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TheMercenary 10-12-2009 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet (Post 600253)
The prize was forced on him because he's half African American. This never would have happened to a fully European American man.
:lol2:

Shawnee123 10-12-2009 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet (Post 600554)
How about the Nobel Leebutton Prize?
Quit pushin' mah buttons.

TheMercenary 10-12-2009 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 600539)
Hey, you mean Bush could have had someone else writing his speeches all along and he wouldn't have looked like a complete dumbass?
No. I am not sure he could read, we already know about his poor speaking skills. :3eye:

Shawnee123 10-12-2009 01:09 PM
Yabbut, didn't he read something about goats, once? Where's tw? :)

Henry 10-12-2009 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet (Post 600549)
Psst - The Nobel Foundation is based in Sweden, not Norway. You have to know that to win.;)
wikipee:

"It is also unclear why Nobel wished the Peace Prize to be administered in Norway. The Norwegian Nobel Committee speculates that Norway may have been better suited to awarding the prize as it did not have the same militaristic traditions as Sweden and that at the end of the nineteenth century the Norwegian parliament had become closely involved in the Inter-Parliamentary Union's efforts to resolve conflicts through mediation and arbitration."

This explains why I have Albert Einstein's support for the award and you do not. Hah!

Shawnee123 10-12-2009 01:17 PM
http://nobelprize.org/nobelfoundatio...org_090915.pdf

Stockholm. That be in Sweden, no?

Of course, I wouldn't want to cast aspersions at Wikipedia!

Henry 10-12-2009 01:23 PM
There are many Nobel prizes, of course - economics, science, etc. - and the overall Nobel Foundation is in Sweden, but the Peace Prize selection committee operates out of Norway.

"All Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway."

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/p...hortfacts.html

Shawnee123 10-12-2009 01:24 PM
Ahhh, jase, now I see.

--Inga

Henry 10-12-2009 01:45 PM
I wouldn't belabor the point except to the extent that I've received an inside tip that the selection committee is impressed with multiple nominations of the same individual or organization. I wouldn't want you mailing your nomination of me to the wrong city.

TheMercenary 10-12-2009 01:58 PM
Yea, from what I have heard Hamid Karzai was Obama's campaign manager to win the nomination for the Peace Prize. Maybe that is why he is waiting so long to send those needed troops to Afghanistan...

Shawnee123 10-12-2009 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary (Post 600576)
Yea, from what I have heard Hamid Karzai was Obama's campaign manager to win the nomination for the Peace Prize. Maybe that is why he is waiting so long to send those needed troops to Afghanistan...
:p

What ARE you smokin', dude?

Pie 10-12-2009 02:27 PM
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We overlooked the obvious...

TheMercenary 10-12-2009 02:57 PM
:D ok, that's one thing. What else? :)

TheMercenary 10-12-2009 03:05 PM
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/...axis_nobel.jpg

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/a...s-of-Nobel.htm

elSicomoro 10-12-2009 03:10 PM
"Just to fuck with conservatives, Obama should give the Nobel Prize money to ACORN."--Lee Papa (The Rude Pundit)


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