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2009-10-09 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Common misconceptions about the Nobel Peace Prize

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Posted by gorb 2009-10-09 10:58|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 There hasn't been any credibility for a while, gorb.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2009-10-09 12:11|| 2009-10-09 12:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder why they didn't wait until next year with the midterm elections and all. Perhaps they knew he needed help now and hed have done stuff to make it even more laughable by then.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-10-09 14:19|| 2009-10-09 14:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Next Year Physics!

Posted by .5MT 2009-10-09 16:10|| 2009-10-09 16:10|| Front Page Top

#4 The Peace Prize is awarded by a group of five politicians from Norway. That's it.

Any moral legitimacy or authority is based on their choice being at least reasonable in the eyes of the public.

If their choice is patently unreasonable then the moral dimension is lost. It's just five Norwegians (fallible humans, not conduits of divine wisdom) deciding to give a sum of money to a specific person or persons.

Neither by an election or by any other process has this committee been authorized to set "policy goals" that the United States or any other country is obliged to pursue.

Posted by Jack Cleamp3945 2009-10-09 18:46|| 2009-10-09 18:46|| Front Page Top

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