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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (224243)	10/9/2009 1:07:54 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

The nobel might have just castrated him. Now he can't do anything militarily...because you know he rules by world opinion.

To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (224243)	10/9/2009 1:13:58 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

I half expected at the end of the press conference when one of the reporters asked him "What are you going to do with the money" for him to turn around, flash a huge grin and double peace signs and say into a camera close up "I'M GOING TO DISNEYLAND"!<NFG> This message brought to you by the Nobel Corp, purveyors of fine dynamites.

To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (224243)	10/9/2009 5:30:24 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

I think O!'s prize was designed, in part, to keep him in check with respect to Afghanistan and Iran. Past winners include such peaceful creatures as Le Duc Tho, Henry the K, Yassir Arafat... Given the achievements of past winners, there ought to be a Nobel Prize for War and Terrorism.

To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (224243)	10/9/2009 7:40:46 PM
From: DebtBomb	Respond to of 306849

Why is everyone so shocked? Gorbachev wins Nobel peace prize By Jonathan Steele in Moscow Tuesday 16 October 1990 guardian.co.uk President Gorbachev yesterday won the world's biggest consolation prize. He took the Nobel peace award for losing the Cold War, becoming the first communist leader to win the trophy worth £360,000 after dismantling the system his party spent 70 years creating. The Nobel prize committee in Oslo did not quite put it that way. It cited Mr Gorbachev for "his leading role in the peace process" which today characterises parts of the world. "During the last few years, dramatic changes have taken place in the relationship between East and West. Confrontation has been replaced by negotiations. Old European nations have regained their freedom," the citation read. "The arms race is slowing down and we see a definite and active process in the direction of arms control and disarmament. The United Nations is beginning to play the role which was originally planned for it." The award brought congratulations from Western leaders. President Bush praised Mr Gorbachev for having brought "historically significant change, both political and economic, to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe". President Mitterrand said his actions had been the "decisive factor in reducing tensions in the world, and especially in Europe". Mrs Thatcher called the award "terrific". In Moscow, hit by shortages of basic foods and consumer goods, the mood was more reserved. When the president of the Supreme Soviet, Anatoly Lukyanov, announced the news to MPs, they applauded for barely five seconds. Gennady Gerasimov, the foreign ministry spokesman, said: "We must remember, this certainly was not the prize for economics." century.guardian.co.uk