Obama does Norway

It took me at least an hour to finally absorb the concept that the first president since Teddy Roosevelt has won a Nobel Peace Prize while his administration was still in office.

Within 12 hours of this news, the backlash and lack of understanding behind this is drowning Tea-Party-ers and moderates alike.

So here's what I've gathered;

We all know that Jimmy Carter and Teddy Roosevelt both received peace prizes for their work during their administrations.
as i can't think of anyone else of major political influence pushing as diplomatic unitarity leader, the choice has led to him.

The major difference between Carter/T.R. and Obama is Obama was not awarded for a specific event.

Carter received his for brokering a peace deal between Israel and Egypt in the 1970s

Teddy Roosevelt received his for brokering the Treaty of Portsmouth during the Russo-Japanese War


to Obama's credit no one right now is as influential as he is in having the western and non-western powers pay attention to a diplomatic agenda.

Bush definitely attempted to but was too close to a conviction that was mislead (and I'm not saying this with bias, but with empirical fact) and was only able to create a stronger allied defense i.e. NOT technically peace.


People need to stop getting upset about this because people who complain over EVERY SINGLE FUCKING laureate usually doesn't have a strong conviction to global diplomacy (as well, neither do I. on the scale between 1 and Non Interventionist , I'm a Couldn't-Care-Less-About-Foreign-Policy-ist.)

However to accept a legacy's criteria, even on something you don't care about, is just something to learn. In fact, if you honestly don't understand how the Nobel Prize concept is rationalized, then why are you even getting angry?

As Bert Gordon said to Sarah Packard in The Huslter, "So don't make trouble, Miss Ladybird. Live and let live! While you can. I'll make it up to you."