Dee Evans: The Media Goes Mad -- Literally -- Over Obama Prize

Obama has returned the U.S. to a foreign policy of more carrot and less stick.  I do not doubt but the whole world has breated a collective sight of relief over just that.  Furthermore, unlike his predecessor, it is obvious that he doesn't actually want to kill people.  It's the difference between Augustus and Caligula.

He's just better than us. The rest of the world can see it. When most people in other countries pick Homer Simpson as the image they hold of most Americans, it's painfully obvious. We're lucky he's even President of us! Now leave him alone, you bastards! (ha ha). Pcych! I rejoice that he's my president, and I rejoice that I helped elect him. We should give ourselves props, and we should let the whining babies who miss their loser ex-president and war criminal cry all they want. Time to move on.

I admit to being very surprised that Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as I tend to agree with those who question whether or not it was deserved. Ramping up the war in Afghanistan and expanding it into Pakistan while remaining armed and dangerous in Iraq, threatening Iran with nuclear attack, and selling nuclear reactors to India for atomic weapons production despite a public stance against proliferation hardly rate as qualifying attributes.

But the best insight I've seen or heard so far to allow me to accept the validity of the award comes from a Brit on the BBC News comment page this morning. He said that the world awarded Obama the Peace Prize because he was NOT George W Bush. It has to be an expression by the Nobel committee against the rising war armament across the globe, largely in response to Bush's outrageous war-mongering "policies". Obama might be seen by them as open to not mindlessly racing toward global war. That could certainly be seen as a peaceful move.

QED

Wonderful that we didnt get the Olympics - Horrible that we got the Nobel Prize.  F--- Conservatices, F--- those who still want to get along with Conservatives. 

No one (except the far right) would be "complaining" about Obama being given the Nobel Peace prize if it was even arguably deserved.  We should just cheer for him, be proud of "the leader of OUR country" and "find joy in the meaning" of the award, when he's done nothing to deserve it?  Too funny.

Hey, ..... just out of curiousity, ..... if you woke up this morning and heard the Nobel committee had given the Peace prize to George W. Bush, ..... would you still be making the same argument?