Zeb, So go the the Nobel Awards Commitee web-site and see if the information is posted. Then you two could stop this back and forth discussion on the subject. Simple.
On Oct 12, 3:58 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > >As far as I know, their identities are supposed to remain > > concealed for 50 years, > > What makes you think that? And why in the world would they want the > names of nominees concealed? > > On Oct 12, 12:18 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Zeb, > > > Can you please provide a link to any site that lists the 2009 > > nominees? As far as I know, their identities are supposed to remain > > concealed for 50 years, so am interested in knowing how you got the > > names and their qualifications. > > > I agree that there has to be someone who has actually done something > > to promote peace in the world and is more qualified than Obama, but > > unless you can name names and qualifications it's difficult to get > > beyond conceptual disagreement. > > > On Oct 11, 11:38 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >Who else was nominated and why do you think they were more worthy > > > > Go to the Nobel web site, lazy ass. They're all listed there. Why > > > they're more qualified should be obvious, even to you. > > > > On Oct 9, 6:31 pm, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Zeb, > > > > > Who else was nominated and why do you think they were more worthy of > > > > the award? But, then again, it really doesnt matter as you are not on > > > > the committee. Tough break. > > > > > On Oct 9, 1:21 pm, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > All of the reasons you cited are horse shit. The Nobel Committee > > > > > nominated Obama for this prize 10 days after his inauguration when he > > > > > had done even less than he has done to date. In fact he had done > > > > > NOTHING at that point. This prize is an embarrassment because it was > > > > > given by a bunch of hysterical Bush hating libroids in Norway to the > > > > > detriment of all those who were nominated and truly deserving. It is > > > > > sad to see people entrusted with with the prestige of the Nobel > > > > > destroying its credibility for their own political obsessions. > > > > > > On Oct 9, 11:22 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > frankg, > > > > > > > It's a simple matter of personal opinion as to whether or not money/ > > > > > > time was wasted in the President's attempt to help the U.S. get the > > > > > > Olympics. I made no reference to people that expressed a difference > > > > > > of > > > > > > opinion in a sane manner. I mentioned only the nut-jobs. Any "slap > > > > > > on > > > > > > the face" of the U.S was removed by the honor of a Noble Prize to a > > > > > > sitting U.S. President. > > > > > > > The AP article made the reasons for the award quite clear. > > > > > > 1. The Presidents initiatives to reduce nuclear weapons. > > > > > > 2. His efforts to ease dangerous tensions with the Muslim world. > > > > > > 3. His stress of diplomacy & cooperation rather than unilateralism > > > > > > 4. He's been in office 9 months and has managed not to start a > > > > > > single > > > > > > war (OK, I added that one myself). > > > > > > > Actually I personally do not consider his award as significant as > > > > > > Jimmy Carter's. After all the peace accord he brokered between Egypt > > > > > > and Israel is STILL holding. Still, to be dismissive of the AWARD > > > > > > itself just because it was awarded to someone you don't like is > > > > > > silly. > > > > > > > On Oct 9, 9:52 am, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hollywood, > > > > > > > > I'm not following the point you're trying to make. > > > > > > > > A week ago people were complaining that Obama was wasting > > > > > > > time/money > > > > > > > traveling to Denmark to make a push for the Olympics. They also > > > > > > > felt > > > > > > > that it was an even greater slap in the face of Chicago/US that > > > > > > > Obama > > > > > > > would make a personal plea and then get cut so early in the > > > > > > > voting. So > > > > > > > people questioned his motive, the waste of time & money, and the > > > > > > > impact his being snubbed would have on him and the US. > > > > > > > > How does this in any way relate to people now objecting that > > > > > > > Obama be > > > > > > > awarded a Nobel Peace Prize (a prize, btw, that is typically > > > > > > > awarded > > > > > > > to people who have actually achieved something) when he's not yet > > > > > > > accomplished a thing? > > > > > > > > I just don't get the connection between the two events... > > > > > > > > On Oct 9, 10:23 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Zeb, > > > > > > > > > Wait a minute there lad. Less than a week ago the world was > > > > > > > > practically coming to an end because the U.S. did not get the > > > > > > > > Olympics > > > > > > > > and it was all the "fault" of President Obama. > > > > > > > > Didn't you read the comments here? The WORLD was using the > > > > > > > > President > > > > > > > > as "a urinal", it was damaging to OUR prestige, one dumbass even > > > > > > > > suggested it just might be the "last straw" of indignities > > > > > > > > heaped upon > > > > > > > > our nation and their might be a military coup because of it. > > > > > > > > > BUT NOW the freakin' NOBEL PEACE PRIZE is trivial & > > > > > > > > unimportant????? > > > > > > > > WTF? LMFAO!! > > > > > > > > > On Oct 9, 8:43 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Noting that the 4-H Club Blue Ribbon has really gained no > > > > > > > > > additional > > > > > > > > > luster over the decades, the International Committee on Prize > > > > > > > > > Prestige > > > > > > > > > added that it has lost no luster either. The flagging Nobel, > > > > > > > > > on the > > > > > > > > > other hand, began a steep descent when an apparently > > > > > > > > > hysterical > > > > > > > > > committee awarded the Peace Nobel to an unrepentant terrorist > > > > > > > > > and an > > > > > > > > > ineffectual ex-President Peanut decades ago. Subsequently, > > > > > > > > > Nobel > > > > > > > > > "Peace" prizes have been awarded to people for making > > > > > > > > > inaccurate > > > > > > > > > movies about the weather and now for being a man with black > > > > > > > > > skin. > > > > > > > > > Representatives from the 4-H Club, nonetheless, are > > > > > > > > > celebrating their > > > > > > > > > assent in prestige and are said to be considering a Blue > > > > > > > > > Ribbon for > > > > > > > > > "Peace" themselves.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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