[Ironsight]

What?
Did Obama really just get the Nobel Peace prize?
...
Country Committee, I am disappoint.

[Someone Else]

Who would you have given it to?

[Nosferatu]

Someone Else, on Oct 10 2009, 12:35 AM, said:

Who would you have given it to?

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Lifeform287: ReTweet: Anyone else find it ironic that President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize on the morning we bomb another planet for the first time?

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LonoSG: No, I do not think that Obama won because he is black and popular, if that was the case, then the PS3 should win next year. Folding@Home FTW

[Golden Legacy]

Terrible, terrible choice. I would have much preferred Tsvangirai from Zimbabwe or Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma.

It is especially ironic given that Obama is on the verge of doubling US troops in Afghanistan, has maintained the occupation of Iraq, is launching bombing campaigns into Pakistan with thousands of civilians being killed, and the list goes on.

Very premature and stupid decision.

[Mallick]

Someone Else, on Oct 10 2009, 12:35 AM, said:

Who would you have given it to?

may as well have given it to kim jong il

[Golden Legacy]

As the famous quote goes, all political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger won the Peace prize in 1973.

[Toasty]

Golden Legacy, on Oct 10 2009, 08:28 AM, said:

Terrible, terrible choice. I would have much preferred Tsvangirai from Zimbabwe or Aung San Suu Kyi from Burma.

It is especially ironic given that Obama is on the verge of doubling US troops in Afghanistan, has maintained the occupation of Iraq, is launching bombing campaigns into Pakistan with thousands of civilians being killed, and the list goes on.

Very premature and stupid decision.

Speculation says that the committee only gave him the prize to make him feel guilty, and reconsider sending more troops into Afghanistan.

[Golden Legacy]

Your speculation is dead on, I say. The Nobel Peace Prize has not always been given in honor of accomplishment, but to shape behavior as well. It'll be worth watching to see how much influence it will have.

[Caael]

Colonel Gadaffi should have won.

[Toasty]

Yes. Because Socialism is just the greatest thing ever.

[Golden Legacy]

Colonel Gadaffi is awesome. Hilarious sense of style for a world leader.

[Caael]

Toasty, on Oct 11 2009, 08:04 PM, said:

Yes. Because Socialism is just the greatest thing ever.

Wow somebody is not only quick to jump to conclusions but also judgemental. Well done Toasty, you've outdone yourself this time.

I was referring to his hilarious hour long speech and didn't mean it entirely seriously but you've just...wow, new level toasty, new level.

[Golden Legacy]

I realize you meant it more as a joke than anything, but the odd thing about Gaddafi's speech was, he actually made some fairly decent points. Much of it can only be described as wacky, but he also spoke some very real truths that few leaders would have the guts to say.

[Caael]

Oh yeah, he's an awesome guy and that speech was...eye-opening, to say the least but I was more getting at the fact that Toasty only thought I liked him because he was socialist.

[Toasty]

Caael, on Oct 11 2009, 12:50 PM, said:

Wow somebody is not only quick to jump to conclusions but also judgemental. Well done Toasty, you've outdone yourself this time.

I was referring to his hilarious hour long speech and didn't mean it entirely seriously but you've just...wow, new level toasty, new level.

The reason I took it seriously, is because I really wouldn't have been surprised if you were being serious.

[Nosferatu]

Caael, on Oct 11 2009, 01:41 PM, said:

Oh yeah, he's an awesome guy and that speech was...eye-opening, to say the least but I was more getting at the fact that Toasty only thought I liked him because he was socialist.

A super patriotic American bitching about socialism without any details?

HOLY SHIT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.

[Toasty]

Caael, on Oct 11 2009, 01:41 PM, said:

Oh yeah, he's an awesome guy and that speech was...eye-opening, to say the least but I was more getting at the fact that Toasty only thought I liked him because he was socialist.

I kinda figured socialism wasn't the only reason you would've liked him, so don't "jump to conclusions".

[Saturos S.]

Nosferatu, on Oct 11 2009, 11:59 PM, said:

A super patriotic American bitching about socialism without any details?

HOLY SHIT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE.

I laughed.

Anyways, yes Obama winning the nobel prize for peace seems more like a random publicity stunt than a serious award.