Are You Fu*king Kidding Me? Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize???? WTF???WTF???

[YaMon]

The most discredited award in history now :usuck:

Analysis: He won, but for what?
By JENNIFER LOVEN, AP White House Correspondent Jennifer Loven, Ap White House Correspondent – 1 hr 23 mins ago

WASHINGTON – The awarding of the Nobel Peace Price to President Barack Obama landed with a shock on darkened, still-asleep Washington. He won! For what?

For one of America's youngest presidents, in office less than nine months — and only for 12 days before the Nobel nomination deadline last February — it was an enormous honor.

The prize seems to be more for Obama's promise than for his performance. Work on the president's ambitious agenda, both at home and abroad, is barely underway, much less finished. He has no standout moment of victory that would seem to warrant a verdict as sweeping as that issued by the Nobel committee.

And what about peace? Obama is running two wars in the Muslim world — in Iraq and Afghanistan — and can't get a climate change bill through his own Congress.

His scorecard for the year is largely an "incomplete," if he's being graded.

He banned torture and other extreme interrogation techniques for terrorists. But he also promised to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a source of much distaste for the U.S. around the world, a difficult task that now seems headed to miss his own January 2010 deadline.

He said he would end the Iraq war. But he has been slow to bring the troops home and the real end of the U.S. military presence there won't come until at least 2012, and that's only if both the U.S. and Iraq stick to their current agreement about American troop withdrawals.

He has pushed for new efforts to make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. But he's received little cooperation from the two sides.

He said he wants a nuclear-free world. But it's one thing to telegraph the desire, in a speech in Prague in April, and quite another to unite other nations and U.S. lawmakers behind the web of treaties and agreements needed to make that reality.

He has said that battling climate change is a priority. But the U.S. seems likely to head into crucial international negotiations set for Copenhagen in December with legislation still stalled in Congress.

And what about Obama's global prestige? It seemed to take a big hit last week when he jetted across the Atlantic to lobby for Chicago to get the 2016 Olympics — and was rejected with a last-place finish.

Perhaps for the Nobel committee, merely altering the tone out of Washington toward the rest of the world is enough. Obama got much attention for his speech from Cairo reaching out a U.S. hand to the world's Muslims. His remarks at the U.N. General Assembly last month set down new markers for the way the U.S. works with the world.

But still ... ?

Obama aides seemed as surprised at the news as everyone else, not even aware he had been nominated along with a record 204 others. Awoken by press secretary Robert Gibbs about an hour after the vote was announced, the White House says the president responded that he was humbled to be only the third sitting U.S. president to win.

The award could be as much about issuing a slap at Obama's predecessor, former President George W. Bush, as about lauding Obama. Bush was reviled by the world for his cowboy diplomacy, Iraq war and snubbing of European priorities like global warming. Remember that the Nobel prize has a long history of being awarded more for the committee's aspirations than for others' accomplishments — for Mideast peace or a better South Africa, for instance.

In those cases, the prize is awarded to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through, sometimes at critical moments.

Obama likely understands that his challenges are too steep to resolve — much less honor — after just a few months. "It's not going to be easy," the president often says of the tasks ahead for the United States and the world.

The Nobel committee, it seems, had the audacity to hope that he'll eventually produce a record worthy of its prize.




Guess I was wrong from before: http://forums.webrats.com/f2/nobel_peace_prize_credibility_officially_lost-138090/

Message to kids: Say you're going to do something but not actually achieve it, and you'll still be showered with accolades.

Fucking pathetic :usuck::usuck::usuck::usuck::usuck::usuck::usuck:

[YaMon]

I am seriously SICK to my fucking stomach :usuck::usuck::usuck::usuck::usuck::usuck::usuck:: usuck::ugh0::ugh0::ugh0::ugh0::ugh0::ugh0::ugh0::u gh0::puke1::puke1::puke1::puke1::puke1::puke1:



I don't care if you're the most ardent supporter of this bag of nothing: if you're not asking yourself WTF? Then you are truly an easily brainwashed and blind follower.

[michaeljohn]

Playing Devil's advocate here, who was his competition? Maybe no one else was deserving this year? Or maybe it's all political, give it to him and hope all goes well as a result.

[Juan.Camaney]

Playing Devil's advocate here, who was his competition? Maybe no one else was deserving this year? Or maybe it's all political, give it to him and hope all goes well as a result.
No one was deserving? I really doubt no one else has been doing nothing all this time. It's an error...ever since the Al Gore thing, fuck the Nobel Fag prize

[YaMon]

Playing Devil's advocate here, who was his competition? Maybe no one else was deserving this year? Or maybe it's all political, give it to him and hope all goes well as a result.

AFP - A record 205 candidates are in the running for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Institute said on Friday, with US President Barak Obama and France's Nicolas Sarkozy known to be on the list.

"We have received the names of 205 candidates, including 33 organisations," Geir Lundestad, the head of the Nobel Institute, told AFP.

"This is a new record," exceeding the 199 candidates competing for the prestigious prize in 2005, he said.

The names of nominees are kept secret by the institute for 50 years. But those who are entitled to nominate are allowed to reveal the name of the person or organisation they have proposed, if they wish to do so.

Both Obama and Sarkozy are already known to be on the list, although observers say it is unclear if either leader has a real shot at winning the much-coveted laurel.

"They have yet to do anything very remarkable on issues regarding war and peace," said Gunnar Soerboe, who heads up the Christian Michelsen Institute, which specialises in peace and development research.

"Sarkozy has clearly been very active on the international stage, in Georgia and in the Middle East where he has tried to help bring an end to the Gaza war, but he has yet to truly show a breakthrough," he told AFP.

"In time, if he continues to make progress, he could become a credible candidate, but that day has yet to come."

Being nominated says little about whether a person or organisation is actually likely to win, since nominations reflect only the views of those who propose the candidates and not those of the institute, Lundestad said.

Thousands of people are eligible to submit nominations, including members of parliament and government worldwide, university professors, previous laureates and members of several international institutes.

The Nobel Committee that awards the prize is also eligible to nominate candidates.

"It is very easy to make it to the list of candidates. All you have to do is ask any member of parliament to propose your candidacy," Stein Toennesson, head of the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO), told AFP.

He pointed out that the most high-profile candidates did not always figure among the most likely winners.

"Oftentimes the most interesting candidates are the ones who are not made public," he said.

Other known contenders for this year's prize include former French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt and Chinese dissident Hu Jia.

The fact that Hu Jia, who was considered a front-runner for the 2008 prize, is back on this year's list risks angering Beijing, which reacts vehemently each time a Chinese dissident is mentioned as a candidate.

The Cluster Munitions Coalition is also known to be on the list after it played a central role in getting nearly 100 countries to sign a treaty last year in Oslo banning cluster bombs.

This year, Lundestad said, "we have candidates of very diverse geographical origins, probably because recent laureates have come from all over the world."

"The fact that we have expanded the concept of peace (to include for instance the fights against climate change and poverty) has also contributed to the increase" in contenders, he added.

The name of the winner will be announced in early October, and the award will be presented at a formal ceremony held -- as tradition dictates -- on December 10.

Last year's winner was former Finnish president and career diplomat Martti Ahtisaari for his efforts on several continents, over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.

[Anibal]

When i first knew this i was sure it was a joke. Crazy shit, i hope he lives up to all the hype been created around him.

[YaMon]

i hope he lives up to all the hype been created around him.

He hasn't yet. :sad2:

All hype and no hope.

[Axenos1]

Hitler was nominated for a Nobel. I guess you have to be a truly evil shitbag to actually win one. Good job Obama, you socialist, racist, ridiculous piece of shit.

[procol]

Don't you realize it's just a conspiracy on the part of those "commie" euros to give Rush Limbaugh a coronary?

I'm sure Glenn the crier will roll out his blackboard this afternoon to explain it all this afternoon.

[mstad]

Oh, ffs.

:fpalm:

[VIVIX]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I started coughing from laughing so hard, and then I just about puked from coughing... so theoretically I just about puked from laughing so hard.

I bet Obama's asking himself WTF mate?

[michaeljohn]

Thanks to :juan: and :yamon: for answering me, I know nothing about this. Yeah, I agree Gore shouldn't have won shit and should give it back. He is a big piece of shit, I proved that already.

However, I have no time to keep up on many current events. Hell, the Dodgers and Angels won last night and it was news to me this morning. I barely have time to keep up with the Lakers, and they just started. Hell, I didn't even know USC football lost at Washington State until a week after the game.

[BackdoorJesus]

By handing out pot brownies at a Dead show I've done more to date than Obama has to deserve a peace prize...so where's my fuckin' Nobel???

[Juan.Camaney]

The rednecks on the truck forum are going nuts, and I agree. I preach peace between them and muslims all the time (they lose track of the fact we are at war against terrorists and not muslims) and I don't see my fucking prize.

[YaMon]

"commie" euros to give Rush Limbaugh a coronary?

Glenn the crier will roll out his blackboard this afternoon to explain it all this afternoon.

Seriously bro. And this has been pointed out to you quite a few times:

When you make up childish nicknames for politicians or people you don't agree with and vomit Rush..Newt...W... and other conservative names every time someone criticizes Obama, it immediately discredits and/or invalidates anything you have to say.


But then again, I digress. You didn't really say anything to begin with. :cool:

[procol]

You didn't really say anything to begin with. :cool:

I just want to follow your example.

[Graffin]

http://www.aww-kittah-aww.com/up/files/930/bunny_pancake1.jpg

[YaMon]

I just want to follow your example.

Classic Procol :bowrofl:


http://yamonsvotal.com/ProMac2/greatdebator.jpg

[Zofc]

YaMon, you are entirely correct. I don't dislike Obama, however this award is a giant steaming pile of shit. He really hasn't done anything to deserve it.

Correct me if I'm wrong somebody, but no other Nobel prize (including this one) goes out to people based off "promises" and theories. They go out to people who actually accomplish something. And if I'm wrong about that, then I shouldn't be.

[YaMon]

WORD like a motherfucker here. Couldn't have said it better myself:


From Times Online
October 9, 2009

Comment: absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize

The award of this year’s Nobel peace prize to President Obama will be met with widespread incredulity, consternation in many capitals and probably deep embarrassment by the President himself.

Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world.

Instead, the prize risks looking preposterous in its claims, patronising in its intentions and demeaning in its attempt to build up a man who has barely begun his period in office, let alone achieved any tangible outcome for peace.

The pretext for the prize was Mr Obama’s decision to “strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples”. Many people will point out that, while the President has indeed promised to “reset” relations with Russia and offer a fresh start to relations with the Muslim world, there is little so far to show for his fine words.

East-West relations are little better than they were six months ago, and any change is probably due largely to the global economic downturn; and America’s vaunted determination to re-engage with the Muslim world has failed to make any concrete progress towards ending the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

There is a further irony in offering a peace prize to a president whose principal preoccupation at the moment is when and how to expand the war in Afghanistan.

The spectacle of Mr Obama mounting the podium in Oslo to accept a prize that once went to Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi and Mother Theresa would be all the more absurd if it follows a White House decision to send up to 40,000 more US troops to Afghanistan. However just such a war may be deemed in Western eyes, Muslims would not be the only group to complain that peace is hardly compatible with an escalation in hostilities.

The Nobel committee has made controversial awards before. Some have appeared to reward hope rather than achievement: the 1976 prize for the two peace campaigners in Northern Ireland, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, was clearly intended to send a signal to the two battling communities in Ulster. But the political influence of the two winners turned out, sadly, to be negligible.

In the Middle East, the award to Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt in 1978 also looks, in retrospect, as naive as the later award to Yassir Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin — although it could be argued that both the Camp David and Oslo accords, while not bringing peace, were at least attempts to break the deadlock.

Mr Obama’s prize is more likely, however, to be compared with the most contentious prize of all: the 1973 prize to Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho for their negotiations to end the Vietnam war. Dr Kissinger was branded a warmonger for his support for the bombing campaign in Cambodia; and the Vietnamese negotiator was subsequently seen as a liar whose government never intended to honour a peace deal but was waiting for the moment to attack South Vietnam.

Mr Obama becomes the third sitting US President to receive the prize. The committee said today that he had “captured the world’s attention”. It is certainly true that his energy and aspirations have dazzled many of his supporters. Sadly, it seems they have so bedazzled the Norwegians that they can no longer separate hopes from achievement. The achievements of all previous winners have been diminished.

[michaeljohn]

lol at the tag sambo

[watzizname]

What with all the comparisons between him and JFK, they probably figured it might be a good idea to give it him early, before one of you good old boys bump him off..

[Ryan]

I'm pretty sure I'm well known around here as a left leaning Obama supporter.

That said, I'd like to just jump in and agree that Obama hasn't accomplished jack shit yet. I have a feeling he WILL accomplish something in time, but definitely nothing yet. This is a let down thusfar for sure.

Obama doesn't deserve any sort of award or prize at all (maybe someday, but certainly not now), and Gore never deserved one and never will.

There I said it.

[BackdoorJesus]

lol at the tag sambo

check out the section on tag associations in the Admin CP...

fun stuff I was busy :)

[koЯnut]

Hell, I didn't even know USC football lost at Washington State until a week after the game.


Washington. Not Washington State.

[YaMon]

http://yamonsvotal.com/ProMac2/kanyeobama.jpg

[mstad]

http://yamonsvotal.com/ProMac2/kanyeobama.jpg

Jimmy Carter was a Nobel Peace Prize?

[PMBalls]

FTA:


The award could be as much about issuing a slap at Obama's predecessor, former President George W. Bush, as about lauding Obama. Bush was reviled by the world for his cowboy diplomacy, Iraq war and snubbing of European priorities like global warming. Remember that the Nobel prize has a long history of being awarded more for the committee's aspirations than for others' accomplishments — for Mideast peace or a better South Africa, for instance.

In those cases, the prize is awarded to encourage those who receive it to see the effort through, sometimes at critical moments.

Only reasoning that makes sense.

/agrees it was a silly thing to give him
//waiting with baited breath for the accusations of european commie undercover Muslim alliances swaying the vote from certain news outlets
///dick in hand

[YaMon]

Jimmy Carter was a Nobel Peace Prize?

As in the "event" of a Nobel peace prize.

[michaeljohn]

Washington. Not Washington State.

:duh: am I ever out of the loop. Watching the Lakers now though. That old link I sent you to get Lakers games no longer works. I sent more soon after. Holler if you can't get the games. Lakers playing Warriors tonight at the old Forum.

[Cybermax]

WTF indeed!

[Jimi]

"The only reason I can think of for him winning the prize is for not being George W."

[jabber]

I think he's being set up,looks like it's working

[YaMon]

I think he's being set up,looks like it's working

:werd:

Fucker has always been an empty suit.

He's not going to change.

Ha ha. I said CHANGE :bowrofl:


But seriously folks... He's not going to change. He's an arrogant dazzler. This award is finally a much needed spotlight on his nothingness.

:bday: Obama!

[YaMon]

http://yamonsvotal.com/Webbies6/yobamabama.png

[joerockhead]

By handing out pot brownies at a Dead show I've done more to date than Obama has to deserve a peace prize...so where's my fuckin' Nobel???

Well there we have it!!! Some of YOUR brownies got into the hands of the voting committee!!

I think this was done to intentionally embarrass The President.

And his acceptance speech was lame as well.

[Graffin]

:duh: am I ever out of the loop. Watching the Lakers now though. That old link I sent you to get Lakers games no longer works. I sent more soon after. Holler if you can't get the games. Lakers playing Warriors tonight at the old Forum.

Lakers? They're still in Minneapolis, right?

[YaMon]

It's funny how pissed I was about the Nobel Peace prize thing yesterday.

Then I saw how this was actually the best thing to happen all year, showing what a complete empty suit Obama is.

Then I realized the internet comic goldmine that was coming!

Case in point:


http://yamonsvotal.com/Webbies6/gobama.jpg

[michaeljohn]

Lakers? They're still in Minneapolis, right?

:duh: 50 years in LA celebration coming soon. Greatest franchise in NBA history. It ain't Boston, I proved that already. Sent some logically flawed chowderhead from here into oblivion and posted my argument all over the net, including a major Celtics site. Guess what, the Beantowners couldn't refute it either. I'm not even done spreading the word.

[rjsincs]

lmao @ thread

[supersatch]

Well there we have it!!! Some of YOUR brownies got into the hands of the voting committee!!

I think this was done to intentionally embarrass The President.

And his acceptance speech was lame as well.

The best part is that the deadline for nominations was only 12 days afte he took office! Don't tell that to the remainder of his cult-like followers though.

wbObFCadlqQ

"so if someone could come up with a catchphrase as simple and vague as 'yes we can'..."

[fmb]

I think the award pushes the selecting committee's agenda concerning the US/Israeli/Iranian nuclear problems. The award will go a long way in influencing (forcing?) Obama into restraining the Israeli's from attacking any Iranian nuclear sites.

He's the true, deserving peace prize recipient:

http://www.aww-kittah-aww.com/up/files/1910/teleprompter.jpg

[Graffin]

http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0910/i-won-what-obama-michelle-nobel-prize-has-lost-all-credibili-demotivational-poster-1255464570.jpg (http://www.motifake.com/i-won-what-obama-michelle-nobel-prize-has-lost-all-credibili-demotivational-poster-73974.html)

[YaMon]

I got this one in an email today:

BREAKING NEWS:

This just in!!! Obama wins the Heisman Trophy after watching a college football game!!!


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[fmb]

Here's some reviews of the award from several European news outlets:

The left-wing NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands): ”What got into the committee to award this prize to a man who has yet to live up to the high expectations? Were they drunk?”

Center-left to center Volkskrant(Netherlands): ”It’s clear that Obama has increasingly more difficulty meeting expectations. His inspiring words about peace and deproliferation have yet to be supported by any concrete results. What is meant to be a reward [for great achievements], could very well end up being tremendous burden for Obama.”

The right-of-center Telegraaf (Netherlands): “This isn’t the first mistake of the Committee, but it is the biggest. The value of the Nobel Peace Prize has been diminished.”

Benedict Brogan, writing for the British newspaper the Telegraph: “To reward him for a blank results sheet, to inflate him when he has no achievements to his name, makes a mockery of what, let’s face it, is an already fairly discredited process (remember Rigoberta Menchu in 1992? Ha!). That’s not the point. What this does is accelerate the elevation of President Obama to a comedy confection, which he does not deserve, and gives his critics yet another bat to whack him with. Shame on the Swedes Norwegians*. He should turn it down, even if he does look great in white tie and tails.”

The Times of London: “Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world.

[Graffin]

The Times of London: “Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world.

Yeah, this is pretty much my take on it. I actually like the guy, but don't see what he's done yet to earn such an honor.

I do think it's a sign that the rest of the world doesn't hate and fear us as much now, which is at least a positive thing.

[YaMon]

John was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young layers (hens), called "pullets," and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs.
He kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced.
This took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny bells and attached them to his roosters.
Each bell had a different tone, so he could tell from a distance, which rooster was performing.
Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report by just listening to the bells.
John's favorite rooster, Hussein, was a very fine specimen, but this morning he noticed Hussein's bell hadn't rung at all!
When he went to investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, could run for cover.
To John's amazement, Hussein had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring.
He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one.
John was so proud of Hussein, he entered him in the Renfrew County Fair, and he became an overnight sensation among the judges.
The result was the judges not only awarded Hussein the No Bell Piece Prize, but they also awarded him the Pulletsurprise as well.
Clearly, Hussein was a politician in the making.
Who else but a politician could figure out how to win two of the most highly coveted awards on our planet by being the best at sneaking up on the populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention?
Vote carefully, the bells are not always audible.

[xxxcutie]

I know many who had the same reaction!

[Ryan]

ok ok ok... who tagged this thread with both "visionary" and "yeeha"?

Even I have to laugh at that.

ROFL

[yellowfish]

just thaught id give you our South African (or baised you choose) oppinion

Washington - Here is the text of US President Barack Obama's remarks at the White House after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning.

"After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, 'Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!' And then Sasha added, 'Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up.' So it's good to have kids to keep things in perspective.

"I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel Committee. Let me be clear: I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations.

"To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who've been honoured by this prize - men and women who've inspired me and inspired the entire world through their courageous pursuit of peace.

"But I also know that this prize reflects the kind of world that those men and women, and all Americans, want to build - a world that gives life to the promise of our founding documents. And I know that throughout history, the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honour specific achievement; it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes. And that is why I will accept this award as a call to action -- a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century.

"These challenges can't be met by any one leader or any one nation. And that's why my administration has worked to establish a new era of engagement in which all nations must take responsibility for the world we seek. We cannot tolerate a world in which nuclear weapons spread to more nations and in which the terror of a nuclear holocaust endangers more people. And that's why we've begun to take concrete steps to pursue a world without nuclear weapons, because all nations have the right to pursue peaceful nuclear power, but all nations have the responsibility to demonstrate their peaceful intentions.

"We cannot accept the growing threat posed by climate change, which could forever damage the world that we pass on to our children - sowing conflict and famine; destroying coastlines and emptying cities. And that's why all nations must now accept their share of responsibility for transforming the way that we use energy.

"We can't allow the differences between peoples to define the way that we see one another, and that's why we must pursue a new beginning among people of different faiths and races and religions; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect.

"And we must all do our part to resolve those conflicts that have caused so much pain and hardship over so many years, and that effort must include an unwavering commitment that finally realises that the rights of all Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security in nations of their own.

"We can't accept a world in which more people are denied opportunity and dignity that all people yearn for - the ability to get an education and make a decent living; the security that you won't have to live in fear of disease or violence without hope for the future.

"And even as we strive to seek a world in which conflicts are resolved peacefully and prosperity is widely shared, we have to confront the world as we know it today. I am the Commander-in-Chief of a country that's responsible for ending a war and working in another theatre to confront a ruthless adversary that directly threatens the American people and our allies. I'm also aware that we are dealing with the impact of a global economic crisis that has left millions of Americans looking for work. These are concerns that I confront every day on behalf of the American people.

"Some of the work confronting us will not be completed during my presidency. Some, like the elimination of nuclear weapons, may not be completed in my lifetime. But I know these challenges can be met so long as it's recognised that they will not be met by one person or one nation alone. This award is not simply about the efforts of my administration - it's about the courageous efforts of people around the world.

"And that's why this award must be shared with everyone who strives for justice and dignity - for the young woman who marches silently in the streets on behalf of her right to be heard even in the face of beatings and bullets; for the leader imprisoned in her own home because she refuses to abandon her commitment to democracy; for the soldier who sacrificed through tour after tour of duty on behalf of someone half a world away; and for all those men and women across the world who sacrifice their safety and their freedom and sometime their lives for the cause of peace.

"That has always been the cause of America. That's why the world has always looked to America. And that's why I believe America will continue to lead."

[BackdoorJesus]

yellowfish, no offense to you my friend but that isn't the South Africans' opinion - it's a transcript of Barry's speech.

[yellowfish]

ooops
i guess i just read the first few lines and went
"whatever, sure yamon will find it intresting so posted it"
he seems to have a crush on this dude
you know like at junior school when you like some young girl so you tease them issesently just to get their attention

[YaMon]

ooops
i guess i just read the first few lines and went
"whatever, sure yamon will find it intresting so posted it"
he seems to have a crush on this dude
you know like at junior school when you like some young girl so you tease them issesently just to get their attention

http://yamonsvotal.com/Webbies5/obummer.jpg

[joerockhead]

"Let me be clear" - never "Let me be specific" or "Let me tell the truth"

Always - "let me be clear"

And props to Yamon's Chicken Story!

[yellowfish]

http://yamonsvotal.com/Webbies5/obummer.jpg


thanks for taking that well
i was wondering if it was gonna get heated






again thanks
and sorry for poking :)