HOW FUNNY IS THAT!? I know the Right are spitting fire right now. Thats like a kid getting everything he wanted for Christmas just to have his house burn down with all of his gifts in it the next week.
SouthernGirl2
· 2 months ago
The right was rejoicing over Chicago losing the Olympic bid as if Chicago isn't part of America. Then low and behold, a week later, Manna dropped from heaven!
PBO didn't ask for it, he didn't campaign for it! Manna just fell. How sweet is that?
RiPPa
· 2 months ago
Its pretty sad and yet telling that Obama gets more love overseas than he does here at home.
SouthernGirl2
· 2 months ago
No kidding, Rippa!
It is trifling conduct on part of America not to say Congratulations to the President for such a prestigious award of honor!
RiPPa
· 2 months ago
Umm, can somebody teach Pat Buchanan how to pronounce Black folks' names? Who is Kanyee, and Bayoncey?
Marvalus
· 2 months ago
My sentiments exactly...
msladydeborah
· 2 months ago
Yeah!
SouthernGirl2
· 2 months ago
Good Morning, Sojourner!
Good article. Love it!
Did you get my email?
We're excited! Yay!
CynicalSynapse
· 2 months ago
I have mixed feelings about Obama and Chicago's Olympic bid.
As for the Olympics, I'm sorry Chicago didn't get the nod, but I don't think the President of the United States should have gone to the IOC hat-in-hand. While it's a bit of a bummer from a prestige perspective, we're probably better off. Olympic games never break even economically.
About President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Price, what has he done? The US has combat troops in two foreign countries, Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq is more stable while Afghanistan is more volatile and Obama hasn't yet decided what to do. He's not solved the Palestinian-Israeli problem. And Iran and North Korea are still on a path to obtaining nuclear weapons. Can somebody tell me what I'm missing that indicates Obama deserves the peace prize?
SjP
· 2 months ago
I don't know if "somebody"can tell you why the President deserves the prize, but I do know that the Committee responsible for determining who receives it said: "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons." Far be it from me to say that they were wrong in determining that the President of the United States is deserving of the award. But, like I said folks were pretty salty when MLK won it - so its pretty much par for the course.
All Comments
PBO didn't ask for it, he didn't campaign for it! Manna just fell. How sweet is that?
It is trifling conduct on part of America not to say Congratulations to the President for such a prestigious award of honor!
Good article. Love it!
Did you get my email?
We're excited! Yay!
As for the Olympics, I'm sorry Chicago didn't get the nod, but I don't think the President of the United States should have gone to the IOC hat-in-hand. While it's a bit of a bummer from a prestige perspective, we're probably better off. Olympic games never break even economically.
About President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Price, what has he done? The US has combat troops in two foreign countries, Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq is more stable while Afghanistan is more volatile and Obama hasn't yet decided what to do. He's not solved the Palestinian-Israeli problem. And Iran and North Korea are still on a path to obtaining nuclear weapons. Can somebody tell me what I'm missing that indicates Obama deserves the peace prize?