Huh. Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

mariazmess · 10-09-2009, 06:43 AM

http://bit.ly/4bFMo9
First reaction: too soon. Deserves it, but too soon.

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO — President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.

The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.

Speculation had focused on Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a Colombian senator and a Chinese dissident, along with an Afghan woman's rights activist.

The Nobel committee praised Obama's creation of "a new climate in international politics" and said he had returned multilateral diplomacy and institutions like the U.N. to the center of the world stage. The plaudit appeared to be a slap at President George W. Bush from a committee that harshly criticized Obama's predecessor for resorting to largely unilateral military action in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Rather than recognizing concrete achievement, the 2009 prize appeared intended to support initiatives that have yet to bear fruit: reducing the world stock of nuclear arms, easing American conflicts with Muslim nations and strengthening the U.S. role in combating climate change.

"Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee said. "In the past year Obama has been a key person for important initiatives in the U.N. for nuclear disarmament and to set a completely new agenda for the Muslim world and East-West relations."

He added that the committee endorsed "Obama's appeal that 'Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.'"

President Theodore Roosevelt won the award in 1906 and President Woodrow Wilson won in 1919.

The committee chairman said after awarding the 2002 prize to former Democratic President Jimmy Carter, for his mediation in international conflicts, that it should be seen as a "kick in the leg" to the Bush administration's hard line in the buildup to the Iraq war.

Five years later, the committee honored Bush's adversary in the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore, for his campaign to raise awareness about global warming.

The Nobel committee received a record 205 nominations for this year's prize though it was not immediately apparent who nominated Obama.

"The exciting and important thing about this prize is that it's given too someone ... who has the power to contribute to peace," Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said.

Nominators include former laureates; current and former members of the committee and their staff; members of national governments and legislatures; university professors of law, theology, social sciences, history and philosophy; leaders of peace research and foreign affairs institutes; and members of international courts of law.

The Nelson Mandela Foundation welcomed the award on behalf of its founder Nelson Mandela, who shared the 1993 Peace Prize with then-South African President F.W. DeKlerk for their efforts at ending years of apartheid and laying the groundwork for a democratic country.

"We trust that this award will strengthen his commitment, as the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, to continue promoting peace and the eradication of poverty," the foundation said.

In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses."

Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, he said the peace prize should be given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Sweden and Norway were united under the same crown at the time of Nobel's death.

The committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel's guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change.

___

Associated Press Writer Ian MacDougall contributed to this report.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_314907.html

praktik · 10-09-2009, 06:48 AM

Maybe we should call it the "You're not George Bush" award??

Wiseman · 10-09-2009, 07:01 AM

Is this going to help him?

Bass-Invader · 10-09-2009, 07:03 AM

Quote:

drsamueljohnson president of the americkan colony mister obama has achieve'd something few americans have: The esteem of foreigners

<3

mariazmess · 10-09-2009, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wiseman

Is this going to help him?

Nobel Peace prize can't hurt...

acheron · 10-09-2009, 07:18 AM

It's the "Just because you're you." Award.

mariazmess · 10-09-2009, 07:31 AM

Other Nobel laureates:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/

Wiseman · 10-09-2009, 07:36 AM

I think it will definately be good for him internationally but what about at home? Will americans really care?

ChrisD · 10-09-2009, 08:34 AM

Deserve it? Are you kidding? Nominated two weeks after getting into office? Based on what? Specifics please?

Im a fan of Obama, but this is a bit rich in my opinion.

Lysistrata · 10-09-2009, 08:39 AM

yeah, it's too bad that they had to do this now as it's just polarizing people and provoking resentment against Obama. they could have awarded it in due time when it woudln't have been controversial - i have faith in obama - but now all this anti-obama sentiment stemming from winning so early can only but hinder him.

Hi i'm God · 10-09-2009, 09:09 AM

Does he get to personally keep that money or does it go to the gov? Does the peace prize get money or is that the other nobels?

mariazmess · 10-09-2009, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisD

Deserve it? Are you kidding? Nominated two weeks after getting into office? Based on what? Specifics please?

Im a fan of Obama, but this is a bit rich in my opinion.

Announcement

The Norwegian Nobel Committee

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.

Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.

For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."

Oslo, October 9, 2009

mariazmess · 10-09-2009, 09:10 AM

i'm running late... can anyone try and find out who else was on the short list this year??

ChrisD · 10-09-2009, 09:18 AM

you should win based on merit, not on intentions is my point.

Lil'Timmy · 10-09-2009, 09:21 AM

you;re all just jealous you didn't win!!

gak · 10-09-2009, 09:32 AM

How is adding more troops to Afghanistan (potentialy) and drone attacks on Pakistan contributing to world peace?

Kinger · 10-09-2009, 09:37 AM

How do I nominate Bacchus for 2010?

Jeffsus · 10-09-2009, 09:44 AM

Way too early.

For perspective, the Canadian who invented the CCD was just awarded the nobel prize this week also -- for his work 40 years ago.

The CCD has had way more impact on society than Obama will, frankly.

It's just way too soon. Wait 40 years, then see what impact Obama had, then give it out, if justified.

-jM
A&D

Syntax Error · 10-09-2009, 09:46 AM

it's no big deal. not like the award means anything. for fucks sake they gave it to yasser arafat.

derek · 10-09-2009, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisD

you should win based on merit, not on intentions is my point.

this.

preacherman · 10-09-2009, 10:04 AM

So I attended this course on “Collaborative Leadership” yesterday afternoon. And while I was intrigued with the subject matter and the opportunity to network I was piqued at how the subject was really leaning towards Leadership and the drive for social change. The speaker kept referring to …”the age is upon us where Leaders who lead from a Dominant position will slowly find themselves being less important and those leaders who see to involve the greater community will come out ahead.” A recall some years ago when one Hillary Rodham Clinton stated “It takes a village…”

(makes sense from the statement given above by those who awarded Obama)

Now I am not abdicating this ideal, however it does seem to reflect where we are today in all that is happening in our current events. If we are always to think that they (IRAN, N.Korea, Al Queada ) are just waiting for the U.S. to let our guard down before really unleashing on us then we really will never know if we choose a different way.

Maybe in the end we are all fated to be dominated in one way or another and like it or not it may be the way of the world, domination to the point of ultimate conformity. If that is the case then the cause for Collaborative Leadership will be a lost one...

and I for one would rather be lead by a Western vision of the world than one coming from the likes of N Korea, Iran or Al Queada.

Bass-Invader · 10-09-2009, 10:06 AM

so is it the end result, not effort taken to reach a goal which people feel is the moral guiding principle in awarding the prize?

Sal De Ban · 10-09-2009, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kinger

How do I nominate Bacchus for 2010?

you're thinking piece prize, not peace.

diablo · 10-09-2009, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acheron

It's the "Just because you're you." Award.

They might as well give him the World Series Trophy and the gold medal in the 100-metre dash while they're at it.

Sal De Ban · 10-09-2009, 10:14 AM

10-09-2009, 06:43 AM	#1
mariazmess Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,732	Huh. Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize http://bit.ly/4bFMo9 First reaction: too soon. Deserves it, but too soon. Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize OSLO — President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Obama's name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president. Speculation had focused on Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a Colombian senator and a Chinese dissident, along with an Afghan woman's rights activist. The Nobel committee praised Obama's creation of "a new climate in international politics" and said he had returned multilateral diplomacy and institutions like the U.N. to the center of the world stage. The plaudit appeared to be a slap at President George W. Bush from a committee that harshly criticized Obama's predecessor for resorting to largely unilateral military action in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Rather than recognizing concrete achievement, the 2009 prize appeared intended to support initiatives that have yet to bear fruit: reducing the world stock of nuclear arms, easing American conflicts with Muslim nations and strengthening the U.S. role in combating climate change. "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee said. "In the past year Obama has been a key person for important initiatives in the U.N. for nuclear disarmament and to set a completely new agenda for the Muslim world and East-West relations." He added that the committee endorsed "Obama's appeal that 'Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.'" President Theodore Roosevelt won the award in 1906 and President Woodrow Wilson won in 1919. The committee chairman said after awarding the 2002 prize to former Democratic President Jimmy Carter, for his mediation in international conflicts, that it should be seen as a "kick in the leg" to the Bush administration's hard line in the buildup to the Iraq war. Five years later, the committee honored Bush's adversary in the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore, for his campaign to raise awareness about global warming. The Nobel committee received a record 205 nominations for this year's prize though it was not immediately apparent who nominated Obama. "The exciting and important thing about this prize is that it's given too someone ... who has the power to contribute to peace," Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said. Nominators include former laureates; current and former members of the committee and their staff; members of national governments and legislatures; university professors of law, theology, social sciences, history and philosophy; leaders of peace research and foreign affairs institutes; and members of international courts of law. The Nelson Mandela Foundation welcomed the award on behalf of its founder Nelson Mandela, who shared the 1993 Peace Prize with then-South African President F.W. DeKlerk for their efforts at ending years of apartheid and laying the groundwork for a democratic country. "We trust that this award will strengthen his commitment, as the leader of the most powerful nation in the world, to continue promoting peace and the eradication of poverty," the foundation said. In his 1895 will, Alfred Nobel stipulated that the peace prize should go "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses." Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which are awarded by Swedish institutions, he said the peace prize should be given out by a five-member committee elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Sweden and Norway were united under the same crown at the time of Nobel's death. The committee has taken a wide interpretation of Nobel's guidelines, expanding the prize beyond peace mediation to include efforts to combat poverty, disease and climate change. ___ Associated Press Writer Ian MacDougall contributed to this report. Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/1..._n_314907.html

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10-09-2009, 06:48 AM	#2
praktik Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Up ur nose and around the corner! Posts: 7,619	Maybe we should call it the "You're not George Bush" award??

10-09-2009, 07:01 AM	#3
Wiseman Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Picture this we were both buck naked Posts: 17,797	Is this going to help him?

10-09-2009, 07:18 AM	#6
acheron Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Aisle 7 Posts: 18,115	It's the "Just because you're you." Award.

10-09-2009, 07:31 AM	#7
mariazmess Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,732	Other Nobel laureates: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/

10-09-2009, 07:36 AM	#8
Wiseman Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Picture this we were both buck naked Posts: 17,797	I think it will definately be good for him internationally but what about at home? Will americans really care?

10-09-2009, 08:34 AM	#9
ChrisD Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The D is for Delicious! Posts: 24,444	Deserve it? Are you kidding? Nominated two weeks after getting into office? Based on what? Specifics please? Im a fan of Obama, but this is a bit rich in my opinion.

10-09-2009, 08:39 AM	#10
Lysistrata Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 28,243	yeah, it's too bad that they had to do this now as it's just polarizing people and provoking resentment against Obama. they could have awarded it in due time when it woudln't have been controversial - i have faith in obama - but now all this anti-obama sentiment stemming from winning so early can only but hinder him.

10-09-2009, 09:09 AM	#11
Hi i'm God Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Brockway, Audbinville, and North Haverbrooke! Posts: 11,031	Does he get to personally keep that money or does it go to the gov? Does the peace prize get money or is that the other nobels?

10-09-2009, 09:10 AM	#13
mariazmess Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 9,732	i'm running late... can anyone try and find out who else was on the short list this year??

10-09-2009, 09:18 AM	#14
ChrisD Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The D is for Delicious! Posts: 24,444	you should win based on merit, not on intentions is my point.

10-09-2009, 09:21 AM	#15
Lil'Timmy Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 9 Mississippi, 10 Mississippi, here I come! HA HA, I wish! Posts: 11,642	you;re all just jealous you didn't win!!

10-09-2009, 09:32 AM	#16
gak Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burkina Faso Posts: 237	How is adding more troops to Afghanistan (potentialy) and drone attacks on Pakistan contributing to world peace?

10-09-2009, 09:37 AM	#17
Kinger Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: training for the 2010 Special Olympiad Posts: 1,341	How do I nominate Bacchus for 2010?

10-09-2009, 09:44 AM	#18
Jeffsus Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Right here! Posts: 9,246	Way too early. For perspective, the Canadian who invented the CCD was just awarded the nobel prize this week also -- for his work 40 years ago. The CCD has had way more impact on society than Obama will, frankly. It's just way too soon. Wait 40 years, then see what impact Obama had, then give it out, if justified. -jM A&D

10-09-2009, 09:46 AM	#19
Syntax Error Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ban me faggot Posts: 16,879	it's no big deal. not like the award means anything. for fucks sake they gave it to yasser arafat.

10-09-2009, 10:04 AM	#21
preacherman Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: next to the subwoofer Posts: 448	So I attended this course on “Collaborative Leadership” yesterday afternoon. And while I was intrigued with the subject matter and the opportunity to network I was piqued at how the subject was really leaning towards Leadership and the drive for social change. The speaker kept referring to …”the age is upon us where Leaders who lead from a Dominant position will slowly find themselves being less important and those leaders who see to involve the greater community will come out ahead.” A recall some years ago when one Hillary Rodham Clinton stated “It takes a village…” (makes sense from the statement given above by those who awarded Obama) Now I am not abdicating this ideal, however it does seem to reflect where we are today in all that is happening in our current events. If we are always to think that they (IRAN, N.Korea, Al Queada ) are just waiting for the U.S. to let our guard down before really unleashing on us then we really will never know if we choose a different way. Maybe in the end we are all fated to be dominated in one way or another and like it or not it may be the way of the world, domination to the point of ultimate conformity. If that is the case then the cause for Collaborative Leadership will be a lost one... and I for one would rather be lead by a Western vision of the world than one coming from the likes of N Korea, Iran or Al Queada.

10-09-2009, 10:06 AM	#22
Bass-Invader Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: In front of my computer Posts: 23,595	so is it the end result, not effort taken to reach a goal which people feel is the moral guiding principle in awarding the prize?

10-09-2009, 10:14 AM	#25
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