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{weblog_name} - NOBEL EXPECTATIONS
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Probably like most of you I woke up to the news last week that our president had won the Nobel Peace Prize and responded with “Really?” To his credit, it appears that President Obama had the same reaction. Since then, debate has ensued as to whether he deserved it—“SNL” even weighed in—although I found Liz Cheney’s recommendation that the president send the mother of a fallen soldier to accept the award in his stead the funniest response. Not the suggestion itself—I just found the idea of anybody with the last name of Cheney giving advice on international protocol, let alone on proper etiquette, for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize a little like Roseanne Barr giving out singing lessons. But I digress. The general consensus is that Obama won the Nobel because he isn’t George W. Bush, but more importantly… read more