Today’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement …

[aadler]

 
Unbelievable.

The triumph of wishful thinking over recognizeable reality goes global.

Honestly: when I first heard the news, I genuinely thought it was a parody announcement. Apparently some people, and organizations, are now beyond parody.

Comments

[word-smuggler.livejournal.com]

As you might remember, our ideas on politics in general and "global foreign policy", as it were, in particular are quite different. However, I can't disagree with you in this case.

Apparently, all you need to do to get a Nobel Peace Prize is (a) get elected and (b) make a few statements on how everything is going to be hugs-and-puppies-y. One can't but wonder why they didn't give one to every single president of every single country of every single planet of every single galaxy of every single universe ever.</Dr. Cox>

[aadler]

Apparently the real secret is to

1. not be George Bush,
2. be someone the recognition of whom represents a repudiation of George Bush, and
3. hate America (or at least spend a bunch of time apologizing for how flawed it is).