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nobelprize.org - 10/9/2009

Process of Nomination and Selection

— nobelprize.org — The Norwegian Nobel Committee is responsible for the selection of eligible candidates and the choice of the... Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. The Committee is composed of five members appointed by the Storting (Norwegian parliament). The Nobel Peace Prize ... (more) Process of Nomination and Selection

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themoderatevoice.com - 10/10/2009

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: A Word From Norway

— themoderatevoice.com — We have seen reactions from just about everywhere in the world on the award of the Nobel... Peace Prize to president Obama. How about from Norway where its Parliament appoints the Nobel Committee that selects the Laureate for the Peace Prize? Yesterday, the Norwegian newspaper Dagsavisen ... (more) Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: A Word From Norway

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news.bbc.co.uk - 10/5/2009

Norway 'the best place to live'

— news.bbc.co.uk — Norway is the best place in the world to live while Niger is the least desirable, according... to an annual report by the United Nations. The 182 countries were ranked according to the quality of life their citizens experienced. Criteria examined ... (more) Norway 'the best place to live'

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Cohen Mocks -- By: Peter Wehner
The Corner on National Review Online — ... Here’s the Washington Post’s liberal columnist, Richard Cohen mocking the decision to award Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize. That is exactly the right approach to take: mockery. The decision is not simply a mistake; it’s also a joke. But then again, so is the Norwegian Nobel Committee. ...

DNC: If you laugh at Obama’s Nobel, you side with terrorists
Hot Air » Top Picks — DNC: If you laugh at Obama’s Nobel, you side with terrorists posted at 11:37 am on October 9, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Oh, and the Taliban too, which must be news to Mark Halperin , Ruth Marcus , Richard Cohen , and Ezra Klein this morning.  George Bush got a lot of heat when he used the “you’re with us or against us” for the war on terror, but he specifically meant nations that had to decide whether to help us fight terrorist networks or choose to hide them or hinder justice.  Politico reports ...

Michelle Obama deserves Peace Prize, too!
The Anchoress — ... admit that Obama has not earned it. Giving the prize to The Obama Family is something that actually could instruct the world and give it genuine “hope,” and something that everyone can strive for – commitment and depth of feeling! ...

DNC: Republicans Have Thrown In Their Lot With Terrorists
Weekly Standard Blog — The statement from the DNC this morning: The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists — the Taliban and Hamas this morning — in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize. If that's true, than an awful lot of liberals -- from Ezra Klein to Peter Beinart to Richard Cohen to Ruth Marcus -- seem to have thrown in their lot with the terrorists, too. But leaving aside the fact that any criticism of Barack Obama now makes you a terrorist according to Barack ...

I see your Fonzi and I raise you a Cohen
Balloon Juice — ... The Corner has kind of let me down today (not as nutty about the Nobel as I had hoped), but the Washington Post PostPartisan is a goldmine. This may be less funny than Ed Gillespie’s star turn on Reason tv: ...

uggabugga — Another Washington Post liberal dismissive of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize: This morning it was liberal Richard Cohen. Now it's liberal Ruth Marcus: This is ridiculous -- embarrassing, even. ... the peace prize? This is supposed to be for doing, not being -- and it’s no disrespect to the president to suggest he hasn’t done much yet. Certainly not enough to justify the peace prize. (...) Obama gets the award for, what, a good nine months? Or maybe a good two weeks -- the nominations were due Feb. 1.Marcus sensibly takes the view that Obama got the prize for ten days or nine months "work" and very properly ...