Friday, October 09, 2009
Nobel Peace Prize
Jill at Brilliant thinks it's well-deserved. I first thought the Nobel Committee was screwing around with us.
An honor, & one more problem the Prez didn't need.
We elected Barack Obama in part to change the tone of our relations with other nations, & he did. We immediately needed better relations with Great Britain & European countries, since almost everything else depended on their involvement. & our border nations, Canada & Mexico. We had to smooth out our friendships. Israel & the Mideast, who knows? The security of Israel is a fixed star here. Our dealings with China, Russia, India, complex & ambiguous. We expected Obama would gradually rethink Africa. Africa has many nations & many problems, there's no Unified Theory of African Policy.
We're having internal fights over health care & the economy. We're just getting around to Afghanistan. Secretary Clinton is flying everywhere keeping a lid on things, mostly she seems to be saying, "You're on our to-do list."
Obama's election stirred up loonies & their loose, dangerous language. This only makes them loonier & more dangerous.
Perhaps Obama is deserving of some other Nobel Prize that doesn't exist, a special category. He's a wonderful symbol of both "Yes We Did" & "Maybe We Will." Why weight him down with more expectations when he has plenty to handle now? This President doesn't need more distractions. He doesn't need another trip to Scandinavia for a quick speech then home again. He has to serve us first. He tried to bring the Olympics to Chicago & failed. Apparently, he didn't lobby at all for the Nobel Prize, & received it anyway. Committees!
I won't say he shouldn't have received the Prize, but I wish he hadn't .
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
An honor, & one more problem the Prez didn't need.
We elected Barack Obama in part to change the tone of our relations with other nations, & he did. We immediately needed better relations with Great Britain & European countries, since almost everything else depended on their involvement. & our border nations, Canada & Mexico. We had to smooth out our friendships. Israel & the Mideast, who knows? The security of Israel is a fixed star here. Our dealings with China, Russia, India, complex & ambiguous. We expected Obama would gradually rethink Africa. Africa has many nations & many problems, there's no Unified Theory of African Policy.
We're having internal fights over health care & the economy. We're just getting around to Afghanistan. Secretary Clinton is flying everywhere keeping a lid on things, mostly she seems to be saying, "You're on our to-do list."
Obama's election stirred up loonies & their loose, dangerous language. This only makes them loonier & more dangerous.
Perhaps Obama is deserving of some other Nobel Prize that doesn't exist, a special category. He's a wonderful symbol of both "Yes We Did" & "Maybe We Will." Why weight him down with more expectations when he has plenty to handle now? This President doesn't need more distractions. He doesn't need another trip to Scandinavia for a quick speech then home again. He has to serve us first. He tried to bring the Olympics to Chicago & failed. Apparently, he didn't lobby at all for the Nobel Prize, & received it anyway. Committees!
I won't say he shouldn't have received the Prize, but I wish he hadn't .
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