meanings for necessity,
proportional response, multi-lateralism, and exit strategy, which shelter us from meaningful
confrontation with an empty, self-congratulatory righteousness. Obama now has further impetus to
walk an all too familiar road, assuring potential allies we will turn a blind eye, agonize over their
losses from afar, or cut and run.
Effective diplomacy against emerging opponents will be methodical, covert, multi-faceted, and
predictably lethal. Westerners must abandon concepts of war and diplomacy as mutually exclusive.
Any resort to war must be managed and not become a bewildering, tragic consequence of shattering
attacks induced by failed diplomacy descending into appeasement. Without such a strategy, we can
never hope to attract allies interested in human freedom.
---
N Korea shooting off more missles, Iran closerer to a nuke, Chavez noisy about nuclear power,
Pakistan in more turmoil, jihadists getting more aggressive in Afghanistan. Obama's plan is peace
through weakness. Now that is something the liberals in Norway can wrap their minds around.
Just following in Carter's footsteps. He, also, never saw a thug dictator that he didn't want to crawl
up their leg and kiss their rear-end.
---
There is no basis for his receiving this award, and his accepting it is pure arrogance and pride.
---
So who in tarnation would want to be in the company with Arafat and Carter? Not to mention the
medacious Al Bore? That P Price is a farce and says more about those who bestow it than the
recipients. So, Mazal Tov! Barack. Maybe you got after all what you deserve, just a tad early!
---
What a crock of bovine manure!
---
OSSAMA BARACK the ASSHOLE needs to be impeached & put in prison!!
---
Obammy winning the peace prize, says the Nobel Peace Prize is worthless! Yasser Arafat won it
also. The peace prize is not worth a hill of beans.......the recipient receives cash.......but as an honor
it is WORTHLESS! Reagan or George W. were worthy of the award!
---
I thought that the prize was to be awarded for accomplishments that led to peace. What
accomplishments of Obama have led to peace? By the way how did the publicity about global
warming lead to peace?
---
What a joke!! Obama has done nothing to deserve the prize! Absolutely nothing! The Nobel
Committee has devalued seriously anything they do.
---
If he had an ounce of class, he'd be embarassed and refuse to accept same.
---
You are kidding right?
---
The man has done NOTHING, unless you could say he is destroying America's economy. He
doesn't love his country much. I hope he fails.
---
If the man had the brains to politely say thanks, but at this point I do not deserve this award,my
low opinion of him might have changed.
---
He really should get the ORDER OF THE RED STAR!
---
Ronald Reagan created true peace by bringing an oppressive communist regime by bankrupting
them and never going to war.
----
2% YES 87% NO 10% WHO CARES?