Comments on: Gee, What A Surprise… http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/ Harangues that just make sense Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:25:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Ragika http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-289932 Ragika Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:52:24 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-289932 The Nobel Price and the Nobel Peace Price is a completely different thing. Among past nominees are Adolf Hitler, Mussolini, Milosevitz...not to mention the winners. If Gore has a little guts he would't accept it. The Nobel Price and the Nobel Peace Price is a completely different thing. Among past nominees are Adolf Hitler, Mussolini, Milosevitz…not to mention the winners.
If Gore has a little guts he would’t accept it.

]]> By: peacewantedster http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-272219 peacewantedster Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:02:46 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-272219 A new book on the web is "The War No More Book" by an anonymous author: A. Surtan Pursan You can read the whole book at TheWarNoMoreBook.net The idea is that wars can't be started if there were a law everywhere, and if it were enforced by arrest, trial and imprisonment upon conviction, that prohibits people from advocating murder of anyone for any reason. How can you start a war without advocating that people be killed? Right now there is no law ANYWHERE against seriously advocating that any number of people be killed. Can an anonymous author win the Nobel Peace Prize? A new book on the web is “The War No More Book” by an anonymous author: A. Surtan Pursan
You can read the whole book at TheWarNoMoreBook.net
The idea is that wars can’t be started if there were a law everywhere, and if it were enforced by arrest, trial and imprisonment upon conviction, that prohibits people from advocating murder of anyone for any reason. How can you start a war without advocating that people be killed? Right now there is no law ANYWHERE against seriously advocating that any number of people be killed.
Can an anonymous author win the Nobel Peace Prize?

]]> By: Common Sense Political Thought » Archives » Breaking News: Al Gore nominated for Nobel Peace Prize! http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-163922 Common Sense Political Thought » Archives » Breaking News: Al Gore nominated for Nobel Peace Prize! Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:56:45 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-163922 [...] Of course, as Justin Levine pointed out, Yassir Arafat, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was a murdering terrorist, with Americans among his victims. Considering how the late Mr Arafat turned down peace when it was offered to him by Israel’s Ehud Barak in January of 2001, one starts to wonder what the criteria for the Peace Prize are. (Past nominees have included such humanitarians as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Le Duc Tho and, of course, “Tookie” Williams.) [...] […] Of course, as Justin Levine pointed out, Yassir Arafat, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was a murdering terrorist, with Americans among his victims. Considering how the late Mr Arafat turned down peace when it was offered to him by Israel’s Ehud Barak in January of 2001, one starts to wonder what the criteria for the Peace Prize are. (Past nominees have included such humanitarians as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Le Duc Tho and, of course, “Tookie” Williams.) […]

]]> By: R Xapt http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-136361 R Xapt Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:28:26 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-136361 Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace prize too. That means it is only given to the very deserving. Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace prize too. That means it is only given to the very deserving.

]]> By: krazy kagu http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-134055 krazy kagu Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:51:07 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-134055 And remember when he died all those UN nations that flew their flags at half-mast and that he was often on american soil in the UN weailding a pistol to standing ovations from those UN wretches And remember when he died all those UN nations that flew their flags at half-mast and that he was often on american soil in the UN weailding a pistol to standing ovations from those UN wretches

]]> By: Attila (Pillage Idiot) http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-133942 Attila (Pillage Idiot) Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:47:07 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-133942 <blockquote>It turns out that the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize murdered a couple of Americans in a terrorist attack.</blockquote> Hey, I always assumed that was part of the reason he got the prize.

It turns out that the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize murdered a couple of Americans in a terrorist attack.

Hey, I always assumed that was part of the reason he got the prize.

]]> By: assistant devil's advocate http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-131351 assistant devil's advocate Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:34:45 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-131351 @actus: teddy roosevelt was my favorite president of the 20th century, no more perfect than i am, but a model of anti-corporatism and pro-environmentalism at a time when there were very few others. @kevin murphy: two thumbs up for yunus, walesa, sakharov, marshall and schweitzer, one and a half thumbs up for king. borlaug's green revolution did have short term benefits, at the cost of spurring overpopulation and creating botanical monocultures which might play out like the irish potato famine. hands in pockets for now. @actus:
teddy roosevelt was my favorite president of the 20th century, no more perfect than i am, but a model of anti-corporatism and pro-environmentalism at a time when there were very few others.
@kevin murphy:
two thumbs up for yunus, walesa, sakharov, marshall and schweitzer, one and a half thumbs up for king.
borlaug’s green revolution did have short term benefits, at the cost of spurring overpopulation and creating botanical monocultures which might play out like the irish potato famine. hands in pockets for now.

]]> By: Kevin Murphy http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-130970 Kevin Murphy Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:51:59 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-130970 There have been worthwhile recipients. The 2006 laureate, Muhammad Yunus, being a perfect example. Lech Wałęsa, Andrei Sakharov, Norman Borlaug, Martin Luther King Jr, George Marshall, and Albert Schweitzer come to mind. Although the list of useless fools and failures seems quite a bit larger. There have been worthwhile recipients. The 2006 laureate, Muhammad Yunus, being a perfect example.

Lech Wałęsa, Andrei Sakharov, Norman Borlaug, Martin Luther King Jr, George Marshall, and Albert Schweitzer come to mind.

Although the list of useless fools and failures seems quite a bit larger.

]]> By: nk http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-130964 nk Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:14:23 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-130964 Of mosquitos. Literally. He saved a lot of lives by drying out swamps. He got the Nobel Prize for brokering peace between Russia and Japan. A silly thing to do, kind of like brokering peace between heynas and jackals. We had to deal with both of them later. Which suports Justin's and my theory of the meaningless of the Nobel Prize. Of mosquitos. Literally. He saved a lot of lives by drying out swamps. He got the Nobel Prize for brokering peace between Russia and Japan. A silly thing to do, kind of like brokering peace between heynas and jackals. We had to deal with both of them later. Which suports Justin’s and my theory of the meaningless of the Nobel Prize.

]]> By: actus http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-130932 actus Fri, 29 Dec 2006 01:37:36 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/12/28/gee-what-a-surprise/#comment-130932 teddy roosevelt also won the prize. Wasn't he a killer too? teddy roosevelt also won the prize. Wasn’t he a killer too?

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