How to Win the Nobel Peace Prize In 12 Days

While I was away on vacation last week, I heard that BO had won the Nobel Peace Prize.

"WHAT!" I said to myself (that was only part of my exclamation...the rest of it is unprintable). How could that be when people like Gandhi, who led the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century: and Ronald Reagan who peacefully crushed the communist rule of East Germany; and Pope John Paul II who was widely acclaimed as one of the most influential leaders of the twentieth century since he was instrumental in ending communism in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe were never awarded the prize?

In 1939, Hitler was a nominee, Yasser Arafat was a winner, and Al Gore is a recent winner as was Jimmy Carter. Who will be the next nominee...Michael Moore? WTF! So is the Nobel Peace Prize...a noble award or just a joke?

So to answer that Question, I set out to do some research on what qualifies people to be nominated for..and subsequently win...the Nobel Peace Prize. Fortunately for me, Tommy De Seno at "http://justifiedright.typepad.com", already did the work for me. So with thanks to him and with recognition to his work, here is what it takes to win the prize:


"Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize this morning. Over the last decade the only requirement to win the prize was that the nominee had to be critical of George W. Bush (see Al Gore, Mohamed El Baradei and Jimmy Carter).

President Obama has broken new ground here. Nominations for potential winners of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ended on February 1. The president took office only 12 days earlier on January 20.

Let's take a look at the president's first 12 days in the White House according to his public schedule to see what he did to deserve a Nobel Peace Prize:

January 20: Sworn in as president. Went to a parade. Partied.

January 21: Asked bureaucrats to re-write guidelines for information requests. Held an "open house" party at the White House.

January 22: Signed Executive Orders: Executive Branch workers to take ethics pledge; re-affirmed Army Field Manual techniques for interrogations; expressed desire to close Gitmo (how's that working out?)

January 23: Ordered the release of federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries. Lunch with Joe Biden; met with Tim Geithner.

January 24: Budget meeting with economic team.

January 25: Skipped church.

January 26: Gave speech about jobs and energy. Met with Hillary Clinton. Attended Geithner's swearing in ceremony.

January 27: Met with Republicans. Spoke at a clock tower in Ohio.

January 28: Economic meetings in the morning, met with Defense secretary in the afternoon.

January 29: Signed Ledbetter Bill overturning Supreme Court decision on lawsuits over wages. Party in the State Room. Met with Biden.

January 30: Met economic advisers. Gave speech on Middle Class Working Families Task Force. Met with senior enlisted military officials.

January 31: Took the day off.

February 1: Skipped church. Threw a Super Bowl party.

So there you have it. The short path to the Nobel Peace Prize: Party, go to meetings, skip church, release federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries, party some more.

Good grief."

My conclusion is that the Peace Prize is just one, big Liberal joke on humanity...and anyone who believes otherwise is a fool.
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