He bloody won it!! just heard it on the radio ...... apparently everyone is most confused!!!!!President Obama has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize; :clap2:a piece of Afghanistan, a piece of Iraq?? One thing is for sure, the $/Euro xrate is in his favour
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I agree Mr H ... I think even Mr O is a little embarassed with thid! Sue xAfter 9 months in office ????...for what ?.he is at war with two muslim countries. This could turn out to be a large albatross around his neck.
I agree, Sue, though I wonder if perhaps its got a lot to do with the George Bush effect. After Bush's approach to foreign policy, someone like Obama who announces he wants to see an end to nuclear weapons and tries to get different factions to talk to one another, is going to seem like some kind of messiah!He bloody won it!! just heard it on the radio ...... apparently everyone is most confused!!!!!even the Whitehouse ... they want to know what he has done to deserve winning it
I like Mr O very much, and think he has the potential to do good things ... but having only been in the big chair for 9 months there is still a lot to do ...... I think this Prize may be a little premature!
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Personally, I think this prize should be awarded more often to the "little" people rather than just politicians, people who are unknown and unrewarded who work for peace in the community or various NGOs, for example. After all, the known prize winners, usually tend to have whole teams of people behind them, researching, doing all the groundwork etc anyway. The "little" people meanwhile, do it quietly without publicity.
Erm, I think Jo, you would be ruled out because of your use of the nuke facility! lol.Like me on the forum LOL!!!!!!!!!
Seriously, I agree with you. Why is it always some major name who is really only a figurehead/puppet for a particular party/organisation, altho didnt "mother Theresa" get it one year?? But I suppose she wasnt exactly "an unsung hero"
Jo xx
Is it only me, or does any one else think it a bit ironic that a Peace Prize was started by a man who made his fortune out of making explosives?President Obama has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize;
We were just talking about this at dinner - that after Bush anything looks like a dove with an olive branch . Everybody seems to be totallyI agree, Sue, though I wonder if perhaps its got a lot to do with the George Bush effect. After Bush's approach to foreign policy, someone like Obama who announces he wants to see an end to nuclear weapons and tries to get different factions to talk to one another, is going to seem like some kind of messiah!
Personally, I think this prize should be awarded more often to the "little" people rather than just politicians, people who are unknown and unrewarded who work for peace in the community or various NGOs, for example. After all, the known prize winners, usually tend to have whole teams of people behind them, researching, doing all the groundwork etc anyway. The "little" people meanwhile, do it quietly without publicity.