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Is duckrabbit the only person dissapointed that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize?

duckrabbit posted this on October 9th, 2009

Seriously, I’m a big Obama fan and I think he’s done a lot already in reaching out to the world, but it seems a bit premature.

America, alongside China and India, is currently responsible for a large proportion of the world’s emissions of co2, the stuff that causes climate change. We’re pretty bad in the UK too.

If the predictions are correct then global warming is going to unleash suffering on a biblical scale.

Now if Obama could get together with the leaders of China and India and create a meaningful plan as to how we stop vast areas of the world going underwater that would be a great, great thing.

For me this award diminishes the nobel peace prize. But then everyone working in media knows that awards are bollocks anyway (accept when you win one!)

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5 comments to Is duckrabbit the only person dissapointed that Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize?

  • Pete Brook
    October 9, 2009 at 18:23

    ‘Premature’ is the word.

  • Stan B.
    October 10, 2009 at 07:12

    Im a “fan” of Obama’s rhetoric, which is all he’s exhibited thus far… And lest we forget- mass murderer Henry Kissinger also won the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • ciara leeming
    October 10, 2009 at 08:50

    I agree. It’s very premature and actually I think it just makes the Nobel prize, and the people who hand it out, look a bit silly. Obama seems like a nice man but he’s done little of substance so far. maybe they’ve given it him simply because he’s not Bush

  • duckrabbit
    October 10, 2009 at 15:15

    Phew … most people agree.

    Stan … yeah that shows just how flawed awards are.

  • Robert van Koesveld
    October 11, 2009 at 10:59

    Is it just premature, or a (perhaps clumsy) attempt to influence US and international dynamics. If so lets hope it doesn’t backfire. At least Obama has accepted it very humbly. Now if he can pull off including (part) of the taliban in the Afghanistan political process rather than rein-acting Vietnam…….