Comments on: Obama wins the Peace Prize *UPDATED — FREQUENTLY* http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:27:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Is Obama’s Acceptance of the Nobel Constitutional? « Obi’s Sister http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-79342 Is Obama’s Acceptance of the Nobel Constitutional? « Obi’s Sister Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:02:36 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8923#comment-79342 [...] accepted the award, gushing with false humility. His ego wouldn’t have allowed otherwise, regardless of any question of constitutionality, propriety, or just good-ol’-American-common-sense. Did [...] [...] accepted the award, gushing with false humility. His ego wouldn’t have allowed otherwise, regardless of any question of constitutionality, propriety, or just good-ol’-American-common-sense. Did [...]

]]> By: Marguerite http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-79221 Marguerite Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:59:08 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8923#comment-79221 Charles, I object on constitutional and merit grounds, so that puts me in really deep do-do. What can be worse in 21st century America than racist - I tremble. Charles, I object on constitutional and merit grounds, so that puts me in really deep do-do. What can be worse in 21st century America than racist – I tremble.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-79211 Ymarsakar Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:20:43 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8923#comment-79211 The Nobel Committee is an arm of the Norwegian Parliament, appointed by them, for them. That is a foreign state. <B>TR did not actually pick up the prize money (or the prize itself) until 1910, when he visited Europe after his African Safari. He did not feel right accepting the prize while he was in office. TR wore an old fashioned suit with a top hat when he went to get the award. He picked up the prize in Christiania, Norway, on May 5, 1910 and part of his speech to the Nobel Prize Committee is as follows:</b> As for Wilson, he was never against sweeping people he didn't like under the river with military power at the domestic front. The Nobel Committee is an arm of the Norwegian Parliament, appointed by them, for them. That is a foreign state.

TR did not actually pick up the prize money (or the prize itself) until 1910, when he visited Europe after his African Safari. He did not feel right accepting the prize while he was in office. TR wore an old fashioned suit with a top hat when he went to get the award. He picked up the prize in Christiania, Norway, on May 5, 1910 and part of his speech to the Nobel Prize Committee is as follows:

As for Wilson, he was never against sweeping people he didn’t like under the river with military power at the domestic front.

]]> By: Charles Martel http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-79206 Charles Martel Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:54:36 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8923#comment-79206 Marguerite, good question. They probably went with the same argument. I don't have any problems with The One accepting the prize on constitutional grounds. My objections center on merit and good form, which makes me a. . . .racist. Marguerite, good question. They probably went with the same argument.

I don’t have any problems with The One accepting the prize on constitutional grounds. My objections center on merit and good form, which makes me a. . . .racist.

]]> By: Marguerite http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-79202 Marguerite Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:41:47 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8923#comment-79202 Charles - how did the other two presidential recipients (Wilson, Roosevelt??) go around that provision? Charles – how did the other two presidential recipients (Wilson, Roosevelt??) go around that provision?

]]> By: SADIE http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-79191 SADIE Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:56:42 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8923#comment-79191 I know we've all been doing our due diligence, but one more read couldn't hurt. Three snips to entice you. snip/ They have just awarded him a peace prize which Obama himself suggests was extended on credit ... snip/ What, more specifically, might they be expecting of Obama? For starters, Norway, along with neighboring Sweden and Denmark, has been banging the drum for America to hand over to the United Nations.... snip/ The real hope is that Obama will remember he took an oath (twice) not to serve as global spokesman for the Norwegian Nobel Committee, but “to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Read the rest here. http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/what-price-for-obamas-nobel-prize/#comments I know we’ve all been doing our due diligence, but one more read couldn’t hurt.
Three snips to entice you.

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They have just awarded him a peace prize which Obama himself suggests was extended on credit …
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What, more specifically, might they be expecting of Obama? For starters, Norway, along with neighboring Sweden and Denmark, has been banging the drum for America to hand over to the United Nations….
snip/
The real hope is that Obama will remember he took an oath (twice) not to serve as global spokesman for the Norwegian Nobel Committee, but “to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Read the rest here.
http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/what-price-for-obamas-nobel-prize/#comments

]]> By: SADIE http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-79190 SADIE Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:53:34 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8923#comment-79190 Charles Martel GOOD ONE! Go to my post #31 and add your name to the 'zinger list'. Charles Martel

GOOD ONE!
Go to my post #31 and add your name to the ‘zinger list’.

]]> By: Charles Martel http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-79188 Charles Martel Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:49:46 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8923#comment-79188 Obama will slip around the constitutional ban by noting that the Nobel Committee is not a sovereign. Obama will slip around the constitutional ban by noting that the Nobel Committee is not a sovereign.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-79185 Ymarsakar Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:29:33 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8923#comment-79185 <B>But if I remember the last Messiah who came along, say about 2000 years ago, there was some sacrifice involved.</b> There'll be plenty of sacrifice involved, Book, Aztec style. But if I remember the last Messiah who came along, say about 2000 years ago, there was some sacrifice involved.

There’ll be plenty of sacrifice involved, Book, Aztec style.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2009/10/09/obama-wins-the-peace-prize/comment-page-2/#comment-79183 Ymarsakar Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:20:44 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=8923#comment-79183 <B>No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.</b> Where's the Congressional bill, vote, or approval of this award? No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.

Where’s the Congressional bill, vote, or approval of this award?

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