Oct. 9th, 2009 11:22 am
this is the sound of my eyes rolling
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jdotmi"OMG OBAMA WAS ONLY PRESIDENT FOR 11 DAYS WHEN HE WAS NOMINATED!!! OMGWTFBBBQREPUBLICANWINGS"
Y'all do realize that PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is not a pre-requisite for getting a nomination, right? I mean, I assume people have more than half an active brain cell running in their heads despite over 10 years of working in IT. If you're going to argue against his winning of the award, point out the fact that his actual international politics background isn't quite up to par with the other nominees instead of going immediately for the weakest argument you possibly could.
Was he the best possible choice for the award this year? Clearly not. But the Nobel Peace Prize has something of a history of bizzare choices, so this shouldn't surprise anyone.
Edit to Add: http://gothfather.livejournal.com/417713.html
That link pretty well sums up the interwebz asplosion around this.
Y'all do realize that PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES is not a pre-requisite for getting a nomination, right? I mean, I assume people have more than half an active brain cell running in their heads despite over 10 years of working in IT. If you're going to argue against his winning of the award, point out the fact that his actual international politics background isn't quite up to par with the other nominees instead of going immediately for the weakest argument you possibly could.
Was he the best possible choice for the award this year? Clearly not. But the Nobel Peace Prize has something of a history of bizzare choices, so this shouldn't surprise anyone.
Edit to Add: http://gothfather.livejournal.com/417713.html
That link pretty well sums up the interwebz asplosion around this.
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