On 2009-10-09 17:24:43 -0400, Ken Fortenberry
said:

David LaCourse wrote:
Ken Fortenberry said:
David LaCourse wrote:
Ken, he wasn't eligible for the NPP. ...

When did the Nobel people put you on their rules committee ?

Congrats, what did you do to earn that ?

Real simple; I told them you were an asshole.

You should read the actual words of the Norwegian Nobel Committee:

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/p...009/press.html

The statement is worth reproducing he

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009

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.

Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics.
Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis
on the role that the United Nations and other international
institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as
instruments for resolving even the most difficult international
conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully
stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's
initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting
the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and
human rights are to be strengthened.

Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the
world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His
diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the
world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared
by the majority of the world's population.

For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate
precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama
is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's
appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of
responsibility for a global response to global challenges."

Oslo, October 9, 2009

Well, thank you for that, young fella. I read the exact same words
several hours ago. Still doesn't answer the question: "How could they
nominate him (and who did nominate him, btw) with only two weeks in
office?" I don't care what my-dick-is-longer-than-yours contest he
wins, but let it be legitimate. This one isn't. Two weeks in office
and he's nominated? Riiiiiiight. Could it be just another sign of
Obama's failure, a sign given by the ultra-leftist Nobel group, simply
as a political maneuver designed to help a fellow traveler in need?
d;o)