The Hall of Fire

I agree with you on those River. Compared to those people, Obama just started his campaign for say "world peace, climate change etc..." for a few weeks. Let's give him a little leeway, a few months then. The others like Desmond Tutu started their campaign years before they were handed the ...

I have to read this, thanks for the info, Vison. I have two kids, I started teaching them how to skate (wearing molded skates) when they turned two. (They will turn three in December.) They've been bugging me to teach them hockey since I am a volunteer coach/instructor in the local pee wee hockey le...

OOops....based on this no new troops are going to be deployed in Afganistan. That's an extraordinarily insulting thing to say, Lurker. Do you have any proof whatsoever that he would base such an important decision on something like this? I said it was "IMHO", he's still sitting on it, so ...

No new laws were passed for the people, no new programs were begun, no wars were started or ended, nobody got hurt or killed or healed or saved,..... in short, our lives have not changed at all. OOops....based on this no new troops are going to be deployed in Afganistan. That wouldn't be good move ...

It's not much ado about NOTHING, people will talk since he is a popular politician whose body of work is yet to be seen.

Why do some people get a pass for what they say here and others don't? Just my observation. I'm sure the silent minority agrees with me. I can cite examples but I'd rather not.

He is a good word smith! Barking dogs seldom bite. . IMHO, of course. :) If I won an award and don't deserve it, I will return it, cause my conscience will bother me, but that's me, I'm not like most people. Or I would accept it at a later date until I can show I've earned it. For example, I won hig...

Have you been watching Hannity, lately?

We are not talking about Benazir Bhutto here, my dear. :) I was just teasing V with regards to the justification of his nomination. I know that, I am not a puzzlewit. :) One of my close friends' dad used to be in the higher echelons of the Pakistani goverment so I get my info from the source not fro...

His statement that he doesn't deserve the award is a general statement without saying why. So I'm just supplying the reasons for him.

So what's the problem? I'm not arguing just reinforcing Obama's statement.

I did read what you said. I was just messing with you. :P I apologize I couldn't help it sometimes. Peace, V! On a serious note: So if it's just a justification for his nomination, so the question remains what is the basis for his winning this award ? You just don't nominate for the sake of nominati...

President Obama who is contributing to improve the international climate [/i] :scratch: Where did they base this then? His campaign speeches? I posted that the nominations ended on Feb. 1, 2009. So two weeks into his Presidency he already contributed in improving the international climate. How? Mor...

Before I posted this I've gone through the Nobel Peace Prize website and read almost everything there. I am just stating the facts, V, nothing personal. I still don't agree with your analysis. If he won as the First Black American President, then, Benazir Bhutto, should have been nominated for the p...

Lurker, according to Wikipedia , there were 205 nominees for the Peace Prize this year. And the decision was not made until much later in the year. I suspect the MO is to nominate everyone who might conceivably be worth awarding, and narrow the list down as the year goes on. Certainly Obama did not...

Nominees for 2009: Other known contenders for this year's prize include former French- Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt and Chinese dissident Hu Jia . Morgan Tsvangirai - Prime Minister of Zimbabwe The Afgan lady doctor who was very outspoken againts Sharia Law. The fact that Hu Jia, who was cons...

Something to ponder on people..... Below is a brief description of the process involved in selecting the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. February – Deadline for submission. The Committee bases its assessment on nominations that must be postmarked no later than 1 February each year. Nominations postmark...

Yup! Everybody in this board should watch this even Mith! I'm serious! FYI Mith, Jesus had a starring role there, I swear to God. You would have liked it. Three priests also had the lead role and even the Archbishop of Detroit! :shock: Man, I wish he interviewed the Pope as well. Shucks!!! So there ...

SF should watch this ! I wasn't able to watch this during the Toronto International Film Festival but I was able score tickets to the premiere here in Calgary. It's in theatres now. As a person who has been "indoctrined" to Capitalism :P I actually liked the movie. I really do. I have see...

*Hey, her book is going to top the bestseller list. A lot of pre-orders I heard, even Princess caught the bug. :P * I think it's Mike Huckabee who will be the GOP's contender in 2012 not Palin. I watch Huckabee's show on FOX all the time now. I blame my dad who got me hooked on it. :help: *My dad is...

Wow, I'm way behind on the threads here. :) We have read book the but we just watched the movie tonight. We only have one TV at home and the babies at one time walked in when we were watching Knocked Up. (They couldn't sleep.) So we made sure they are really sound asleep when we watched this. When I...