Comments on: Acknowledging Obama & the Next Generations http://www.leftyparent.com/blog/2009/10/09/acknowledging-obama-the-next-generations/ Living & parenting without the rule book Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Cooper Zale http://www.leftyparent.com/blog/2009/10/09/acknowledging-obama-the-next-generations/comment-page-1/#comment-4467 Cooper Zale Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:28:40 +0000 http://www.leftyparent.com/blog/?p=1505#comment-4467 Emma... To be honest I was shocked that he got the award and would have never have thought, if asked, that he was even a top candidate this year. I think maybe his award reflects on the few efforts going on anywhere right now towards world peace. None of their other top candidates were people I had even heard of and I follow the news pretty closely. It was a unanimous vote by the five-member committee, made up I am told of one left, two center-left, one center-right and one right member. Maybe it would have been a more accepted choice if they had waited a couple years for this new tone that Obama is trying to bring to the world stage to play out some. But from some of the other recent Nobel Peace Prize picks, the current committee seems to be using the award to jump start an emerging effort or trend to help it get going rather than acknowledge a done deal. Maybe also, we Americans do not see how negatively the presidency of George W. Bush impacted the world, particularly Europe and what a complete breath of fresh air and paradigm shift that Obama represents or at least seems to represent. There is no other leader on the world stage that is coming close to his vision for changing the dynamic from conflict and confrontation to negotiation and compromise. Your thoughts? Maybe your pick for who should have gotten it instead? Emma… To be honest I was shocked that he got the award and would have never have thought, if asked, that he was even a top candidate this year. I think maybe his award reflects on the few efforts going on anywhere right now towards world peace. None of their other top candidates were people I had even heard of and I follow the news pretty closely.

It was a unanimous vote by the five-member committee, made up I am told of one left, two center-left, one center-right and one right member. Maybe it would have been a more accepted choice if they had waited a couple years for this new tone that Obama is trying to bring to the world stage to play out some.

But from some of the other recent Nobel Peace Prize picks, the current committee seems to be using the award to jump start an emerging effort or trend to help it get going rather than acknowledge a done deal.

Maybe also, we Americans do not see how negatively the presidency of George W. Bush impacted the world, particularly Europe and what a complete breath of fresh air and paradigm shift that Obama represents or at least seems to represent. There is no other leader on the world stage that is coming close to his vision for changing the dynamic from conflict and confrontation to negotiation and compromise.

Your thoughts? Maybe your pick for who should have gotten it instead?

]]> By: Emma Jackson http://www.leftyparent.com/blog/2009/10/09/acknowledging-obama-the-next-generations/comment-page-1/#comment-4466 Emma Jackson Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:49:12 +0000 http://www.leftyparent.com/blog/?p=1505#comment-4466 Come on....you think that a man that just become to be the president of the US, and didn't do anything physical to move things, don't have anything on this resume about peace...he need to get nobel??? Come on….you think that a man that just become to be the president of the US, and didn’t do anything physical to move things, don’t have anything on this resume about peace…he need to get nobel???

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