President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
A Blog For All — ... . That might be a wise decision, because this is a mockery of an award that has long been mocked , particularly when you've got more worthy candidates and prior winners who actually accomplished something - whether it was a lifetime of work or signing a peace treaty or ending a conflict or providing assistance to refugees or other humanitarian work. Obama has done none of that. Labels: ...

Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
RedState — I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news. Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The deadline for nominations was two weeks after he was elected. So in less than two weeks of entering office, Obama did something to qualify. What was it? Not closing Gitmo? Continuing the Bush administration’s policies in the War on Terror but no longer using the name? Or pronouncing a policy of abject American capitulation to our enemies? The Peace ...

KOOL-AID DRINKING NOBEL COMMITTTEE JUMPS SHARK, GIVES OBAMA PEACE PRIZE!
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS — ... Michael Binyon / Times of London: Comment: absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prizeNEW! ...

Commenting on Absurdity -- By: NRO Staff
The Corner on National Review Online — Michael Binyon in the London Times: the prize risks looking preposterous in its claims, patronising in its intentions and demeaning in its attempt to build up a man who has barely begun his period in office, let alone achieved any tangible outcome for peace. ...

Barack Obama Wins Yasser Arafat Peace Prize
Moonbattery — ... The Times Online has noticed the "Life imitates the Onion" quality of awarding a Nobel Prize to an over-rated narcissist who has accomplished Jack Squat. ...

Friday Funnies
Tertium Quids — Let's see... The President wins the Nobel Peace Prize for not being George Bush . Today, NASA, in its opening salvo against the Loonies and Space 1999 fans everywhere is ...

UNANIMOUS!... Peacemaker Obama Wins Nobel For Gift of Gab
Gateway Pundit — UNREAL... For What? Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize. OCTOBER SURPRISE: OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE... MIXED REVIEWS; 'EMBARRASSING JOKE'... PAPER: This makes mockery of peace prize... White House Aide: 'It's Not April 1st, Is It?'... ...

World Stunned As Obama Wins Peace Prize
Pirate's Cove — ... I’d mention the opinion pieceyou see in the screenshot, but, really, the Nobel Peace prize is already a joke, having become one the minute Yassar Arrafat was anointed as a recipient. And, while Carter may be a complete anti-Semite and a virulent America hater, at least he worked hard to create peace between Israel and Egypt, which still kinda holds up today. Obama? Maybe one day he will deserve the prize. Right now, “It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush ...

Theater of the Absurd
Theo Spark — Farcically Unanimous: Ridiculous Decision to Award Obama Nobel Peace Prize Lots of Nice Words, But No Deeds Gateway: Must Be for Gift of Gab. That's one way of saying it. Even the White House was surprised. Mercury in in the Lutefisk? The Brits are astounded. Makes a Mockery of the Prize. Unlike Yasser Arafat you mean? Will Obama have enough class it turn it down? Mickey Kaus: A Man Overcelebrated for His Potential. You don't ...

World Stunned As Obama Wins Peace Prize
Stop The ACLU — ... , who is scheduled to be hanged for participating in the Iranian protests? If he has rekindled hope, then why is Iran still working to achieve nuclear weapons? Why is Darfur still a mess (yes, I did criticize George Bush for giving speeches about it and doing nothing)? Why is North Korea still rattling their rusty saber? If the world is so full of hopenchange, why did the Olympic Committee slap Obama in the face with a cold, dead fish? I’d mention the opinion piece you see in the screenshot, but, really, the Nobel Peace prize is already a joke, having become one the minute ...

Barack Obama Wins the Nobel Prize for Peace
Taylor Marsh — ... This is going to put Rush, Sean, Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly and the conservative townhall brawlers right off their weekend. Cue up the “Yasser Arafat won it too” brigade, which is exactly what the UK Times did; but considering they’re also the outlet that used our soldiers for their own purposes yesterday I’m not surprised. Ignorance is seldom gracious. Mickey Klaus already saying Pres. Obama should ...

The Peace Prize? Really?
Library Grape — by Gherald I agree with the London Times: 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. Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its ...

"Peace" Before its Time
baldilocks — ... :  “ … his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples...”  He did all that in the first twelve days of his presidency?  Who knew? Times of London : "Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent." ...

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize: Some Thoughts and Laughs
Weekly Standard Blog — ... before he's started to realize it. ... Plus he doesn't have to waste time, during a fairly crucial period, working on yet another grand speech. ... And the downside is ... what? That the Nobel Committee feels dissed? ... P.S.: It's not as if Congress is going to think, well, he's won the Nobel Peace Prize so let's pass health care reform. But the possibility for a Nobel backlash seems non-farfetched. ... White House Aide: ""It's not April 1, is it?" London Times: "Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It ...

SHOULD THE PRESIDENT DECLINE THE PEACE PRIZE?
Right Wing Nut House — ... Doctor, founder and head of Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. He has dedicated his life to helping Congolese women and girls who are victims of gang rape and brutal sexual violence.” Any one of these courageous individuals would have been a more inspirational choice than someone who talks a good game but has done nothing to back up his words at any risk to himself whatsoever. Michael Binyon at the TimesOnline: The award of this year’s Nobel peace prize to President Obama will be met with widespread incredulity, consternation in many capitals and ...

You can win a Nobel peace prize for wishing for world peace now? Shouldn't Obama share his prize with the last 50 winners of the Miss America Pageant?
¡No Pasarán! — The tuxedo cat provides links to the news of the Apologizer-in-Chief winning the Nobel Prize, notably The Times of London, which should be noted for some of the comments: ...

Peace in our time! At last!
Classical Values — ... ." The Brits are already having fun with the award; in an editorial titled " absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize ," the Times has a scathing review: Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America's first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world. Instead, the prize risks looking preposterous in its claims, ...

Barack Obama to Fly to Oslo to Accept Meaningless Award
Wizbang — ... , Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for doing absolutely nothing. It is so ridiculous that one can't help but wonder if the GOP has a mole in the Nobel committee. It is also so obvious that this award was made for purely political purposes that even the Obama-loving media are shaking their heads in incredulity. The Times of London wrote this: 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. Rarely has an award had such ...

Taylor Marsh: Why Was Obama Awarded the Nobel?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... This is going to put Rush, Sean, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly and the conservative townhall brawlers right off their weekend, with Joe Scarborough & Co. leading the way this morning; Mark Halperin of ABC and Chuck Todd of NBC making fools of themselves, joining the Mickey Klaus "Obama will refuse it" chorus. Cue up the "Yasser Arafat won it too" brigade, which is exactly what the UK Times did; but considering they're also the outlet that ...

The Nobel Prize For Attempted Diplomacy?
Utah Policy - Politics, Communication & Government Relations — ... which been lampooned so wonderfully by so many.   Regardless of what a person thinks of his policies, Obama has no track record : he has only been President for a few months and he had absolutely no foreign policy accomplishments beforehand. This is like handing out a gold medal to a runner who hasn't even laced on his shoes yet.  Speaking of the Olympics: It's a sad irony that - when it could count - his popularity fails to bring home the bacon: he receives the Nobel Peace Prize right after he failed to secure the Olympics for his own Chicago. (Maybe the Europeans just ...

The Mendacity Of Hope
Blue Crab Boulevard — ... I heard this first thing this morning when news broke on NPR. The Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize committee awarded Barack Obama this year’s prize. Since nominations had to be in by about 12 days after Obama took office, the award is based on nothing whatsoever in the way of accomplishments. Of course, eight months on, it still is . East-West relations are little better than they were six months ago, and any change is probably due largely to the global economic downturn; and America’s vaunted determination to re-engage with the Muslim world has failed to make any concrete progress ...

Newsweek's Jonathan Alter Slams Limbaugh as 'Mullah Rush'
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... Actually, that’s not completely true. Michael Binyon of The Times of London, in a column titled, “Comment: absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize,” mocked the “obvious political and partisan intent” of the award: “It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world.” ...

Weekend Opinionator: Does the Nobel Hate America?
Opinionator — ... and whether the Nobel committee has lost its collective mind , let’s look at the broader idea of whether criticizing the president on life-or-death issues like terrorism does indeed amount to sleeping with the enemy. Chris Harris of Media Matters lays out ...

“The Achievements Of All Previous Winners Have Been Diminished”
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Times Online: 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. Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the ...

Foreign Newspapers on Obama’s Nobel Prize Victory
PoliGazette — ... The Times of London: “Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world. ...

A Fitting Prize, In a Way
RealClearPolitics - Homepage — RECOMMENDED ARTICLES October 9, 2009 Absurd Decision Makes Mockery of Nobel Prize Michael Binyon, The Times 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.Rarely has an award had such an... ...

Nobel “Peace” Prize Recipient [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom — by Michael Ramirez [image] The Times Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world. Instead, the prize risks looking preposterous in its claims, patronising in its intentions and demeaning in its attempt to build up a man who has barely begun his period in office, let alone achieved any ...

Nobel Peace Prize Now Officially A Joke After Obama Selection (Guest Voice)
The Moderate Voice — ... repeating the Taliban smear on MSNBC. The Taliban did indeed say that Obama didn’t deserve the award, so grade school logic apparently allows you to equate laughing at the merits of the Nobel Peace Prize with being murdering misogynistic terrorist-loving thugs. The only problem is who else is “throwing their lot in with the Taliban”: * Lech Walesa, whose response was “So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far.” * The UK Times Online * Mainstream news outlets like the New York Times and the ...

All Around The World: Publications Rightfully Mocking Obama’s Nobel Award
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... The Times of London: “Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and partisan intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel committee as a way of expressing European gratitude for an end to the Bush Administration, approval for the election of America’s first black president and hope that Washington will honour its promise to re-engage with the world. ...