Comments on: Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize: 69% of Twitter users say WTF?

By: P

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:17:18 +0000

There might be a case for giving something like this at the end of a 8 year presidency, having made a substantial contribution to world affairs.

But after less than a year is having a laff…….

By: Leon

Leon — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:13:39 +0000

It’s winding up the rightwing loons in the US no end, something to be happy about no?

By: Jizzme

Jizzme — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:12:52 +0000

Cute art, but I think it’s inaccurate. The majority of Tweets I’ve seen…and response from other mediums can’t see what Obama has done to deserve it, and the rest think it’s a disgrace that weakens the credibility of the prize.

By: watts

watts — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:13:41 +0000

Chinese Human Rights Activist Hu Jia – imprisoned for campaigning for human rights in the PRC, not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.

Wei Jingsheng, who spent 17 years in Chinese prisons for urging reforms of China’s communist system. — not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama. (Not to mention the symbolic value of awarding a Chinese dissident on the 20th Anniversary of the Tianenmen Square Massacre.)

Greg Mortenson, founder of the Central Asia Institute has built nearly 80 schools, especially for girls, in remote areas of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past 15 years – not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.

Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a philosophy professor in Jordan who risks his life by advocating interfaith dialogue between Jews and Muslims, also not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.

Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar. She currently leads the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and serves as the U.N. special envoy to Darfur and is apparently also not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.

By: AliceT

AliceT — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:47:31 +0000

Hasn’t done anything yet
R U serious?
Makes the prize a joke
WTF

By: Hocus Eye

Hocus Eye — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:36:10 +0000

I like that graphic from the people of Crimson Hexagon. It looks like a multi-coloured Polo mint. I don’t think you can do one of those in Excel – although I haven’t used it for years.

Obama was only two weeks into his Presidency at the time of the closing date for nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. Perhaps the mood of optimism for those short weeks had a kind of halo-effect.

However as Kissinger received the same award previously I suppose anyone can get it. Or perhaps the Nobel committee were really desperate to find someone to recieve it.