Many Americans were angst by the awarding of the Nobel Peace prize to Barack Obama. The cries and complains ranged from “what has he done?”…. “name one truly worthy accomplishment to earn the prize?”…. “The prize and its committee are so devalued and meaningless by this selection.” Obviously the peace award has not caused peace among the political pundits and AM talk radio heads. I am astonished as well by the politically motivated nature of the NP committee. Their openly known hatred for George Bush and his policies to attack terrorism before it attacks us, motivated them to award people like Jimmy Carter (2002), Arafat and then in 2006 Al “Save the Planet but I still fly a corporate jet” Gore. This is just another decision by a bias, liberal think tank set on making the USA as irrelevant as the rest of the socialistic European nations.
I guess the worst thing about this decision was the people who were passed over. Just for the record, the NPC nominated Obama 12 days after taking office. At that point he had not figured out where the men’s room was in the West Wing. That is outrageous when you think it and you see the political mojo behind the decision. But look at the list of the people they passed over to give it to the Teleprompter Prez….
Meet the People Who Were Passed Over for Obama
Sima Samar, women's rights activist in Afghanistan: "With dogged persistence and at great personal risk, she kept her schools and clinics open in Afghanistan even during the most repressive days of the Taliban regime, whose laws prohibited the education of girls past the age of eight. When the Taliban fell, Samar returned to Kabul and accepted the post of Minister for Women's Affairs."
"Dr. Denis Mukwege: Doctor, founder and head of Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. He has dedicated his life to helping Congolese women and girls who are victims of gang rape and brutal sexual violence."
Handicap International and Cluster Munition Coalition: "These organizations are recognized for their consistently serious efforts to clean up cluster bombs, also known as land mines. Innocent civilians are regularly killed worldwide because the unseen bombs explode when stepped upon."
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Hu Jia, a human rights activist and an outspoken critic of the Chinese government, who was sentenced last year to a three-and-a-half-year prison term for 'inciting subversion of state power.'"
"Wei Jingsheng, who spent 17 years in Chinese prisons for urging reforms of China's communist system. He now lives in the United States."
Where are the feminist groups inflamed with outrage that BO (that is short for Barack Obama and not the presidential dog) got an award for NO ACCOMPLISHMENTS and Ms. Samar who rightfully deserved the award was passed over. Where are the disability lobbyists protesting that their coalition was dissed by the politically drive NPC. I am looking for someone to be upset! But the silence is deafening.