A word of advice to the GOP from my mother: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Once again, the Republican Party is so consumed by thuggery and hate, they see a political opportunity to slam the president rather than to praise America.
What kind of traitor so actively roots for America and its President to fail? Let's put aside the GOP rooting for the stimulus package to fail rather than working to ensure it would do exactly what it has done - bring America back from the brink of financial disaster; let's also put aside the lies and attacks designed to turn America's need for real health care reform into "Waterloo." The Olympics would have created jobs immediately and been a source of national pride. Now they are attacking the Nobel Peace Prize?
Even some "friends," and others in the DC punditocracy carp that this honor could widen the divide in Washington, and are downplaying the significance with analysis about whether or not this came too early in his presidency.
The only person who seems to be taking this in stride is President Obama.
The Nobel Prize is a world-respected honor. One that as President Obama so graciously said, many people share in the credit. Every American, regardless of political party, can and should take pride in such an honor.
This represents an opportunity for America to truly turn the page on our nation's standing and relationships on the world stage. Of course we have a lot of work to do, disagreements to be revealed and many tough decisions to be made. But we enter those discussions in a completely different and stronger place than we were a year ago
I'd like to think that this will also serve as a reminder to those members of congress who may have lost or misplaced their spine, that as elected leaders they also shoulder the responsibility to ensure America confronts tough challenges and support the vision the American people overwhelmingly chose when we elected Barack Obama.
Our president is a transformational figure here in America and around the world. I've traveled abroad both during the campaign and since; and the phrase I've heard time and again from Europe to Latin America is, "Where's our Barack Obama?" His candidacy and election has sparked a global conversation among a new generation of leaders around the world who are themselves looking for new ways to approach many of the challenges we all share both domestically and internationally.
As a patriot, I'm always rooting for America. It's an honor to again be seen as a leader in confronting critical global issues like climate change, the economy, proliferation of nuclear weapons and defeating terrorism.
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And so it goes. This is a party so fearful of a changing world that they have walled themselves off from reality. Psychologically they are isolationists whose thoughts and beliefs are fed to them by a few bombastic fools. They have spent 30 years creating a mass delusion of America as a "shining city on a hill," while neglecting the residents of that city. I don't see how they can survive the catastrophic implosion of their political power. All they have left is their Appalachian base and their financial overlords, factions that have almost nothing in common. Republican Imploded Party = RIP.
Serious question.
I have not noticed that the Republican party as it is today has any great desire to join the world if the world doesn't think in lockstep with them. They had no trouble with Bush pulling aid money from international organizations that promoted birth control because "omg they might mention abortion"...
...."everybody eat their freedom fries because the French wouldn't join us in Iraq"....so this caterwauling now about a foreign award means nothing. There is group of Americans who never have or will be able to look beyond their own borders and see anything good.
And the progressives...oh for crying out loud....suddenly Nobel Prize is to be awarded like the Academy Award...best good work by a member of the human race.
Both Began and Sadat died before seeing true Middle Eastern peace accomplished...matter of fact we are still waiting. So really if your going to be true to the good works accomplished ideal...there's more than a few past winners who were still working towards their goal after the won the prize.
and then there's the lack of just plain good manners and common sense....next there will be a different winner, maybe one the Republicans or the progressives (unlikely the same one) are happy with but I think is unworthy.
But I will say congratulations anyway because it's just the decent way to behave.
So if one follows the above to it's logical conclusion....she has not accomplished anything either.
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"Some people say - and I understand it - 'Isn't it premature? Too early?' Well, I'd say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now," Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, told the AP. "It is now that we have the opportunity to respond - all of us."
What I find amazing is not the republican reaction. It was completely predictable. But the reaction from so many people ostensibly on the left. "waaa Clinton deserved it more" "I support Obama but its too soon, he should give it back"
JFC! For once can't we all just get behind our guy, support him and be proud! I guess not, being liberals we have to find the dark cloud in every silver lining. At least some of us do, as for me I popped a bottle of Champaign last night and drank to the president.
Bears fans know a thing or two about loyalty.
Will they ever come aboard and show the world a united front on anything?
It is the Bush-Cheney gang that started this "no holds barred, no prisoners metality", which profoundly goes against democratic tolerance and conviviality - and one should never forget the input of Protestant fundamentalist intolerance that makes aggressive stances completely rigid. Well, perhaps this prize will have a healing effect on the American psyche - for the good of the world.
I don't think thuggery will be "eliminated," but it's being concentrated to such a point it's driving thinkers and centrists out of the GOP party.
Worst case scenario-global warming real :Massive human migration, global pandemics, worldwide panic and the deaths of millions.
Which wrong answer do you like most?
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Worst case scenario-global warming real :Massive human migration, global pandemics, worldwide panic and the deaths of millions.
Which wrong answer do you like most?
Which side of the debate sounds more reasonable?
Nuclear energy, nuclear power plants, and lots of them is what we need.
So ashamed of themselves & their situation
that all they can do from now on is bitch & moan.