Comments on: It’s a 9/12 Project Miracle!

By: a random John

a random John — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:36:56 +0000

nasamomdele,

That is certainly one way of looking at it, and I’m glad that at least one conservative took the post in the spirit it was intended.

By: nasamomdele

nasamomdele — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:34:00 +0000

Maybe God is actually answering their prayers in the opposite way- I mean, if He has the kind of influence spoken of here, it seems like he’s been working for years to de-legitimize the peace prize.

By: Devyn S.

Devyn S. — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:52:10 +0000

ARJ – nice connection. So the Religious Right IS responsible for the Nobel Peace Prize. Wow, God DOES work in mysterious ways…

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:51:14 +0000

a random John:

After reading your previous comment(#10), I now think I get the meaning of your blog. I can be a little slow sometimes when I want to prove a point. I was just trying to be too logical and a bit too sarcastic.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:25:23 +0000

Again, my point has been made. Thanks for reiterating it so well John Mansfield (whether you meant to or not). There are so many other deserving, “peace”ful people in the world. Why should one that got elected president get the award; simply because of the fact that he dethroned Bush, who was gone anyway?

a random John:

How is my argument disingenuous? He was only President for a few weeks and prior to that he did nothing more than campaign for President and win, with a lot of hollow promises, not unlike anybody else who runs for office. Should we therefore give it to everybody that runs for the office and is successful? I would like to see some accomplishments first before giving him an award of such magnitude. But then again, can it really mean all that much when Al Gore wins the award for bogus science and a horrible documentary/movie.

By: John Mansfield

John Mansfield — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:42:26 +0000

People keep pointing out that our President was only in office a couple weeks when he was nominated, but being President is only the latest segment of Barack Obama’s life. Before that he ran a peaceful presidential campaign, was a peaceful United States Senator for a few years, promoted peace in the Illinois state legislature, peacefully edited his law school’s journal, and on and on, dating back to his birth in Hawaii, which I hear has been a peaceful place for decades. The world needs peaceful guys like President Obama, so it is nice that the Nobel committee is recognizing one of them who has risen to prominence.

By: a random John

a random John — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:19:19 +0000

Paul,

I think that one can have legitimate criticisms of Obama receiving the prize without resorting to that sort of disingenuous argument.

By: ESO

ESO — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:05:20 +0000

Of course, this means that, not only did Obama steal the nomination from Hilary, but also the presidency and the Nobel. Big loss for the Clintons.

By: Goldarn

Goldarn — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:42:39 +0000

People who carelessly repeat how “Obama shouldn’t have won the award” are just ignorant of how he is perceived internationally. The award, after all, is for what someone has done in the world, not just in the USA.

He didn’t nominate himself, after all.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:54:04 +0000

I wish we could all do in 2 to 3 weeks what Obama did to be able to deserve this award (Nominations take place around the 1st of February and he was inaugurated in January). That is unless they are considering his promise of hope and his campaign overall. No accomplishments, just words.