My congratulations to President Obama for receiving the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. This is a great and unexpected honor and well deserved. 
I think the U.S. media will downplay this accomplishment because half the nation appears to be against President Obama (for whatever reason, because no mortal can clean up the mess Bush left in less than a year, not even two years). We have to realize as Americans, Black, White, Red, or Brown, we are all in this together; we are all banches of the same tree. Here's a portion of the CNN story:
(CNN) -- President Barack Obama said Friday that he was humbled by the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
"I am both surprised and deeply humbled," Obama said at the White House. "I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments. But rather as an affirmation of American leadership. ... I will accept this award as a call to action."
For those of you who are upset about the fact that President Obama received such a prestigious award watch the video below of Norwegian Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland as he explains why.
If you decide not to watch/listen to the video, at the end, Chairman Thorbjorn says it was a unanamous decision, out of the 5 people on the committee who voted. The only people who have a problem with President Obama being name Nobel recipient appear to be some Americans. Not only do they have a problem with it, but they use words such as appaling, and undeserving. Many are even going so far as to now call the Nobel Prize a sham. I wonder why?
As an American, you should be proud of the fact that your president has received this award. He has also stated that the 1.4 million prize money that goes with the award will be donated to charity. Let's face it, no matter what Obama does, he could "walk on water," and he'd still have major critics. What's a bit ironic, is the guy who is interviewing Thorbjorn says, as he makes his argument for the committee possibly making the wrong choice, "he's been president for less than one year." However, his short time in office doesn't seem to matter when he is being criticized on other fronts. Get an award, recognized across the Globe, now all of a sudden his short tenure matters. As usual, this is another situation that shows the true colors of America, and that is the color of RACISM.
We're all BRANCHES OF THE SAME TREE people. We're either going to live together in PEACE or we will PERISH together in TURMOIL, and no matter what, it appears that we have chosen the latter.
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I think the U.S. media will downplay this accomplishment because half the nation appears to be against President Obama (for whatever reason, because no mortal can clean up the mess Bush left in less than a year, not even two years). We have to realize as Americans, Black, White, Red, or Brown, we are all in this together; we are all banches of the same tree. Here's a portion of the CNN story:(CNN) -- President Barack Obama said Friday that he was humbled by the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
"I am both surprised and deeply humbled," Obama said at the White House. "I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments. But rather as an affirmation of American leadership. ... I will accept this award as a call to action."
For those of you who are upset about the fact that President Obama received such a prestigious award watch the video below of Norwegian Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjorn Jagland as he explains why.
If you decide not to watch/listen to the video, at the end, Chairman Thorbjorn says it was a unanamous decision, out of the 5 people on the committee who voted. The only people who have a problem with President Obama being name Nobel recipient appear to be some Americans. Not only do they have a problem with it, but they use words such as appaling, and undeserving. Many are even going so far as to now call the Nobel Prize a sham. I wonder why?
As an American, you should be proud of the fact that your president has received this award. He has also stated that the 1.4 million prize money that goes with the award will be donated to charity. Let's face it, no matter what Obama does, he could "walk on water," and he'd still have major critics. What's a bit ironic, is the guy who is interviewing Thorbjorn says, as he makes his argument for the committee possibly making the wrong choice, "he's been president for less than one year." However, his short time in office doesn't seem to matter when he is being criticized on other fronts. Get an award, recognized across the Globe, now all of a sudden his short tenure matters. As usual, this is another situation that shows the true colors of America, and that is the color of RACISM.
We're all BRANCHES OF THE SAME TREE people. We're either going to live together in PEACE or we will PERISH together in TURMOIL, and no matter what, it appears that we have chosen the latter.
Read my comment on Opposing Views
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