Re: [Goanet] Much to the chagrin of some Goanetters, the Nobel peace prize winner is...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible From: Carvalho >There is something seriously wrong with this Nobel Peace committee to award barack obama, the Nobel peace prize even before he could say Camp David or even smell the coffee at a >serious peace accord conference. This is simply ridiculous and too insane for words. Infact from now on the Peace Prize means dirt to me. I wouldn't be surprised if Mickey Mouse is >awarded the Peace prize next. >best,> selma In modern India, we Yindians have coined a special term, tailor made just for such occasions : "MATCH FIXING" ;-) Salaams and may you be 'baraka' Tony -- o . . o o_.__' Cheers! \~/ \ / '-.-' Tony de Sa |M: +91 9975 162 897 _|_ Ph: +91 832 2470 148 `"""` tonyd...@gmail.com W. Somerset Maugham: "I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't." .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:
Re: [Goanet] Much to the chagrin of some Goanetters, the Nobel peace prize winner is...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Selma, Do you really believe that such awards are not political, and don't reflect the balance of power in the globe (even if of the only, and declining, superpower)? I also think such awards are also influenced a lot by all the media hype that emerges and makes up our mind for us. When the media turns hostile to an Obama (as it happens with many politicians in due course) then all this would be conveniently forgotten. To be fair to the Nobel industry, I think a Gandhi would have definitely got a Nobel in his time if only he had a bigger media machine hyping him (not just the Birlas, later of Hindustan Times fame, and a handful of others in his time). FN PS: Compared to a Bush, an Obama has made some interesting statements and gestures. But there is a lot more action is needed obviously, not just pious words and good sentiments. 2009/10/10 Carvalho : > There is something seriously wrong with this Nobel > Peace committee to award barack obama, the > Nobel peace prize even before he could say Camp > David or even smell the coffee at a serious peace > accord conference. This is simply ridiculous and > too insane for words. Infact from now on the > Peace Prize means dirt to me. I wouldn't be > surprised if Mickey Mouse is awarded the Peace > prize next. -- Frederick Noronha :: +91-832-2409490 Writing, editing, alt.publishing, photography, journalism
Re: [Goanet] Much to the chagrin of some Goanetters, the Nobel peace prize winner is...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible There is something seriously wrong with this Nobel Peace committee to award barack obama, the Nobel peace prize even before he could say Camp David or even smell the coffee at a serious peace accord conference. This is simply ridiculous and too insane for words. Infact from now on the Peace Prize means dirt to me. I wouldn't be surprised if Mickey Mouse is awarded the Peace prize next. best, selma --- On Sat, 10/10/09, Frederick Noronha wrote: > > Is this a bad dream? No, Barack Obama has been awarded the > Nobel Peace > Prize. Yet, three days after he took the oath of office, he > droned > Pakistan, killing civilians, including children. This > continues. Our > country is engaged in three wars. We have a huge mercenary > army, > unaccountable to military law
Re: [Goanet] Much to the chagrin of some Goanetters, the Nobel peace prize winner is...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible 2009/10/10 Bosco D > > > RESPONSE: Now the Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot wage war and will > desert the > Hindu Kush. Will return his troops to Camps on his spread. Will appear > impotent in > dealing with rogue nationswe are reminded of January 2013 on a > daily > basis...my-my.Looks more and more like a right-wing > conspiracy.;-) > > Seriously.this is the Nobel Prize committee that failed to > recognize the > 5-time nominated Mahatma as a Nobel Laureate, even posthumously, albeit the > Dalai > Lama and Mandela among others espoused the Gandhian values of non-violence > and > became Nobel Peace Prize laureates. > > Another dent in the shine of the Nobels!! > > - B > > RESPONSE: An excerpt of his acceptance speech in which he alluded, that he got the award, to prod him into action in the near future ''The US President said that he was really humbled by the choice made by the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in choosing him as the 2009 recipient. He said that he was deeply humbled and surprised at the same time. He said that it was not an individual prize but an affirmation of the American leadership, and not recognition of his accomplishments as he still had a lot to do and accomplish. He was fair in saying that he personally thought that he did not deserve the award , because there were others who were more deserving than him. He says that he now has a greater responsibility to use energy and that we should live in a world where there are no differences on caste, creed or religion in seeing one another, that there must be a new beginnings in religions and with mutual interest and respect we must resolve the conflicts. He said that the world had suffered enough of pain and hardship and that we must have an unwavering commitment to reduce it. He spoke passionately about the Palestine hardships.'' Read more: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/barack-obama-delivers-nobel-peace-prize-acceptance-speech_100258480.html#ixzz0TWacFzOU That was one hell of a gracious acceptance speech. Let us be magnanimous, give the man a chance. The men of yesteryear have blood on their hands; over here in the U.K. the ex P.M. was soundly berated by the Archbishop and a man whose son was killed in the on going wars. -- DEV BOREM KORUM.
Re: [Goanet] Much to the chagrin of some Goanetters, the Nobel peace prize winner is...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible The Blood-Stained Prize. Theater of the Absurd (by Missy Comley Beattie): Is this a bad dream? No, Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet, three days after he took the oath of office, he droned Pakistan, killing civilians, including children. This continues. Our country is engaged in three wars. We have a huge mercenary army, unaccountable to military law Read here: http://www.counterpunch.org/beattie10092009.html 2009/10/10 Bosco D : > Seriously.this is the Nobel Prize committee that failed to recognize > the > 5-time nominated Mahatma as a Nobel Laureate, even posthumously, albeit the > Dalai > Lama and Mandela among others espoused the Gandhian values of non-violence and > became Nobel Peace Prize laureates. > > Another dent in the shine of the Nobels!! -- Frederick Noronha :: +91-832-2409490 Writing, editing, alt.publishing, photography, journalism
Re: [Goanet] Much to the chagrin of some Goanetters, the Nobel peace prize winner is...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible -Original Message- From: Gabe Menezes > http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5981JP20091009 RESPONSE: Now the Nobel Peace Prize laureate cannot wage war and will desert the Hindu Kush. Will return his troops to Camps on his spread. Will appear impotent in dealing with rogue nationswe are reminded of January 2013 on a daily basis...my-my.Looks more and more like a right-wing conspiracy.;-) Seriously.this is the Nobel Prize committee that failed to recognize the 5-time nominated Mahatma as a Nobel Laureate, even posthumously, albeit the Dalai Lama and Mandela among others espoused the Gandhian values of non-violence and became Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Another dent in the shine of the Nobels!! - B
Re: [Goanet] Much to the chagrin of some Goanetters, the Nobel peace prize winner is...
* G * O * A * N * E * T C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible Gabe, I am with the camp that wonders what Obama did to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Last years winner was a more popular one among Tanzanian Goans as he did entertain us, and vice-versa, when he was the Finnish Ambassador to Tanzania. One person on the Tanzanite Goan site also mentioned that the Ambassador was present at his engagement reception. Returning to Obama, I think one of the reasons he won is because he is the most "European" of US Presidents. Obama wants to introduce European style medical care, paid annual leave and other social security benefits to the US. The other reason he won is probably because he invited waring fractions to the White House for a beer. If that ploy worked with hard core American antagonists then there is the very real possibility that hard core Jewish and Muslim residents of Israel could come to some type of agreement over a couple of beers too. Anyone capable of bring peace to that region does deserve recognition. It does not mater, to me, if the recognition is before or after peace is achieved. Now the reason for this post. I think Obama should have won the Nobel prize for economics. Anyone who could stop the rot George Bush (43) set into the US economy really deserves that economic prize. Obama has put a stop to the downward economic spiral the US was in. Turning that economy around i.e. turning the budget deficits from the position it is into a positive one really requires the strength of a dozen of the Greek Gods. Mervyn1650Lobo PS. the talk in the US today, is that the constitution should be amended so that Obama could be nominated 'President for life.' He is proven to be a national treasure. __ Make your browsing faster, safer, and easier with the new Internet Explorer® 8. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/