'Nobel Peace Prize' is now officially a joke!

I used to actually think the "Nobel Peace Prize" actually meant something!

Clearly, it is more of a political thing than it is a "peace" thing.

45 years ago Martin Luther King (when the Nobel Peace Prize actually meant something) was given that recognition--I can see why! But Obama? Ridiculous! Obama 'ain't' no Martin Luther King!

Recently Al Gore got it for telling us the planet is hot! Wow, what a genius! What Al Gore forgets to mention is that his own electric bill is over $30,000 a year. I guess he's not so worried about global warming after all.

Neither am I though, as an "inconvenient truth" is a convenient lie!

Back to Mr. O

Peggy Noonan writes in the Wall Street Journal, "This is an award for not being George W. Bush". The Times of London has said the award to Obama was an obvious slap in the face of President Bush.

And what did Bush do to deserve the enmity of the Nobel Committee?

Ronald Kessler of Newsmax.com sets the record straight, George W. Bush "toppled a man who had killed 300,000 people and liberated 50 million people.

Because of Bush, Saddam's regime no longer inflicts torture on Iraqis by having electric prods attached to their genitals or by giving them acid baths. It no longer drills holes in their ankles and skulls. It no longer leaves them naked in refrigerators for days. It no longer cuts out their tongues and cuts off their ears. Nor does it force Iraqi men to watch gang rapes of their wives and sisters.

Because of Bush, Afghan women can now attend school. They are free to go out in public without being accompanied by a man. They are allowed to hold jobs.

Moreover, because of the $15 billion Bush sent to combat AIDS, deaths in Africa are down dramatically. For that reason, despite claims that America's moral standing in the world has eroded, Bush's approval rating in African countries has stood at 80 percent or higher.

Those are real accomplishments worthy of a Nobel Prize. In giving the award to Obama, the Nobel Committee's effort at burnishing the president's image backfired by highlighting the fact that he has accomplished nothing beyond delivering oratory."

Clearly, I am not alone in how I feel about this! Thankfully, people around the world, like this brave reporter: Barack Obama's peace prize starts a fight (watch very short video!) are pointing out the absurdity in the whole matter!

Many agree that" Obama's Nobel Prize Makes A Mockery Of the Award"

Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize??? For What???

I sure got a good little laugh, though, when Obama said about being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, “Let me be clear. I do not view it as recognition of my own accomplishments..."

And what exactly ARE those 'accomplishments' Mr. Obama?