I think this summed it up pretty well for me: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1929452,00.html?xid=rss-nation-cnn The Limits of Humility: How Obama Got It Right It wasn't Barack Obama's fault that the Nobel committee awarded him the Peace Prize, and it needs little imagination looking at the first reactions to the honor in the U.S., which were hardly positive to believe that the award was one that he would rather not have had granted. But granted it was, and Obama had to say something about it. Without being showy or dynamic, his brief speech in the White House rose garden<http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1929447,00.html>did the job.
... On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > well... perhaps, as suggested, it has been a weak yeah for peace. I am on > the road way out in the Mojave and don't have time to look up what the > Nobel > committee said about this.But perhaps they thought that Obama did a heck of > a lot for world peace just by getting elected. I've certainly heard that > opinion expressed outside the United States. > > Personally I was quite surprised. It seems to me that at best he has taken > some small steps in the right direction. But.. he has taken them, maybe > that's the point. > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > I am a terrorist, of course. However, I don't criticize Obama for > > winning the award. He didn't ask for it. I'd congratulate him on > > winning it because it is quite the honor. I just think that the Nobel > > committee was dumb in this case. Neither the first nor the last time > > that will happen. > > > > Judah > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Are you a terrorist? > > > > > > The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists - the > > > Taliban and Hamas this morning - in criticizing the President for > > > receiving the Nobel Peace prize, DNC communications director Brad > > > Woodhouse told POLITIC > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305430 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
