Now this whole thing is just getting silly!
Mama agrees with the President...she's not quite sure why he was awarded with it.
Let's start with the fact that there is a process involved.
1. Invitations go out in September.
2. Nominations are due in February. (By the way - Mama can't find him in the database as a nominee because those records are sealed for 50 years...my, isn't that convenient...).
3. A short list is made in March and it is reviewed through August.
4. In October they pick.
5. In December they award.
We do not give awards and tell people to earn it...and why should we, as a country, strive to earn something for a President that wasn't nominated and that understands that there was really no reason for him to be awarded it. We still have starving children. He's ramping up for more troops to go to Afghanistan. Sure, he's been buddy buddy with some really "peaceful" guys if you count Hugo Chavez as peaceful.
Can Mama go ahead and award her little darlings with the honor of being valedictorian even though her darlings are in 6th and 3rd grades? Can Mama do that even though the sixth grader is bringing home two Cs and a D? Would it make any sense at all for Mama to tell him, at that point, to go earn it?
Awards are there for those that did something to deserve it. That's why it is an award. It wouldn't mean anything if we just started randomly giving out awards.
For the silly, silly liberals that think we conservatives just hate the President because we don't think he deserves it...don't be so illogical. Obama, then, must hate himself as well as many of his own constituents..
Mama has yet to have anyone address the school award scenario. Shall we just award Florida or Texas the BCS trophy now for college football? They haven't won yet, but hey...if we're just going to hand out awards....
Can you imagine if something like that would have taken place with a conservative in office? Talk about a backlash and a double standard! Oh and let's not forget how "peaceful" it is to call those with a differing opinion (such as this one) hateful....
Friday, October 9, 2009
Nobel Peace Prize
Posted by the . recidivist at 12:53 PM
Labels: double standard, nobel peace prize, obama, politics
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Any argument that the prize was for Obama's accomplishments would be silly. The truth is that the prize is very international, with a strong western influence. This prize was not for Obama, it was for the American electorate.
We had a president who had put us in two wars, and was pushing for military action and even invasion in Iran, and strategic strikes against dozens of targets in N. Korea. There was even consideration about moving into Pakistan in specialized strikes. We then had the choice to continue these policies with McCain, who advocated and often joked about bombing Iran and wanted to destroy facilities in N. Korea, or Obama, who wanted to use diplomacy to attempt to solve these issues. Our election held the fate of policies and decisions of no less than 100 other countries. Most of the rest of the world was literally praying that we wouldn't chose a route that involved expanding our military actions and creating two more wars.
The American people chose the more diplomatic option (for better or worse), and decided to head off the inevitable course to larger wars. The representation of that decision was the election of Obama. Since the prize is given to individuals or small groups, he got it. Even he was absolutely floored and disagreed with it. It's asinine, yes, but that's what the committee decided to do. They do some strange things. Remember, they gave the prize to Yassir Arafat recently.
I didn't agree with it then either...but I didn't have a blog!
Peace through terrorism (referring to Arafat)....
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