The first words out of my mouth were "Huh? Why?" Sent from my iPod
On Oct 9, 2009, at 7:16 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Now, there is no one who's a bigger fan of Obama than I am, but even > I have to admit that the committee must have been drunk during the > deliberations. Has his administration started to put into place > actions which I think will help secure peace? Yes. Has any of it > come to fuition yet? No. > > Love him all you want, but results are still important. > > And so it goes, > > Kevin Brabant (but, can't blame him for this, given he had nothing > to do with getting this prize) > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 6:16 am > Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize > > I guess gone are the days when you actually have to accomplish > something... > > It would be one thing if Obama had brokered peace between the > Israelis and > Palestineans or signed an international treaty that reduced nuclear > arms, but > last time I looked that hadn't happened yet. > > This is embarassing for the Committee and will continue its slide into > irrelevance. > > Greg > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 05:21:37 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [BREAKING] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize > > > 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 > > > Regards, > > KGB > > ----- > Kevin G. Barkes > Email: [email protected] > KGB Report: > http://www.kgbreport.com > Commentwear by KGB: > http://www.commentwear.com > National Temperature Index: > http://nationaltemperatureindex.com > DCL Dialogue on line: > http://www.dcldialogue.com > Random Quotations Generator: > http://www.goodquotations.com > Over 13,000 searchable quotations. > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
