And the Peace Nobel Prize for 2009 goes to...

[grumbler]

I did hear on the news tonight that Obama watched an NCAA football game last weekend, so is a shoo-in for the Heisman.  Is there NOTHING that man cannot do?

Poll Question for our prognosticators:  which Academy Award will he win this year?

[BuddhaRhubarb]

hmm tough call. maybe  all of them?

I'd say he's a lock for Fake Documentary and Best Screenplay by a Blogger (Diablo Cody Memorial award)

[Savonarola]

I did hear on the news tonight that Obama watched an NCAA football game last weekend, so is a shoo-in for the Heisman.  Is there NOTHING that man cannot do?

Poll Question for our prognosticators:  which Academy Award will he win this year?

The DW Griffith Lifetime Achievement Award, of course; he deserves nothing less. 

[Neil]

I did hear on the news tonight that Obama watched an NCAA football game last weekend, so is a shoo-in for the Heisman.  Is there NOTHING that man cannot do?

Poll Question for our prognosticators:  which Academy Award will he win this year?

If there's one award more devalued than the Peace Prize, it's the Oscars.

[Viking]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gOy7GLcrP7iQja3yU5Zu4BHMqFdw

Majority of Nobel jury 'objected to Obama prize'

(AFP) – 2 hours ago

OSLO — Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to US President Barack Obama, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported Thursday.

"VG has spoken to a number of sources who confirmed the impression that a majority of the Nobel committee, at first, had not decided to give the peace prize to Barack Obama," the newspaper said.

In a surprise move last Friday, the Nobel committee attributed the Nobel Peace Prize to Obama less than nine months after he had taken office.

The committee, appointed by the Norwegian parliament, honoured Obama for "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

"The committee was unanimous," its influential secretary Geir Lundestad told AFP on Friday.

But Inger-Marie Ytterhorn, who represented the right-wing populist Progress Party on the committee, led the way in objecting to the choice of Obama because she questioned his ability to keep his promises, the newspaper said.

It also said the representative of the Conservative Party, Kaci Kullmann Five, and Aagot Valle, the representative of the Socialist Left, had objections.

The choice for Obama was however strongly supported by committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland and Sissel Roenbeck, both representatives of the Labour Party.

The members of the committee represent their parties but do not sit in Norway's parliament.

"Each year, we start with many candidates and many different points of view and agree as the discussions move along. This year was no exception," Lundestad commented Thursday.

The newspaper quotes Ytterhorn and Five as saying they both supported the committee's final decision.

Obama himself said he was "surprised" and "deeply humbled" by the prize.

[Caliga]

If there's one award more devalued than the Peace Prize, it's the Oscars.

That award officially jumped the shark the year Al Sharpton bitched that not enough African-Americans won Academy Awards, and LIKE MAGIC both Denzel Washington and Halle Berry won the best Actor/Actress awards.

[grumbler]

If there's one award more devalued than the Peace Prize, it's the Oscars.

That award officially jumped the shark the year Al Sharpton bitched that not enough African-Americans won Academy Awards, and LIKE MAGIC both Denzel Washington and Halle Berry won the best Actor/Actress awards.

Yes, certainly neither is talented enough to win on their own. 

[Caliga]

My point is that the Academy had practically ignored the work of African-American actors until that point, and then suddenly they dominate? 

[frunk]

Denzel was awesome in Training Day, I think the performance deserved an award.  Halle Berry, not so much.

[Caliga]

Denzel was awesome in Training Day, I think the performance deserved an award.  Halle Berry, not so much.

I agree on the former and didn't see the latter because I heard it sucked from a friend who did see it.  He said all she basically does in it is spread her legs.

[Viking]

Denzel was awesome in Training Day, I think the performance deserved an award.  Halle Berry, not so much.

I belive Halle Berry got it for showing her undersized caligas.

N.B. 500 years from now etymologists will wonder why boobs and roman shoes have the same etymology.

[grumbler]

My point is that the Academy had practically ignored the work of African-American actors until that point, and then suddenly they dominate? 

Sorry, I thought that you were joking, and was playing along. 

No, I am not tinfoilhatted enough to believe that Rev Al Sharpton controls who gets Academy Awards. Post hoc ergo propter hoc is a logical fallacy.

[Malthus]

N.B. 500 years from now etymologists will wonder why boobs and roman shoes have the same etymology.

... and have their grants revoked for excessive "research". 

[Viking]

N.B. 500 years from now etymologists will wonder why boobs and roman shoes have the same etymology.

... and have their grants revoked for excessive "research". 

It's either that or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1TcJKFB0sY

I'd be up for either job.

[Neil]

No, I am not tinfoilhatted enough to believe that Rev Al Sharpton controls who gets Academy Awards.

Of course not.  Then again, it's not entirely tinfoil to think that the Academy, like many organizations, are prone to react to accusations of racism, at least a little bit, and that might have swayed some of the voters.