Obama says he'll accept Nobel as 'call to action'

Discussion in 'World Events' started by NewsBot, Oct 9, 2009.

  1. NewsBot

    NewsBot Guest

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- A beaming President Barack Obama said Friday he was both honored and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a "call to action" to work with other nations to solve the world's most pressing problems....

    By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

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  2. ImWithStupid

    ImWithStupid New Member

    It's official. The Nobel Peace Prize is now equal to this other "major award"...


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  3. RoyalOrleans

    RoyalOrleans I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For

    If you look at the list of folks he beat out, its easy to see how Obama won this award. Does this mean that Obama will win the NL & AL Cy Young Awards as well as the MVP of the NFL. All this means that my Aunt Thelmas 1st Place Prize for her Peach Cobbler now has more credibility and prestige than the Nobel prize.
     
  4. Ali

    Ali Eschew obfuscation

    More like a "call to pacifism and continued campaigning for '12".

    The "Land of the Free" is quickly turning into the "Land of the Media Ops and Sound Bites". :(
     
  5. eddo

    eddo I don't like you.

    That leg lamp is pretty freaking cool.


    I got my dad one for Christmas a buncha years back :)
     
  6. RoyalOrleans

    RoyalOrleans I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For

    Clearly the winner should have been Amadinijad for ending the violence in the streets of Tehran after his landslide election.
     
  7. ImWithStupid

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