It was just confirmed: the International Olympic Committee has approved the inclusion of golf in the 2016 Olympics. Excellent news for many of us, but some aren't so sure...and others flat out hate the idea ...and Jay Busbee at Devil Ball Golf is just wondering where the heck they're going to play?
Barack Obama. OK, he's no pro, but he's a dedicated recreational golfer. One who plays every chance he gets... and, now he's a Nobel Laureate.
Like golf in the Olympics, not everyone approves, but this morning's unexpected announcement is certainly huge news. I'm not sure how this'll affect the President's rumored Sunday visit to the President's Cup but I think we can expect the reaction to this award to be something like... um, the opposite of what happened when the Chief Executive's recent efforts to bring the Olympic Games to Chicago failed.
Get ready for a talk radio rumble.
Can we not sully the good name of golf and golfers like that ? This is one of the most dispicable decisions by the Nobel committee, right there with giving it to Carter. They gave the award based on "potential" ?? Potential for WHAT ? Corruption on the Nobel committee - such a shame.
ReplyDeleteOk Court you're entitled to your opinion, and I respect your right to express it.
ReplyDeleteNow I'll express mine. In my opinion the decision by the Nobel Committee was brilliant, and perfectly reflects the essence of what the Nobel Peace Prize is all about. "Potential" (and admittedly the potential is enormous) is just one factor on which the award was given.
President Obama has already brought extraordinary change to the global landscape and greatly enhanced the possibility for peace. In my opinion Unilateral Cowboy/Bully attitude and behavior of Dick Cheney and the Bush Administration was counter productive and negative, wrought war and torture unnecessarily, and was quite simply immoral.
The fact that both Israeli and Palestinian Leadership praised the Nobel decision speaks volumes. Shimon Peres today said "There are few leaders who have managed to change the atmosphere in the world in such a short time,"
That's what our President received the Nobel Prize for Court. As an American (and as a golfer) I'm proud of our president, Nobel Laureate, Barack Obama.
I feel the Nobel should've gone to Michael Jordan for his superstar effort to keep the peace during Day One of the Presidents Cup.
ReplyDeleteAnd he did so without the aid of Scottie Pippen.
Leave it to TQX to see the light side. I have mixed feelings on both counts. Regarding the Olympics I'm glad golf got it but I have a couple of nieces who play softball and I'm disappointed for them.
ReplyDeleteOn Obama, I think they should have held their horses. I think he'll eventually bring significant changes, I don't see why they had to give him the prize now.
Leave it to Langston to see the mixed-feelings side.
ReplyDeleteJust kidding, Lang Man.
I'm a Big Obama fan, who's doing his very best despite a slew of Republicans to whom serving the people is not a high priority, yet it does seem odd that Obama already won a Nobel and Reagan never did.
Growl - you'll have to prove that thought a little better. The Nobel Prize has never been about "potential" - it is supposed to be about accomplishment.
ReplyDeleteHe has done nothing of substance other than destroy the US Constitution - which he took and oath to protect. He has fostered things like "Cash for Clunkers" which was a huge failure, and we haven't begun to see the fallout when people who bought new cars can't pay the loans. Is Obama going to "forgive" the loans that he doesn't control ? He has sponsored government takeovers of GM and several banking institutions - things he has no authority to do under the Constitution. He and his cabinet have given hundreds of millions of dollars to terrorist countries blindly believing that the money will be used for humanitarian purposes. This country doesn't learn from the past - giving money to tyrants and despots never gets to the people. He has borrowed trillions of dollars that will have to be paid back by future generations of Americans. He wants to force hundreds of millions of people to crawl under the thumb of socialized medicine run by his crew. He campaigned on the promise of "transparency", yet he hasn't posted any of his grand plans as he promised. On the contrary, he has tried to rush his plans through Congress before anybody had a chance to question what he was doing.
These are facts - not feel good "hopes".
So I should probably restate my question - what has he done of a positive nature for THIS country ?
You want another scary thought ? In Obama's acceptance teleprompt, he thanked the committee for acknowledgement of his plans not just for the United States, but for the world.
When did this guy become the leader of the world ? Shivers went up and down my spine.
I'm thrilled golf won an Olympic spot.
ReplyDeleteI didn't immediately see the golf connection to the Nobel Prize, but I'm glad you did Patricia.
In case you think I'm just a meany (and probably a racist since I don't agree with Obama's politics), read this.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6867711.ece
According to an unconfirmed source to be named later, Barack Obama has just been named the next captain of the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup teams, for both the U.S. and International squads, for his remaining years in office.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, he was surprised by the honor.
I hope Obama fails with both teams, on both sides.
ReplyDeleteWhat has he done to earn this distinguished award?? Rather than give the award to Obama, the Oslo committee should have awarded it to the American electorate, for voting for the **hope** of change and peace. But Obama? He hasn't done anything yet. Yeah, I agree: Martin Luther King Jr., Lech Walesa, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu...all former Nobel Peace Prize winners. These people toiled for years and incurred great personal suffering to help bring about peace/make meaningful contributions. What was Mandela thinking--rotting away in a prison for 30 years? He should've just hired some good speech writers and thrown sprinkled metaphors and ambitious intentions around.
ReplyDeleteWhat has Barrack Obama done to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
ReplyDeleteFor the eight years prior to President Obama being elected, we lived in an America that ruled with an iron fist, recklessly.
Barack Obama has already created a new climate in international politics. The way he's talked to adversaries, the way he's emphasized the need for diplomacy in engaging the rest of the world, I think this is important and this is what the world and the Nobel committee welcomed.