On October 9, 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee made an surprising announcement. Was it the fact that the news came only nine months into The President’s first term that made the news so shocking or was it the conceptual nature of the Nobel Committee’s kudos that caused so many waves to bristle?
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Are Obama’s, “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” deserving of such a distinguished acknowledgment?
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More context for how this decision was made -
Here’s the Nobel Committee’s announcement
Here’s the Reuters’ run down on what earned Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter their Nobels.
Saturday Night Live’s Obama acceptance speech sketch
Read what Maureen Dowd, channeling Bill Clinton and W, has to say -or-
Check out my friend, Thomas Huynh’s Sun Tzu based commentary on the topic.
Pete Orvetti’s* Inauguration Day Politikus
I swear solemnly
Word order doesn’t mean much
When you are The One
Hope, change, Yes We Can
Port-A-Potties everywhere
Change-Fest on the Mall
Nope, we didn’t go
Someday my sons will be mad
Crowds and change scare me
Yo Yo Oba-Ma
And the Queen of Soul
Wish I had her hat