Obama Peace Prize Reaction
Mine was to burst out laughing.
It seems that most people think it's too soon. That includes a worthy recipient of the award Lech Walesa. Mickey Kaus says Obama should turn it down. Yeah, right. Nor surprisingly, there are idiots who think this is AWESOME. Behold David Ignatius in the Washington Post.The Nobel Peace Prize award to Barack Obama seems so goofy -- even if you’re a fan, you have to admit that he hasn’t really done much yet as a peacemaker. But there’s an aspect of this prize that is real and important -- and that validates Obama’s strategy from the day he took office. The Obama team came to the White House convinced that one of America’s biggest problems in the world was “reflexive anti-Americanism,” as Obama put it in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly two weeks ago. They saw America’s unpopularity as a big national-security problem, and they were right. So they set about winning hearts and minds (the Nobel judges among them) from Day One. Obama gave a series of speeches calculated to position him as the Un-Bush. He listed his achievements in that same U.N. speech -- halting torture, ordering the closure of Guantanamo, withdrawing from Iraq, backing negotiations on climate change, and paying America’s debts at the United Nations itself. Europeans liked it, too, when the president picked a fight with Israel over settlements, and when he showed himself so determined to negotiate with Iran that he overlooked the fact that its government had stolen an election. That’s what he’s being honored for, really: reconnecting America to the world and making us popular again.High school kids want to be popular. Nations want to be prosperous, secure and in America's case, a force for good in the world. Those things don't usually lead to popularity because it means making hard choices and doing the right but often un-popular thing....you know, like a grown up. Obama is making America popular again by talking us down and saying in effect, "We are nothing special, just one of the gang. We've been bad before and I'm sorry. I won't do anything you don't like." That's morally bankrupt and dangerous. But who cares? We can eat lunch with the cool kids again! No reaction yet from another Nobel Peace Prize winner...the Dalai Lama. You know the guy Mr. Wonderful refuses to meet with to placate the peace loving Chinese government. Integrity.
Comments
Posted by: Mike H at October 09, 2009 10:13 AM (LdYLm)
Posted by: ChicagoBlood at October 09, 2009 10:13 AM (IJ+33)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2009 10:14 AM (dzfVt)
Posted by: Tonestaple at October 09, 2009 10:15 AM (knzG7)
It was irritating a year or two ago, then it became sort of gobsmacking - but a tired sort of gobsmacking. The relentless appetite that the world at large seems to have for fellating Obama has so permeated the universe that it's becoming part of the backdrop. It's not even really funny anymore, because you know it's coming.
It's like watching Gilligan's Island. No matter what, you know the outcome of every episode, even the dialogue and puns are telegraphed.
This has gotten boring, and I'm beginning to wonder if that has been the strategy all along.
Posted by: shank at October 09, 2009 10:15 AM (+H1yK)
Posted by: Beagle at October 09, 2009 10:18 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: mbruce at October 09, 2009 10:18 AM (sYUC7)
The strategy has not been to bore us but to make him a part of our every-minute lives. Maniacal, power hungry leaders have shown a historical tendency to do that sort of thing.
Posted by: libbyt at October 09, 2009 10:19 AM (3IZD4)
I'm sorry....was Norway about to bomb us?
Posted by: lauraw at October 09, 2009 10:19 AM (hm36T)
Posted by: Tweety Nelson Reilly at October 09, 2009 10:19 AM (jVldi)
Posted by: EC at October 09, 2009 10:19 AM (mAhn3)
Jan 20 2009 (Inauguration Day) thru Feb 1 2009 (dealine for nominations)
Twelve Days That Shook The World, I Guess™
Posted by: Cool Money Grip at October 09, 2009 10:20 AM (KOkrW)
Of course they love him, he's weakening the U.S. I've lived overseas for a considerable portion of my life, they hated us long before Bush.
Posted by: Javems at October 09, 2009 10:20 AM (hq71Y)
Posted by: Tweety Nelson Reilly at October 09, 2009 10:20 AM (jVldi)
Posted by: David Brooks at October 09, 2009 10:20 AM (jg+Fr)
The Nobel Peace Prize ceased to be relevant when Arafat won one, if not before.
Posted by: kefka at October 09, 2009 10:21 AM (n1uMU)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at October 09, 2009 10:21 AM (Ojgte)
Posted by: Nobel Committee at October 09, 2009 10:21 AM (1Y3Fy)
Posted by: Steve McNair at October 09, 2009 10:22 AM (T400w)
Remember some were suggesting to put his face on Mt Rushmore and how ridiculous we thought that was?
This is almost as bad. It's surreal.
What's next, putting Obama's stupid-looking mug on all our currency?
Posted by: Tweety Nelson Reilly at October 09, 2009 10:22 AM (jVldi)
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!
Posted by: GarandFan at October 09, 2009 10:22 AM (ZQBnQ)
The smart move by President Obama would be to thank the Nobel Committee and decline the award--saying he wants to actually acheive progress before being honored. That would be gracious, humble and smart politics (both domestic and international).
My guess is he does not do that.
Posted by: Joe at October 09, 2009 10:22 AM (0Gde6)
Posted by: Ernie Anastos at October 09, 2009 10:22 AM (3IZD4)
Posted by: kefka at October 09, 2009 10:22 AM (n1uMU)
Damn sockpuppet. Seriosuly, it is amusing to see the press criticize this.
Posted by: brak at October 09, 2009 10:22 AM (1Y3Fy)
Posted by: Joe at October 09, 2009 10:23 AM (0Gde6)
Posted by: Leatherneck at October 09, 2009 10:23 AM (40yOy)
Posted by: Ernie's Chicken at October 09, 2009 10:23 AM (3IZD4)
Remind me: How many nukes does Hollywood have?
Halp! A scathing editorial in the Guardian! Go to DEFCON-1!
Posted by: Brewdog at October 09, 2009 10:23 AM (jg+Fr)
Posted by: Doc at October 09, 2009 10:23 AM (rzJpR)
What's next, Obama the Musical?
Obama on Ice?
The Obama-Capades?
Get ready for OBAMA! The MOVIE
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get a tingle in your leg!
Posted by: mmack at October 09, 2009 10:23 AM (Hb/ve)
Posted by: Tweety Nelson Reilly at October 09, 2009 10:23 AM (jVldi)
MSM failed because they didn't report the news now the bloggers will take over for Letterman fail if we milk this FOREVER.
Posted by: Teh Won at October 09, 2009 10:24 AM (8JU+Q)
Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at October 09, 2009 10:24 AM (sXLx/)
Gore's was for 'peace,' too, and just as politically motivated as Barry's.
Posted by: J. Fred Muggs, Nobel Prize Winner for my work in banana peeling at October 09, 2009 10:24 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Big Daddy at October 09, 2009 10:25 AM (pOcKt)
Phil
Posted by: Phil at October 09, 2009 10:25 AM (v9odO)
wow - so we have finally reached the point where accomplishment means nothing - what a thing to teach our kids
Empty rhetoric - 1
Deeds - 0
What a sick joke.
Posted by: ThomNJ at October 09, 2009 10:26 AM (Z6jGw)
Posted by: The Elephant Man at October 09, 2009 10:26 AM (3IZD4)
Posted by: Dr. Benjamin Spock (not the guy from 'Star Trek') at October 09, 2009 10:26 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Brewdog at October 09, 2009 10:26 AM (jg+Fr)
Posted by: Entropy at October 09, 2009 10:27 AM (IsLT6)
SNL Obama Impersonator Accepts Nobel on Behalf of Obama: http://tinyurl.com/yzxocbe
Posted by: Justin Camp at October 09, 2009 10:27 AM (QXxJi)
Posted by: rockhead at October 09, 2009 10:27 AM (RykTt)
Posted by: exceller at October 09, 2009 10:28 AM (jx2Td)
Yassir Arafat, Jimmy Carter, and B Hussein Obama
yeah, he's in good company
even the most rabid pro-Bama koolaid drinker in my office today knows better than to crow about obama's 'achievement'
Posted by: Cool Money Grip at October 09, 2009 10:29 AM (KOkrW)
Posted by: Xploding Member at October 09, 2009 10:29 AM (+/1Sx)
and the nobel prize for awesome pecs and man boobs goes to...............BARACK OBAMA
and the nobel prize for putting yur foot in your mouth goes to................BARACK OBAMA...........No actually it goes to JOE BIDEN
50 cent is a republican how can he be when he talks about beating women?
Posted by: LordGeoDampierre at October 09, 2009 10:29 AM (a4ipX)
Posted by: Kanye West at October 09, 2009 10:29 AM (3IZD4)
Posted by: katya at October 09, 2009 10:29 AM (e+l1b)
Posted by: I may vomit at the thought at October 09, 2009 10:30 AM (MMC8r)
The left would say, "It was because we were in Vietnam."
But then, how to explain that in 1979 Iran overthrew the Shah and held our embassy employees hostage for over a year, even though then President Carter had backed Khomeni over the Shah? To this day the government of Iran is anti-American.
Pakistan had anti-American demonstrations all through the Clinton years; those demonstrations didn't begin with Bush.
Most of the world doesn't like us, never did, and won't no matter what President Hopey Changey does or says. It's just the way the world is.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 10:30 AM (UQado)
Jimmy Carter: Let's Iran take US embassy workers hostage, supports Hamas terrorists in the Middle East. Nobel Peace Prize!
Ronald Reagan: Single-handedly ends the Cold War, defuses possibility of nuclear holocaust, liberates millions from slavery of Communism. NO prize!
Al Gore: Spreads junk science about man-made global warming resulting in unnecessary financial burden on businesses, forcing them to lay off workers, increasing worldwide unemployment, poverty, starvation. Nobel Peace Prize!
George W. Bush: Fights terrorism to keep America 100% safe in years following 9/11, spends hundreds of millions of dollars to spare millions of Africans from AIDS. NO Prize!
Barack Obama: Commits endless series of embarassing gaffes in front of foreign leaders, earns praise of muslim tyrants and communist dictators, allows Iran, Russia and China to pursue worldwide aggression unchecked, dismantles the American free market to replace it with the theft and slavery of Socialism. Noble Peace Prize, in eleven days flat!
Posted by: Crusty at October 09, 2009 10:30 AM (GvSpB)
Posted by: exceller at October 09, 2009 10:30 AM (jx2Td)
Posted by: katya at October 09, 2009 10:30 AM (e+l1b)
Gore, Arafat...he's in good company.
The only thing irritating about this is the weekend lovefest this is going to produce in some people. Otherwise this is like winning an Olympic gold in interpretive dance -- who cares and is it really a medal-medal?
Posted by: unknown jane at October 09, 2009 10:30 AM (5/yRG)
and btw being a replubican does not mean your right wing there are idiotic RINO celebutards
and btw britney spears is a bimbo althugh i agree with her sentiments on giving george bush the benfit of the doubt when he deserves it
Posted by: LordGeoDampierre at October 09, 2009 10:30 AM (a4ipX)
Based on how far in advance they have to decide the awards, Obama was only in office for 9 days.
That's correct, Mike. The deadline for submissions is February 1st.
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2009 10:30 AM (2qU2d)
Posted by: Brewdog at October 09, 2009 10:26 AM (jg+Fr)
THREADWINNER
or is it too early in the thread to annouce a threadwinner? I mean, it's only Brewdog's first comment on the the thread
fuckit THREADWINNER
Posted by: Cool Money Grip at October 09, 2009 10:31 AM (KOkrW)
Posted by: Picric at October 09, 2009 10:31 AM (+hnIk)
Posted by: libbyt at October 09, 2009 10:31 AM (3IZD4)
It would be a sad day when America becomes popular in the world's capitals. That would mean America has stopped kicking names and taking ass*.
*I may have botched that phrase a bit. I can never get it straight.
Posted by: Tushar at October 09, 2009 10:32 AM (DRC3Q)
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 09, 2009 10:32 AM (TfW4T)
Posted by: Sheriff Biden at October 09, 2009 10:32 AM (GwPRU)
Posted by: Neo at October 09, 2009 10:32 AM (tE8FB)
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 09, 2009 10:32 AM (NtiET)
They needed to wait til 2012 for maximum impact in helping Dear Leader win the 2nd of his 5 terms in office.
Now it's just another A- from some pathetic sycophants.
Posted by: jjshaka at October 09, 2009 10:32 AM (xFaZK)
Posted by: huerfano at October 09, 2009 10:32 AM (vtuZz)
Such as: cancel the Eastern European missle defense program, sit on his hands while Iran staged a false election and continues to posture for the atomic bomb, antagonize Israel, coddle a series of South American dictators, etc.
Posted by: looking closely at October 09, 2009 10:33 AM (YpVHs)
The Michael Moore of Oslo
John Podhoretz - 10.09.2009 - 10:06 AM
I can’t agree with my colleagues here on CONTENTIONS that a) Barack Obama should reject the Nobel Peace Prize or b) be embarrassed by it. The Nobel Committee chose him wisely because he does, in fact, represent the organization’s highest ideals.
He is an American president queasy about the projection of American power. He is an American president who rejects the notion of American exceptionalism. He is an American president eagerly in pursuit of legitimacy to be granted him not by those who voted for him but by those who do not cast a vote and who chafe at American leadership. It is his devout wish that America become one of many nations, influencing the world indirectly or not influencing it at all, rather than “the indispensable nation,” as Madeleine Albright characterized it. He is the encapsulation, the representative, the wish fulfillment, the very embodiment, of the multilateralist impulse. He is, almost literally, a dream come true for the sorts of people who treasure and value the Nobel Peace Prize.
It’s the most obvious choice, once you think about it, since Michael Moore won an Oscar for Fahrenheit 9/11.
Posted by: Joe at October 09, 2009 10:33 AM (0Gde6)
The Nobel committee has continued down the path of irrelevancy. The committee has made some fairly bad choices for the last decade or so, its anti-America agenda fits in perfectly with Mr. Obama’s. The following is a list of recent Nobel winners. Examples 1994 Yasser Arafat (A terrorist), 2001 Kofi Annan (Anti-American Politician), 2002 Jimmy Carter (Anti American Politician), 2005 Mohamed El Baradei (A fool and a Liar), 2007 Al Gore (A large fool and liar), 2009 Barrack Obama (Anti-American Politician). This is a collection of Leftist doofuses, unknown bureaucrats, petty dictators, terrorists, conmen, and crooks. What distinguished company, Mister President “No Clue”. The continuing journey to mental retardation is firmly imbedded in our society; this is not all that different from giving an Oscar to a pedophile.
Posted by: John at October 09, 2009 10:33 AM (bvaOU)
George W. Bush: Fights terrorism to keep America 100% safe in years following 9/11, spends American treasure and spills American blood to liberate 35 million people from tyranny in Iraq and Afghanistan bringing democracy to those nations, spends hundreds of millions of dollars to spare millions of Africans from AIDS. NO Prize!
fixed
Posted by: Tweety Nelson Reilly at October 09, 2009 10:33 AM (jVldi)
Posted by: Old Sailor at October 09, 2009 10:33 AM (/Ft4q)
He did have some help from Thatcher and John Paul II. But they didn't get a prize, either.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 09, 2009 10:34 AM (NtiET)
Posted by: Cool Money Grip at October 09, 2009 10:34 AM (KOkrW)
Gore and Krugman, too. Why Irena Sendler didn't get her's I'll never know.
Posted by: CUS at October 09, 2009 10:34 AM (wOGfT)
Posted by: Old Sailor at October 09, 2009 10:33 AM (/Ft4q)
Isn't that what he is doing?
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 09, 2009 10:34 AM (TfW4T)
We had a good laugh in my house as well.
But, I think its rather beautiful - this prize and its decision committee has become rather ridiculous over the last years, and now they award the prize to some guy who had literally done nothing except offer platitudes and criticize a country they hate. Its somehow beautifully symbolic of how nonsensical the political world has become.
Unfortunately, the nonsensical nature of the current political climate is also dangerous. Our children will pay.
Posted by: Lily at October 09, 2009 10:34 AM (TJvOa)
Posted by: MoDo the JoHo at October 09, 2009 10:35 AM (iGCmo)
Lots of pressure on TOTUS this morning. Has to keep emotions in check and not get too choked up.
Posted by: exceller at October 09, 2009 10:35 AM (jx2Td)
Posted by: Michael at October 09, 2009 10:35 AM (siOQ7)
Posted by: MDr at October 09, 2009 10:35 AM (ucq49)
Posted by: dan in michigan at October 09, 2009 10:35 AM (88w67)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2009 10:35 AM (dzfVt)
Posted by: Junior Ganymede Admin at October 09, 2009 10:35 AM (+4UPl)
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at October 09, 2009 10:36 AM (3IZD4)
Lets see, if we follow the precedent set by the man who would have been president, Algore, Obama will next be in line for an Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, Newbery Award, and the Heisman Trophy.
Actually, I think the Heisman Trophy pose sums up his presidency pretty well.
My God, what a disgrace. To think I drive a Volvo.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 09, 2009 10:36 AM (8xR0t)
Posted by: Average Jen at October 09, 2009 10:36 AM (2dZ+6)
Posted by: negentropy at October 09, 2009 10:37 AM (27KAF)
Posted by: Old Sailor at October 09, 2009 10:37 AM (/Ft4q)
Posted by: dan in michigan at October 09, 2009 10:35 AM (88w67)
Serious question. The prize money should go to the US Treasury shouldn't it?
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 09, 2009 10:37 AM (TfW4T)
Leftists are unable to perceive this, largely because, though claiming to be 'sophisticated,' they are actually far more provincial than anyone else.
They believe America to be the center of racism, sexism, injustice, intolerance, hate, and they think this simply because it's what they see. But the thought that the rest of the world is massively worse on all those issues, even does not see that there is a problem? Doesn't occur to them. They see only what's in front of them.
Why? Because looking at the problem in front of them, and then setting themselves up as NOT part of that problem, lets them elevate themselves above it, and feed their need for superiority.
But looking at another country? A brown country, or a non-Western people? That would be WRONG! Leftists believe in multiculuralism, that all societies are equal! (Except ours, which is inferior.)
Posted by: Discordance, it's what's for dinner at October 09, 2009 10:37 AM (MMC8r)
This is sooooo High School. Maybe they'll drop a bucket of pig blood on his head and see what happens....
Posted by: Carrie at October 09, 2009 10:37 AM (lDdA/)
Posted by: eman at October 09, 2009 10:38 AM (dzfVt)
E.g.: "'Family Ties' really got the Nobel when they brought on baby Andrew."
Posted by: Farmer Joe at October 09, 2009 10:38 AM (z4es9)
Posted by: jjshaka at October 09, 2009 10:38 AM (xFaZK)
Posted by: Y-not at October 09, 2009 10:38 AM (sey23)
Posted by: ahem at October 09, 2009 10:38 AM (CxWOM)
He's hoping to get the prize money this year before the Bush tax cuts expire.
Posted by: dan in michigan at October 09, 2009 10:35 AM (88w67)
Charlie Rangel has offered to help Obumble hide the money offshore
Posted by: Cool Money Grip at October 09, 2009 10:39 AM (KOkrW)
Posted by: katya at October 09, 2009 10:39 AM (e+l1b)
That stupid bitch is against Gay Marriage. Take it away!
Posted by: Perez Hilton at October 09, 2009 10:39 AM (Q1lie)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 09, 2009 10:40 AM (zgZzy)
Posted by: Tweety Nelson Reilly at October 09, 2009 10:40 AM (jVldi)
My husband is in Canada right now, and he said all the Toronto radio stations he listens to are saying "WTF? What has he done?"
I'd say lots of Canadians are wising up . . . wish more Americans were!
Posted by: Marybeth at October 09, 2009 10:40 AM (3niom)
even the most rabid pro-Bama koolaid drinker in my office today knows better than to crow about obama's 'achievement'
Nuh uh! Barack Hussein Obama MMM MMM MMM!
Posted by: Honest Clo(u)d at October 09, 2009 10:41 AM (f7A+e)
Zero gets nominated for the Nobel Peace prize a 12 days into the presidential term that also includes the successful Islamic nuclear attack on Israel (and maybe the United States of America, too).
Note: Hutch, you picked the wrong week presidential term to stop taking acid..
Posted by: Josef K. at October 09, 2009 10:41 AM (7+pP9)
Posted by: flag@whitehouse.gov at October 09, 2009 10:41 AM (3IZD4)
SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING YOU, OBAMA, IMA LET YOU FINISH, BUT AL GORE'S NOBEL WAS THE BEST AWARD EVAH!!!
Posted by: Kanye "Jackass" West at October 09, 2009 10:41 AM (mAhn3)
Posted by: exceller at October 09, 2009 10:42 AM (jx2Td)
He has quite literally achieved nothing in the realm of international diplomacy. All he's done is make unilateral concessions to thug regimes and give a few speeches.
Posted by: Y-not at October 09, 2009 10:42 AM (sey23)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 09, 2009 10:44 AM (zgZzy)
because, Y-not, they are validating the ideals, not the accomplishments.
This award goes to Obama for thinking the *right* way...their way.
Posted by: Tweety Nelson Reilly at October 09, 2009 10:44 AM (jVldi)
Posted by: Tweety Nelson Reilly at October 09, 2009 10:45 AM (jVldi)
This is really stupid on the part of these Nobel morons. They needed to wait til 2012 for maximum impact in helping Dear Leader win the 2nd of his 5 terms in office
What makes you think that they won't?
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2009 10:45 AM (2qU2d)
Posted by: Brewdog at October 09, 2009 10:45 AM (jg+Fr)
Savour.
Posted by: Peggy Noonan at October 09, 2009 10:45 AM (lDdA/)
Posted by: GreenGasEmissions at October 09, 2009 10:45 AM (2+hGZ)
Lech Walesa: "Who, Obama? So fast? Too fast — he hasn’t had the time to do anything yet."
Lech, look at it the other way. If they wait, he might do something that makes him undeserving. And since he must win it, best to give it preemptively, before any pesky "achievements" cloud the picture... the picture of hope.
Posted by: Y-not at October 09, 2009 10:46 AM (sey23)
Posted by: Fortunate Son at October 09, 2009 10:47 AM (B7kwl)
Posted by: the slide of civilization at October 09, 2009 10:48 AM (7/lTI)
The awards for physics, chemistry, and (looking it up) medicine still mean something. Astronomers sometimes get the physics Nobel, but there are other prizes they go for instead.
Nobel was apparently crap at math because he didn't include that as a prize topic. Mathematicians go for the Fields Medal.
Nobel never should have instituted a "Peace Prize". He should have guessed it would become a political tool.
Posted by: Zimriel at October 09, 2009 10:48 AM (+iNkO)
The only thing irritating about this is the weekend lovefest this is going to produce in some people
Yeah, I may have to blow my budget and buy a gun at a gun show (from a private seller with no background check) just to make the nausea go away.
Posted by: Scott J. at October 09, 2009 10:48 AM (/bVuS)
Posted by: The Eschaton at October 09, 2009 10:49 AM (jg+Fr)
Posted by: TOTUS at October 09, 2009 10:49 AM (2qU2d)
Posted by: rockhead at October 09, 2009 10:50 AM (RykTt)
I wonder why people refuse to understand that.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 09, 2009 10:50 AM (NtiET)
Posted by: Atlas at October 09, 2009 10:50 AM (HJD2k)
Posted by: RushBabe at October 09, 2009 10:50 AM (LKkE8)
From the WSJ:
Examples of nominees who didn't win the peace prize include Josef Stalin, the Soviet dictator, and Adolf Hitler, whose name was put forward in 1939.
Damn, that Peace Prize nominating committee sure knows how to pick 'em!
Posted by: Average Jen at October 09, 2009 10:50 AM (2dZ+6)
"And in related news, John Kerry is receiving the Medal of Honor belatedly and Nancy Pelosi has just been elevated to the Papacy.
But Michelle still only took Best of Breed at Westminster."
heh.....
Posted by: prettypinkfluffypanties at October 09, 2009 10:50 AM (a/Ebc)
Considering the timing necessary for nomination for this idiot prize this means that --11 days-- after Obama got into office, Feb 1st, he also got nominated for the Peace Prize.
Or shit prize, your choice.
I need a Norwegian-English dictionary to translate the phrase:
"What kind of crack cocaine are you scandie fuckers smoking?"
Posted by: memomachine at October 09, 2009 10:50 AM (HGQC4)
Posted by: Dang Straights at October 09, 2009 10:51 AM (Haq+B)
Well, we knew the Nobel Peace prize was a joke before, when the disgusting likes of Yasser Arafat won the thing for 30 years of terrorism, but this really makes the point.
Posted by: mojo at October 09, 2009 10:51 AM (g1cNf)
Posted by: rockmom at October 09, 2009 10:52 AM (xOEA9)
You're welcome, hillbillies.
Posted by: David Brooks at October 09, 2009 10:52 AM (jg+Fr)
>>(from a private seller with no background check)
NY is trying to close that 'loophole' currently, which might include leaving them in your will to family.
Posted by: evil midnight blomber what bombs at midnight at October 09, 2009 10:52 AM (lDdA/)
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 09, 2009 10:52 AM (2qU2d)
Posted by: BHO at October 09, 2009 10:53 AM (RxUMK)
Posted by: Monty at October 09, 2009 10:53 AM (4Pleu)
Posted by: Dagny at October 09, 2009 10:53 AM (qmGmg)
Posted by: Mike H at October 09, 2009 10:53 AM (LdYLm)
What about the juxtapose of these two same day headlines
Barack Obama awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Government defunds Iraninan Human Rights watchdog organization.
Posted by: polynikes at October 09, 2009 10:53 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Mad Monica at October 09, 2009 10:54 AM (nUljj)
>>I'm ready to go Galt (or ostrich), I just can't take it any more.
I believe that window of opportunity is closing fast. Seriously. Barack won't let you go back to your old lives, uninformed and uninvolved.
Posted by: evil midnight blomber what bombs at midnight at October 09, 2009 10:54 AM (lDdA/)
16 So he won another worthless, purely symbolic award. So what? It is what his career is entirely based upon. Of course the leftists of the world will prop him up as best they can. /yawn
The Nobel Peace Prize ceased to be relevant when Arafat won one, if not before
Let's not forget, it IS a $100,000 CASH Prize.
I guess ACORN is STILL going to be IN the Money!
Kemp
Posted by: Kempermanx at October 09, 2009 10:54 AM (qvT/A)
So glad we've restored "dignity" to the White House after that Texas cowpoke. Or something.
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 09, 2009 10:55 AM (NtiET)
And when they do, and America is wrongfully attacked, Oh.My.God they have FORCED the peaceful One to take action. But just look at this restraint!! What a great peace-loving man he is.
Can you see this play out?
Posted by: Old Sailor at October 09, 2009 10:55 AM (/Ft4q)
Posted by: Average Jen at October 09, 2009 10:56 AM (2dZ+6)
Posted by: evil midnight bomber what bombs at midnight at October 09, 2009 10:56 AM (lDdA/)
Funny! So was mine! I mean seriously?!?! Peace prize for basically giving hopey-change speeches?!? LMAO!!
The Nobel Peace Prize jumped the shark about 1973 with Kissenger...
Posted by: Janir at October 09, 2009 10:56 AM (HOjYi)
The lead womyn said that she thought that Obama won the Prize based on what he will do rather than what he has done. It later came out that the cutoff date for the Prize was February 15th, approximately three weeks after he was sworn in.
Quite a change from Teddy Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Posted by: David in San Diego at October 09, 2009 10:57 AM (GF+6V)
This now unequivocally empty award is a well-placed ego-stroking to one foolish enough to accept it so that it may encourage that fool to let tyranny and oppression prosper. Defend innocent Afghani's from the Taliban? Over. Protect Georgia et al. from the Russian bear? Nuh-uh. Free North Koreans from their misery? Nope. Deny nuclear proliferation in tinpot dictatorships? Nah. Defend a democracy in Israel and a constitution in Honduras? Heavens no. Encourage freedom-seeking masses in the prisons of Iran to rebel? Not a chance. Bleed America dry for handouts around the globe with money we don't have and further diminishing its ability to project a policing force for humanity? Yep.
The Nobel Peace Prize is a joke. Has been for years. That's not a worry and makes for great comment fodder. What this absurd theater signifies, however, is infinitely more significant. And tragic. We are being "led" by a nobody (who will latch on to this like it was a lifesaver) who himself is being led by a team of globalists intent on knocking off the only country still truly a defender of freedom that could go beyond its borders.
The world will rue the day it encouraged a man who has accomplished nothing to actually accomplish that which he says he wants to do, and the Nobel Committee encourages, because a momentum in the decline of freedom and those who will fight for it will be hard to reverse and, paradoxically, cost incalculable lives. It's not a Peace Prize, it's a Parchment Peace Prize.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at October 09, 2009 10:58 AM (C3uAX)
One paper had a headline about Obama being humbled by the award--yeah right.
Posted by: Northernlurker at October 09, 2009 11:00 AM (GO116)
Posted by: mark c at October 09, 2009 11:00 AM (SBIko)
Giving Bammer the award is kind of like giving your kid a dollar for cleaning his room.
Everyone knows the prize is a joke. But it's supposed to actually mean something. The only thing Obama has done to "promote" peace is do backslapping with terrorist and communist leaders. You're not supposed to buddy up to people who actively try to destroy you on a daily basis.
Posted by: katya at October 09, 2009 11:00 AM (e+l1b)
Posted by: Dang at October 09, 2009 11:00 AM (6L3mJ)
Posted by: Mark Halprin at October 09, 2009 11:01 AM (V9SYy)
Posted by: RayGun at October 09, 2009 11:01 AM (Lm/+W)
The world will hate us either way.
They will hate us out of envy and fear.
Or, they will hate us out of envy and disdain.
Which is more dangerous to our interests?
Posted by: MikeO at October 09, 2009 11:01 AM (WvolZ)
He hasn't done anything yet, but the award "validates Obama’s strategy from the day he took office", which apparently was to take the world's alleged "reflexive anti-Americanism" and internalize it into every action he took, thereby harming the US and making despots and lunatics around the world "love" us, now.
Idiots.
Posted by: Sharkman at October 09, 2009 11:01 AM (prBaA)
Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2009 11:01 AM (2qU2d)
Giving Bammer the award is kind of like giving your kid a dollar for cleaning his room.
No. It's like giving a dollar to your kid for talking about cleaning his room.Posted by: Dang at October 09, 2009 11:02 AM (6L3mJ)
The whole world is drooling over this man I'm beginning to think they're willing to do anything for a chance to service the president.
Seems to me he's become a joke and an insult instead. Even the world has become underwhelmed with him. Maybe he was awarded the prize in attempt to make him appear popular and relevant again.
Posted by: katya at October 09, 2009 11:02 AM (e+l1b)
Funny! So was mine! I mean seriously?!?! Peace prize for basically giving hopey-change speeches?!? LMAO!!"
Funny how habits start, isn't it? Seems each morning now since ,,, oh, about July of '08, reading the headlines is followed by "you've got to be shitting me.....he said/did what??""
Posted by: prettypinkfluffypanties at October 09, 2009 11:02 AM (a/Ebc)
Posted by: RayGun at October 09, 2009 11:02 AM (Lm/+W)
Can you see this play out?
Posted by: Old Sailor at October 09, 2009 10:55 AM (/Ft4q)
No, the hell of it is that these MF's won't attack America again because George Bush had the balls to go beat the shit out of them and kill all of their most effective commanders and attack planners, and had the balls to waterboard Khalid Sheikh Mohammed so now we know their plans for the next 10 years. But Barack Fucking Hussein Obama will get to take the credit for creating this more peaceful world by talking nice and smiling at the UN.
Posted by: rockmom at October 09, 2009 11:02 AM (xOEA9)
Posted by: Dagny at October 09, 2009 11:03 AM (qmGmg)
Posted by: TendStl at October 09, 2009 11:03 AM (Ksl5r)
Barack Obama can now proceed undistracted by thoughts of what he would need to do to win the Nobel Prize.
Go totally hawkish. Kick Iran's ass. Anything you want. Ah ha ha ha ha.
Posted by: Y-not at October 09, 2009 11:03 AM (sey23)
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Posted by: Monty at October 09, 2009 11:03 AM (4Pleu)
Posted by: Depressed and angry ghost of Alfred Nobel at October 09, 2009 11:04 AM (pLTLS)
Now its official. The top 3 no longer relevant articles of the past are:
1) Cover of Time Magazine
2) Noble Peace Prize
3) The Heisman Trophy
Posted by: Mallamutt at October 09, 2009 11:05 AM (V9SYy)
Are you still carrying around that mouse in your pocket that you named "Little Lord Squeak"? I'm as fond of animals as the next guy, but this is a tad...off-putting. Especially when you kiss him and proclaim him your bestest and closest friend and boon companion.
Posted by: Monty at October 09, 2009 11:05 AM (4Pleu)
Posted by: RayGun at October 09, 2009 11:05 AM (Lm/+W)
"The 2009 version of the Republican Party has no boundaries, has no shame and has proved that they will put politics above patriotism at every turn. It's no wonder only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore - it's an embarrassing label to claim," Woodhouse said.
Posted by: Dagny at October 09, 2009 11:06 AM (qmGmg)
No, we wait until they need us most. Until Michelle is no longer proud to be an American because we've refused to sell out our pride and human dignity for a few government handouts. Then, and only then, do we leave. Well, and after I figure out how to set up a distillery at the gulch.
Posted by: Fortunate Son at October 09, 2009 11:06 AM (B7kwl)
Well,,,I heard something about "blow" and the rest I made up.....
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Posted by: RayGun at October 09, 2009 11:09 AM (Lm/+W)
Carter says the award shows the Obama administration represents hope not only for Americans, but for people around the world.
HOPE!
Posted by: Dagny at October 09, 2009 11:10 AM (qmGmg)
Waiting for His Wonderfulness to appear. Nobel Committee says he will travel to Oslo to accept the prize, so obviously he's not going to decline.
I think we need to ask what he's going to do with the money, often and loudly.
Will he spare $20 to that poor brother in Kenya? Will his grandmother finally get a well by her hut? Or will Michelle get to make a big shopping trip to Paris?
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 11:10 AM (UQado)
Posted by: Dang at October 09, 2009 11:10 AM (6L3mJ)
Hey I got an Oscar for nothing why shouldn't Obama get a Nobel?
Posted by: Roman Polanski at October 09, 2009 11:11 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: CAD Daddy at October 09, 2009 11:11 AM (T400w)
It's no wonder only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore - it's an embarrassing label to claim," Woodhouse said.
"Republican" used to be a banner that I wore proudly. Now I claim the title, "Conservative". I don't intend to change parties (yet) but Republican doesn't mean what it used to. Most people understand that.
Posted by: katya at October 09, 2009 11:12 AM (e+l1b)
I can't find the comments page at nobelprize.org.
Maybe it got fried. Not everybody loves this guy. They probably have a team working feverishly to clean up the comments page.
Posted by: katya at October 09, 2009 11:13 AM (e+l1b)
Posted by: CAD Daddy at October 09, 2009 11:13 AM (T400w)
Posted by: Dagny at October 09, 2009 11:13 AM (qmGmg)
Are you ashamed yet about your guy taking the prize from people more deserving?
I left you a long note on the other thread but I don't think you replied.
So, are you ashamed? Obama gets the award while deserving people, many quite liberal, who have worked for years for the poor and oppressed, are ignored.
No justice! No Peace! (I am staling Jesse Jackson's chant, since it seems quite appropriate.)
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 11:14 AM (UQado)
Boy, the Dems are awfully fond of slinging around the "unpatriotic" slur now that they are the party in power! Dissent is no longer the highest form of patriotism, apparently.
This actually pisses me off more than the actual prize. When opposition to President Empty Suit makes you an "enemy of the state," that's pretty fucking scary if you ask me.
Posted by: Angry Beaver at October 09, 2009 11:16 AM (AsEil)
Go Peace!
But just as the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center was ramping up to investigate abuses of protesters after this summer's disputed presidential election, the group received word that - for the first time since it was formed - its federal funding request had been denied.
"If there is one time that I expected to get funding, this was it,'' said Rene Redman, the group's executive director, who had asked for $2.7 million in funding for the next two years. "I was sur prised, because the world was watching human rights violations right there on television.''
Many see the sudden, unexplained cutoff of funding as a shift by the Obama administration away from high-profile democracy promotion in Iran, which had become a signature issue for President Bush. But the timing has alarmed some on Capitol Hill.
Posted by: Roman Polanski at October 09, 2009 11:17 AM (m2CN7)
my sockepuppet raped me!
Posted by: polynikes at October 09, 2009 11:18 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: RayGun at October 09, 2009 11:18 AM (Lm/+W)
He's accepting this award as a "call to action."
What will he do with the prize money? What about the others who should have won?
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 11:18 AM (UQado)
Posted by: TexasJew at October 09, 2009 11:20 AM (dA3/p)
Posted by: Janir at October 09, 2009 11:20 AM (HOjYi)
Called the GF, told her how awsomely awsome it was that I could now mock something else. She told me she just bought the new Streisand album and I broke up with her.
Posted by: AndrewsDad at October 09, 2009 11:20 AM (C2//T)
Posted by: RushBabe at October 09, 2009 11:20 AM (LKkE8)
What about the people who have worked for years and have actually DONE something?
And what do you think he should do with the money?
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 11:21 AM (UQado)
They saw America’s unpopularity as a big national-security problem, and they were right.
Oh, bullshit. Suck on some reality, you fool:
1. Our friends often find it cool to "dislike" the cop on the block, but are damn glad he is there, like when they are devastated by a tsunami, etc. Some of our true friends actually love and admire us, as do thousands of individuals who vote with their feet to come here.
2. Our enemies want us dead, no matter how we kiss their asses.
If the MSM wants to know why they are losing readers and viewers, they only need to ponder why they are featuring the opinion of a person like Ignatius, who clearly doesn't understand the world in a more sophisticated way than the average middle-schooler.
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Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 11:23 AM (UQado)
I keep asking this, and I guess no one else knows, either, but is the POTUS legally allowed to accept huge sums of cash from foreign entities while in office?
Posted by: HeatherRadish at October 09, 2009 11:23 AM (NtiET)
Posted by: Angry Beaver at October 09, 2009 11:23 AM (AsEil)
DNC official: GOP siding with terrorists
A top Democratic National Committee official reacted furiously to a statement from Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele mocking -- and describing as "unfortunate" -- President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize.
"The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists - the Taliban and Hamas this morning - in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize," DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse told POLITICO.
Posted by: Cool Money Grip at October 09, 2009 11:23 AM (KOkrW)
He has both houses of Congress, but the conservatives (which represent a fraction of Republicans) are preventing him? How, exactly, are they doing that?
Posted by: Y-not at October 09, 2009 11:23 AM (sey23)
I say give it to me :-)
What has he done to deserve it? How about: “For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
Posted by: RayGun at October 09, 2009 11:24 AM (Lm/+W)
Lackey! Bring me another blonde American hooker! I do not wish to be disturbed.
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Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2009 11:25 AM (2qU2d)
A letter notifying me that I have won the Belmont Stakes! Who woulda thought?
Posted by: Doc Rochester at October 09, 2009 11:25 AM (aYL9O)
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Posted by: andycanuck at October 09, 2009 11:25 AM (2qU2d)
Holy. Living. Crap.
Posted by: Brewdog at October 09, 2009 11:26 AM (jg+Fr)
“For his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
How's that?
Posted by: Dagny at October 09, 2009 11:27 AM (qmGmg)
Uhhh, how about the 36-45 million uninsured of whom 45,000 will likely die this year?
Posted by: RayGun at October 09, 2009 11:28 AM (Lm/+W)
I heard that he's also up for a Cy Young Award for is accomplishments on the mound.
Posted by: Max Entropy at October 09, 2009 11:28 AM (uuZjB)
The Peace Prize came about because of his pussified shock that someone might actually use his explosive for it's intended purpose.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 09, 2009 11:29 AM (cc7EP)
All Barry's doing for the poor is make it more possible for them to stay poor and at the bottom of society. The 'safety net' is more easily described as a 'hammock.'
Posted by: Ghost of LBJ at October 09, 2009 11:30 AM (MMC8r)
"Of course, it's a great honor for the United States and for President Obama, but I am concerned about (insert the names of two or three deserving heroes of the left working in the slums of Calcutta or Rio, or working for human rights in Pakistan or Gaza) not getting the recognition they deserve.
Perhaps President Obama can highlight their accomplishements by donating his prize money to them."
THAT'S how you react to this when asked for a public statement!
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 11:30 AM (UQado)
Name one.
Oh, come on now. There were 20k people lined up in Detroit this week waiting for Obama's stash to fall out of the sky and lift them to prosperity.
Giving them fish. And if you're lucky enough, you too, will get to be poor and have Obama's cash stash rain down upon you. See? He's helping all of us!
Posted by: Derak at October 09, 2009 11:31 AM (GmgwM)
Uhhh, how about the 36-45 million uninsured of whom 45,000 will likely die this year?
Posted by: RayGun at October 09, 2009 11:28 AM (Lm/+W)
You stupid prick. That means that the insured will live around 900 years each, like Methuselah.
Get a job and stop stealing my tax money, twat.
Posted by: TexasJew at October 09, 2009 11:31 AM (dA3/p)
Welcome dear Mr. Obama to the Nobel club for the truly peace-loving. <snicker>
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Posted by: Dagny at October 09, 2009 11:32 AM (qmGmg)
Posted by: Suzy HopeNChange at October 09, 2009 11:34 AM (MMC8r)
"Obama is trying to help the poor in his own country"
For such a smart and popular guy, he's doing a really crappy job of it.
Posted by: katya at October 09, 2009 11:34 AM (e+l1b)
"The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists - the Taliban and Hamas this morning - in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize," DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse told POLITICO.
In other words, if it becomes permissable to criticize Obama, the terrorists will have won.
Posted by: sherlock at October 09, 2009 11:34 AM (iXWYc)
Yeah, the Norwegians gave him money because he is trying through speeches to help the poor in his own country. Sure.
Posted by: Dagny at October 09, 2009 11:35 AM (qmGmg)
Uhhh, how about the 36-45 million uninsured of whom 45,000 will likely die this year?
Nothing like ignorance and dishonesty to identify a lefty.
Posted by: polynikes at October 09, 2009 11:36 AM (m2CN7)
The Hamas Barry sent $900 million to in the Stimulus?
The Taliban that Barry's talking about abandoning Afghanistan to, the one he won't send troops to fight?
They're Obama's allies, not his enemies.
Posted by: Suzy HopeNChange at October 09, 2009 11:36 AM (MMC8r)
Barack ain't deserving of nutin', and I should have cut his nuts off when I had the chance. Just another uppity Negro who ain't black enough to be called black, but the jive daddy done fooled a whole lots of people.
Posted by: Jesse Jackson at October 09, 2009 11:40 AM (FnA4R)
Seeing as to how the annual death rate in the US is 776.5 per 100,000 as of 2006, the much lower rate of 125 per 100,000 represented by 45,000/36,000,000 must mean that those of us with insurance are doing something wrong.
Posted by: MikeO at October 09, 2009 11:42 AM (WvolZ)
Uhhh, how about the 36-45 million uninsured of whom 45,000 will likely die this year?
Everybody dies, but not everybody lives. Especially if a body happens to be a baby whose abortion Obama is funding, anywhere on the planet.
How many marginally living people are going to die from lack of heat and light due to Cap and Trade?
Posted by: Speller at October 09, 2009 11:44 AM (vw2bj)
75 I wonder how the pro-democracy demonstrators in Iran feel today
Or the Hondurans.
Or the Poles, Georgians,
Lots of jokes here but I can't laugh.
And I can't say what I'd like to do to the Nobel committee members.
Posted by: Sumo at October 09, 2009 11:46 AM (EymC3)
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Posted by: CAD Daddy at October 09, 2009 11:54 AM (T400w)
You know and I know that Obama should have won that award. Your kid is a racist for accepting it.
Posted by: DrewM. at October 09, 2009 11:54 AM (ur6Ar)
From over at Hot Air:
"One thing that has not been reported is the amazed laughter that erupted from the press at the NPP announcement, when all five of those judges popped out of that little tiny clown car."
Posted by: sherlock at October 09, 2009 12:03 PM (iXWYc)
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Posted by: RayJ at October 09, 2009 12:27 PM (//Bcg)
I have a few questions. WHY do those 45,000 die because they don't have insurance? It can't be from injuries, because emergency rooms are required by law to treat anyone who shows up. This is also true for people who are taken to emergency rooms because of high fevers (pneumonia and infections), pain (appendicitis, heart attacks, obstructed bowels, etc. or convulsions or unconsiousness (brain tumors, stroke, diabetic shock, etc.).
So, all of those deaths can be ruled out because people get treatment when they present symptoms.
I therefore conclude that this study assumes lives would be saved by preventive medicine not available to those with no insurance. Except preventive medicine IS available to those with no insurance. Medicaid takes care of a lot of the poor. There are free clinics in every major city, Planned Parenthood offers free services on things other than abortion, Catholic Charities offers assistance, drug companies offer help with prescription drugs, and many, many doctors will give treatment with reduced rates, payment plans, and a certain amount of charity work.
I do not see how the lack of insurance immediately means 45,000 people died last year. Are they just logging deaths and inferring that they would have been saved if only they had had insurance? How many people died WITH insurance?
How many people without insurance died immediately (insurance therefore being irrelevant) from gunshot wounds, motorcycle accidents, drug overdoses, and suicide?
I would have to know a bit more about that study from experts (one fact being exactly who they are) before I give any credence to such a claim.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 12:40 PM (UQado)
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 01:01 PM (UQado)
What sort of peace did Obama bring about?
This is just the final nail in the coffin for the Nobel Peace Prize being taken seriously. You might has well give him the Oscar and Tony awards while we are at it.
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Posted by: drolmorg at October 09, 2009 01:10 PM (XrxMc)
Just a technicality since obviously they would give him approval, but shouldn't he at least ASK?
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 01:22 PM (UQado)
Doing the work that YOU should be doing since you were the one who supported the Harvard study's figures, I notice in the article that they do not factor in accidental deaths, drug overdose, suicides, murders or deaths in conflict, none of which are affected by whether or not someone has health insurance.
In fact, I dare say military people have NO health insurance since they are treated by the military hospitals without charge, and I am pretty sure that most criminals don't have insurance. The article fails to mention that they factored those categories into their study, so I must assume they did not, since they mentioned state of health and socioeconomic factors as things they took into account.
I think you need to do further research. I also think you need to work on your reading comprehension.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 01:29 PM (UQado)
Posted by: sanitized for your protection at October 09, 2009 01:30 PM (zxaA2)
What sort of peace did *edited* bring about?
This is just the *edited * it.
That's better. No one could be offended by that. I feel better. Let's all sing a folk song and ...*edited*
...shall we?
Posted by: sanitized for your protection at October 09, 2009 01:32 PM (zxaA2)
“Historically, every other developed nation has achieved universal health care through some form of nonprofit national health insurance. Our failure to do so means that all Americans pay higher health care costs, and 45,000 pay with their lives.”
That pretty much says it all.
Posted by: RayGun at October 09, 2009 01:40 PM (Lm/+W)
Posted by: RayGun at October 09, 2009 01:51 PM (Lm/+W)
Posted by: MDr at October 09, 2009 01:57 PM (ucq49)
Then why are you even quoting an article which doesn't EXPLAIN the study sufficiently?
Your last quote is just something lifted from that article and is a bunch of hyperbolic nonsense.
For example, I could say "Historically, major metropolitan areas have traditionally elected democrats, and over1 million people have paid with their lives."
I have actual work to do, so I am not wasting any more time with you.
Posted by: Miss Marple at October 09, 2009 02:05 PM (UQado)
You're supposed to read the rest of the paper and see if the data support the conclusion that you quote in the summary. You're supposed to at least try to view that data with a critical eye because people tend to view data that appeals to their prejudices with an uncritical eye.
It is a lot of work, but it makes it far easier to argue persuasively on a subject. For the record I find an argument of the form "I haven't read the report, but you can google it" to be utterly non-persuasive, but that's just me. I also find that people who routinely distort the names of people and organizations are sufficiently juvenile as to warrant just ignoring them, especially since I don't "listen to Faux News" and I had heard of the report that you are trumpeting but don't think enough of to actually read.
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Posted by: Tweety Nelson Reilly at October 09, 2009 10:22 AM (jVldi)
Remember his implied charge of racism because he didn't look like the all of the dead white guys on the money?
Posted by: Bill H at October 09, 2009 03:11 PM (q8CmE)
This is an outrage.
It took me a carbon footprint the size of China to lobby enough support for this. Plus all the free ManBearPig publicity...further proof I am still relevant!
I still get residuals for guesting on South Park. Can Barry O say the same?
Obaaama was nominated 11 days after taking office for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Enough CO2 expended on this subject.
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