tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post5524583206861400014..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Nobel Obama--Random ThoughtsAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-35668981991576693302009-10-12T06:50:12.954-04:002009-10-12T06:50:12.954-04:00How about "The Greatest Mind Ever Placed Betw...How about "The Greatest Mind Ever Placed Between Two Huge Ears Award", as an aside I like Liz Cheney's suggestion that the mother of a fallen soldier be sent to accept the award.DCAlleyKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595521064453455995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-30344366803943368412009-10-12T00:01:13.883-04:002009-10-12T00:01:13.883-04:00CalFederalist: Great idea. We might even start s...CalFederalist: Great idea. We might even start something like that on our site. I'll talk with Andrew about it. The following month, we could give him "The Largest Head in the World Which Hasn't Exploded" award. The medal is shaped like a helium tank.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-76944206189515129482009-10-11T23:50:58.059-04:002009-10-11T23:50:58.059-04:00Maybe it's time for Obama to receive a useless...Maybe it's time for Obama to receive a useless and ridiculous prize each month. I propose that next month he receive the Harvard Law Invisible Legal Treatises Award. Since we all know he's a legal genius and an expert on Constitutional law, he must have written something. So his works must be invisible. But just because they're invisible, it doesn't mean he shouldn't receive an award for them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284025222779154243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-68964294417325773442009-10-11T21:49:10.055-04:002009-10-11T21:49:10.055-04:00Tennessee: I think you're all right. This is...Tennessee: I think you're all right. This is so completely ridiculous that for the first time it even has liberals loosening up. This may be the accolade that broke the camel's back.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-73344896277413811862009-10-11T17:16:56.777-04:002009-10-11T17:16:56.777-04:00Of course virtually all the people who comment reg...Of course virtually all the people who comment regularly at this site recognize the Nobel Prize as nothing more than a liberal political propaganda tool. Certainly it is that now if it wasn't always such. The question, I suppose is how effective a tool it really is. We have long been aware how education and the media in this country has been determined to cant heavily left. This is just one more thing that falls into that bucket. Yet, I can't help but think that all of these have possibly so overplayed their hand that Americans (and maybe other areas of the globe) have begun to see though this bullcrap. In other words, by being so obvious, The Nobel has probably devalued themselves, hopefully permenantly.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-25211539714353445182009-10-11T15:15:55.133-04:002009-10-11T15:15:55.133-04:00JG: You were all way ahead of me on this one. I ...JG: You were all way ahead of me on this one. I simply forgot that the Prize has been a lefty joke for decades. This was just the over-the-top-joke that makes it all work. Even pretend "accomplishments" don't matter anymore. Just the perception that something might actually be accomplished in the future is enough to grant the award. The cult of personality is finally joined with the culture of unreality.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-58502515867384517772009-10-11T15:09:21.632-04:002009-10-11T15:09:21.632-04:00HamiltonsGhost: So true. I recently had this bri...HamiltonsGhost: So true. I recently had this brilliant inspiration. Obama could follow his Marxist predecessors into the wonderful world of global domination by simply finding the places he wants to make war, and call it a major military Peace Initiative. Nothing he says makes any sense anyway, so why not simply use Marxist doublespeak? He could immediately turn the situation in Afghanistan around (the "right war," you know) by declaring a massive Peace Initiative, send in the bombers and the 40,000 new troops, and (you should pardon the expression) win. No problem with those pesky civilian casualties, since they now become collateral damage in the pursuit of peace. <br /><br />We'll call it: "The peace of Obama which passeth all understanding."LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-28646948149313131042009-10-11T14:52:11.985-04:002009-10-11T14:52:11.985-04:00John Fund put it very succinctly in his Wall Stree...John Fund put it very succinctly in his Wall Street Journal Diary: "Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize for not being George Bush."HamiltonsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777000856977635480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-44286321868479517232009-10-11T14:50:56.262-04:002009-10-11T14:50:56.262-04:00I agree with Andrew. To me, the irony wasn't t...I agree with Andrew. To me, the irony wasn't that Obama was given an award for doing nothing, it was that we now have proof-positive that the NPP really means jack squat - which I have always believed. It's more humorously ironic than disappointing, from my perspective.JGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116405895683599572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-92191617105880598482009-10-11T14:35:35.606-04:002009-10-11T14:35:35.606-04:00WriterX: It's like Greek tragedy. Two great ...WriterX: It's like Greek tragedy. Two great men prematurely ending their long and distinguished careers for the sake of honor, while the vile king, possessing no honor thrives. But like Greek tragedy, there will be the <i>deus ex machina</i> to save the people. And that particular <i>deus</i> is called the ballot box. In about a year, the king will lose the stranglehold he has on the two legislative bodies, and in about three years, he will lose the throne he should never have had in the first place.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-31112197854410948872009-10-11T14:18:27.606-04:002009-10-11T14:18:27.606-04:00LawHawk, agreed. I couldn't blame either one ...LawHawk, agreed. I couldn't blame either one for resigning. How else to get your clown of a boss's attention? Meanwhile, it breaks my heart to read about more casualties in Afghanistan while President Obama polishes his new medal.Writer Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-39522668200319282882009-10-11T13:53:46.294-04:002009-10-11T13:53:46.294-04:00WriterX: I forgot one item in your comment. Andr...WriterX: I forgot one item in your comment. Andrew's the organizer, so he'll have to handle the pools (no money prizes, of course). I would hate to see McChrystal and Petraeus resign. But they are men of honor (something entirely unknown in the Obama administration), and the only thing that will keep them from resigning is their own belief that somehow by staying they can help the nation they love without betraying their honor. I hope they can find a way, but I think the inevitable resignations are coming.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-19782858898131775062009-10-11T13:21:07.863-04:002009-10-11T13:21:07.863-04:00Patti: Every time I start to get angry again, I j...Patti: Every time I start to get angry again, I just picture Obama strutting around the White House with his Peace Prize and pretty medal, grinning and repeating "I really am the Messiah, I really am the Prince of Peace." Followed by the appropriate bolt of lightning through the White House ceiling. Now THAT makes me laugh.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-66523383669584121182009-10-11T13:11:53.788-04:002009-10-11T13:11:53.788-04:00Andrew: You're right. You were just able to ...Andrew: You're right. You were just able to see the humor in it sooner than I was. And considering the number of Obama hangers-on that are making light of it, I have to admit that I had a brief attack of Obama Derangement Syndrome that drove out my usual ability to see the humor in world events.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-50739688030578219462009-10-11T13:04:58.065-04:002009-10-11T13:04:58.065-04:00WriterX: I'm coming around to that way of thi...WriterX: I'm coming around to that way of thinking fast. It's one step away from getting the Lenin Peace Medal. Nobody but the leftists believe it has any validity.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-83166193249489636152009-10-11T12:56:48.395-04:002009-10-11T12:56:48.395-04:00StanH: I can see it all now. He'll start wea...StanH: I can see it all now. He'll start wearing the medal, then get a couple he can order from a war surplus store, then a few more, and pretty soon he'll be marching around in full uniform with medals from neck to waist. As long as we're becoming a banana republic, we might as well have a leader who looks like one of the banana republic colonels.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-81739852898970517352009-10-11T12:02:13.975-04:002009-10-11T12:02:13.975-04:00i was at a large gathering yesterday and this was ...i was at a large gathering yesterday and this was all anyone wanted to discuss. not one person was thrilled or happy about it. calling this a joke is generous. and loved the baptist line (ha!).pattihttp://www.notawonk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-61461574743133465142009-10-11T11:34:56.731-04:002009-10-11T11:34:56.731-04:00I think the whole thing is funny, but I'm not ...I think the whole thing is funny, but I'm not angry about it. I guess because I already viewed the award as a joke.<br /><br />In fact, I'm glad they were stupid enough to award it now. Because if they'd waited, people might have actually thought he'd done something to earn it. Now people know how hollow this award is. It's a left wing popularity award and that's all it's ever been. At least now other people can see that.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-25252192526441220572009-10-11T10:37:21.203-04:002009-10-11T10:37:21.203-04:00The more I see and read about the Nobel Committee,...The more I see and read about the Nobel Committee, I think it's great that the president won the Peace Prize. Now four women and one man in Oslo have him right where they want him. It's like they've spray-painted him with all his leftist tendancies for all to see. There's no hiding now and who can't wait for his Apology Tour Part Deux in December? It'll make for more great clips for the 2010 political commercials, not to mention the ones in 2012.<br /><br />P.S. We really should start a pool as to when McChrystal and Petreus resign.Writer Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-81284990009071902672009-10-11T10:05:37.499-04:002009-10-11T10:05:37.499-04:00I’ve been reading your comments/articles Lawhawk s...I’ve been reading your comments/articles Lawhawk since 1/1/09 and suffice it to say, you’re pissed. I think this is just the cherry on the cake of the perfect socialist world con, and has little or no real value beyond the halls of liberal academia, or blithering sycophants in the MSM. In my mind the Nobel Prize is liken to a “dunce hat,” which Barry will wear with glowing distinction, with his fellow travelers, Gore, Carter, Arafat, etc. In most of America this will further alienate the majority conservative American electorate, and render Barry into a self imposed political oblivion. So I say, …Barry, haul ass left, you’ll be much easier to defeat as fully exposed statist, along with your brethren in congress.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.com