Obama’s Nobel Win
HEADLINE: OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE; ACCEPTS AS A ‘CALL TO ACTION’
In case you were unaware, Obama won the Nobel Peace prize this morning for what the Nobel committee stated as “…Obama’s initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.” So apparently anyone who voices their opinion on world peace, but doesn’t really act on it, can be nominated and win the Nobel Peace prize and the $1 Million dollar prize money! As if that wasn’t bad enough, the deadline for the Nobel nominations were February 1, just 2 weeks after Obama was sworn in as President! I was looking at Fox News’ website this morning and found this funny post from a conservative blogger:
How to Win the Nobel Peace Prize in 12 Days
Let’s take a look at the president’s first 12 days in the White House according to his public schedule to see what he did to deserve a Nobel Peace Prize.
Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize this morning. Over the last decade the only requirement to win the prize was that the nominee had to be critical of George W. Bush (see Al Gore, Mohamed El Baradei and Jimmy Carter).
President Obama has broken new ground here. Nominations for potential winners of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ended on February 1. The president took office only 12 days earlier on January 20.
Let’s take a look at the president’s first 12 days in the White House according to his public schedule to see what he did to deserve a Nobel Peace Prize:
January 20: Sworn in as president. Went to a parade. Partied.
January 21: Asked bureaucrats to re-write guidelines for information requests. Held an “open house” party at the White House.
January 22: Signed Executive Orders: Executive Branch workers to take ethics pledge; re-affirmed Army Field Manual techniques for interrogations; expressed desire to close Gitmo (how’s that working out?)
January 23: Ordered the release of federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries. Lunch with Joe Biden; met with Tim Geithner.
January 24: Budget meeting with economic team.
January 25: Skipped church.
January 26: Gave speech about jobs and energy. Met with Hillary Clinton. Attended Geithner’s swearing in ceremony.
January 27: Met with Republicans. Spoke at a clock tower in Ohio.
January 28: Economic meetings in the morning, met with Defense secretary in the afternoon.
January 29: Signed Ledbetter Bill overturning Supreme Court decision on lawsuits over wages. Party in the State Room. Met with Biden.
January 30: Met economic advisers. Gave speech on Middle Class Working Families Task Force. Met with senior enlisted military officials.
January 31: Took the day off.
February 1: Skipped church. Threw a Super Bowl party.
So there you have it. The short path to the Nobel Peace Prize: Party, go to meetings, skip church, release federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries, party some more.
Good grief.
Read more Tommy De Seno at www.JustifiedRight.com.
I have decided that you really do not need to do anything in order to win this prize, you can just talk about your ideals of peace. Since I need the money and believe that we need a peaceful world, I would like to officially request that all readers of this post nominate me next year for this prize! You have some time as the deadline is February 1, 2010 but do not feel pressured to get it done right away. You can wait for 12 days before the deadline to send in your nomination!
In case you are wondering, I am not upset at Obama except for the fact that he accepted the prize. My ilk is with the Nobel committee who decided to award it to him. He has done nothing tangible to be awarded this prize, yet, on the wave of speculation and hope, and perhaps as a coercive measure to persuade Obama to not increase the troop numbers in Afghanistan and have control over future policies, the committee awarded it.
Oh well. You cannot control everything. All I can say is that I am looking forward to the annual JibJab film “Year in Review” to see how they make fun of Obama in their video. We will see if this particular even is included!
