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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (73346)	10/10/2009 10:33:20 AM
From: tonto	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224738

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.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (73346)	10/10/2009 10:57:40 AM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 224738

That is BS Kenneth as the nominations were all in long before! Stop quoting idiots and sychophants.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (73346)	10/10/2009 11:54:37 AM
From: chartseer	Respond to of 224738

Oh bummer! Is global mood measured by a global poll of mood ring wearers? comrade chartseer

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (73346)	10/10/2009 1:44:04 PM
From: Alan Smithee	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224738

The five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee - four of whom spoke to The Associated Press, said awarding Obama the peace prize could be seen as an early vote of confidence intended to build global support for the policies of his young administration. There you have it in a nutshell. It's not the Nobel Peace Prize, it's the Nobel Politics Prize.