In 2009 this was awarded to
Mohamed Nasheed,
President of the Islamic tyranny of
The Maldives.
In the Maldives, all citizens must be Muslims.
The open practice of all other religions is forbidden.
The Plain English Campaign
loses credibility by
allowing trendy politics to dictate their
award for bad English to Donald Rumsfeld.
Rummy speaks the truth, not gobbledygook
by Mark Steyn.
He expresses my thoughts exactly:
- "Whatever credibility the Plain English Campaign might
once have had, they have blown.
They sound, to put it in
plain English, like a bunch of smug tossers."
Number of photos showing US forces looking heroic: 0
Number of photos showing US forces helping Iraqi civilians: 0
Number of photos showing Iraqis expressing support for US forces: 0
Number of photos showing Iraqis expressing opposition to insurgents: 0
The Jawa Report:
"No photos show U.S. troops rebuilding Iraq. No photos show U.S. troops playing with kids in the street. No photos show the results of the first democratic election in Iraq. No photos show the thousands of freed prisoners from Saddam's tyrranical rule."
Bilal Hussein,
an Iraqi photojournalist
who was one of the Associated Press team that won the 2005 Pulitzer,
was detained by the U.S. military in 2006 and
accused of working with the Iraqi resistance.
He was freed in 2008.
Strangely enough, this 11,000-word, three-part story
failed to mention the most famous event connected to the mosque
- the sermon in 1994
that inspired a man to go out and shoot Jewish children.
Another Pulitzer Prize Disgrace: Puff piece on mosque that inspired murder further tarnishes the 'Times',
Jonathan Tobin, April 23, 2007:
"Halberstam's mother, Devorah, related that she called Elliot to ask why she had omitted the story of her son's murder from the feature on the mosque. Elliot replied that
"she knew nothing about it".
...
The result is not only shoddy journalism; it is a politically inspired muddle that leaves us knowing only those elements of the life of Shata and his mosque that he wishes to present to us.
...
That a travesty such as Elliot's "imam" would bring a Pulitzer is a disgrace that again taints the reputation of both the prizes and the Times."
1971 -
Appeaser of tyranny
Willy Brandt
won the 1971 Nobel Peace Prize.
1973 -
Blood-soaked communist butcher
Le Duc Tho
of North Vietnam
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 (he declined it).
1976 -
Betty Williams
received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976.
In 2006
she said:
"Right now, I would love to kill George Bush."
In
2007
she said:
"Right now, I could kill George Bush. No, I don't mean that. How could you nonviolently kill somebody? I would love to be able to do that.""The Muslim world right now is suffering beyond belief",
said this idiot.
And apparently it is Bush's fault,
rather than the fault of Islamism.
1978 -
The unelected dictator of Egypt
Anwar Sadat,
who tried to carry out a final Holocaust of the Jews of Israel in 1973,
received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978.
1984 -
Desmond Tutu
received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
1994 -
The unelected tyrant and terrorist
Yasser Arafat
received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994
along with some civilized Israeli democrats.
The Nobel people sure love their moral equivalence.
2002 -
Jimmy Carter got the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002
- a pathetic political statement against Bush.
2005 -
IAEA and Mohamed ElBaradei
got the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005
for failing to stop the Pakistan, North Korea and Iran
nuclear programs.
2007 -
Al Gore got the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007
despite his work having nothing to do with peace.
This can only be understood as another pathetic political statement against Bush.
Barack Obama, who has achieved nothing, wins
the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 as soon as he arrives in office.
You couldn't make it up.
Well, he is the World's Greatest Lefty, I suppose.
Erick Erickson:
"He's Becoming Jimmy Carter Faster Than Jimmy Carter Did."
George Will:
"Well, the Nobel Prize committee would with this decision have forfeited its reputation for seriousness if it had a reputation for seriousness."
Mark Steyn, October 9, 2009:
"There's something almost quaintly vieux chapeau
about the Nobel decision, as if the hopeychangey bumper stickers were shipped surface mail to Oslo and only arrived last week. Everywhere else, they're peeling off".
Peter Beinart:
"the award only aids the right's arguments that Obamamania bears no relation to reality.
...
the Nobel Committee is actually just highlighting the gap that conservatives have long highlighted: between Obamamania as global hype and Obama's actual accomplishments."
Fjordman:
"This Peace Prize will discredit the Nobel Committee and European Leftists as well as Mr. Obama. I don't see how things can get much better than that."
Rush Limbaugh
says this is pre-emptive for a reason:
"with this 'award' the elites of the world are urging Obama, THE MAN OF PEACE, to not do the surge in Afghanistan, not take action against Iran and its nuclear program and to basically continue his intentions to emasculate the United States. They love a weakened, neutered U.S and this is their way of promoting that concept."
Victor Davis Hanson, October 11, 2009:
"the Obama Prize represents two recent larger Nobel trends: 1) an effort to curtail American foreign policy in favor of international deference (as in the case of rewarding Carter and Gore for their defamation of Bush in their opposition to Iraq); 2) a general disconnect from accomplishment in favor of leftist intentions, as in the case of Elbaradei or
Rogaberta Menchu
who accomplished essentially nothing".
Jokes:
Jokes
(and more):
"Apparently Nobel prizes now being awarded to anyone who is not George Bush."
The Nobel Peace Prize Generator:
"Our prestigious award is given out to individuals with good intentions.
If you would like to be considered for a Nobel Peace Prize for things you plan to do in the future, please select the appropriate option below."
Bill Maher:
"Obama said he will attend the ceremony in Oslo if he's not too busy with the two wars he's conducting."
Michelle Obama spoof:
"Everyone around here is simply stunned. No one really expected this for another 3 years."
"The president's honest attempt to promote world peace through the same methods taught by Jesus Christ are met with contempt by a country whose collective consciousness is extraordinarily fearful and at times, sacrilegious. In one of the most telling moments of the past nine months, the skepticism that the President was met with after his compassionate speech in Cairo
was shocking. He conceded nothing in that speech but love. This is the route that is prescribed to us by all of the great prophets in the Bible, Qur'an and the Torah. The president stood in front of the world and made the bold statement of fact that America would like to operate from a place of love.
...
Our progressive president is so loving that the whole world is praying for us to lift ourselves up, yet we are still so afraid.
...
If we allow leaders of a political party that only know one word, and that is "no," to work against the best interests of our country, we will not only be found guilty of charge four, we will be sentenced by God to self-destruction."
When I've stopped laughing, I would reply:
That's all very well.
But will this "love"
lead to more jihadi killing, or less?
Will it lead to more tyranny in the world, or less?
(Consider how Ronald Reagan hugely reduced tyranny in the world, not increased it.)
Will this "love" lead to Iran abandoning nuclear weapons, or
building them?
It's an empirical question.
You don't seem to care about results, only about intentions.
The Nobel Committee is the same.
They don't care about results either.
Not that we should waste much time on this guy.
Russell Simmons
is a supporter of
Louis Farrakhan
and the Nation of Islam.
Not bad at all.
Shortly after being given this ridiculous Nobel,
he made the difficult decision of the Afghan surge (having himself
opposed the Iraq surge when in opposition).
He then defends this decision in front of a sceptical Oslo audience.
He says he admires Gandhi and Martin Luther King.
"But as a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I cannot be guided by their examples alone. I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake: Evil does exist in the world. A nonviolent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism - it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason."
John Hannah, 10 Dec 2009:
"at its core, what really mattered ... is that President Barack Obama went before an international audience for the first time in his young presidency and, rather than giving them what they wanted to hear, told them what they needed to hear about the enduring indispensability of American power and principle in a deeply troubled and flawed world."
Victor Davis Hanson, 11 Dec 2009, warns us not to get too excited. Yes, I know he's right.
Alinsky Does Afghanistan, by Andrew C. McCarthy, December 4, 2009, warns us not to get too excited about Obama's Afghan surge.
Obama's heart isn't in it, he says.
"We’re nation building in a place we’d have to occupy for a century to build a nation, but we’re not occupiers, and we’ll be calling it a wrap in 18 months."
2005:
American Dhimmi: Ramsey Clark
Dhimmi Internationale: George Galloway
American Anti-Dhimmi: Tom Tancredo
Anti-Dhimmi Internationale: Oriana Fallaci
2006:
American Dhimmi: Jimmy Carter
Dhimmi Internationale: Jacques Chirac
American Anti-Dhimmi: John Bolton
Anti-Dhimmi Internationale: John Howard and Geert Wilders
2007:
American Dhimmi: Jimmy Carter
Dhimmi Internationale: Ken Livingstone and Ehud Olmert
American Anti-Dhimmi: Mark Steyn
Anti-Dhimmi Internationale: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
2008:
American Dhimmi: Jimmy Carter
Dhimmi Internationale: Rowan Williams
American Anti-Dhimmi: Mark Steyn
Anti-Dhimmi Internationale: Geert Wilders
Obama's surprisingly good Nobel speech, Oslo, 10 Dec 2009. Perhaps the first good speech he has ever given.
Since 1995.
