Posted on 10/21/2009 6:03:47 PM PDT by Kaslin
There are a few humorous "top 10 reasons why Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize" lists making the rounds these days. My personal favorite is: "It's his consolation prize for losing the Olympics."
However, let's put intentional humor aside for a moment and examine the top 10 bona fide reasons the president was awarded the highest praise from the Norwegian Nobel Committee. I think you'll find that the unintentional humor in this little episode is off the charts.
First, it's important to understand that this is the same body that saw fit in recent years to give the award to Al Gore and Jimmy Carter — and the same body that seriously considered British Prime Minister and Adolf Hitler appeaser Neville Chamberlain for the top "peace" award.
But if former President Carter's Peace Prize made folks snicker, and former Vice President Gore's made us laugh uncontrollably, you can understand that the Nobel Committee was under immense pressure to top itself.
However, when the Obama announcement came, there were no laughs — just puzzled faces and everyone asking: "Why?" Incredibly, the Nobel Committee finally managed to "jump the shark."
Even Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland — a man you might think would have a decent answer for "why?" — fumbled around when asked "why?" by the Associated Press. Jagland rambled that while the war in Afghanistan was a concern, the Obama administration, once in power, "immediately started to reassess the strategy."
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1 Larry Sinclair’s site STILL not shut down
2 Larry Sinclair’s book STILL selling
3 Larry Sinclair’s book tour coming to a city near you
4 Larry Sinclair’s book tour coming to a city near obama
5 Larry Sinclair’s new site is called LarrySinclair.com
6 Larry Sinclair’s book is titled “Barack Obama and Larry Sinclair, Cocaine, Sex, Lies and Murder
7 Larry Sinclair is driving Michelle crazy
8 Michelle is driving Obama crazy
9 Larry Sinclair continues to be the reason Biden is VP
10 Biden still VP, continues to be the reason for #1-9
Why would I want to copy Letterman? I don’t have stupid writers to write a list for me, so I would have to do it myself and that’s way too much work...especially since I don’t have an intern to molest. I just don’t see the fun in it.
WhoinHell is Larry Sinclair?
And, why should I care?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MceFVpJ-Gyc
And, why should I care?
Your guess is as good as mine.
obambi’s homotoy
Thanks. I needed that!
Obummer can’t even open a box of Cracker Jacks.
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