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Fidel Castro lauds Nobel prize for Obama
Reuters ^ | October 10, 2009 | Jeff Franks

Posted on 10/10/2009 7:05:30 AM PDT by myknowledge

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro lauded the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying on Saturday it was "a positive measure" that was more a criticism of past U.S. policies than a recognition of Obama's accomplishments.

Castro said the prize made up for the blow Obama suffered last week when the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2016 Summer Games to Rio de Janeiro after Obama had flown to Copenhagen to pitch for Chicago, his adoptive hometown.

The Nobel Committee announced on Friday that Obama had won the peace price for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

The decision prompted surprise in many quarters and anger from Obama's conservative foes in the United States.

But Castro, who has generally written positively about Obama, was pleased at the decision by the committee.

"I don't always share the positions of that institution but I'm obligated to recognize that in this instance it was, in my judgment, a positive measure," Castro wrote in a column published in state-run media.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: allbarackedup; fidelcastro; humbledandsuprised; humbledandweeweed; nobelfalsepeaceprize; obama; obamanobelprize; surprisedandhumbled; undeservedaward
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To: myknowledge

B.S. I want to see castro do it on live tv. I want to see this animal talk for about 5 minutes, in a close up interview. The assassin is either a vegetable, or he doesn’t even know who he is anymore, or the pos is dead.


21 posted on 10/10/2009 7:56:17 AM PDT by gedeon3
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To: myknowledge

Wonder if ACORN registered Fidel to vote in Dade County ...


22 posted on 10/10/2009 8:00:18 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: TheLafferCurve

23 posted on 10/10/2009 8:05:43 AM PDT by myknowledge (F-22 Raptor: World's Largest Distributor of Sukhoi parts!)
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To: myknowledge


Che Obama-Guevara wins Nobel Peace Prize

24 posted on 10/10/2009 8:41:54 AM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: myknowledge
In this picture, ZERO looks like John eF'n Kerry's wife (Teresa Heinz>.


25 posted on 10/10/2009 8:48:42 AM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
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To: pyx
In this picture, ZERO looks like John eF'n Kerry's wife (Teresa Heinz>.

Or like he's doing really bad karaoke.

26 posted on 10/10/2009 8:54:19 AM PDT by Allegra (It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
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To: myknowledge
Norway, it is so comforting that most of the world's fascists, communists and terrorists support your choice for the Nobel Peace Prize. Well done! You Norwegians are just doing what comes naturally to you - collaborating with fascists.

Fellow Freepers, do not forget that Norway was home to the “Quisling”.

Wikipedia
“Quisling, after Norwegian politician Vidkun Quisling, who assisted Nazi Germany to conquer his own country and ruled the collaborationist Norwegian government, is a term used to describe traitors and collaborators. It was most commonly used for fascist political parties and military and paramilitary forces in occupied Allied countries which collaborated with Axis occupiers in World War II, as well as for their members and other collaborators.

Merriam-Webster
“Etymology: Vidkun Quisling †1945 Norwegian politician who collaborated with the Nazis-Date: 1940”

27 posted on 10/10/2009 9:14:30 AM PDT by Chgogal (American Mugabe, get your arse out of my bank, my car, my doctor's office & my elec. utility.)
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To: myknowledge
Is anybody keeping score?

I understand some RAT has declared that Republican criticism of Ubama's NoBell Prize has echoed that of terrorists.

By the same token, how many world dicktaters have expressed approval of Chairman O's victory?

28 posted on 10/10/2009 2:53:00 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
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To: nmh

I never thought we could have a Communist dictator in the White House. We need to get back to requiring Military service from Presidential Resumes.


29 posted on 10/10/2009 4:20:20 PM PDT by omega4179 (pos approval rating -11)
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“I never thought we could have a Communist dictator in the White House. We need to get back to requiring Military service from Presidential Resumes.”

We really screwed up. Obama is NOT a citizen here. More and more my point is proven. He RELATES to Indonesia and Islam - not Africa. He see the U.S. as “wealthy” and undeserving of its wealth. e’s got a third world country redistribution of wealth in mind as well as to throw a few crumbs to the scum of our society to level the world wide playing field.

Obama is a Communist - no doubt about that and I am not exaggerating for attention. Worse yet, we have a SHADOW GOVERNMENT through his Czars. It is these non vetted Czars that are calling the shots. Demoncrats are blindly going along with it since they promote class envy and wealth redistribution but they fail to realize that they are being exploited too. Truly even some Demoncrats don't want Communism. The problem is they don't read the dam bills - they just pass em partisan style while the Czars WRITE THEM.

30 posted on 10/10/2009 5:02:21 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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