U.N. Decries Obama’s Preemptive Nobel Peace Prize

[Ballygrl]

Got to love Scrappleface sometimes! :))

http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=4235

U.N. Decries Obama’s Preemptive Nobel Peace Prize
by Scott Ott for ScrappleFace

(2009-10-09) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today rejected in the strongest possible terms the deployment of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, which he said was “reminiscent of George W. Bush’s disastrous doctrine of preemption.”

“The Nobel committee, perhaps persuaded by faulty intelligence and a hyped sense of urgency, made an historic blunder in its rush to judgment,” said Mr. Ban. “When Obama was nominated in February, he had just taken office…so the prize was awarded based on his speeches as a presidential candidate, not even for the good intentions that he has implemented in the past eight months.”

Wei Jingsheng, a Chinese dissident known as ‘the father of Chinese democracy’, is among the 176 nominees who lost to Mr. Obama, but said he was honored to have been edged out by “a man of such staggering accomplishments.”

“I was imprisoned more than 15 years for speaking out against a totalitarian communist regime,” said Mr. Wei, “A book of my essays was published from my writings, initially scribbled on toilet paper in jail. But I have to admit that Barack Obama has written two books and given hundreds of autobiographical speeches with thinner material than that. I bow respectfully to the father of global peace.”

[nunyadb]

Yep, what was it O said during the campaigns again ??

Oh yeah, "I am the change the world's been waiting for",
no, not the least bit egocentric is he.

[simssk]

said he was honored to have been edged out by “a man of such staggering accomplishments.


:)):))

[Long Island Bob]

Wei Jingsheng, a Chinese dissident known as ‘the father of Chinese democracy’, is among the 176 nominees who lost to Mr. Obama, but said he was honored to have been edged out by “a man of such staggering accomplishments.”

“I was imprisoned more than 15 years for speaking out against a totalitarian communist regime,” said Mr. Wei, “A book of my essays was published from my writings, initially scribbled on toilet paper in jail.

OUCH

[Sinister Rouge]

Wei Jingsheng, a Chinese dissident known as ‘the father of Chinese democracy’, is among the 176 nominees who lost to Mr. Obama, but said he was honored to have been edged out by “a man of such staggering accomplishments.”

“I was imprisoned more than 15 years for speaking out against a totalitarian communist regime,” said Mr. Wei, “A book of my essays was published from my writings, initially scribbled on toilet paper in jail.

OUCH


Something smells fishy about that quote...

[Metal Conservative]

I think it was the Nobel Commitee who was staggering when they voted to give it to Obama!

[Bertha]

said he was honored to have been edged out by “a man of such staggering accomplishments.
:)):))

:)):)):))

Priceless. Absolutely priceless.

[Nevarwinter]

Got to love Scrappleface sometimes! :))

Wei Jingsheng

...that dude just ripped O to pieces. Oh my God. HARSH!

As we all know, you don't win nobel prizes if you speak against government control.

[ModerateVoice]

I was struck by this quote from the article cited in the OP:

“I was imprisoned more than 15 years for speaking out against a totalitarian communist regime,” said Mr. Wei, “A book of my essays was published from my writings, initially scribbled on toilet paper in jail. But I have to admit that Barack Obama has written two books and given hundreds of autobiographical speeches with thinner material than that. I bow respectfully to the father of global peace.”..........and let us also remember Irena Sendler who have thousands of Jews from the Nazi's but lost out to Al Gore for his BS theories on Global Warming.

[nunyadb]

Wei Jingsheng

...that dude just ripped O to pieces. Oh my God. HARSH!

As we all know, you don't win nobel prizes if you speak against government control.

Yet accurate and totally justified.

I give the man a +10 on that one.
( on a scale of 1 to 10 )

[Ballygrl]

Guys, it's Scrappleface, so it's satire.

Sorry, I thought everyone knew that.

[croupier101]

For those scoring at home. mark cheer and support the UN Secretary General off the list of conservative flip flops and sell outs of the last 8 months. It is right under "Embrace the French".

Good satire.

[Long Island Bob]

Guys, it's Scrappleface, so it's satire.

Sorry, I thought everyone knew that.

yes. Wei Jingsheng did not actually say that.

[Ballygrl]

yes. Wei jingsheng did not actually say that.

lol.

[TheModerateOne]

I was struck by this quote from the article cited in the OP:

..........and let us also remember Irena Sendler who have thousands of Jews from the Nazi's but lost out to Al Gore for his BS theories on Global Warming.

Obviously Wei is an American Neocon Conservative. Heh.

[jeepers]

Wei Jingsheng, a Chinese dissident known as ‘the father of Chinese democracy’, is among the 176 nominees who lost to Mr. Obama, but said he was honored to have been edged out by “a man of such staggering accomplishments.”

“I was imprisoned more than 15 years for speaking out against a totalitarian communist regime,” said Mr. Wei, “A book of my essays was published from my writings, initially scribbled on toilet paper in jail. But I have to admit that Barack Obama has written two books and given hundreds of autobiographical speeches with thinner material than that. I bow respectfully to the father of global peace.”

:))

Good one!

[deportalllibs]

Wei Jingsheng

...that dude just ripped O to pieces. Oh my God. HARSH!

As we all know, you don't win nobel prizes if you speak against government control.

The laughter at Obama is just getting underway. As the world now examines the accomplishments of qualified candidates in comparison to Obama who has accomplished nothing the absurdity will grow.

[Long Island Bob]

lol.

apparently some don't understand that yet.

[Ballygrl]

The laughter at Obama is just getting underway. As the world now examines the accomplishments of qualified candidates in comparison to Obama who has accomplished nothing the absurdity will grow.

I don't think liberals understand how much Obama is being laughed at and mocked, and that's 1 thing liberals hate, when people laugh at them.

[Ballygrl]

apparently some don't understand that yet.

Wei Jingsheng is a real person, and it's so embarrassing that a dissident of his caliber was ignored yet Obama was recognized. Doesn't that actually go against everything liberals stand for?

[animalnut]

Charlie Gibson said a "humble" Obama won because he "inspires." ROFL!!! Stepahnopolous was quick to agree with him.

[Long Island Bob]

I don't think liberals understand how much Obama is being laughed at and mocked, and that's 1 thing liberals hate, when people laugh at them.

here are some cherry picked pieces from a non-satire

"So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far," former Polish President Lech Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, said Friday. "He is still at an early stage." . . .

Mahatma Gandhi, the iconic leader of the Indian independence movement and a symbol of nonviolence, never won the Nobel, though he was nominated five times.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125509603349176083.html

[Gengar]

Funny... but come on people. Obama didn't actually try to get this thing. No need to get up in arms over it, as this "award" has been irrelevant for 15+ years.

There are a lot of things which are actually important right now... this is not one of them.

[spearmaster]

That prize has had no meaning for a while now. Al Gore got one for pushing something based on phony science that has made him rich and doesn't practice what he preaches.

[deportalllibs]

I don't think liberals understand how much Obama is being laughed at and mocked, and that's 1 thing liberals hate, when people laugh at them.

This is shaping up fast as one of those leftist tactics that totally backfires, like attacking Rush Limbaugh. Rush is having difficulty today containing his laughter.

[HeyJude]

I don't think liberals understand how much Obama is being laughed at and mocked, and that's 1 thing liberals hate, when people laugh at them.


How long before they compare Obama to Jesus, who was also mocked?

[Long Island Bob]

This is shaping up fast as one of those leftist tactics that totally backfires, like attacking Rush Limbaugh. Rush is having difficulty today containing his laughter.

true.

In fairness though this boneheaded mistake was perpetrated by Norwegian lefties and not likely to dirty the american lefties much

[Long Island Bob]

How long before they compare Obama to Jesus, who was also mocked?

ouch
that's gonna leave a mark

[Long Island Bob]

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