Looks like we’re not the only ones confused
10 Oct
Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for…. *crickets* ….
Before you bite my head off, hear me out. I’m all for people receiving awards for equal efforts to the winners before them. Like Martin Luther King for instance, who pushed a phenomenal movement of equal rights for those of all races. But Obama, who hasn’t even hit the year mark as President, I haven’t seen one thing even remotely close to creating equal rights! And I’m not alone in feeling this way [confused] :
The people of Afghanistan, I quote, have said:
…when we asked whether he thought the U.S. president deserved the prize, he replied, “He just became the president. Things are just the same as the way they were by the administration of Mr. [George W.] Bush. Things are not better, things are worse and worse.”
In fact, Alam said, as far as Afghanistan is concerned, “The number of U.S. Army [troops] has increased here. The number of terrorist attacks increased here. I’m kind of confused whether that Nobel Award [is] for all those things.”
Similarly, another customer at the restaurant, who did not offer his name, said no one had seen any results yet from Obama’s efforts to bring peace to the world. “Since he is the president just for the last eight months, I think that’s too early.” — Read More
My good friend Seth Adam Smith, pointed out what the President has accomplished thus far to deserve the honorary award:
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.
I thought Martin Luther King Jr.’s story was just a LITTLE more exciting…but not by much!
I am honestly asking here…. AM I MISSING SOMETHING??????
Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize has reported to surprise the President himself… I think it has SHOCKED the world!
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