What the Nobel Peace Prize means this year....

[dvandom]

As frustrated as many of us may be with the slow (or no) pace at which Obama undoes the damage wrought by the Bush Administration, it may be that we're a little too close to the issue. At least as far as the Nobel committee is concerned, Obama's already come a long way towards keeping things from getting a lot worse, even if he hasn't made things better yet.

In other words, while we're annoyed he hasn't built a bridge across the bottomless pit yet (and seems in some ways content to leave the pit just as it is), some parts of the world are delighted that that car approaching the pit has at least slowed down, if not stopped.

ETA: It was pointed out to me over on Facebook that one thing Obama has accomplished so far has been to get Russia to stop pointing missiles at Norway. Where they vote on the Nobels. So, y'know....

Comments

[5eh.livejournal.com]

my issue is: the applications for nomination were due in February. the dude wasn't even in office a month and he gets nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize? seems a little sketchy/politically motivated to me. if they wanted to pat him on the back for being a Good Boy, they could have done it another way, is my point. I am sure there are Others Who Deserve It More ^TM, so it was disappointing to me.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Sure, nominations were due in February. But the list of nominations is pretty long. A lot of people get nominated for fairly political reasons (or even fairly stupid reasons), but never get taken seriously by the committee.