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Friday, October 09, 2009

Consolation prize for losing the olympics

President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Instapundit round-up:

OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE? “For what?”

UPDATE: What do Barack Obama and Yassir Arafat have in common?

Plus, Mickey Kaus: Turn It Down. “Say he’s honored but he hasn’t had the time yet to accomplish what he wants to accomplish.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: Doug Mataconis on Facebook: “Teddy Roosevelt wins Peace Prize for stopping a war. Carter wins Peace Prize for a lifetime of work. Obama wins Peace prize for breathing.”

MORE: Heh.

I say, not bad for a guy who’s been acting like Bambi caught in the headlights of history.

STILL MORE: London Times: Absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize. Oh, it was already a mockery.

Meanwhile, Mataconis is on a roll on Facebook: “How can Obama win the Nobel Peace Prize on the same day that he’s becoming the first POTUS to bomb the Moon?”

It’s Frank J. Fleming’s world. The rest of us just live in it.

1 comment:

thisishabitforming said...

When I first heard this I was shocked and asked with many others, FOR WHAT?.

When I called and told a friend she asked me several times if I was serious.

When you put it in the context that "The One" might actually maybe make this the day that he kinda decides on troop levels in Afghanistan, it has just become dark humor, kind of like being the first country to be kicked out of the Olympic bid.

The bombing the moon comment is the best.