Majorities in US, UK say Nobel was undeserved
PoliticsHome, a news and opinion aggregator with operations in both the USA and UK, conducted a poll/survey in the two countries about reaction to Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize.
The site says the poll was taken via email, so I’m not sure whether its accuracy compares to those conducted by telephone. But with more than 1,400 respondents in the US and more than 1,300 in the UK, I suspect it’ll do as a rough gauge of public sentiment in the two countries.
According to PoliticsHome, 39 percent of Americans polled said Obama deserves the award, compared to just 22 percent in the United Kingdom. Fifty-two percent of Americans believe that he did not deserve it, compared to 62 percent of Brits.
Pluralities in both countries also believed that awarding the prize to Obama diminished the award’s credibility.
As I indicated earlier, I’m with those who believe the prize is undeserved at this point, and I also think it did diminish the prestige of the award. While Obama has done a good job in his nine months in office; I just don’t think that qualifies him for the Nobel Peace Prize. The world is full of good, smart people struggling to do right in important jobs, and most of them don’t deserve the prize either.
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The Professor
October 12th, 2009
12:24 pm
You can do better.
RW-(the original)
October 12th, 2009
12:25 pm
Majorities in US, UK say Nobel was undeserved
Well duh…even the recipient said he didn’t deserve it.
USinUK
October 12th, 2009
12:27 pm
boy-howdy, I thought this horse was well nigh on dead already. must we continue to flog it???
meanwhile … some WAY cool pics … (I mean … dolphis, sharks AND whales!!! ohmy!!!)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/6307490/The-great-sardine-run-dolphins-sharks-whales-and-birds-competing-underwater-for-fish.html
RollerGirl
October 12th, 2009
12:28 pm
I called that there would be backlash , at 6:03 friday morning haha.
Damn, I’m good. Heck, I’m the best!
jt
October 12th, 2009
12:28 pm
This fresh from the Norway Post-
Letters from our readers with comments and reactions to President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize is still coming in on Sunday morning. And while the majority are negative, we have now received a few positive e-mails as well.
However, for every positive reaction there are more than five negative ones, at last count.
When we wrote the first article on this subject we had only received negative reactions, and one reader wrote: – I’m very disappointed to read on this website the negative slant regarding Obama’s being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Why did you only report the negative reactions? Have you no positive emails to report on?
The answer is, as we also wrote in the article, there were none. It took nearly 24 hours for the fiirst positive letter to arrive, and one of them read:
- I am ashamed that you have received negative emails from us here in the United States. I grew up in Norway and I am very proud of what the Nobel Peace Prize Committee did was to give the awarded to President Obama. I was distressed when President Bush said that “either you are with us or against us”. I am very proud of Norway and I apologize for these awful remarks of the Americans.
Let me just repeat what we have underlined in earlier reports: Reactions are mixed here in Norway too, but mostly in the positive, although many express the veiew that it was a bit early for Obama to receive the Prize now. Others describe it as an investment in the future, a Prize for hope.
http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/22610/1/
Hef
October 12th, 2009
12:33 pm
Hmmmmmm-seems about right. My soon wife to be who is a staunch Obama supporter(and sleeps in the garage since nov 08),thought is was well deserved based on life’s accomplishments to that point. Of course I disagree and it’s good to see this poll reflect it.
I Report/ Vast White Wing Conspirator :-) You Whine :-(
October 12th, 2009
12:34 pm
I think he should be given the Miss America title, the World Series and Raspberry, PPphhhhbbbbbtttttttt, mmmm, mmmm, mmmmm!
jt
October 12th, 2009
12:37 pm
The above news article stated-
“However, for every positive reaction there are more than five negative ones, at last count.”
Three paragraphs later states-
“Let me just repeat what we have underlined in earlier reports: Reactions are mixed here in Norway too, but mostly in the positive, ……”
The Norway Post is undoubtably a “legitimate” news source as per the WhiteHouse.
http://www.norwaypost.no/content/view/22610/1/
Normal
October 12th, 2009
12:39 pm
I said it once and I’ll say it for the last time. By accepting the award, President Obama is allowing himself to be played as a dupe. A political pawn for a political gotcha on the previous Administration. It’s an embarrassment to him and to our country. President Obama is doing himself no favors…just sayin’.
See y’all next thread…to paraphrase USinUK, this dog has done huntin’…
Jefferson
October 12th, 2009
12:40 pm
Many cannot handle reality or drugs. Acceptance is the road to take.
RW-(the original)
October 12th, 2009
12:43 pm
boy-howdy, I thought this horse was well nigh on dead already. must we continue to flog it???
You surely must have noticed by now that Jay B likes his dead horses flogged to the point of being tenderized.
stands for decibels
October 12th, 2009
12:45 pm
boy-howdy, I thought this horse was well nigh on dead already. must we continue to flog it???
Troll chow! Gitcher troll chow here!
jt
October 12th, 2009
12:46 pm
Letter to the editor of the Norway Post-
“I’m very disappointed to read on this website the negative slant regarding Obama’s being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Why did you only report the negative reactions? Have you no positive emails to report on?”
The Editors Reply-
“The answer is, as we also wrote in the article, there were none. It took nearly 24 hours for the fiirst positive letter to arrive,”
USinUK
October 12th, 2009
12:50 pm
“You surely must have noticed by now that Jay B likes his dead horses flogged to the point of being tenderized.”
I would say this one is practically pureed … oy.
in other news … next year’s Glasto Sunday morning headliner is a bit of a stretch for me
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8303387.stm
I mean, Neil Diamond … cool … Tom Jones … cool … Dame Shirley Bassey … WAY cool … but, Andy Williams … mmmmm, not so much.
USinUK
October 12th, 2009
12:53 pm
dB …
“Troll chow! Gitcher troll chow here!”
I s’pose so …
… but, then, it is a Monday … and a holiday, at that, so I guess one can let the softball go …
Nothing Is Free
October 12th, 2009
12:55 pm
What liberals will sacrifice for their sacred leaders.
N.O.W. is practically a non-entity after they had screamed about workplace sexual harassment and then supported Clinton.
Now the Nobel people are giving awards for potential. LOL!!!
I don’t know why liberals whine so much about FOX News.
Hey libs: Here’s a rope. All you need is a tree and a low hanging branch. Have fun.
Nothing Is Free
October 12th, 2009
12:58 pm
**“You surely must have noticed by now that Jay B likes his dead horses flogged to the point of being tenderized.”**
Jay is just a liberal who sees when his liberals on his blog are being brutalized, trying to defend the indefensible. So he thinks up yet another quickie in order to allow his libs to save face.
No wonder he is pushing out articles several times a day.
Normal
October 12th, 2009
1:01 pm
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jt
October 12th, 2009
1:02 pm
To start you first have to decide how big a portion of stockfish you want to soak, or rather how much Lutefisk you want to make. As a rule, 125 grams of stockfish is the equivalent of 1 kg of soaked fish. A lutefisk lover is likely to consume more than a kilo of lutefisk, which means you should allow a minimum of 125 grams of stockfish per person.Soaking
Ready beaten stockfish is soaked in cold water for about 24 hours (stockfish that has not been hammered should be soaked for about 4 days). You should use running water, or change the water at least twice every 24 hours.
‘Luting’ — adding the lye
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USinUK
October 12th, 2009
1:02 pm
NiF –
“trying to defend the indefensible”
please, illustrate that point. nowhere in the above post does Jay defend anything – in fact, just the opposite.
you might want to get that knee of yours seen by a doctor, it seems to have some mighty serious jerking tendancies.
USinUK
October 12th, 2009
1:04 pm
jt –
so … why is it people don’t visit Norway for their fine cuisine??? eeeesh.
Gale
October 12th, 2009
1:05 pm
I have heard that lutefisk glows in the dark.
Gale
October 12th, 2009
1:07 pm
There is some yummy food to be had in Norway. But judging from the examples I’ve seen/eaten, lutefisk is not one of them.
Brad Steel
October 12th, 2009
1:10 pm
Well, there appears to be some fertile common ground for the Osama bin Laden, Glen Beck, Al Qeada, the Taliban, Real americans, the Palestinians and the Israelis.
Hatin’ Obama will be a cosmic leap for global peace.
Paul
October 12th, 2009
1:10 pm
I wonder if the Nobel Committee was aware his administration just declared war against a domestic news organization —
Seriously, look at the last American recipient of the Peace Prize. VP Gore – for global warming?
Peace prize? Peace? I suppose one could stretch a case that somewhere down the line competition for resources as a result of policies that led to global warming will also lead to warfare and so the award was based on heading of a might have been, just like the Pres’s award it based on a might will be. Still and all, Alfred Nobel’s rolling over in his grave.
Nothing Is Free
October 12th, 2009
1:20 pm
USinUK
And you may want to get out that dusty old elementary school book called “Reading comprehension”
I said this:
**when his liberals on his blog are being brutalized, trying to defend the indefensible.**
So you took from that, that I was saying that Jay was defending the indefeasible. LOL!!! Well, yes, you guys are pretty indefensible, but that’s not what I was saying.
This is almost as funny as when you said that the Lady Muslim was wagging her finger at ping pong players when she was wagging her finger at two officers text messaging.
Here is the sentence: **Fardila readied her unit for duty – breaking up a ping pong game in the station house, wagging her finger at a couple of text messaging officers.**
And from that you concurred that the penalty for p[ing pong was a wagging finger. LOL!!
TnGelding
October 12th, 2009
1:29 pm
Well, it shows you can’t fool most of the people very often. Maybe he’ll develop some of the Clinon work ethic and strive to make sure he deserves the next one.
jconservative
October 12th, 2009
1:31 pm
Deserved? Who cares. An American won something. Winning beats the hell out of not winning. And that is a nice chunk of change headed for this country. And a total of 11 Americans were awarded Nobel prizes.
The only one we were shut out on was Literature which went to Herta Mueller, a Romanian-born writer living in Germany. (I am sure all ya’ll have several of her books in your homes). They could have given it to an American writer, say William Goldman.
This is a perfect case of mountain out of a molehill.
Peadawg
October 12th, 2009
1:33 pm
Duh! Do the results honestly surprise anyone besides Mrs. Godzilla and Cynthia Tucker?
@@
October 12th, 2009
1:40 pm
This comes as no surprise to me, jay. And still, his plans are to accept the NPP at the ceremonies in Oslo?
Oddly enough, there’s another winner from Chicago albeit for the Ig Noble Prize.
http://www.artuji.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/gas-mask-bra.jpg
A huge crowd gathered at the Sanders Theater in Harvard University last night to honor the winners of the 19th Ig Nobel awards. For 2009, the Ig Nobel carried the theme “risk.”
And one of the winners is the ingenious bra that one can easily convert into a gas mask when needed. Elena Bodnar won this for public health prize division.
Imagine that! Exposing boobs in the interest of gas.
Re your previous thread:
I cannot believe the Obama administration, Himself included, has waged an “all-out” war against FOX.
Do they really think that portraying themselves as the wife who feigns “the persistent headache” will prove beneficial?
Add, yet another, to this administration’s long list of strategic blunders.
Scooter
October 12th, 2009
1:41 pm
Well, I can’t do much with any tact.So, I’ll just say that Obama getting the Prize is hogwash.
Turd Ferguson
October 12th, 2009
1:41 pm
AHH HAHAHAHAHAHAAA! More hilarity for a rainy day.
Nothing Is Free
October 12th, 2009
1:41 pm
jconservative
**This is a perfect case of mountain out of a molehill.**
That’s your opinion. Most of the Conservative Right in this country has said all along that Obama has done nothing and is incapable of doing nothing but make pretty speeches.
This fortifies this argument .
Obama was a Junior Senator who had voted “present” 129 times. He has never ran a business and has never been a leader of anything. And now he wins the Nobel Peace Prize because of his having “good thoughts”.
He is a joke, as is his entire administration. Unfortunately what he is continuing to do to my country is not funny at all.
Karen Carpenter
October 12th, 2009
1:42 pm
“Obama and Mondays always get me down…”
Nothing Is Free
October 12th, 2009
1:43 pm
Hey Jay.
Better think of something fast. Your folks are getting reamed again.
stands for decibels
October 12th, 2009
1:54 pm
He has never ran a business
He would of ran one if he knew how to conjumagate a verb.
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
1:56 pm
USinUK,
Cool pics. It’s like the shark/whale/dolphin version of Ryan’s or Golden Corral on a Sunday.
Nothing Is Free
October 12th, 2009
1:56 pm
Stands for decibels
It’s debating skills like these that put Obama into office.
RollerGirl
October 12th, 2009
1:59 pm
If Barry could make a wish….I think he’d pass
Can’t think of anything he needs…
No Jobs, No troops, No healthcare bill…
Sometimes, all Barry needs is the air that he breathes, and a mirr-or!
All Barry needs is the air that he breathes, and a tele-prompter!
pat
October 12th, 2009
1:59 pm
I congratulate the president on his award.
My view isn’t a matter of deserving vs. non-deserving. I see it as a foreign intrusion into American policy. Most of the world would like to see a weaker U.S., which they believe would be in their best interest. Alas, when you are on top, everybody wants to knock you down. Giving obama the award is a way of forcing him to live up to their definition of what peace is.
If obama’s foreign policy fails, there will be anything but peace and we will be in a worse position to deal with the aftermath.
For instance, if we take a hands-off approach with Iran, Israel may feel compelled to take a hands-on approach. What will follow will not be peaceful.
Iran has threatened and already indeed acted hostile towards Israel, I would not expect much patience from out Jewish brethren. They are surrounded by enemies; they have little wiggle room for error. If Iran goes unchecked, expect Israel to act. Do not expect a single inspector to set foot in an Iranian nuclear facility. They are buying time and nothing else.
Turd Ferguson
October 12th, 2009
2:00 pm
“We dont need these Norway types telling us where the Bear Shyt in the buckwheat”.
Turd Ferguson
October 12th, 2009
2:03 pm
pat
October 12th, 2009
1:59 pm
Touche’!!! Just as some of us more intelligent types were speaking on Friday. Manipulation, pure and simple.
ByteMe
October 12th, 2009
2:03 pm
I like Tom Friedman’s idea: Accept the award on behalf of the US Military
#1 Foxy Lady
October 12th, 2009
2:05 pm
Obama wins!!!!
All you hating losers can suck it.
Obama is #1.
Horrible Horace
October 12th, 2009
2:06 pm
The Norwayneians would be really surprised if, after giving Obama the Satanic Prince of the World award, he declared war on them. Now that would really funny.
Kayaker 71
October 12th, 2009
2:10 pm
The only thing that would have made Bookman open yet another thread on this subject is if Sarah Palin had won the Nobel. Either one is about as deserving.
jconservative
October 12th, 2009
2:14 pm
Nothing Is Free and others
How did an award from a private organization in a foreign country suddenly become an American political crisis? No one in this country had a vote. So one cannot blame the Republicans or the Democrats, or the Liberals or the Conservatives, or the Congress or the Supreme Court.
If Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq & Iran are problems that are 10 on the scale, Obama getting the Nobel has got to be down around .01 or lower.
And, of course, this is my opinion. Do not feel insulted because it is different from yours.
Gale
October 12th, 2009
2:16 pm
“if Sarah Palin had won the Nobel.”
That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard this morning.
Nothing Is Free
October 12th, 2009
2:19 pm
#1 Foxy Lady
**Obama is #1.**
Yaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! Barrack Hussien Obama, mmmm, mmmmm, mmmm.
Ra, ra, ra!!!!!
Number 1!!! Number 1!!!! Number 1!!!!!
Anyone who does not agree with Foxy Lady is a hater.
So yes, this person does sound like an imbecile, but so does the Nobel Committee.
So Foxy Lady, you are practically Norwegian.
Angry Black Man
October 12th, 2009
2:19 pm
Jay
I agree with you that the award was premature and non-deserving. I also agree with some of the posters that this topic has been well debated.
A point that this topic brought to mind that has not been discussed is that in the U.S. you can dissent with the ruling party and not be subject to torture, jail, or even death. Imagine if Kim Jong Il had won that prize and the North Korean people came out and said he didn’t deserve it.
All too often, we take for granted the country which we live in. We can vehemently oppose the president and make that known without living in fear of our life. Reading the previous blog entry made me laugh. People defending 24 hour cable as “news”. All they’re peddling is sensationalism to sell advertising. If you want real news, go to Reuters or AP. I try to listen to all sides of the debate when I want opinions. When I want facts, I don’t depend on any one cable news source to be unbiased.
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
2:27 pm
jconservative,
“How did an award from a private organization in a foreign country suddenly become an American political crisis?”
Beats me, but then again, it involves Obama and (gasp!) something postive, so yeah….there’s your answer.
Nothing Is Free
October 12th, 2009
2:28 pm
jconservative
**How did an award from a private organization in a foreign country suddenly become an American political crisis**
Political crisis? LOL!! No exactly.
It’s just another reason to laugh at liberals. But then again: there are so many reasons . . .
**If Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq & Iran are problems that are 10 on the scale, Obama getting the Nobel has got to be down around .01 or lower.**
Perhaps it would be better if he had spent more than 25 minutes with his commander of Afghanistan and DIDN’T go to Oslo. Wouldn’t you agree?
You DO realize that when he goes anywhere, it is a matter of a giant airlift of his limo, plus yet a separate cargo plane of Black SUVs armed to the tee. It is a HUGE production, costing millions.
Maybe spending a few minutes back in Washington, pretending to care would be better. Just a real meeting with his military commanders just might be in order, if he can work it in between his TV appearances. We won’t even need to see the meeting. If he just pretended to care: that would be much better.
Normal
October 12th, 2009
2:29 pm
Off topic I know, but I really don’t care. This is another reason we need to bring our troops home and hang every military industry d-ckhead in the country.
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/weapons-failed-us-troops-159995.html
Nothing Is Free
October 12th, 2009
2:34 pm
Normal
I’m trying to follow your logic. You don’t want us to fight in Afghanistan because we can’t kill enough people. Is that right?
How about if we get them some really good guns where they can kill many more people? Can they stay, then?
Turd Ferguson
October 12th, 2009
2:35 pm
RollerGirl
October 12th, 2009
1:59 pm
Oh yea…Nice one!
Scooter
October 12th, 2009
2:36 pm
Well, sinse Obama accepted the prize, I guess he wont be sending any more troops to Afghan. Might as well bring home the ones that are there now and be deserving of the prize. Maybe?
RollerGirl
October 12th, 2009
2:37 pm
TF, yeah I love that song:) It’s not like much of the other Hollies stuff.
@@
October 12th, 2009
2:38 pm
Wrestling with “the bear”.
Ehud Barak is thus likely following up Netanyahu’s visit to Russia with this trip to Central Europe as a warning to Russia: If Russia continues to threaten critical support to Iran, Israel can reciprocate in the Russian periphery by offering strategic military-technological cooperation to Poland and the Czech Republic and by reigniting the discussion over BMD.
Moreover, STRATFOR has picked up on a number of indications from the Central Europeans that the United States has little intention of even backing down from the original BMD plan.
Russia shows the U.S. the front door, Israel comes in thru the back.
Round 2? Round 3?
I’m losing count.
@@
October 12th, 2009
2:40 pm
Dangit!!!
Stick () where it belongs.
#1 Foxy Lady
October 12th, 2009
2:43 pm
“Nothing is Free” you is nothing and you am a hater too. As anyone can tell, you hates Obama, America and Norwegans.
Why don’t you take some time out from hatin’ and go suck it loser!
Normal
October 12th, 2009
2:46 pm
NIF, what is this thing you have for me man. I want them home because they don’t need to be there in the situation they are in, but if President Obama is going to insist that they stay there, at least give them equipment that works. So, I repeat, what is up with you?
Paul
October 12th, 2009
2:47 pm
Well, let’s see if this transparent, open, honest, hide nothing administration will reveal just who nominated Pres Obama for the Nobel Peace prize just 11 days after taking office.
Sure hope it isn’t anyone in his administration. Or one of his big financial backers. That’d be a PR disaster.
RollerGirl
October 12th, 2009
2:48 pm
There is a Foxy Lady Lounge (stripclub) on moreland ave
$4 shots of yak all day monday! classy
Scooter
October 12th, 2009
2:49 pm
“Nothing is Free” you is nothing and you am a hater too. As anyone can tell, you hates Obama, America and Norwegans.
And I thought my Engrish was bad. Whew!
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
2:51 pm
Paul,
It would only be a PR disaster only to those who hate him and because the 24/7 “news” outlets need story to fill time. Most people really don’t give a crap about this “story” as it’s not a story, it’s a time to go – well, that’s cool, the POTUS, won and move on to something else to think of.
Gov Option Done Deal!
October 12th, 2009
2:52 pm
Nobel Schmobel–it ain’t gonna help middle class Americans keep their house or feed their kids.
As I predicted, turn out the lights, party’s over for coops. They have always been a worthless idea and never worked, and not near enough players join them to have any clout in the marketplace. This has been known for 20 years, and they have failed and gone out of business in every Senate Finance hooker’s state.
Senate prospects for healthcare co-ops dim: The idea favored by Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).. http://bit.ly/i9w37
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
2:54 pm
Paul,
“It would only be a PR disaster only to those who hate him”
That made no sense – just delete that part.
mm
October 12th, 2009
3:00 pm
Whiner,
I’m glad to see you obsessed with a kid’s song. Matches the grade level of intelligence.
Turd,
“Touche’!!! Just as some of us more intelligent types were speaking on”
That one really doesn’t need a comment.
As for the rest of you wingnut hick yokels, you are getting your political @sses kicked.
Paul
October 12th, 2009
3:01 pm
Bosch
Again, I knew what you meant.
I was just struck – 11 days in and someone not only thought it would be a good idea – but the committee bought it?!!? I just hope it wasn’t one of his PR staffers who did it. That would be entirely too manipulative.
How ya’ been?
Paul
October 12th, 2009
3:02 pm
mm
Are you aware which song Report/Whine is referring to?
Dusty
October 12th, 2009
3:02 pm
Well, I’m still “up in arms” with the White House for wasting time lollygagging over Fox News and I said so and BOOKMAN AND HIS MODERATOR has NOT yet released my 1:52. He’s over here mewling about the so called Nobel Peace Prize (and I repeat) the Nobel Piece of Poof Prize.
So I am waiting…waiting.. for my 1:52 and I have lots of practice as I have been moderated at least 18 times recently! Yep! The White House is now the Nutty News Knoll and getting as tiresome as Bookman. Where oh where have all the good ones gone?
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
3:08 pm
Paul,
“I just hope it wasn’t one of his PR staffers who did it”
Okay, I’ll admit it – it was me. I nominated him – it was secret O of O stuff – don’t worry, it’s all part of the plan. You’ll see in time – it will all make sense.
How am I? Well, I woke up to my ceiling leaking again which is so not cool. I took some time off last week and cleaned out my garage. I am so embarassed of the amount of stuff I threw away, BUT I saw a commercial for Atlanta Gas and they are now using recycled natural gas from landfills, so I was, you know, just doing my part for the environment by hauling off about a ton of crap.
@@
October 12th, 2009
3:10 pm
The third quarter was when Russia got things done, using a mixture of diplomatic, military, intelligence and economic tools. Russia has managed to soften Azerbaijan, Turkey and Germany’s pro-U.S. positions and, if it has not formally added them to the list of countries where Russian power is preeminent, it has at least made them neutral in the competition between Russia and the United States. Russia has persuaded nearly all factions in the Ukrainian political spectrum to favor a Russian-leaning (as opposed to Western-leaning) future and will cement that achievement in the country’s January 2010 elections.–STRATFOR
Even Poland’s up for grabs now. They’re re-evaluating their traditional hostilities with Putin and looking for a closer alliance with the EU.
Vladimir has been a very busy boy. Now he’s focusing on those nearer and “dearer” to his heart. Unlike Pelosi and Obama, when he commits to cleaning out the Kremlin of those who contributed to the economic debacle, he means it. Action over rhetoric.
Goodbye Sechin.
Normal
October 12th, 2009
3:11 pm
DDDUUUSSSTTTYYY!!! (to sound like Brando’s “Stella” in the movie “On the Waterfrount”) and tearing my shirt off…and I’m really glad you can’t see that. It would cripple you for life
.
Anyway Dusty, read your stuff over the weekend…tres bon! Glad to see you still got sass.
Paul
October 12th, 2009
3:11 pm
Bosch
Yeah, I kinda think the Administration would rather this all just went away. As I said the other week, the Pres has more problems caused by his supporters, not his detractors.
Shoulda known it was you and Mrs. G and all your secret handshakes stuff. I’m reading The Lost Symbol and I see you two throughout.
Y’know, this blog is probably the last place you want to float the idea that people can make $$$ by recycling their natural gas….
GMS
October 12th, 2009
3:16 pm
In a historic Holy Cow moment, the Vatican today made the startling announcement that President Barack H. Obama had been canonized a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, the first person in church history made a saint while still living. Church officials confirmed that President Obama had been given a dispensation from the normal requirement of having to die first because of concerns that Mr. Obama may in fact be immortal, as claimed by the Kool-Aid Society.
The officials further confirmed that the President had also received a dispensation from the normal requirement of having performed two miracles because, they said, he had made a number of eloquent speeches in which he had promised to perform more than two miracles — miracles that he said were necessary to clean up the messes he had inherited from his predecessor, who not only was no saint but was the devil incarnate, according to Mr. Obama.
Pope Benedict XVI had called President Obama at 4 a.m. to advise him of his canonization. According to a source, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the conversation, the newly sainted President said thanks and asked the Pope if sainthood came with a monetary prize, like maybe $1.4 million. Advised by the Pope that there was no such prize, St. Barack told the Pope that was OK, he would easily make it up with a book deal, but the Pope would have to write a blurb for the book jacket. The Pope agreed, if St. Barack would autograph the book for him and throw in two magic teleprompters. Done. Sainthood had not dulled the Uniter-in-Chief’s keen ability to negotiate and bring people together.
But there was more negotiating, according to the source:
St. Barack said he wanted St. Peter’s Square rebuilt and expanded to make room for all his adoring followers on the day of his canonization ceremony in the square. And he wanted the name of the square changed to St. Barack’s Square, along with the name of St. Peter’s Basilica changed to St. Barck’s Basilica. And he wanted the exclusive use of the square and basilica for all his future campaign rallies. The Pope politely declined but countered with letting St. Barack dress up like the Pope for the canonization ceremony, complete with pointed mitre and golden staff, and agreeing to kiss St. Barack’s ring. That was a good start, but no deal, said St. Barack, according to the source.
St. Barack said he also wanted his visage put on all Vatican coins and he wanted his birthday, August 4, designated as a holy day of obligation for all Catholics around the world. His divine patience wearing thin, the Pope agreed, and the two men at last broke into a chorus of Yes We Can, in Gregorian chant.
Now we may all pray to St. Barack, the Accomplished and the Humble.
Dusty
October 12th, 2009
3:16 pm
Ha! boschie,
I knew you nominated Prz Obama . That was right after the tree fell on your house and scared you out of your wits, wasn’t it? That is the best reason so far that I have heard for the NPP. selection.
Congrats, fellow. I have ordered a years supply of lufefisk and fish-eye fritters for you. Enjoy!!
mmm, mmm, mmm.....
October 12th, 2009
3:17 pm
“Majorities in US, UK say Nobel was undeserved”. Like you expected otherwise?
Paul
October 12th, 2009
3:18 pm
Bosch
My wife’s in the hospital. I just took a phone call from the hospital. They asked to speak with her. I said ’she was admitted to your facility a few days ago.”
hoo boy….
mmm, mmm, mmm.....
October 12th, 2009
3:18 pm
By the way, I heard a young priest conduct his first mass yesterday. He should be named Pope within the year.
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
3:18 pm
Paul,
I am soooo NOT the tattoo dude (he’s really creepy and evil – must be Dick Cheney). Mrs. G and I had a hoot in Norway back in February!
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
3:21 pm
Paul,
Well damn! That’s not good (wife in hospital, plus them calling your house to speak to her). Everything okay? hooo boy indeed! Plus a double “oy! “
Paul
October 12th, 2009
3:21 pm
Bosch
Did you know the profligate son who lived off other people’s money and was a crook was inspired by Charlie Rangel?
Did you try the lutefisk?
I’da stuck with the vodka if I were you (but Mrs. G adores you so you might not’ve needed it….)
jconservative
October 12th, 2009
3:24 pm
Nothing Is Free and others
OK, I have read the responses to my opinion that Obama & the Nobel is not a big deal.
If you do not like Obama’s ideas, OK with me. I do not agree with most of his ideas either. If you just do not like Obama period, OK. I do not understand but I accept the fact. I have always been oriented toward people’s ideas, not them personally. So I have a hard time with liking or not liking them personally if I have never met them. But ideas are another matter.
Would it be fair to say that some people have a hard time separating the person from his ideas?
What this blog needs is more collegiality, if I may borrow Chief Justice Roberts favorite word.
Taxpayer
October 12th, 2009
3:24 pm
Anything that makes the right wing nutter butters this ‘excited’ must be good. I’d give Obama a new award or prize every week just to hear them whine about it. I hope he wins the lottery next followed by being awarded honorary degrees to every college in the US and Iran and Russia.
mmm, mmm, mmm.....
October 12th, 2009
3:25 pm
Headlines:
BBC: What happened to global warming?
US CHILL MAP…
Montana cold breaks records…
Record Cold temps in Idaho threaten potato crops…
Austria: Earliest snowfall in history set to break records…
Hey, Jay, isn’t it about time for another lecture on global warming?? Oh that’s right, even the loons have given up on that. Now it’s “climate change”.
Paul
October 12th, 2009
3:25 pm
Bosch
Thanks. Had an MRI and thought it might’ve been a repeat of four years ago. Second MRI indicates it’s not. Hospital called because doc ordered another one. So I don’t know if this is a third one or if their signals are crossed on the second. In their defense, they might not’ve known to check because she was supposed to be scheduled one for this week and last weekend I took her to the ER where she was admitted. Looks like it may be a pancreas blockage – nothing like Patrick Swayze had – and the MRI done yesterday on her spine was supposedly clear. But then I got that phone call about another (?) MRI.
Trying to stay focused and get any work done is a challenge.
And yes, we did discuss this past weekend how this country needs some serious health care reforms.
Guzelvis
October 12th, 2009
3:27 pm
Not sure Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize after bombing The Moon! More funny details @ http://www.thelintscreen.com
I Report/ Vast White Wing Conspirator (-: You Whine )-:
October 12th, 2009
3:28 pm
I was serenading you, mmmmmmmoron.
Don’t be so ungrateful.
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
3:29 pm
Paul,
You so missed the “Rangel is a crook” thread a few days ago. I felt so bad when you didn’t show up! It was perfect!!
“Did you try the lutefisk?”
No, I don’t eat gross stuff.
Taxpayer @ 3:24 –
That’s was funny – did you watch SNL by any chance Saturday night? They had a skit where Obama won the lottery, it was funny.
Shern
October 12th, 2009
3:30 pm
It would seem I’m in the minority then when I think Obama deserved it more than anyone else. Still I don’t feel bad at all for siding with the Norwegians. Doesn’t hurt from my perspective that they avoided the brunt of the current financial debacle by exercising more prudence than the Americans or British and that those who are questioning Obama’s worthiness are the ones that found themselves in Iraq. That the Nobels are up to now still the most prestigious prizes going says something about those Scandinavians. One would have thought the Americans and British would have come up with an alternative if they could come up with something as credible.
I thought this was a fairly obvious selection. Considering all this controversy, however, in a few years this might end up looking like one of the best choices the Nobel committee has ever made and further make up for their myopia in overlooking Gandhi and the rather boring and uninspired choices they’ve been making the past few years. The prize could use a renewed boost to its prestige and if this selection proves prescient this might well do it.
Paul
October 12th, 2009
3:34 pm
Bosch
That would’ve been fun. I read an article about the Republican Congressman who introduced the motion to remove Rangel. Guy’s and ex judge. Said what really got to him was that there were no penalties or interest paid by Rangel. None. Said it grated against justice.
I did see where CNN – Wolf Blitzer’s show – did a factcheck on SNL’s Obama skit where the Pres listed what he was going to do…. ‘course, some commentators said they searched in vain for a similar CNN factcheck on SNL’s skits about Palin… or Bush…. or Cheney.
No, I am not pulling your leg. CNN really did it.
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
3:38 pm
Paul,
Well, I will be thinking good thoughts. I’ve never heard of a pancreas blockage – but now that I know about them, I’ll probably be sure to think I have one.
I remember a few months ago when I was going through all those tests, I kept thinking to myself that there were people having the same trouble as I was, and I was lucky to have insurance so I could have these tests. Turns out nothing serious was wrong – but there were probably people who were having the same symptoms, not having tests, and things aren’t okay but they won’t know until it’s too late.
And there is nothing like caring for the elderly to realize that our health care system is stupid – I’ve just realized it earlier than some, but in a few years when more and more people are faced with caring for an elderly relative, those naysayers will be thinking, “What in the hell was I thinking?”
I’m sure work is a challenge, but keep blogging and we’ll talk about food or Tricia Helfer or something – we’ll cheer you up!!!
Turd Ferguson
October 12th, 2009
3:40 pm
RollerGirl
October 12th, 2009
2:37 pm
YA…and the words worked so well!!
Foxy Lady / Moreland Ave = Oxymoron…lol
Nothing Is Free
October 12th, 2009
3:41 pm
Shern
**The prize could use a renewed boost to its prestige and if this selection proves prescient this might well do it.**
Yes, and I should have won the Nobel for my plans to save the world with my new “making energy from belly-button lint” invention. I have all the well meaning of Barrack Hussain Obama (mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm.) I want to save the world, too.
Seriously, legit awards are not given for good intentions and legit awards are not given for taking a chance that someone might do what they promise. So much for the legitimacy of the Nobel.
Dusty
October 12th, 2009
3:42 pm
NORMAL, put that shirt on your back NOW!! Wow! But do tell me what the dragon tatoo with the fancy lady means and do you really love Mad Mabel THAT much? You are one walking wonder of serious artwork..
Thanks for the kind words, What was it, “full of sass” or something? (I know you put in an extra “s” just to be nice.) Now behave and I will do the same…as always…..unless I get “moderated” again for being an innocent bystander!! Yes!!
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
3:42 pm
Paul,
CNN has become increasingly more stupid. Notice I’ve been using the word “stupid” alot today? I guess that’s my word of the day – nothing like waking up to rain in your house – everything just seems stupid after that.
An SNL fact check? Really? That’s just stupid.
Paul
October 12th, 2009
3:42 pm
Bosch
Thanks! I got to Tricia Helfer and I smiled for the first time in a long time. The BSG DVD releases in 15 days.
I appreciate the good thoughts. It’s all energy, y’know. That book was closer to the mark about a lot of things than most readers realize.
Oh yeah, today’s my anniversary. But I’m having one. That’s something to be grateful for.
@@
October 12th, 2009
3:43 pm
The battle lines have been drawn. Can we send in our drones now?
Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) — A bomb attack on a military convoy passing through a northwest Pakistan marketplace killed 41 people a day after the army ended a Taliban siege of its headquarters, taking the death toll from four days of attacks to more than 100.
The bomb in the mountain bazaar of Alpuri killed four army troops and two policemen, besides dozens of civilians, said Amir Muqam, the parliament representative from the Shangla valley, where the attack took place. “At least 48 are injured, many are in a serious condition,” he said in a phone interview.
The past week’s Taliban attacks, notably the unprecedented assault on army headquarters, which ended at dawn yesterday, may have bolstered public support for the military to launch a new offensive against the guerrillas, as the U.S. has been seeking.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aDefIRDey0RY
Bosch
October 12th, 2009
3:43 pm
Hey Dusty!
Today just feels stupid – do you agree?