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AVGWarhawk 10-09-09 11:10 AM

How to win The Nobel in 12 days.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/...bel-prize-win/

January 20: Sworn in as president. Went to a parade. Partied.
January 21: Asked bureaucrats to re-write guidelines for information requests. Held an “open house” party at the White House.
January 22: Signed Executive Orders: Executive Branch workers to take ethics pledge; re-affirmed Army Field Manual techniques for interrogations; expressed desire to close Gitmo (how’s that working out?)
January 23: Ordered the release of federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries. Lunch with Joe Biden; met with Tim Geithner.
January 24: Budget meeting with economic team.
January 25: Skipped church.
January 26: Gave speech about jobs and energy. Met with Hillary Clinton. Attended Geithner's swearing in ceremony.
January 27: Met with Republicans. Spoke at a clock tower in Ohio.
January 28: Economic meetings in the morning, met with Defense secretary in the afternoon.
January 29: Signed Ledbetter Bill overturning Supreme Court decision on lawsuits over wages. Party in the State Room. Met with Biden.
January 30: Met economic advisers. Gave speech on Middle Class Working Families Task Force. Met with senior enlisted military officials.
January 31: Took the day off.
February 1: Skipped church. Threw a Super Bowl party.

August 10-09-09 11:14 AM

I smell payoff... :hmmm:

Aramike 10-09-09 11:20 AM

How can this NOT hurt Obama's legitimacy? This is SO far off-base that even his own ideological kin are scratching their heads.

Unbelievable.

Dowly 10-09-09 11:30 AM

Love how the guy in the background starts to laugh when Obama is announced as the receiver of the award. :haha:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDygJXC4OFM

August 10-09-09 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aramike (Post 1186570)
How can this NOT hurt Obama's legitimacy? This is SO far off-base that even his own ideological kin are scratching their heads.

Unbelievable.

Unbelievable yes but I don't see this really hurting Obama at all. The Nobel Prize committee on the other hand...

AVGWarhawk 10-09-09 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly (Post 1186572)
Love how the guy in the background starts to laugh when Obama is announced as the receiver of the award. :haha:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDygJXC4OFM


Looking at that video I suspect there was some jokes going around the room long before the announcment!

SteamWake 10-09-09 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August (Post 1186574)
Unbelievable yes but I don't see this really hurting Obama at all. The Nobel Prize committee on the other hand...

They lost alot of credibility when Jimmy got one. Now their credibility is all but evaporated.

I know the nominations were when O was in office for 12 days, when was the vote?

Aramike 10-09-09 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August (Post 1186574)
Unbelievable yes but I don't see this really hurting Obama at all. The Nobel Prize committee on the other hand...

Heh, if giving the prize to Yasser Arafat didn't already destroy their credibility...

SteamWake 10-09-09 11:45 AM

Even Obama's constituants... Im sorry... the media find it absurd.

Quote:

The award of this year’s Nobel peace prize to President Obama will be met with widespread incredulity, consternation in many capitals and probably deep embarrassment by the President himself.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6867711.ece

Deep embarrassment my ass his ego is even bigger now :o

SS107.9MHz 10-09-09 11:55 AM

While I can understand the award in a "this is what we expect of you" kind of way, it sems to me that, on the grounds we're standing... this is completely preposterous... This was one of the first news I saw today and I went "what?!! can't be rigt...maybe this is a shortlist or whatever..." but since there is no such thing in the Nobel's...

PS: Maybe they need to have a "Best New Comer" award!:yeah:

Rafael 10-09-09 11:58 AM

Ridiculous decision! This man has not proved anything :o

Stop with the Nobel Peace price!

Remember a man called 'Arafat' got one too. A terrorist!

Skybird 10-09-09 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens (Post 1186555)
Now that you mention it, just wait until Obama sweeps the Oscars! :o

Sweeping the Oscars? I tell you the Oscars will line up in long golden columns and jump onto his seat like Lemmings, swarms and swarms of them! :D

Task Force 10-09-09 01:40 PM

err... I guess they ran out of people to give it too... lol

(MY SPYS FAIL AGAIN!!!)

Tribesman 10-09-09 01:40 PM

Quote:

Remember a man called 'Arafat' got one too. A terrorist
McBride, Mandela, Begin, Horta, Trimble, Sadat Tho.
Quite a few terrorists have got the prize so thats irrelevant.

August 10-09-09 01:50 PM

Go to this website and help Obama win the Heisman Trophy!

http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contes...smanvote/2009/


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