Ok. I felt the same for a few minutes this morning. This is like giving the Lombardi Trophy to Pete Sampras. Or maybe like giving a catcher in the minors the Cy Young.
But after the shock wore off, I realized this is a step in the right direction for The Nobel Foundation. They are used to giving the peace(!) prize to people like Yasser Arafat, a purveyor of war and suffering. So to give it to the neutral and unaccomplished Obama is an improvement. Next time around, maybe they’ll actually award it to a deserving group like the pro-liberty Chinese dissidents commemorating 20 years since the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Enjoy this choice line from that two-day-old article:
U.S. President Barack Obama is thought to have been nominated but it’s unclear on what grounds.
A Step in the Right Direction: Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Obama
If you haven’t heard the news, President Obama just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Let that sink in and when the confusion has passed, come on back.
Ok. I felt the same for a few minutes this morning. This is like giving the Lombardi Trophy to Pete Sampras. Or maybe like giving a catcher in the minors the Cy Young.
But after the shock wore off, I realized this is a step in the right direction for The Nobel Foundation. They are used to giving the peace(!) prize to people like Yasser Arafat, a purveyor of war and suffering. So to give it to the neutral and unaccomplished Obama is an improvement. Next time around, maybe they’ll actually award it to a deserving group like the pro-liberty Chinese dissidents commemorating 20 years since the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Enjoy this choice line from that two-day-old article: