Let us ask ourselves some questions.

Whether you are Republican or Democrat, you need to ask yourself these questions.

1. Has anyone done something more than Barack Obama to help further the cuase for Peace?

2. If Barack Obama were not the President of the United States, would he still have received the Nobel Peace Prize for his goals?

3. Has anything actually been realized in the short amount of time that was set as the evaluation period for the rewarding of the prize.

4. Have not other presidents sought out endeavors similar to Barack Obama and not receieved the Nobel Peace Prize?

5. If Barrack Obama gained the Nobel Peace Prize simply for his ideas and concepts, would it not be reasonable to award it to the person who, next year, has the most peace initiatives planned, whether or not they were realized or helpfu?

6. Is hope really a good enough reason to receive the Nobel Peace Prize? What if an individual has a plan that is detrimental to society, however gives a great multitude of the worlds population hope?

7. If Obama were not of mixed race, white/black, would he have still received the Prize?

8. If Peace is the standard for the prize, should not the leader of Switzerland be getting the prize, seeing as though they are one of the most peaceful nations when it comes to war and their lack or support concerning it?

9. Would you be angry if Obama did not get the Nobel Peace Prize?

10. Would you be angry if someone like George W. Bush received the nobel peace prize simply by promising to try to accomplish peace, even if not succeeding?

NEWYAWKER,

You are one of the reasons why America should never expect to win an award for national intellegence average.

Just because Barrack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize, does not mean he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

Just because someone received a prize for speaking about something good, and yet in the end may potentially end up not following through with anything, does not make your case.

Those who call themselves Republicans are idiots.
Those who call themselves Democrats are idiots.
Those who call themselve conservative are idiots.
Those who call themselves liberal are idiots.
Those who call themselves themselves have an aspect of self awareness that is crucial, yet severely lacking in the world.
Each person makes the decisions for himself. He represents himself.

Only when people label themselves and convince themselves they are part of a larger group do they feel they have some sort of victory because their group or someone in their group did something, even though they themselves were detrimental to the cause, or no part in the cause whatsoever.

There is a bigger issue with this sitatuation. If he does not deserve the Prize, and receives the prize, it futher adds to the concept brewing in the world of rewarding people for something they have not worked for, earned, or even attempted to earn. It is like letting all children play on sports teams, even if they are not capable. It is like giving all children nothing less than a C becaue it will hurt their morale.

The world is sinking into the pit of stupidity, interest catering, and mindless partisanship.

Thank you for your example, and all those like you, who are not you, but not themselves, bringing them into the collective of those like you who have no self responsibility or awareness.

Moder8,

It makes me, as an individual, disheartened when an individual who has accomplished far less than other individuals is recognized over those individuals because of tertiary factors.

If only you, the republicans and the democrats could see that this is not an aspect of politics, but rather an aspect of truth, merit, reasoning.

It is about individuals who may not deserve to win over individuals who do deserve to win. Not political.

If George Bush won the award on the same premise the Obama won the award, I would be frustrated all the same. If a doctor won the award on the same premise as Obama I would be frustrated all the same.

Hoping and accomplishing are two very different things.

A man can dream, but should not be rewarded until that dream becomes an already begun and acheivable reality.

And let everyone who cheers for Obama, and then complains when people bring this up later that he did not live up to his Nobel Stature (If he does not live up to that stature) remember this:

"To whom much is given, much is expected."

He is to do something worthy of Peace prize. No peace, means not worthy, means failure. Whether he or anyone else realized it, the bar has just been raised over his head right now. We will have to wait and see if MR. Olympic can high jump.

Commonsense seems to be lacking in his own name. Pointing out misnomers in peoples post that have nothing to do with their point. Wonderful job. See post # 21 for your recognition.

Donnerboy,
You seem incapable of admitting to facts. He ran against War, and so far has continued both. Even stalling the pullout of Iraq, and immediatly trying to increase the numbers in Afghanistan.
He also started a war on health, a war on jobs, and a war on spending money with any sort of responsibility or oversight.

I think Chicago is anything but peaceful right now. Out of all the peace that Obama made with his hope, came a multitude of chaos because the hope was never actualized.

That is the main problem with him winning the prize.

"He cries, peace... peace... That policeman is stupid."

How honorable. He caused that case to become less peaceful.

No Donner, it is not easier to start a war than it is the end a war, especially when most of the troops don't feel as though they have an purpose over there. Most don't know what the true end objective is, and therefore fight without purpose, and thus morale falls as we have seen in recent weeks through articles about such instances.

To end a war, you give up, come home and put up the white flag.

I think you mean to say it is harder to swallow your pride than it is the end a war.