Is President Obama deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize?

10 months, did you read the article...less than 2 months. The decision was based on what had been done during the year leading up to February 2009. A mere 2 months after taking office.

It's very sad and disappointing to see another organization show its absolute bias.

Remember he's only half black.

... sorry, can't stop laughing... maybe later...

the killer is he was nominated after only a few weeks in office!

Apparently you are unaware of what a nobel peace prize is given for, Obama meets all the criteria... Its not always about America all the time.... His candidacy was ground breaking his legacy will be ground shaking...enough said!

President Obama has initiated changes that, if allowed to bear fruit, will improve the lives of millions, if not the entire planet. The man has taken on corruption and is trying to put this country on a better path and has done more good in his first months of office than I can ever remember a president doing in my lifetime. I think, and this is only my opinion, that this country was on a morally corrupt and dangerous path before Obama took office and this Nobel prize only validates the love and pride I feel for our President as he tries to put this country on a path that will lead us into the 21st century a better and stronger nation, one not ready to sell our souls and sacrifice American lives for a reliance on fossil fuels, one that will join the world community in an effort to stop pollution and preserve our water and air...I could go on ,but how can these initiatives now be respected and applauded?

I agree, it has nothing to do with color.

We know now that the Nobel Peace Prize is worthless. He may look like he is bringing people together in other countries but he sure is tearing the USA apart. The whole thing is a sham.

This is hilarious. What a joke. This President has done nothing to deserve this honor.

The Nobel Prize became irrelevant decades ago when they handed it to Jimmy Carter. The fact that President Obama received it just seals how irrelevantthe award really is and has been on various occasions. He may be deserving down the road, who knows, but two weeks into office before his name had to appear on the ballot!!! I didn't realize that the award looks at 18 months of campaign speeches as a prerequisite for world peace since that's the only thing he had done prior to his name being submitted. Like I said, an irrelevant award.

He is biracial... not black.

Hey everybody,

The nomination deadline was February 1st, 2 weeks after his inauguration, not 10 months or 2 months. Maybe the other Nobel prizes should be given to people who hope to write a book, or hope to discover the cure for cancer, or hope to find the chemical composition for limitless energy.

This award cheapens the Peace Prize honor tremendously, but it does leave open the strong possibility of President Obama winning it again each of the next seven years because obviously you don't have to accomplish anything anymore.

This is just further proof that the Nobel Peace Prize is an irrelevant joke. Obama joins the ranks of other such great peace prize winners that include terrorists no less.

Doesn't make much sense to me.....unless the award is now given for the best speach of 2009. As far as accomplishments towards world peace, I can see that he's done nothing. However, he has made America look like the big bad culprit in his speaches, so perhaps that's what they were waiting for. An American president to publically apologize for the actions of the country to world audiences. Instead of standing up for America and all that we stand for.

I didn't know they gave out prizes to people who have the "potential" to bring peace. Seems that would qualify everyone, wouldn't it?

Carter...Gore...Obama...who's next, Oprah??

What a joke. Alfred Nobel is getting dizzy from all the spinning he's doing in his grave.

Makes the possibility of the world accepting an "Anti Christ" a very vivid reality!

He did nothing before being "elected" and has done nothing since other than to promote the divisiveness of his own racism. Dr. Nobel is crying in his grave - along with the men and women who fought to create this country are taking up arms again!

This has cheapened the efforts of a great man - and proved the stupidity of those choosing the "winners".

Not because he is black but because of the content of his character and his integrity. If it weren't for Obama the WORLD would be in a DEPRESSION left courtesy of DUBS who when asked how the last eight were for him he replied "FABULOUS" How utterly out of touch.... THANK GOD FOR OBAMA! AND YES I"M A REPUBLICAN! VERY PROUD OF MY PRESIDENT!

I suppose the people at Saturday Night Live know a little bit more about what's really going on than the nominating committee ! What a joke !

Yes! I Believe he does desirve the prize. Who cares how long he's been in office, it matters what he has done. Many people caught on to that and gave him what he desirved. All yall people that said he don't are a bunch of haters and need to quit hatin' and let the man do his job!!!!

Dave -- 2 WEEKS... not even 2 months. But as SNL points out, he has done NADA/ZILCH in 9+ months. Cuse me for being a racist... i have always thought leaders GET THINGS DONE.

If you call restoring democracy trying to make the US a socialist country. This makes the Noble irrelevent. Sorry folks- when all is said and done Obama will be seen as a worse president then W. He's already well on his way...

Obama in the same category as Mother Teresa!! You're kidding! The world must be laughing.

A Nobel Prize can certainly be encouraging, that's for sure.

Let's hope that Obama is given more credibility the world over!

I think it's too early, on the one hand, but like I said this is encouraging.

They should have waited till next year.  Once health legislation passes, nuclear proliferation declines, and the War on Terror is resolved, he will be more than worthy.  As it is, the prize detracts from his credibility.  Maybe he'll decline the award.

And some of you people clearly have no right to posess an opinion.  He's been in office less than nine months, not ten.  Presidents are inaugurated Jan 20, not Nov 4.  And a nomination is not an award.  He was not AWARDED 2 weeks in, he was nominated.

Tell me, what did Obama do to inspire people before he became president? What did he actually accomplish? Which means, what did he exactly do? Not WILL do. What has he DONE?

CRaig

If he was given it for overcoming America's racist history, then shouldnt the prize go to all the folks that voted for him (since thats how democracy works). The way i see it, the Swedes owe 52% of america a nobel prize, not Obama.

Because he is black? Did you read his book you idiot, or can you read?

Giving peace prizes to people who continue and intensify the genocide against the Iraqi's, Afghans, and Pakistani's, and soon to be nuked Iranians is a sure sign of how messed up this world really is.

What DID he do in the year leading up to his Presidency??? Remember, he had/has no foreign policy eperience. He went to Europe prior to the election to deliver a motivational speech and came home declaring he had achieved foreign experience.

This severely dilutes the meaning of a Nobel Peace Prize.

In good company...
Yasser Arafat, a murderous terrorist, and criminally corrupt Kofi Anan won Noble Peace prizes, so Obama is in good company.

Ronald Regan had a big part in bringing down the Berlin Wall. This is orders of magnitude more important than anything Obama has done, yet Regan did not win a peace prize.

The Noble Peace prize has become purely poitical. No one with a brain takes it serious. Period.

And you will never let us forget...........................

You are rediculous. Should you win the prize because you're white. Yes, it is that apparent that you are.

This was given for a few speeches... not action. Nothing has changed to make America or the world safer... or more peaceful. The opposite is happing... even Chicago is not safer!

This is an attempt to manipulate a weak man... by pandering to his narcissistic disorder. The only people that cannot see him for what he really is are a few Americans... a complete failure of public schools.

Craig, are you saying this was affirmative action?

Maybe they shoud have given the Nobel Peace Prize to the citizens of the United States (and the non-citizens who voted anyways) for voting in President Obama. He is doing wonders for World Peace by capitulating to every despot. If America just surrenders perhaps we will all have peace.

Whatever minuscule shred of credibility the Nobel Prize Committee had is now gone. Jimbo, PLO Terrorist(Yasar Arafat), and now Odumbo? The 3 Stooges are far more deserving than the 2 empty suits and world villain. Now had Obama truly done the right thing and refused the award, and instead recognized someone truly deserving of such recognition, I at least could have respected Odumbo for that.

Big Deal Leprechaun, I could have done more for foreign policy than Bush did. It didn't take the Obamassiah to improve American relations around the world. All the Obamassiah had to do was "say" he was going to close Guantanamo, pull out of Iraq, and he had the gullible Americans in his pocket.

The 'balls', ha. All the Obamassiah has to do is introduce an idea. He can't pass a bill in Congress, he can only sign the result.

But, I will give him credit for being able to rehearse all the applause points in a speech and being able to deliver it correctly by reading from the teleprompters. Read from the left, read from the right, read from the left, read from the right. Heartwarming story, preach, preach, raise voice....you get the point don't you?

The Nobel Peace Prize award is for Promoting Peace around the world. Not for the American agenda.

We are proud of Barack Obama's latest honor and glad that the world shares his views of international cooperation and the promotion of peaceful solutions to conflicts. The only political ramifications of this is that the "Right" will be enraged because their persistent attempts at warmongering have been soundly rejected by this president and the world community. Of course he deserves this honor for re-opening dialogues with the world community and giving all of us hope for the future. Rush Limbaugh is a fool whose comments should never be given any credibility as he himself has said he is a comedian. At this hour when we should all be proud to have such a president, his comedy has no humor, only ugliness. Congratulations Barack Obama and the United States whom he represents with such dignity and diplomacy.

We are proud of Barack Obama's latest honor and glad that the world shares his views of international cooperation and the promotion of peaceful solutions to conflicts. The only political ramifications of this is that the "Right" will be enraged because their persistent attempts at warmongering have been soundly rejected by this president and the world community. Of course he deserves this honor for re-opening dialogues with the world community and giving all of us hope for the future. Rush Limbaugh is a fool whose comments should never be given any credibility as he himself has said he is a comedian. At this hour when we should all be proud to have such a president, his comedy has no humor, only ugliness. Congratulations Barack Obama and the United States whom he represents with such dignity and diplomacy.

Why do other American's lack to see the vision that Obama has brought to the world? He will actually talk to other countries not "at" them. That is why oher countries respect him...unlike the 8 years before him.

american,

He will actually talk to other countries not "at" them. That is why oher countries respect him...

The only Scoundrels he can communicate with are the Low life's from Lybia, Venezuela, Cuba, N Korea Etc. and they thinks he's a gullible jerk.

He can't hold a conversation with the world powers because he's way out of the league..

Kind of funny that he won the Nobel Peace Prize after being in office for only 12 days..

Must be Nobel and Norway have adopted Affirmitive Action

The Prize and the reactions just go to show how little Americans appreciate what they have. The atmosphere of the entire world has changed because of this man. It's not only because of his election, but because of the fact that his efforts have all been toward fulfilling his promises.

There is no greater friend to peace than hope.

Silly and embarrassing. Sadly, this senseless and stupid decision drastically diminishes the value of ANY Nobel prize, including those prizes that have truly been earned by the recipients, and destroys the credibility of the Nobel organization. Much of Europe, perhaps not all of it, loves a weakened, apologizing US. This absurd decision will only weaken the US further. Where would Europe be today without the US? Bunch of idiots.

WTF?

During the election we acknowledged that his win would transform the world's opinion of the US. How is that a bad thing? How can double digit improvements in the world's opinion of America a bad thing? We were recently acknowledged as the most admired country in the World. Last year we were number 7. It is clear that our President's outreach to the world has been impactful. This is a win for America period! This is as much about our electorate as it is about our President. Dissing the President's win denigrates the millions of American's who voted for him, as the vote for many of us was a vote for global cooperation in the midst of global crises. We chose to look at the challenges of the world with hope rather than fear and anger. For you to insult the rest of the world for the recognition that President Obama provides a powerful vehicle for peace and positive action is a sad statement on your morality, judgment and politics.

Do you not realize that with the world's populations rooting for our President's agenda we have the ability to mobilize international governments in a positive direction? This is a very good thing, not something to be denigrated.

Funny that conservatives choose to take the side of Islamic terror entities in arguing against this prize such as Hamas and the Taliban rather than take the side of our own President in this matter.

Many here do not understand Alfred Nobel's intentions for the Nobel Peace Prize. The promotion of international diplomacy was front and center. As a presidential candidate, Obama voiced his intentions to bring America back to the world stage. During the past ten months of his presidency, he has managed to do just that.

If anything, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee is encouraging Obama to continue his efforts on the international stage. This is similar to when they awarded Henry Kissenger the prize when he was in the middle of negotiations with North Vietnam. Same with Desmond Tutu who was awarded in 1984 for his efforts against apartheid even though apartheid was not abolished in South Africa until 1994.

Tane:

What a great blog you've written!!

It's a shame that the rigth will see this as an insult instead of a compliment to our country!! Anything we can and our President can do to promote world peace is in our best interest!! Most of the world wants hope, not antagonism!! America cannot progress if we continue on the path of the GOP who only want to rule the world with war, not help the world. We are no longer an island, but a part of all the world and to pretend otherwise is a fallacy!!!

Believe the nomination was in November and the Vote was 10 days or so after taking office, so he really must be the "Prince of Peace" to accomplish all in 10 days. But he is very humble, just take a look at his posture in the Rose Garden. A very humble man!!!

you were wrong for 8 years about everything

Ah, the incorrect assumption that anyone who does not fall at the feet of Obama in reverent worship supported Bush and his policies. From what you said about Bush, you'd say I was right for 8 years on everything. Well, I didn't suddenly drop my brain into a bucket when Obama was elected. I'm still reading, listening and watching. Obama is escalating war, not ending it. If you think the future holds something different, some sort of change from war to peace, you're deluded. Peace and hope are nothing but platitudes; platitudes alone, platitudes without substance, do put food on the table or end wars.

If you didn't know if before, the Nobel prize is a joke. Last year Paul Krugman, the thick-headed, Keynesian economist who was wrong about everything, received a Nobel prize for economics. Al Gore, the politician and pseudo-scientist, received the Nobel Peace prize in 2007 for his fear-mongering climate warming movie. As for Obama's premature pat on the back, perhaps the Nobel committee members in Feb. were unaware of the first murders ordered by His Peaceness in Jan 2009 (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5575883.ece). The Nobel prize is about as valuable and meaningful as what you might find in a Cracker Jack box.

Dave,

It wasn't even 2 months after he was sworn in. The deadline was Feb.1st. He was sworn in on Jan. 20th. That's only 11 days. It's all political. The elite think we're stupid. What a joke.

You may be right. But history will record the president as a Nobel Prize winner where as you...just a whiner.

This is like giving an integrity award to a felon for improving his penal neighborhood by promising not to off his cell mate.

You may be right. But history will record the president as a Nobel Prize winner where as you...just a whiner.

Is that whiner or wiener?

What a joke! What has he done? He has been in office 10 months. Gives hope to people of the World? Why? Because he is black?

Because he ended the US dark ages and spread hope in the world, he made sure the far right wingnuts are dead and all their middle age crap is all but just bad history.

Oh $h_t! maybe he is the anti-christ if that many peope have been deceived by him. The Rock Star gets another gold record. Cha-Ching. Whos this guys agent anyway?

CRaig Colletta: He got the Nobel not for what he "might" no, but for overwhelming centuries of racism in the US. For a Black man to become president of a nation with the kind of appalling racist history the US has is a transformative moment."

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded for various scientific, medical and peace related works. If Pres Obama was awarded the prize because he was a black man who just happened to become president, than it isn't Pres Obama that should be getting the award, but the American people who voted for him. The American people were the one's who pushed aside racism in order to make President Obama the president.

I know most of you Obama supporters are good people. Majority of Americans, both conservatives and liberals are good well meaning people. But most of you(both conservatives and liberals)are so caught up in this left-right paradigm, that you can't see the forest for the trees.

This Nobel Peace Prize has nothing to do with the world disliking George Bush, or Obama's charisma. It's about the promotion of a World Government. The Elite's ultimate goal is a One World Government, a New World Order.

"This morning, Americans were greeted with a shocking example of real-life Orwellian doublethink. We found out that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
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Here is a list of President Barack Obama's deeds in the pursuit of peace on Earth:

* Issued an order to close the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, but has not approved any plans to actually do so.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/26/cuba.guantanamo/index.html * Oversaw a reduction in actual US troops in Iraq, only to replace them with private mercenaries

http://www.alternet.org/bloggers/scahill/140378/obama_has_250,000_/ * Expanded the war in Afghanistan into Pakistan by increasing the number of air attacks in its border regions

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/world/asia/18terror.html?_r=2&hp * Increased the number of US troops in Afghanistan by tens of thousands, with many more on the way

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20538.html * Established a US military presence on Colombian military bases

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/world/americas/23colombia.html * Refused to lend even the most superficial support to the political opposition in Iran, even as the regime there publicly executed dissidents

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8102061.stm * Stood idly by as police and National Guard troops engaged in one of the most vicious crackdowns against free-speech in recent memory while attending the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, PA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFYoyv2Gm1I * Has spoken glowingly (particularly during his campaign) of China, and refused to criticize its government's ever-lengthening list of human rights abuses.

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2008/08/obama_praises_v.html * Continues to allow Blackwater (now Xe) to be awarded defense contracts, even in light of reports of child prostitution rings being run out of it's facilities in Iraq.

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/08/07/blackwater-provided-child-prostitutes/

Recently, his administration has begun beating the drums of war with Iran, not in defense of its oppressed citizens of course, but because of claims that the country is developing weapons of mass destruction. Claims that stand in direct contrast to information provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency and even internal US intelligence reports. While there are legitimate reasons to engage in some kind of action against the current Iranian regime--WMD's are the least of them. Clearly this President isn't interested in aligning himself with free citizens of a truly liberated Iran, he prefers liberation of the Bush/Cheney variety--more commonly known as starving them with sanctions and then blowing the hell out of them.

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The most likely explanation is rooted in Mr. Obama's commitment to globalization and the United Nations. He believes very strongly that the UN is the key to global order, and has acted to bring the United States in line with UN doctrine. Sadly, that doctrine calls for substantial weakening in national sovereignty. It requires the acceptance of rules put in place not by our own elected representatives, but by unelected representatives of foreign powers--many of which are inherently corrupt."
-T Shock
http://inthefalloutblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/war-is-peace-freedom-is-slavery.html

Anyone who believes the UN is the key to global order is a dim wit.

Less than a year, people around the world embrace him. I THINK IT IS BETTER THAN AFTER ALMOST 8 YEARS, A LITTLE GUY THROWN SHOES AT YOU (waht a shame). Don't you think ? Although, I may not agree with all his policies. But at least, it makes me proud to be an American again.

The President of the United States of America won a Nobel Peace Prize, our President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.

If you really believe that the rest of the world thinks Obama is so great - you might want to read this:

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/10/09/2093914.aspx

From, believe it or not!, NBC. Wonder if that is any indication that the media has finally decided to report on reality rather than the fairytales they've been trying to force feed us for the past year!?!?

Ask yourself ? Are you qualified to receive the noble peace prize ! Of course you are not ! But the greatest president in the twenty first century definitely deserves it ! And that is none other than president BARACK OBAMA !

Ask yourself ? Are you qualified to receive the noble peace prize

That is the NOBEL..not noble, but, I have typoitis as well most of the time.

I will admit, no, I do not deserve the Nobel. I am a civics conscious citizen who doesn't cause trouble and does my level best to get along with people. Now granted, if someone acts like a total nidget, like this guy in Lowes yesterday, then I WILL comment back.

Maybe Pres OBama, IN THE FUTURE, will be better deserving of the Nobel, however, right now, he is not. Marvelous, here is the issue and believe it or not, it is NOT the fact that Pres Obama actually won the prize. The outrage (for lack of a better term) is that he was nominated for the thing 11 days after he took office..heck, even the Nobel wwatchers were amazed; they said it was too soon. What the people who are yelling that he deserved it for al his great work since he becasme president can't seem to see thorugh their rose colored glasses is that Pres Obama didn't have TIME to do anything Nobel Prize worthy in 11 days in office.

I quote from the Nobel Prize site:

Every year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace.

Now, another winner, Martin Luther King Jr., even HE didn't receive the award until 1964, just 4 years before he was assassinated and roughly 10 years after he started his fight for civil rights. Note the time..10 YEARS and he did a lot more to promote things than anything Pres Obama had done as a senator or presidential candidate.

Pres Obama was nominated, not at the start of the nomination period where he would have been in campaign, but 11 days after he was inaugurated.

Even the committee admitted it was more a way of gaining Pres Obama's "ongoing cimmittment" rather than awarding him for something he had already done.

I feel like the haters are reading from the same script, I have search online but I can't find the notes. But I find it uncanny how white America has erupted with vile and hate over what is essentially an encouraging sign for the American status in the world. Sure there is lots of work to be done, religious and conservative people all over the world have made a total mess of things. But saying nothing has been done after a year is just nutty and makes no valid point. It will take time to clean up the mess, the deficit, our image, etc... But this is a wonderful encouragement that we are headed in the right direction.

But saying nothing has been done after a year is just nutty and makes no valid point. It will take time to clean up the mess, the deficit, our image, etc,

Benet..again, you are missing the timeline here. Pres Obama had not DONE anything yet when he got the nomination. His work AFTER he actually got the proverbial keys to the Oval Office had not occurred as yet. The committee granting him the Nobel were going on what he promised to do, not on what he had already done. Take a look at the Nobel site..it'll give you a little insight as to what the Nobel is supposed to mean.

HOLD ON EVERYBODY!!! He has done ALOT...if you consider destroying America. And that IS what they (the "jury") REALLY LIKE! And they knew he would. So the time line doesnt even matter!

Inspiration is an act. Really what did Christ really do but die?

He died to have God forgive us of our sins.

But atleast he did SOMETHING hmmmmmm??

Yah, that's what I thought.

OK, so he hasn't done anything and looky there it got 90 some votes.

Well here is a small list of things he has done so far and another list of things he is working on.

Direct military leaders to end the war in Iraq (done the first day in office), Create Foreclosure prevention fund for Home Owners, Establish a credit card bill or rights, Expand loan programs for small businesses, Extend and index the 2007 Minimum Tax Patch, Expand Eligibility for State Children's Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP), Expand funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners, Increase funding to expand community based prevention programs, Sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Appoint a special adviser to the president on violence against women, Send two additional brigades to Afghanistan, Grant Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba, Restore funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program, Establish an Energy Partnership for the Americas, Release Presidential Records, Require new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions, Remove more brush small trees and vegetation that fuel wildfires, Push for enactment of the Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors, Create a White House Office on Urban Policy, Support increased funding for the NEA, Add another Space Shuttle flight, Use the private sector to improve spaceflight, Partner to enhance the International Space Station, Use the International Space Station for fundamental biological and physical research, Explore whether International Space Station can operate ofter 2016, Enhance Earth Mapping, Appoint an assistant to the president for science and technical policy, Establish special crime programs for the New Orleans area, Rebuild schools in New Orleans, Fund a major expansion of AmeriCorps, Appoint the Nation's first Chief Technology officer, Work to overturn Ledbetter vs. Goodyear, Appoint an American Indian Policy adviser, BAN LOBBYIST GIFTS TO EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES, Create new criminal penalties for mortgage fraud, Weatherize 1 million homes per year, Invest in all types of alternative energy, Enact tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars, Support High-speed rail, Invest in public transportation, provide grants to encourage energy efficient building codes, get his daughters a puppy, Appoint at least one Republican to the cabinet (there's the problem right there), Raise the small business expensing limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009, Extend unemployment insurance benefits and temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits, Reverse restrictions on stem cell research.

And that is just a teeny tiny list of the things he hasn't done yet as president. B ut if you think that list is too small for you than look at what he has got in the works!!

Increase the capital gains taxes and dividends for higher income taxpayers, Eliminate all oil and gas tax loopholes, Extend child tax credits and marriage-penalty fixes, Make permanent the Research and Development tax credit, Require automatice enrollment in 401(k) plans, Require automatic enrollment in IRA plans, Create a retirement savings tax credit on low incomes, Change standards for determining broadband access, Create consumer-friendly credit card credit card rating system, Create a $60 bank fund for Roads and Bridges, Extend the Bush tax cuts for lower incomes, Repeal the Bush tax cuts for higher incomes, Phase out exemptions and deductions for higher earners, Freeze the 2009 estate tax law, Tax carried interest as ordinary income, SIGN THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT (making it easier for workers to unionize), Close the "donut hole" in Medicare prescription drug plan, Provide easy-to-understand comparisons on the Medicare prescription drug plans, Require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions, Create a National Health Insurance Exchange, Give tax credits to those who need help to pay heath premiums, create a small business tax credit to help health premiums, Require large employers to contribute to a national health plan, Require children to have health insurance coverage, Expand eligibility for Medicaid, Invest in electronic health information systems, Phase in requirements for health information technology, Establish an independent health institute to provide accurate and objective information, Implement and fund proven health intervention programs, Eliminate the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans, Prevent drug companies from blocking generic drugs, Improve recruitment of public health workers, Double federal funding for cancer research, Expand Veterans Centers in rural areas, Fully fund the Veterans Administration, Reduce the Veterans Benefits Administration claims backlog, Institute electronic record-keeping for the Veterans Benefits Administration, Launch a supportive services-housing program for veterans to prevent homelessness, BEGIN REMOVING COMBAT BRIGADES FRO IRAQ, Launch robust diplomatic effort with Iraq and its neighbors, Increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps, End the "Stop-Loss" program of forcing troops to stay in service beyond their expected commitments, Review weapons programs, Set standards for when the government should hire defense contractors, End the abuse of supplemental budgets for war, Work to end NATO restrictions on forces in Afghanistan, Train and equip the Afghan army, Double U.S. spending on foreign aid to $50 Billion a year by 2012, Establish a Global Education fund, END THE USE OF TORTURE, End the use of extreme rendition, Seek verifiable reductions in nuclear stockpiles, Extend monitoring and verifications of the START I Treaty, Create national cyber adviser, Develop a comprehensive cyber security and response strategy, Increas the size of the foreign service, Expand the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first time mothers, Require Cabinet officials to host Internet town hall meetings, Expand Early Head Start and regular Head Start.

And that literally is not even half of what this guy has in the works. He is a presidential superman, plain and simple. I found all this on politifact. Now they have this whole Obameter thing that might seem like he hasn't done anything but in all honesty, the promises kept is pretty good because he made those 400 or so promises to be ones that would take two terms, so if he is averaging 50 or so a year, in eight he would get to all of them.

The press is accusing Obama of the be everywhere do everything president. This accusation is inconsistent with the claim he has done nothing. The post above underscores this proposition.

Obama's theme, "another day older and deeper in debt." That's what he's done thus far.

There's a thought...an award for the breakdown of democracy in America and for bringing Socialism to the forefront. Many countries hate the U.S. - although we are the first they turn to when there is some kind of disaster in their country. He definitely does not deserve the Nobel Peace prize - especially when he was only in office a few weeks before his nomination.

Great Johnny Cash song.....and very true in this situation.

it's not a Johnny Cash song. Do a little research before you open you're mouth.

Adam, "another day older and deeper in debt" comes from the Tennessee Ernie Ford song, 'Sixteen Tons'.    I can't remember if Johnny Cash ever sang the song , but you are right, it holds true in this situation.

Maybe that is exactly what he got the award for.Doing his level best to bring down our country.NO one will work for 60 hrs and get paid for 40.( Unless Obama gets "His Dream")Nobody works hard without incentive.Why can't the American public recognize what this smooth talking monster is doing.He is like Micheal Moore" Capitalism , A Love Story" I wonder what MM is personally worth and how much he "GIVES BACK" to the American public.Take a look at the Obama's tax returns and see how much $$$$ they gave back in past years.Can't wait to see this years returns for them, you know with all the books and interviews,ect,ect,ect, they raked in the bucks, BUT how much will they personally give back.(OR is it simply the RIGHT??? of the people to pick up Barracks tab for generosity??)

You have to give him credit for bringing HOPE to the rest of the world---hope that that the USA will collapse under his rule so that the world can feast at our funeral.

Both of you are mindless. You all and other like you, seems to want to see a collapse so that you can have the chance to say I told you so. But don't you realize if that happens it effects you too. The previous President didn't help American image around the world and if you don't know his policies didn't help our economy. Many were being laid off and needed help and it happened under Bush's administration. Spending (US Taxpayer) money was easy for Bush but it is not going to be easy to get us to a positive. If you all expect that it is then please I'd like for you to donate a several billion dollars to US Treasury, to the thousands of people that have been hurt by Bush's accepted low standards for the financial markets, to the thousands of troops that have been killed since the Mission supposedly was Accomplished, and then to rest of US with common sense to give this President a chance.

Ummm.... do you forget that the guy you voted 4/8 years ago is the one who started this war and got us into this financial mess? Bush had two terms to figure it out. Obama has already shifted our future for the better in less than a year. You people are just bitter losers who only "hope" the country will fail just so you can be proven right- not gonna happen. If you're not happy- get on a boat.

2.1 Worry- Another day older and deeper in debt was by Tennessee Earnie Ford and it was about being exploited by the big corporations who own coal mines. This did not exactly fit your message. Also, the debt was built up during the last eight years of the Bush administration. Even after big financial institution almost put our country into a depression, Bush and McCain both made statements that they do not believe in regulation. In effect, they are right in line with the big owners of corporations. Denying health care in order to make a profit on the stock market is immoral. Having a govt. option just like Medicare is not immoral. AT any rate Another day Older is about abuse by corporate America.

Wow... 10 months in and all of you sage philosophs are writing the obit for the U.S. already huh? We are deeper in debt because the 2 wars are now on the books, not magically disappeared in accounting wizardry. We are deeper in debt because Gramm-Leach did it's job of making banks and other financial institutions accountable to no one. We are deeper in debt because when private industry is not investing, public industry has to.

While I think this award is political in nature and is WAY premature, it is heartening to see so many people dancing on what they believe will be the grave of the United States... it is even more heartening that it is supposedly patriotic Americans doing it.

I was no fan of Bush in the latter years, but I supported him because he was the President. Shame conservatives don't seem to respect any institution that is not under GOP control.

For more than 10 years listening to Wright spew forth hate and did nothing about it. Actions should speak louder than words.

Will I will not vote for him, he efforts may bring about more than he hopes in terms of world peace; however when your opponents basic belief is that you are an infidel worthy of being killed, I doubt it.

In just 9 months, President Obama has managed to regain the respect for our country and improve its reputation that was so damaged during the past 8 years. The world clearly did not respect the arrogant, shoot- first-and-ask-questions-later approach of the previous dministration, President Obama knows that the U.S. alone cannot make peace in the world --- he knows that it MUST be a joint effort.

Obama represents partnership, openmindedness, inspiration, and best of all...HOPE. And THIS is the essence of a true leader.

BHO is spending us into oblivion, taking over banks and car companies, hijacking student loans and healthcare, setting up reparations whenever he can. Bringing in a team of radical socialists as his personal Stooges. And let's not forget destroying our competitive ability by force feeding energy policy that will bankrupt the country. Doesn't sound very peaceful to me...

Tom - Very well said! I was, at one time, a huge Bush fan. His arrogance, and that is exactly what it was, changed my mind over time. I do feel that he stepped up to the plate on the whole 9/11 thing, but then he went too far and didn't know how to back off. I believe he had good intentions, but the world is not going to accept being bullied, whether we are the world leaders or not. I honestly don't know whether the award was premature, but I do know he is making a difference and I believe his philosophies are sound and based in the real world, not the world we think we rule.

Finncrisp, quit listening to Rush. Obama is not "hijacking student loans"... the student loans were always government money that taxpayers guaranteed and banks got paid to administer. Obama just cut out the middle man, the bankers getting paid to do nothing. I would think fiscal conservatives would applaud that. I know I did. If the government is lending the money and guaranteeing the money, why pay some fat cat banker to decide who gets it? Why not keep the money you were paying him?

But no, it was Obama's idea, ergo, it must suck.

Oh, and the reparations thing makes you sound like an idiot. He has said no such thing. But Rush Limbaugh uses that talking point every other day. Good grief. think for yourself for a change!

FUNNY the more he speaks the MORE I like him which I already did. I have been critical at times BUT he surely is a 360 degree difference from the idiot of idiots Bush and the world appreciates it. I say way to go. It's a gift not only to Obama but to our country so all you right wing hypocritical patriots YOU should enjoy it too!

The USA could not get dragged down much farther than Bush brought it. Not many presidents have destroyed another country and their own.

If you all expect that it is then please I'd like for you to donate a several billion dollars to US Treasury, to the thousands of people that have been hurt by Bush's accepted low standards for the financial markets, to the thousands of troops that have been killed since the Mission supposedly was Accomplished, and then to rest of US with common sense to give this President a chance.

I am not republican and I never voted for Bush. But come on... let's be real... The DEMS STILL IN OFFICE NOW gave Bush 85% of EVERYTHING he asked for and you mentioned here. At least Bush is gone, those Dems are still THERE...

What if Obama starts world war III? That could happen. I think the Nobel Committee needs to rethink their criteria for the award and limit it to actual accomplishments, not empty rhetoric. This is a joke and a travesty. Yasar Arafat, Jimmy Carter, now Obama. What the hell are those Norskies smoking. I'll give Odumbo the benefit of the doubt and hold open the remote possibility he may actually do something worthy of being considered for this award, but certainly not on anything hes said to date. At one time or another, nearly every president we've had, including Bush II, has uttered the very same words and expressed the same hope for peace throughout the world. This is just shameful pandering by socialists for another socialist, Obama.

Didn't the other one term President - Jimmy Carter - win the Nobel Peace Prize too?

Carter, unlike Obama, actually did work on world peace. The problem for Carter was the fact that Americans didn't care about world peace at the time.

While I had time to edit, I found out that Carter indeed won the Nobel Peace Prize - IN 2002! He was President in 1976-1980.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/11/carter.nobel/index.html

In just 9 months, President Obama has managed to regain the respect for our country and improve its reputation that was so damaged during the past 8 years.

If you're referring to pleasing Islam extremists, I suppose that could be seen that way. He denounced us as a nation of Christians, apologized for us bombing them after they went on murderous rampages, etc. I have not heard a single thing about other countries respecting us though. And remember, in the last 8 years, Democrats were all on board with Bush on Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea....every single one of the issues. They just decided to see how many sheep could be fooled by changing their minds and suddenly being against it all with hindsight. Even I was surprised how many people bought into that rubbish.

Apprently it's not only the dollar that has been losing value. In my opinion this makes the nobel peace prize worthless. I will never hold it to a high standard again.

For the sake of this country I hope that this President has the ability to turn things around. A charismatic speaker? Most definitely. But worthy of the Nobel Prize for Peace - he would not be my first choice at this stage of his Presidential career. I hope that the Nobel committee is not falling for the cult of celebrity that this country is becoming known for.

Adam, I attribute the problems in this country to idiots like you.... Instead of congratulations the right wing denounces the prize committee as doing this for political reasons… What about all your right wing, “Conservative” representatives going around the world talking down the US... You are the problem… you and this so called “moral” right who is for war, torture, the crippling of our country, you backed a President who sent our jobs overseas and gave the Corporations tax breaks to do it…. You are against any form of Health Care and cry out “Socialism”, “Hilter”, and all the other crap that pours from your mouths!!!!

Go back to school and get and education because you don’t appear to have two brain cells to rub together to form one rational thought…. You do however have great hearing when it comes to Fox Opinion Network…

I’m really sick of the idiots that inhabit this country…. Now right in all the reasons that Bush or Cheney, Rumsfeld, Bush 1, or Reagan or any other right wing demigod deserves it more than Obama….let’s see just how much you really know about history!!!!

Obama just said that he does not think he has done anything to win the award but he realizes that sometimes this award is given as a call to action.

I respect that. They gave him a prize that you don't snub and he used the opportunity to bring a call to action.

OK Obama, your call to action is to work on the economy.

I love the way the neocons' heads are exploding over this. God forbid anything good should come to the US! Let's see, we had cheering over losing the Olympics. Now we have comments like "He doesn't deserve this," "This award doesn't mean anything," or, "Those grapes are probably sour anyway!"

This is going to be a fun day, because no matter the whining and shrieking, no matter how the wingnuts try to spin this, the fact is Obama won, and that can't be changed!

Tennessee Earnie Ford-great song!

Sorry bagelmaven....

I'm under the impression you received your education in this country under the Bush administration. There are 360 degrees in a circle, so at 360 degrees you're back where you started.

Bobi D.
it's not a Johnny Cash song. Do a little research before you open you're mouth.

16 Tons by Johnny Cash

Originally by Tennessee Ernie Ford

This is the SAME guy thinks we have 60 STATES.

Ladies and gentlemen. I have read many things on here. I normally donot contribute to political talks at all. Everyone is extremelly firm in their beliefs and will put down others who do not agree. I am a conservative. I voted for Bush. I respected Bush as President because he did have to make hard decisions. If you wish to criticize him, be my guest, that is your right. Just try placing yourself in his shoes before doing so and remember that your decision would also have affected a multitude of people who may or may not agree with you. I did not vote in this previous election, due to personal reasons. I respect Obama because he is our president. I have not, however, seen anything that has caused peace such as the award was designed for (if curious look up Alfred Nobel). If he does something later on then yes, later on give the award. As of now, I have seen nothing but talks. If it is for the hope of peace then others should have been more deserving of this award. For now though, let us try to think rationally, respect each others views and stop the insults that spread hate and frustration, not peace

Your just as entitled to your opinion as each and every one of us.

People like you bring down the United States of America.

excuse me! Go take your medication and check this out !

Ask yourself ? Are you qualified to receive the noble peace prize ! Of course you are not ! But the greatest president in the twenty first century definitely deserves it ! And that is none other than president BARACK OBAMA !

Kinda funny. The Nobel Prize is based on "work accomplished during the previous year". Maybe they are recognizing Obama for his work as a community organizer. Putting together those fine groups in Chicago that kill school kids for fun.

Obama, The greatest President of the 21st Century? Are you Smoking Crack? HOHOHOHAHAHAHEEHEEHEE LMFAO! That's the biggest laugh I've had tonight! Let's see, your Socialist God, Obama hasn't done nothing in 9 months as President, much less 12 days or 288 hours in Office when his term began January 20 2009 at 12:01est, when the voting was stopped by the Committee on February 1st 2009! Tell me what he got The Nobel Peace Prize for? Was it for his Community Organizing in the Schools of Chicago, you know the one, where the Honor Student was Beaten to Death by 2x4 Clubs, I'm sure the Mother of that boy appreciates all that Obama has done for her now the he has his The Nobel Peace Prize? And another thing, The Nobel Peace Prize is Obamas, not Americas Peace Prize, it was given to Obama The Socialist byanother Socialist, and as far as being qualified to receive Nobel Peace Prize, I would say that, yes I'm MORE QUALIFIED to receive Nobel Peace Prize then Obama will ever be! Cant wait for 2012, to kick Obamas Commie Ass Out Of Office! I'll even bet you get a tingle up your leg when you hear your Liberal, Socialist God Obama Speak!

Just another 'note' to make the Pied Piper's music sound sweeter...All of you Obama supporting lemmings, line up....

Adam, Worrywort and the rest of you illiterates;

You make me so grateful that I come from an Indigenous Culture that is STILL more Civilized than you "Conservatives?" whose European ancestors literally raped, pillaged and ravaged the Innocent Inhabitants and stewards of this Land. We respect our Principal Chiefs and Tribal Leaders even if we disagree with them, speaking for the Five Civilized Tribes and the North Eastern Peoples of the Iriquois Nation. We have had a True Democracy in place since the 1500's as is written in each of all of our Nations' Documents, which rest in Five Civilized Tribes' Museum in OK and the Museum of the American Indian next to the Smithsonian Institution.

When you dishonour the President as a man you shame yourselves. You should read what venemous spewings of hatred you have written and then take a good hard look at yourselves and where you come from. Have you fought for your education, do any of you have an education beyond the 7th grade? Your research and articulation skills tell me no. You all also think with with your frontal cortex and neither your left or right lobes of your brains in sync. How hard do any of you use your rational thinking and analytical areas of your brains at all? I have seen very few reasonable entries and thoughtful blogs here. If I were from another Country and reading these responses as a random sampling of typical American literacy and intellect, I would think I was in pre-Colombian era North America.

Whitefeather, all country boundaries were established by conquest of one form or another. The Indians are no less guilty resolution through conflict. I remained unimpressed by the argument that Indians have lived in this world in some superior way.

Perfect analogy!

I think Obama has some good ideas.....but damn. He has not done anything yet in his presidency to warrent a Nobel Peace Prize. I feel sorry for past and future winners of this award. This will cheapen their honor. If he had negoiated peace in the Middle East, re-established US ties with Iran, and ended the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan....single-handedly mind you....then I think he would have been deserving of such an award.

I always thought that being able to speak your mind was one of the most American things you could do. Unfortunately the Deceiver in Chief and his minions are trying to squash anyone who disagrees with anything he says and does. First Amendment watch your back...

How do you spell deceiver? BUSH

How do you spell evil? CHENEY

How do you spell progress, or Respect or Peace? OBAMA!

He's made it passed September without a terrorist attack, and he didn't take six of those months as vacation, like the Shrub. he's trying to get us out of the Iraq war, the Shrub's sandbox, which, while the Shrub put us there no no reason but his lies, he couldn't get us out. He's certainly more honest than the Shrub, but that's not much because I've known compulsive liars more honest than the Shrub.

He allows us to say, the adults are in charge again, instead of the bratty, rich, bully that was running things.

You're talking like he was just born and has done nothing. He has been around a long time and has many accomplishments. Do your research and you'll see that he is no joke- a real man with real flaws doing remarkable deeds. More than you'll ever accomplish.

Just goes to show you, just how f****** stupid the world is becoming. This idiot has been awarded a peace prize and all he's done is go around the world and apologize for the United States saving these goons asses many, many times.

Perhaps they should just award a Nobel Prize to everyone. Think how much it would raise the world's collective self-esteem!

Having said all that doesn't make me un-American. It makes me anti-Obama. I feel the way I do because I LOVE AMERICA - too much to see it become the USSA. If you support this joke of a president, and you hold to his values, then I say you are the one who is anti-America. Why don't you take your president and go live elsewhere? Let those of us who really do care about this country keep it ONE NATION UNDER GOD instead of one nation under Obama.

I was told in 2001 to get over it, the Shrub had won, and indeed he had, 5 to 4 in the Supreme Court, though not in the election. I was told again how un-American I was for asking why the government was unable to stop 9/11 from happening since the Shrub really needed that month of vaction prior to it and since he clearly ignored the briefing on it just before 9/11. Again I was told that I was a traitor to the US for asking why we needed to invade Iraq, since Saddam clealy had nothing to do with it. And again when I asked why we didn't let the weapons inspectors complete their work to make sure their was a reason to invade. I was told I was paranoid because I was wondering aloud why, just before the 2004 election, there were suddenly all these unsubstantiated terror alerts. "They would never politicize terror alerts", I was told.

Guess what? I was right and everyone that was telling me those things was wrong. The Shrub and his minions allowed, through laziness and stupidity, the worst terrorist attack on our nation in history. They lied us into a war. They gave tax breaks to corporations to move jobs overseas to hurt unions. They opened to door to the treasury and let their friends loot it. They were and are criminals that should have ajoining cells in Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. And you don't like Obama!

I will repeats one other thing I was told time after time. "If you don't like it, leave" UnAmerican, yes, you are UnAmerican. You do not believe in the Constitution. You do not believe in freedom (except for you).Pack your bags and get out!

You might want to follow your own advice. There are dissenting views coming from our allies. Yes, it is fine to try to warm relations with those who've been our enemies. It shouldn't come at the expense of disrespecting those who have stood beside us. GWOT has not been unilateral. Check your facts. We may have the bulk of military troops, but other nations have joined the fray.

Ideas and rhetoric don't fix problems. He has already had to backtrack on his to plan Guantanamo, end our involvement in Iraq, and health care. It is unrealistic to believe someone can make important changes alone. His rhetoric about "I" will fix things is where he lost me. Nothing can be accomplished without involving those who disagree or have other ideas. If nothing else, look at the roughshod way of GW.

AARP has an article about the discussion about health care debate. Nixon began the discussion, and Democrats shot it down. Teddy himself was vigorous in his dissent. The only presidents who have succeeded have been those who formed a consensus. Both parties have caused problems. Let's look for solutions instead of name calling.

Look at it this way it's quite an acommplishment to receive the Nobel Peace Prize after only being in office 10 months. By him just being the President of the United States is obviously having a positive global impact.

Remember, it was the Shrub that was running the Hitler playbook, starting at page 1 with the Reichstagg fire/9-11. He ran every page, one at a time, and you're compareing Obama to Hitler. Read a book, stop listening to Limbaugh and Faux Lies. You're embarrassing yourself.

Ksmith,

My office building was the first to be bombed in Riyadh, 1995 and luckily my husband survived the terror attack on the Pentagon. We were both working for the interests of the United States. What have you done?

Honest Jo, Hitler won a very prestigious award; Time's Man of the Year back in 1938, just before he showed his true color. He too was a good orator and did little except bring his country to ruin. Let's hope history isn't repeatimg itself.

I always thought the prize was for accomplishment, not potential. So far Obama's talked the talk only. If he backs up the talk then he would be deserving, but not before he's done anything of consequence. Bringing hope sounds all warm and fuzzy, but getting results is the best bottom line for everyone.

Worrywart, I'm willing to bet one of things KSmith hasn't done is cheer at the fact the US didn't get the Olympics. And he probably didn't support preemptive strikes or torture. I'm wondering if you and your husband can say the same, given your career choices.

We live in world filled with nations, like it or not. We may be number 1 in guns, tanks and war, but build enough hatred, and it's going to cost us in lives. What part of diplomacy don't you understand? What part of being the number 1 hated country in the world prevents terrorist recruitment? There are better ways than just saber rattling!

I was dumbfounded when I heard about this. No matter how you feel about him, he plain just doesn't desrve it. I'm sure if one were to go through the list of the other 200+ nominees that you could pick at least a dozen of them more desrving. If someone can point out what he has done for world peace between Feb 08 and Feb 09, I might change my mind)

And EGlide. Why don't you stop beating around the Bush and join the rest of us in 2009 and maybe say something worthwile reading. The topic is about whether President Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. I'll venture to speak for the majority of this forum and say that we could really care less about what you said back in 2001 or 2004, or how you have so cleverly coined the analogy "Shrub" for President Bush. Used your thesaurus today did you?

Well EGlide, your nothing but a Bush and Republican hater! You blame him for everything that has happened during his term. None of which he could have done all on his own. No President can make anything he wants to happen or be a law by himself. Your Democrats in office supported him all the way until election time, then jumped off the bandwagon. You blame Bush for allowing 9/11 to happen, but yet Clinton decided not to off the mastermind behind it when he had the chance...twice. You blame Bush for jobs being sold out to other countries, but yet it was Clinton who signed in NAFTA, which opened the doors for the exodus of US jobs. I should know since I know several people, myself included, whose jobs now reside in Mexico.

So please, do some research yourself and open your eyes. Americans are being sold down the river by the criminals in Washington. The President, no matter if he is Republican or Democrat, is just a figurehead. They all make promises they can never keep, and blame the opposing party for their failure to keep them. But Obama has a rare opportunity to pass ever single one of his promises since the Democrats hold MAJORITY in both houses. So ask yourself, why the delay in Obama's big Health Care reform. Hmmm....some of the Democrats are worried about losing their beloved seats if it bombs when implemented. So either they don't think it is such a good idea or they don't really care about "change" and the welfare of US citizens. And since they do have majority, the Republicans get the easy out and call all vote against it.

Politics in the USA is one big magic show. Watch whats in this hand everybody, while the other hand makes the moves that make things happen. So keep your eye on Obama and his show, while the Congress & House pass the programs and laws that fit their own agendas.

When people talk about his term in office as a barometer for whether or not he should have received the prize, it just displays their American narcissism. Believe it or not, the Prize is about more than one's performance as an American president. Why does he deserve it?

He changed the way the nations of the world look at each other and at the United States in particular. Changed the nature of international dialogue from naked aggression and one-upmanship to a pursuit of comity and cooperation. Changed the paradigm from highlighting our differences to focusing on ourcommonalities. Changed the mood of the world and of America from one of despair and cynicism to hope and possibility. I don't think that's nothing.

He's just getting started for sure, but symbols aren't meaningless. I think America and the president should view this as an international mandate to pursue the ideals he ran on. Why be anything other than proud of what this represents for the country you love?

Lalaland... So cute. I have tears in my eyes... grrrrrrrrrrr...

I always thought that being able to speak your mind was one of the most American things you could do. Unfortunately the Deceiver in Chief and his minions are trying to squash anyone who disagrees with anything he says and does. First Amendment watch your back...

Yeah, that's really rich coming from your side. Do you recall at all the days of Bush/Cheney? Dissenters were accused of being UNPATRIOTIC and UNAMERICAN. How DARE we speak against the great GAWDS of Bush and Cheney?

Just too funny.

Sucks to be you.

obama is the catalyst for world peace. even north korea changed it's beligerent tune. iran is looking for wiggle room but is engaging nevertheless... mostly, it's his integrity and actions that holds up. this is in marked contrast to gb and the hawks who's main "cowboy" response to the world is "who's got the bigger gun." regardless of how the world viewed the american in the past (arrogant, untrustworthy and even downright despised), american leadership has serious impact for the rest of the world. to have someone like obama leading the way is a much needed and welcome change.

For all you haters, anti-Obama, Repugs and lemmings of Limburger and Loon Beck.

Your idiot leaders do not have any good solutions to solve our country's problems and the world for that matter. Yet, you all think you can do better?? You are only good at whining, and not giving our president a chance. He's got an uphill battle because of all you naysayers, blocking his every attempt to make reforms and be at peace with the world. So judgemental!! Didn't you all learn that from your Bible thumping that thou shalt not judge??

And EGlide. Why don't you stop beating around the Bush and join the rest of us in 2009 and maybe say something worthwile reading. The topic is about whether President Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. I'll venture to speak for the majority of this forum and say that we could really care less about what you said back in 2001 or 2004, or how you have so cleverly coined the analogy "Shrub" for President Bush. Used your thesaurus today did you?

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Well EGlide, your nothing but a Bush and Republican hater! You blame him for everything that has happened during his term. None of which he could have done all on his own. No President can make anything he wants to happen or be a law by himself. Your Democrats in office supported him all the way until election time, then jumped off the bandwagon. You blame Bush for allowing 9/11 to happen, but yet Clinton decided not to off the mastermind behind it when he had the chance...twice. You blame Bush for jobs being sold out to other countries, but yet it was Clinton who signed in NAFTA, which opened the doors for the exodus of US jobs. I should know since I know several people, myself included, whose jobs now reside in Mexico.

Yes, I know, you didn't care what anyone like me khad to say then, toom f---ing bad it turned out we were right and all you Repubbie Sycophants were, as usual, wrong. Does Obama deserve the NPP? Yes, if only for turning our foreign policy back to one that isn't bomb first. That was all we had for eight years.

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Yes, I know no Prez can do everything himself, but the Shrub was on vacation for almost half of his first year in office. He couldn't do anything that didn't include a nap. I agree NAFTA was/is bad, but Unca Ronnie and the two Shrubs gave the taxes from American citizens to corporations to move factories overseas. On purpose. Unca Ronnie and the first Shrub caused the S&L disaster which was apparently the precursor to our current economy. ANd yes, Clinton did sign NAFTA, but at the time, the economy was good, wages were going up. What the Shrub did was everything he could to keep wages as low as he could while corporate earnings were going through the roof. Unca Ronnie was also the biggest drug pusher in the US while he was in office, another strike against him, too.

Truly American:

He has bad-mouthed us to other countries

How has he bad-mouthed us??? Because he's often told the truth????
Perhaps if Mr. Bush even knew what the truth was, he may have been a halfway decent president!!

And you think that others who want hope and peace in the world are not truly American??? Get real, grow up and read things concerning the world instead of listening to the likes of Rush!!!!

Jen,

"Some of you seriously need to develop other sources for your news than Fox News and talk-radio. Might I suggest several different sources so you actually KNOW what is going on. And don't rely soley on American media either."

All media is owned by 5 companies. Yep, just 5. You think Murdoch only owns Fox News? You know Murdoch and Hillary Clinton are buddies. And she's our Secretary of State.

"Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch will host a fundraiser for liberal New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, the Financial Times reports.

The mating ritual of the unlikely allies has been under way for months. Clinton set political tongues to wagging last month by attending a Washington party celebrating the 10th anniversary of Fox News, the cable news channel owned by Murdoch."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/09/politics/main1600694.shtml

"But while Murdoch was clearly uncomfortable in the spotlight last week, his appearance on the Hill was business as usual for Murdoch, who has spent more than three decades courting politicians. In 1980 a tete-a-tete between Murdoch and President Carter culminated in a Senate-committee probe of a government-backed loan granted to a Murdoch company. And two years ago, his bookpublishing firm bought former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's memoirs for a whopping $5.4 million, leaving many observers wondering whether it was a goodbye gift for her support of his business interests."

http://www.newsweek.com/id/107011

Do you get your news from CNN, MSNBC, New York Times? This is what David Rockefeller had to say about our mainstream media to his fellow members at the Council of Foreign Relations.

"We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine, and other great publications, whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the World if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But the World is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a World Government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and Wolrd Bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries."

-David Rockefeller to the CFR( Council on Foreign Relations)

"Is it any wonder that President Barack Obama has stacked his government with numerous members of the CFR? Among these are Robert Gates, Janet Napolitano, Eric Shinseki, Timothy Geithner, and Tom Daschle. Other CFR members include CFR President Richard Haass, CFRHolbrooke, and founding member of the Trilateral Commission and CFRObama even asked a CFR member, Rick Warren, to deliver the inaugural prayer. Director Richard member Paul Volcker.

Still not convinced? Just a few days ago, when asked by a reporter what he thought the most important thing was that Barack Obama could accomplish, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said, "I think his task will be develop an overall strategy for America in this period when, really, a New World Order can be created. It's a great opportunity; it isn't just a crisis."

http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin487.htm

this just goes to show you how much respect power American president receives in Europe more then in this Racist country of America. it was not only one vote but there was a unanimous vote by the members of the noble prize committee .

PS:Ask yourself ? Are you qualified to receive the noble peace prize ! Of course you are not ! But the greatest president in the twenty first century definitely deserves it ! And that is none other than president BARACK OBAMA !

Will someone please turn the broken record off. Hahahahaha

And that is preciselywhy the American people elected Barack Obama President of the United States - we the people were sick and tired of evil and thus we did something about it.

Diane--- Carter, Arafat, Gore, Obama----truly a great list that surely brings a high level of credibility to the "peace" award. I'm kidding, of course. What a joke!

I am glad we live in America and everyone has the right to their opinion...when I see Jimmy Carter and Al Gore and Obama singled out with Arafat to dismiss all of them I see a very partisan POV. I respect the Nobel Peace Prize and I respect their decision.

Again, Diane, check your facts.

52% is not all Americans. Yes, he won a majority of the vote, but he has lost that support over the last 10 months. Actions speak louder than words.

And, who vetted the Czars? Who do they answer to, and why did Obama find it necessary to circumvent the checks and balances written into the Constitution? Sounds very much like other actions condemned by GW watchers. Unilateral and secret is the same whomever choses to use them.

Thank you for singling out Gore and Obama. Lets us know from which side of the aisle you're coming, and thus renders your "opinion" moot.

And what great acommplishment have you acheived to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

c.p. - So you're saying you make your decisions with blinders on based on party affiliation only? You really need to peek around in the middle and other parties. It's the only way to get the whole story. If you just write off opinions that aren't extreme left, you'll be brainwashed in no time.

My favorite quote! We are in deep sh...t! Aren't we?

wow - how proud you all must be!!! would you be happier if we were bombing iran right now in yet another war??? hate mongers.

support peace and all effort at it instead of more death and suffering. this man is not perfect and he does not deserve this prize YET but if greater momentum is achieved then it could come to pass...

that is if most of the people in this forum would drop off the face of the earth forever! the world would be a better place!!!

you are NOT part of the solution!

Get the Point:

Great post!! Supporting peace and hope in the world is not part of the solution for the right. The only thing they want is to rule the world; like, let's make more war. Let's keep the US busy in war forever so the rest of the world hates us for our antagonism.

Don't know about you, but I think the world has had enough antagonism for a while. Promoting peace and hope is a renewed vision and it's a great one. Let's not go back to making America part of the problem!!!

Not all in the right want war.

I hate war as much as the next person, but sometimes in life it is necessary to fight.

We cannot expect everyone to adhere to our philosophies, wether they be on fighting or peace. NOt everyone will see the same way as we do, left or right.

OPINIONS ARE LIKE THE RECTUM AND THE CONNECTION IT HAS TO THE OPENING WHICH EXPELLS ALL HUMAN EXCREMENT...THE ANUS. EVERYONE'S GOT ONE!!!

Most of yours' are misinformed, bogus and uneducated. What the Obama Administration is doing without any effort at all is peeling away years of corruption by the Regan, GHWBush, and GWBush Administrations and the Clinton Administration. Regan's economic Policies DID begin the unraveling of our Banking system by causing the S&L Failure(Matthew Dallek,2009). They were NOT Federally Regulated. Then he added insult to injuey by deregulating Banks. BushI continued with outrageous Military spending, generous Tax Cuts for the Rich, decreased Federal Funding for Higher Education and Incresed Taxation on the Middle Class and for the first time ever, Taxed College Students' Scholarship Monies. Clinton created NAFTA but at least left office with a huge budget surplus of over $2mil. Bush/Cheney? they had ample opportunity to take us foreward...

Anybody hear of a periodical called "The American Scholar?" It is just that. a fact based anylsis of who we are as Americans and studies Contemporary Issues by Literary Scholars, not politicos or partisan amulets.

Couldn't agree more. Your words are exactly what I was searching for. This degrades all those who earned the award in the past...as well as those that are presented with it in the future.

you people are an embarrassment to rational thought. You just hate everything you cant control. Obama didn't ask for this award but you'll find a way to to pin it on him anyway. Everytime you open your mouths you make all the stereo types ring true about racist america. Try to remeber that the peace prize is about world peace and not the racial divide in rural kentucky. Take another swigg of that jugg and shut the fu-- up!

Agreed, Greg. I couldn't believe that they gave the prize to Al Gore, for telling us the weather was getting warmer (which is funny because it is actually getting cooler), over a woman who hid and saved Jewish people during WWII in Europe. What a complete joke.

Oh Please..another 'You are mad because you are a racist' comment. Those who retort with this tiresome cliche are actually responsible for propagating it. Tell me please, in your view..What has the President actually done to desire this award? Given a few good speeches maybe? Or perhaps now it is good enough to maybe do something these days.

(which is funny because it is actually getting cooler)," ummm, checkmate, I hate to break it to you, but the Northwest passage actually became a shipping lane for the first time in history. We are in the middle of the warmest period since records have been kept.

But never, ever, let the facts get in the way of opionion I suppose.

Checkmate - I have to agree with you on that one. I still have no earthly idea how Al Gore managed to get a Nobel Peace Prize. It defies all common sense.

There is always someone wanting to turn disagreement into something racial !!!

Get a life Beat Feet. Does disagreeing with Bush make you a white-racist? People who have differing views respect the office and therefore disagree with the actions of the person in the office. Because someone disagrees with your image of the office does not make them a racist.

Someday men will look at the character of the heart instead of the color of skin. (my apologies for not getting the quote completely correct) Martin Luther King

King would not be a member of the victimologists who want to continue crying racism every time someone disagrees with Obama. Grow up!

Sorry TexEd, I can't ignore the obvious! maybe you can, or does it just make you feel good to think that there is no racism in these posts. maybe you should read some of them before you comment. But is understand how hard it can be to view issues correctly when you're raised in texas!

Jen, what I meant was that everyone said that it would be scorching hot. However, scientists are showing that it is actually getting colder. We know that ice is melting, but it is getting colder. Every person I knew who followed Gore screamed global warming, global WARMING. Then scientists said it is global cooling. You don't hear anyone really bringing that up. All the people who I mentioned before, immediately shut ups when I mention about the global cooling. Why can they accept global warming, but not global cooling? Why not accept both?

Beat Feet, from what I am reading from this part (5 and down, but still part 5), no one is attacking Obama. It sounds more like an attack to those who award the prize.

Gotta agree. The only racism I see in these posts are yours Beat Feet but I bet you could get Jimmy Carter to agree with you!

you peopleare an embarrassment to rational thought. You just hate everything you cant control. Obama didn't ask for this award but you'll find a way to to pin it on him anyway. Everytime you open your mouths you make all the stereo types ring true about racist america. Try to remeber that the peace prize is about world peace and not the racial divide in rural kentucky. Take another swigg of that jugg and shut the fu-- up!

Way to be a hypocrite Beat Feet. Why don't you just spew a few more stereotypes in you anti-racist post. KNUCKLEHEAD.

A joke!

If Gore can get one, anyone can to include this "community organizer".

Oh no, he won the award. Lets all get our panties in a ruffle. Oh my, it's such a tragedy. Complain, complain, complain. Worthless.

IMHO, who cares. It's easy to be a critic, but hard to try and actually make a difference. People are fallible and if you were in his boots you'd be getting just as much criticism. You all expect perfection from everyone, except yourselves. Amazing.

Two things - 1. I AM NOT A RACIST and am damned sick of being called one by every person who disagrees with my thoughts and feelings on a done-nothing President.
2. What is wrong with that Nobel Peace Prize Committee?

An oh yeah, BeatFeet, for real? I have read every post and had not ONE thought of racism til YOU brought it up - YOU are one of the reasons that these things turn the way they do! We live in A M E R I C A and we are allowed to say what we think without being called RACIST.

wow - how proud you all must be!!! would you be happier if we were bombing iran right now in yet another war??? hate mongers.

support peace and all effort at it instead of more death and suffering. this man is not perfect and he does not deserve this prize YET but if greater momentum is achieved then it could come to pass...

that is if most of the people in this forum would drop off the face of the earth forever! the world would be a better place!!!

you are NOT part of the solution!

Like it or not, He's Your President!

After Tiger Woods won his first Masters he was touted by some as the greatest golfer ever. Now 10 years later he may actually be the greatest ever. Some will still debate it but the difference is that since that time, TIGER HAS EARNED THE RIGHT to be debated as the greatest. Obama has yet to earn that right, as good as some believe his start has been.

Get the point, what are you talking about? No one mentioned anything about war and bombs here.

this man is not perfect and he does not deserve this prize YET but if greater momentum is achieved then it could come to pass...

IF.. . .We don't know what he WILL accomplish or not. To give him an award for what, exactly? What has he accomplished to get the award?

you need to ask yourself what your objective is and what ends you are contributing to???

stop thinking in the here and now and start supporting what is clearly positive momentum.... who cares if he deserves it our not!

Our President gets a high honor, and instead of being proud, we wonder what did he do to deserve it? It takes empathy to look at our country and the world through the eyes of another country. Obama may have given speeches and reached out to the Muslim community, but as our country's representative in this representative democracy, this honor is more about praise for the people of America for choosing a more peaceful direction. We went from attacking two countries (one who harbored terrorists and one who didn't attack us at all) to actually reaching out to that region to help us defeat a common and elusive enemy. If Al-Qaeda was easy to get rid of with bombs, Bush sure tried hard. That offensive approach put the rest of the world on edge wondering who might be next?

That Obama is choosing to work with the UN in dealing with terrorism instead of the dwindling coalition of the willing is a huge relief to the rest of the world. But it's easy to understand why people are scratching their heads at Obama's award if you just watch Jon & Kate or FOX News. Those same people won't understand why Copenhagen is so important this December to the world... much more important than the Olympics.

Get the point and Kansas Eagle Scout.

For an award to have value, you have to put value in the award. No one is arguing the fact that he is on the right track. Only arguing that the results are not as measurable as one may wish. Therefore, wondering whether or not the award is diluted because his policies have not been able to take effect. Is there no other person in the entire world that has out earned Obama for the award? And is Obama's contribution considered as significant as Ghandi's? How about Abbas taking a more peaceful approach with the Palestinian West Bank vs. Hamas in Gaza?

Any award worth receiving is worth earning. I'm not sure that I've seen the "earned" portion yet as compared to others who have achieved the award. In fact, I see a stark contrast in the achievement, even though I agree the speeches and concepts are the same.

little sureshot:

If Gore can get one, anyone can to include this "community organizer"

Jesus was a community organizer!!!

So you're the ugly American.

Where have you been while we have been increasing the National debt by billions to murder innocent civilians because they are a religion that became verboten under Bush?

Where have you been while we have been spending trillions to enrich a global oligarchy of world powermongers who have no loyalty to anything but their own pocket and continued instability at home and around the world to pad profits?

Where were you while your brothers and sisters in America are dying in this rich nation because the basic decencies that allow an individual to have a successful life: food, shelter, education, health care and work were all placed out of reach of the poor, working class, and working poor middle class?

Where were you while those who could no longer put food on their tables turned to black market crime and attendent violence all across America as not the economic engine of choice but of necessity?

President Obama offers us the capacity and the means to reclaim democracy and scuttle plutocracy; to build a better world instead of ever bigger burying grounds for the Common Good.

Objection, poster is pulling feces from his gluteus maximas. Obama rightly apologized for Bush's human rights disasters. Bush not only ruined the creditbility we gained from WW2, but he and all of his apologists have made us all hypocrites considering what was said and done at Nuremburg. 

As for unemployment and bankruptcy, the vast majority of spending has occurred under Republican administrations by over 3 to 1. Unemployment has been largely caused by tax benefits for companies that outsource production and services among other policy disasters from the Bush administration. There is almost no policy capable of noticably reversing a national trend in less than three months, and if you truly look at all the numbers, both employment and economic benchmarks started to reverse their downward trends four to five months into Obama's presidency. You're spouting pure fecal material.

It's so funny to see the pretzel logic of people who were saying Obama's losing the Summer Olympics to Rio over Chicago indicated his weakness in the international arena and will now say his winning a Nobel prize means nothing.

Saraha Jones you are a blind fool. So Obama bankrupted the US and caused this unemployment huh! So i suppose GW was a master at Foriegn and Domestic policy. Be cool now, your racisim is showing. Remember 4.50 a gallon, remember nation wide home forclosure rates. Remeber 'No pull out deadlines for Iraq'. I could go on but i have a feeling that you can't hear anything over that burning cross.

If you thinkt he health care bill will cost you, wait til you see the effect of the cap and trade bill Obama wants passed when you see your gas cost go up 70 plus cents a gallon

Boy!---talk about being blinded by your stupid, anti-american, liberal ideology.

"Boy!---talk about being blinded by your stupid, anti-american, liberal ideology."

Actually DenverYo, it is the GOP and modern-day "conservatives" that sound anti-American now. You root against policies that are actually worthy... not because you deem them not worthy, but because it was Obama that proposed them. You root for failure at every turn, not because of what that would do to most Americans but because it would make the President look bad.

As disgraceful as the radical Left acted during the Bush years, you people are outpacing them by miles and it is only 10 months into this Presidency. We still have over 3 years at least left.

It is the right of those out of power to complain about those in power. Who are you to judge new policies as worthy?

This is America, and free speech is the First Amendment of our Constitution. During the War for Independence, dissenting views were part of the process that led to our Constitution. And, before that, the Articles of Confederation. But, our founders weren't afraid to change when it didn't work, see amendments and canceling AofC.

WAKE UP, PEOPLE It's about trying to find solutions that are effective, and Obama would still receive credit if he can take dissenting views and mold them.

Oh, and Aminah, it was radical Muslims that purposely destroyed the World Trade Centers and over 3000 civilians. And, it is those same radicals who initiate their attacks from within civilian populations. Read your history. Civilians have died in every conflict ever undertaken. No, it is not ideal and accidents do happen. But, 9-11 wasn't an accident. America should not sit idle and just take it. You want to kill us because we are of the wrong religion (see Jihad, Iranian, Bin Laden, etc rhetoric), you better bring a bigger stick than ours.

As for unemployment and bankruptcy, the vast majority of spending has occurred under Republican administrations by over 3 to 1.

Ok..um....you might want to double check that. Within 90 days it was the OTHER WAY AROUND and in only 90 days vs 8 years.

Source: http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/

TexED- Jen has the same right to judge policy as worthy as you to judge them not worthy. It seems that you don't have any problem doing that.

Jen's delusional. However, Beat Feet, you're not helping your cause by shouting racism every time someone has something negative about Obama. You're a parrot.

If you think the health care bill is expensive, wait til you see the cost of the cap and trade legislation Obama wants passed when your gas prices spike 70 plus cents a gallon with no discernible benefits or advantages.

Allen:

Ok..um....you might want to double check that. Within 90 days it was the OTHER WAY AROUND and in only 90 days vs 8 years.

And how is it that all you on the right quoting this, tend to forget or dismiss the fact that the tax cuts for the rich, the drug program, and BOTH wars were never put in Bush's deficit!! The reason being that they did not allocate funds for them!!! Oh, gosh, oh golly; I guess you just forgot that fact!!!

Did anyone see how he was received in Saudi Arabia and Russia? They disrespected him! Wouldn't shake hands with him.

Then he apologizes all over himself at the UN in front of the Iranian potentate and two days later acts indignant because of the proof brought forward that Iran is building nuclear plants for use that is not domestic. How is it that he missed the first report of the first nuclear plant published when he was then candidate? It was public knowledge but no he had reach out to a terrorist made president.

A personal friend of mine was held for 444 days by this so called "duly elected president of Iran" but I guess Obama was too busy with the prom when that was going on and didn't watch the news.

For anyone to compare the President of the United States to Hitler, no matter how much you may disagree with his politics, is honestly completely Anti-US. I can't believe that you all find it that easy to write or say. Completely, think of the actual comparison.

Everything you don't agree with doesn't have to be equated with such a heinous person or with the Holocaust. It IS possible to disagree without it being done so ignorantly. Those of you that can do that have no respect for our country.

But this year, specifically this year, has anyone done more for world peace? If not this man, then whom would you have chosen?

For anyone to compare the President of the United States to Hitler, no matter how much you may disagree with his politics, is honestly completely Anti-US. I can't believe that you all find it that easy to write or say. Completely, think of the actual comparison.

Unless,apparently, your name is Bush

Geez! Get off the Bush crap...he is GONE!!! MOVE ON!!!

I agree that comparing Obama to Hitler is going a little too far. I didn't vote for the guy and I also don't agree with some of his programs, but you don't call the leader of the free world a name like that. Whether you like it or not, he is our President and in my eyes he really hasn't done anything that would label him Hitler.

Bush didn't do anything to deserve the label either. His decisions were based on an unfortunate event that has never happened before in post WWII times. What would you have done if you were President and you saw those buildings coming down? Would you have just called up the country who hit us and asked "now why would you something like that???" I would hope not...I don't like war...I hate war, but something drastic had to be done to stand up to these guys...

I hope to God that nothing like this ever happens on Obama's watch. It sends shivers down my spine just thinking about how he would handle it.

This is not based on accomplishments, and it's only marginally based on expectations. I really think this is a parting shot at GW Bush and the people who elected him twice (especially the 2nd term).

Not that GW doesn't deserve a kick now and then - I think he was the most atrocious President in my lifetime (at least) - but I think the committee could and should have done something "honorary" for Obama if it was that important to them, and given the actual prize to someone whose accomplishments warranted it.

I agree with you.  President obeyme has handed the US over to the rest of the world on a silver platter and left us taxpayers with the tab. 

And Bush's "War First" policy was free? Get a clue.

Free, indeed...

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office attributes >50% of the projected incremental budget deficit generated between 2000 and 2010 (or 2012, I don't recall) on GW's policies. 33% of the incremental debt is due to policies enacted during Bush's 2 terms, 20% is due to Bush's policies that have not been rolled back and are not expected to be rolled back by Obama & Congress during Obama's first year. Only 10% is attributed to new policies enacted or expected to be enacted during Obama's first year (includes stimulus and health care reform). The balance (37%) is due to impact from the changing business cycle.

The CBO's longer-term projections increase Obama's new policies' contribution, but only by a few points.

That's right, it's time for all the Obama haters to get in line to post their venom. You people must stay awake all nite searching the internet for SOMETHING about President Obama that you can criticize.

Do you fools even realize that he had NOTHING to do with this? It was the Nobel Committee in Sweden that made the choice, not him! Good God!

That's why your statement is without merit!

This has nothing to do with Obama, you are right! HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING! It's about the IDIOTS that gave him the award and degraded the once NOBEL prize!!!

Thank you, Gees nothing but a bunch of Low brow people @!$%#ing and complaining about Obama. I am starting to think they Only Hate him because he not the Same color as they are. Grow up will yah!

flikfreek you hit it right on the spot.

His color has nothing to do with it, when you, you kids , your grandkids start paying his tab ,Maybe you all will figure out its about what is good for our country,NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST.

Theresa, whose tab are we paying right now? Whose tab have we been paying for the last eight years. Some of you baffoons on this post need to grow up and really look at what is going on in the world and stop looking only in your own backyards. Why do you really hate this man? Did you also hate Bush or do you really think that this country and the world is better off because of him? The deficit that this country has is all Bushs. There is nothing about this trillion dollar debt that you can blame on Obama. Why not let him start with a clean slate and then criticize? Give the man a break...sure he can't do much with everyone against him. Who can? Read your Bibles and see if all of this was prophesized to happen.

You weren't worried about the tab when bush was spending the money! and he was spending the money to support a BS war against IRAQ that accomplished nothing. Obama had to prevent the world's economy from completely collasping in your face, and surprise now all of the worlds leading economists think that the worst is over. maybe we should have done nothing and watched all of the countries financial institutions fall apart. How would you have felt while in line a the bank trying to get your money after it was already gone.

Paying his tab! What in the world? Do you not know that we (All taxpayers) are paying for the previous generations bills? This is all how this country runs. Many of you just take in what you hear but aren't studying where we get capital (money) from. There have been times (and there will be more) when the country is borrowing from future generation, IT DIDN'T START WITH OBAMA, it's called national debt. Before Clinton was in office, we were in debt, we ( the country) had to pay ourselves back but part of the taxes that were used to create the surplus during Clinton's time in office was paid with money from generations that didn't cause the debt. C'mon, it time to go take some courses in economics and US History.

There are none so blind as those who can not see - the world sees what you refuse to see because you are blinded by hate and jealousy. Oh hum - Barack Obama is now the world's president and how proud real Americans are of our choice and of this much deserved honor for him!!

The award committee is obviously full of European socialists. Norway indeed!

You didn't pull out the RACE card did you? Seriously????

As for what the world thinks of us...I don't give a flying rats a$$ what the people of Europe or whatever think of us. I do care what the leaders of Iran and the likes of Hugo Chavez think and Obama has done nothing but weaken us in their view.

diane "worlds president? again I have to say really??? How old are you anyway? I bet you believe the soaps you watch in the afternoon are real too.

Wow. You know you're dealing with an impossible crowd when the Old Testament gets dusted off and thrown around.

mares: You actually give a rats a$$ what the likes of Chavez thinks of us? Then you're obsessed with the trivial while mocking the pervasive, if intangible, noble sentiments Obama gives to the people of the world: Hope, Unity, Change...Peace. That's a powerful arsenal to bring to the table when you're sitting across from Iran. You anti-Euro's are all the same. Defacto so. And it accomplishes nothing and harms America outright. When will the Bush wake-up call ring for you?

This race card crap has to stop. You're only saying it because you think those disagreeing with you are white...so that makes you....a racist! Seriously, did you not even know about Condi Rice, Colin Powell, the first black in a government position was republican 300 years before the first Democrat one? That and the fact that what you just said makes every Bush basher against the war in the Bush years a racist on the left?

Actually, he won it in 11 days, or maybe 3 months and 11 days since Obama was elected on November 3rd 2008, remember, the voting on the nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize ends on February 1st 2009 of this year! This is just so Disgusting and Outrageous that Obama would get this Honor when there are so many people though-Out the year of 2008 that were truly working toward peace through-out the world who have been ignored in favor of Obama, who took office on January 20th 2009, 11 days before the voting on the nomination for the Nobel Peace ended on February 1st 2009! To select a man who's only been in office for 11 days when the voting ended for the Nobel Peace Prize, does more damage to the Nobel Committee Selection Process then they could ever imagine

Mares:

As for what the world thinks of us...I don't give a flying rats a$$ what the people of Europe or whatever think of us. I do care what the leaders of Iran and the likes of Hugo Chavez think and Obama has done nothing but weaken us in their view.

We are no longer an island......duhhhhhh!! Europe is mostly in our corner and without it, we would have a hard time surviving!! Get out of your backyard once in a while! If you think promoting peace weakens us, then you need to go back to school. Only a fool promotes antagonism like the previous administration did!!!

The nomination list for next year will probably be Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Castro, Putin

YO! Denver. How in your twisted excuse for a mind does Pres. Obama equate to ANY of those other figures? You know what. Keep talking. You sick f&cks are going to create a permanent Democratic majority at the rate you're going.

c.p., peopel like you using logic like that aren't doing any favors for the left I promise you. It was a bash against the nomination committee, not the guy who got it. Obama didn't do the voting on this committee if you check your sources. It's a bash against the track record of the last few recipients. The people on the right side of the aisle were hoping someone who actually DID something got it. Hell, Clinton did more this year for peace than Obama did. Clinton came back overseas with 2 rescued journalists while Obama was speaking to an auditorium full of unemployed RV manufacturers.

Not even his kids were impressed. They told him he won and then reminded him it was the dog's birthday.

Little sureshot:

Not even his kids were impressed. They told him he won and then reminded him it was the dog's birthday.

They're just that, kids!! This is the most idiotic statement here!!

Edwin, please give one specific accomplishment Obama achieved by February 1st. That's what the awards time-line is based on.

And don't say he got elected...that does nothing for what you've stated above. So be honest and give us all one accomplishment...how about we start with "nuclear disarmament (by Feb. 1, 2009)

Wake up America!

All of that is THEORY. Nothing you state is a FACT!

Nothing you state has ACTUALLY HAPPENED! Remember the deadline for nominations were just 2 weeks after the man took office. He didn't even begin his efforts to shove his "healthcare" plan down the throats of the US people. Just the other day, he made the decision to stay (deservedly so) in Afghanistan. In other words, NO CHANGE THERE.

Edwin, I think you're thinking of someone else. The award was given to Obama. You surely weren't describing him. He's just a community organizer who somehow got elected to be our Chief.....who does nothing but love to hear himself speak!

The biased news media is just not showing you the body count in Iraq and Afganistan. Remember during the Bush administration, how hard the media fought to show the flag draped coffins? Where are these pictures now? There is still nearly 140,000 troops in Iraq and 30,000 or more in Afaganistan. So you think the bullets have stopped flying because of Barracks peace prize? The whole region will glow in the dark once Barrack get's through negotiating with Ahmadinejad.

THANK YOU Edwin so tired of the anti American trolls! They need to get a life. We have a new president so get over yourselves and GROW UP!!

The mere fact that Obama has focused the world community on the agenda of solving the worlds most pressing social and environmental issues is what this award is all about. The people of the world understand that and feel the renewed sense of hope that he inspires and that you are recluntant to feel or acknowledge. Plus the fact that he has become president of the most racist country in the world by inspiring the larger percentage of it population to come together to create change in the country for the benefit of all people while Leaving the smaller percentage , who unfortunately have little vision or hope anything beyond that which effects them indiviually, to expouse narrow racist views on internet posts. Carry On!

But did he do it two weeks into office there Edwin? My only problem with this is that when this nomination was in...he had done nothing...

This is all politics

OBAMA POLITICS SUCK

BUSH POLITICS SUCK

CLINTON POLITICS SUCK

Are you seeing a trend here Americans...Wake up and realize NONE of these guys give a crap about you. They would stick a knive in your back if it helped their AGENDAs or the people that helped get them elected. FOOLS.

He was nominated when he was because he had already begun talking about the fact that world peace and unity was part of his agenda. He had already excited the world about his candidacy. There was wonderful reaction across the world when he was elected. I'm certain that you did not see this. Also you must read the reasons set up by Alfred Nobel about awarding this prize. They do not require that someone do something specific, they require that the prize be awarded to someone who wants to work toward world peace and the collaboration of nations. The prize is awarded also to someone who promotes climate change. You have to read the information about this prize. Who would you have given the prize to? Sarah Palin or Rush Limbaugh who promote hate and violence?

Using your logic then, maybe next year, Miss America can win because every year, they all say they want world peace and to protect the environment.

Hey Velma,

I talk about peace everyday and no one cares. Where is my Prize?

If I may add Velma,

Arafat and Rabin both responsible for killing many innocent people from Israel and Palestine. That was the actual actions they took.

They spoke about peace, got a Nobel Prize for it????? Where is the Justice in this?

Salah:

I talk about peace everyday and no one cares. Where is my Prize?

Your name is too close to Sarah!!!

We don't get awards where I come from because we will probably deserve them someday, maybe.

Maybe for his creation of the National Parks? Or maybe he threatened to hit them with his "big stick", lol.

Seggerman, this is just giving the tea-bagger GlenBeck crowd another reason to get fired up. They were starting to lose steam in their war against government health care, but this will give them a reason to rally the troops. If you like conspiracy theories, maybe it's akin to 9-11 being an "inside job," the Tea Party crowd actually infiltrated the Nobel Committee in order to create a minor Pearl Harbor-esque event that would confirm to them that the world is going to hell and trigger the "call to arms."

Please! - Go Fishing! Now!

Based on what do you make this judgement? The United States was in a weakened position because of the policies of the past administration. President Obama has strengthened the opinion of the United States and restored respect to this nation. You probably haven't been paying attention.

Exactly how has he weakened this nation? Do you think we should continue the "non-diplomatic" approach favored during the Bush years. Where did that get us! Bogged down in an endless and expensive war(both in terms of resources and lives lost on both sides) on two fronts where the best we can ever hope for is containment of terrorism not the eradication of it. These people hate the US because we are viewed as nothing more then an occupying force. As long as we stay in Iraq and Afghanistan the hatred will continue. It's going to be an endless cycle! The only way to end it is to make some effort to open the lines of communication vice remain silent. Silence is where the real danger lies for this country not dialogue!

Cheney?? Dick?? Is that you??

Can't you just disagree without all the name calling. Can you actually predict the future or are you just caught up in all the rhetoric?

I hit reply by accident,sorry no reply.

Ernie:

Just how have they weakened our nation???

Go fishing, Ernie, and stay fishing for a long time!!

YOU are an embarrassment - you and all the other so called Americans who can not put aside your hate and see this as the honor it is for YOUR President and our country. You are unbelievable.

The way I see it none of these things have been accomplished. You are basing his reward on his ideas. I have alot of ideas and I did not get the award.

I agree. Now he has some pretty big britches to grow in to.

How did he change the paradigm of rich - poor or even race relations? When was he ever poor? He did not live in the ghettos and bring himself up to the presidency...he never worried how he was to feed his family or if he could get a job to support them....he never worried about how to pay for college....rent...People are making a priveledged High Class Rich Kid to be something other then what he is....He has never walked in the shoes of even the middle class america, of workers whose companies have shut down leaving them no where to work....He might of changed the world's view but from my view we are still heading downhill and the only ones getting relief are the multimillion banks that still can take ther bonuses to the bank...at least republican gave money to the people not much but I put it in my bank!

You do not know the first thing of what America stands for!  He is systematically destroying capitalism in this country.   The only thing he has accomplished is bankrupting the US, socializing medical care, weakening our military and like erniegofishing said "groveling to those who hate the U.S."  We are Americans!!!!!  Can't we at least remember what this country once stood for? 

How had Obama changed the WORLD's paradigm of rce relations? Do the Chinese care that he is black? Does Mugabe? Does Hugo Chavez? Do Itanian clerics? How had iran responded to this paradigm changing man's nuclear disarmament plan? How has North Korea? How is the Afghanistan War changing? Seriosuly, do you have any idea what you are talking about, or are you just an Obama guy who will support him no matter how much or how little he does?

Yo' ESKy,

Do you hear yourself?? That venom your foaming in the mouth? So much hate! The fact that Obama is talking and trying to get people of the world to work on peace, and our global problems, rather than pointing fingers! The problems are sooo deeply embedded it WILL TAKE TIME to resolve them! But he is addressing it, and trying to get people to come together to form solutions! It's people like you - lemmings of Loon Beck and the party of NO that are blocking any kind of reforms that will even make these processes take LONGER to better our situation.

JM:

Great post in taking on Esk; you can feel the hate in that post. Personally, I'd rather have a President who tries to help the world rather than one who antagonizes it!! And the party of "NO" will continue to do anything they can to demoralize him and those of us who want him to succeed for our country and the world!! Sad!! from St. Pete