2009 Nobel Peace Prize is a kitsch

I guess everybody who watched news already knew that newly elected US president Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

This 2009 Nobel Peace Prize is a kitsch which would rather honor a person achieving nothing than other people who have dedicate their life for peace.
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Israelis, Palestinians wary of Obama the Nobelist
Los Angeles Times - ‎18 minutes ago‎
Both sides in the Mideast conflict worry that President Obama's enhanced prestige as a peacemaker may work to their disadvantage. Israel's Shimon Peres congratulates a fellow laureate. Israeli President Shimon Peres -- who shared the Nobel Peace Prize ...

Arab world gives Nobelist Obama mixed review
Los Angeles Times - Amro Hassan, Meris Lutz - ‎45 minutes ago‎
The Nobel prize-winning American president is given credit for reaching out to Muslims rhetorically, but many in the Arab world see him as having caved in the face of Mideast peace difficulties. A Palestinian in a barbershop chair in predominantly Arab ...

President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Washington Post - ‎47 minutes ago‎
President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his "efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Chairperson of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland, with a picture of President Obama at The ...

How Obama Might Have Received the Nobel News: A Fantasy
Washington Post - Jason Horowitz, Dan Zak - ‎1 hour ago‎
So you're roused from sleep and told you won a Nobel Peace Prize, arguably the loftiest award in the solar system. How do you feel? President Obama was "surprised," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said. ...

Weekend Opinionator: Does the Nobel Hate America?
New York Times - Tobin Harshaw - ‎20 minutes ago‎
As we all know, Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Swell sentiments, but it seems unlikely that anyone will ever apply them ...

Obama's Nobel and His Obligation to Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - Bob Kerrey - ‎2 hours ago‎
In a wonderfully stunning decision, the Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded our president its Peace Prize. They said the award was as much for the hope that he will contribute to a more peaceful world as it was for any specific accomplishment ...

Nobel Prize carries risks as well as benefits for Obama
Chicago Tribune - Greg Miller - ‎47 minutes ago‎
WASHINGTON BUREAU - The gold medallion given to recipients of the Nobel Prize doesn't come with a ribbon, but the award could still end up being a weight around President Obama's neck. Intended to honor how Obama has altered the nation's ...

US reaction to Obama's win of Nobel Peace Prize
The Associated Press - ‎2 hours ago‎
Some US reaction to President Barack Obama's win of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday: ___ "Let me be clear: I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations ...

Obama's Nobel puzzles Pakistanis living close to war
Los Angeles Times - ‎3 hours ago‎
While Obama is seen as an improvement over Bush, many Pakistanis feel the president hasn't done enough to merit the peace prize. They are still wary of Obama and his policies. An effigy of Barack Obama is burned during a protest led by the Islamic ...

Q+A: Is it the Nobel "Peace" or "Political" prize?
Reuters - Patricia Zengerle - ‎4 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday to President Barack Obama, the third prominent US Democrat to win recently, only seemed to reinforce an impression the prize can be as much about politics as ...

Analysis: A great prize, but will it help goals?
The Associated Press - Jennifer Loven - ‎3 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON — Now that he's Nobel laureate Barack Obama, will he find smoother sailing for his plans to rid the world of nuclear weapons, to forge Mideast peace and stabilize Afghanistan, to halt climate change? Not likely. The Nobel committee members ...

Why Should We Care About the Nobel?
Washington Post - Anne Applebaum - ‎1 hour ago‎
Why did they give it to him, did he deserve it, should he have accepted it, who else should have gotten it: The nation is speaking of nothing else except President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. Here is a better question for us to ask ourselves: Why ...

Obama conducts another Afghanistan meeting
USA Today - ‎4 hours ago‎
More than a few folks have noted the irony: President Obama conducting an Afghanistan war council just hours after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. "For Obama, peace in the morning, war in in the afternoon," said a statement from the libertarian Cato ...

Questions and answers about Obama's Nobel surprise
The Associated Press - Karl Ritter, Matt Moore - ‎4 hours ago‎
Why did President Barack Obama win the Nobel Prize? Does it have something to do with Afghanistan? Is the Nobel meant to reward accomplishments, or encourage future actions? What will the president do with the big cash prize? ...

US envoy holds Mideast talks as Obama wins Nobel
The Associated Press - Steve Weizman - ‎5 hours ago‎
JERUSALEM — When President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, his Mideast envoy was hard at work in Jerusalem trying to revive a faltering peace process on which Obama has staked his credibility and that of the United States. ...

Obama, Faced With Two Wars, Wins Peace Prize
Voice of America - ‎1 hour ago‎
THORBJOERN JAGLAND, CHAIRMAN: "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for two thousand nine is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation ...

Obama and the Nobel: He loses by winning
Los Angeles Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Giving the Peace Prize to the president so soon in his term embarrasses him and diminishes the honor. Excessive praise can be both unwelcome and embarrassing. Just ask President Obama, who awoke Friday to discover that he had been awarded the Nobel ...

Illinoisans react to Obama's Nobel prize win
Chicago Tribune - ‎2 hours ago‎
By AP Residents around Illinois reacted Friday to President Barack Obama's 2009 Nobel Peace Prize win. Norwegian Nobel Committee members lauded the change in global mood wrought by Obama's calls for peace and cooperation, and praised his pledges to ...

Could Obama's Nobel Peace Prize have a greater purpose?
Chicago Tribune - ‎3 hours ago‎
President Barack Obama has not solved the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He has not convinced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to play nice with other nations. He has not brokered peace between China and Tibet. But neither had the 14th Dalai Lama ...

Nickels on Obama's Nobel Prize
Seattle Times - Jim Brunner - ‎1 hour ago‎
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels put out a glowing statement today about President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize. "Winning the Nobel Peace Prize is an incredible achievement for President Obama and a truly wonderful moment for the entire nation. ...

Obama Peace Prize Award Elicits Praise, Criticism
Voice of America - Michael Bowman - ‎2 hours ago‎
Global reaction to US President Barack Obama being awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ranges from hearty congratulations to expressions of disbelief and derision. The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognized the president for his work to ...

World reaction to Obama prize
BBC News - ‎3 hours ago‎
People around the world have given their reaction to Barack Obama winning the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) ...

The Nobel Hope Prize
Wall Street Journal - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama yesterday was greeted with astonishment as much as any other emotion, even among many of his admirers. Our own reaction is bemusement at the Norwegian decision to offer what amounts to the world's first ...

Bush aide: Obama's prize is a slap at Bush
Bizjournals.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
A close adviser and aid to former US President George W. Bush said Friday that Barack Obama's selection as a Nobel Peace prize winner is less about substance and more of a reflection of the Committee's preference for a US president that shares the ...

State Department Lauds Obama's Nobel Peace Prize by Making Jab at Bush
FOXNews - Justin Fishel - ‎2 hours ago‎
In a clear dig at former president George W. Bush, the State Department lauded President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize award by saying it's better for the US to have "accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes." In a clear dig at former President George ...

White House Says Not a Partisan Peace Prize
FOXNews - ‎3 hours ago‎
In a stunning announcement, the Norwegian Nobel committee awarded President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Several gasps were audible from the ...

Where's Our Nobel?
Washington Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
You will recall that Time magazine has occasionally given its ???Person of the Year??? award not to individuals but to collectives: Smart, Well-Coiffed Young People; Financiers With Conscience (given collectively because no individual financiers with ...

Obama's Peace Prize: Just Reward Or Premature Recognition?
Voice of America - Gary Thomas - ‎3 hours ago‎
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama came as a surprise to most everyone. Few analysts thought a world leader with less than a year in office would win the world's most prestigious peace award. ...

Mark Russell
Chicago Tribune - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Nobel Committee has bestowed the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 on President Obama and all I can say is, it's about time. Obama was notified that he was the winner when the folks from Publishers Clearing House showed up at his door. ...

World leaders, Nobel laureates offer Obama praise, skepticism
Kansas City Star - Margaret Talev - ‎3 hours ago‎
"I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations ... To be honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the ...