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52. Maybe they should listen to the Nobel Prize Committee.

"The Norwegian Nobel committee, which awards the peace prize, dismissed the criticism. 'We always knew that there were too many events in the programme. Obama has to govern the US and we were told early on that he could not commit to all of them,' said Geir Lundestad, secretary of the committee.

"Although Obama will not lunch with King Harald, he will see him on a visit to the royal palace."


Sounds like the Nobel Prize Committee is composed of a bunch of neo-con warmongers carrying water for their Messiah.
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  -Nobel peace prize: Norwegians incensed over Barack Obama's snubs Bluebear  Dec-10-09 09:55 AM   #0 
  - I'm incensed over lutefisk.  postulater   Dec-10-09 09:56 AM   #1 
  - You'll love this then....it's #4  sailor65   Dec-10-09 10:13 AM   #24 
  - Oh man, that list makes haggis look like apple pie.  postulater   Dec-10-09 10:22 AM   #41 
  - OMG!  inna   Dec-10-09 02:09 PM   #131 
  - I just put that link on my Facebook page.  Sheltiemama   Dec-10-09 08:47 PM   #155 
  - Punish Obama by making him smell that stuff  Raine   Dec-10-09 07:28 PM   #152 
  - what a total fuckwad thing to do...  dysfunctional press   Dec-10-09 09:57 AM   #2 
  - what the hell, why is Obama turning down a lunch with their King?  bdamomma   Dec-10-09 09:58 AM   #3 
  - I've heard some folks say it was to battle his falling approval numbers back home  derby378   Dec-10-09 10:12 AM   #22 
  - Oh well, that makes it OK.  NoUsername   Dec-10-09 10:22 PM   #162 
  - Apprarently there is a "Royal Visit" with the King, just not doing the lunch.  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:25 AM   #46 
  - What can he do? He was late for the climate summit.  Deep13   Dec-10-09 10:00 AM   #4 
  - yeah that must be it.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 10:01 AM   #5 
  - yea, that could be it, he is expected to be in Copenhagen.  bdamomma   Dec-10-09 10:20 AM   #35 
  - and were he to attend these events, the people on this thread bitching,  dionysus   Dec-10-09 10:01 AM   #6 
  - Yes, everyone would "bitch" about him attending a children's event promoting peace. You're right.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 10:02 AM   #7 
  - He's politicizing childhood!  Deep13   Dec-10-09 10:04 AM   #11 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-10-09 10:06 AM   #15 
  - HOW DARE OBAMA WASTE TIME ON THESE FRIVOLOUS SELF-AGGRANDIZING EVENTS AND PHOTO-OPS  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:12 AM   #23 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-10-09 10:13 AM   #25 
  - Exactly. Can't have have him promoting peace when he's accepting  NoUsername   Dec-10-09 10:12 PM   #160 
  - I would not have blown off the king...  Deep13   Dec-10-09 10:03 AM   #9 
  - If he feels hypocritical  JonQ   Dec-10-09 10:06 AM   #14 
  - The whole thing is a no win situation for him.  Deep13   Dec-10-09 10:16 AM   #28 
  - There are other options  JonQ   Dec-10-09 10:27 AM   #49 
     - I mean that Norway would have been in the position...  Deep13   Dec-10-09 10:39 AM   #53 
        - They could have given it to no one then  JonQ   Dec-10-09 11:08 AM   #81 
           - Yeah, they could have given it to any one of a lot of people.  Deep13   Dec-10-09 11:38 AM   #94 
              - I think more it was a recognition  JonQ   Dec-10-09 12:17 PM   #108 
              - Yeah, that's what I meant.  Deep13   Dec-10-09 12:41 PM   #109 
              - Maybe they were just suckered the way we were  dflprincess   Dec-10-09 09:25 PM   #158 
  - Good question!  sushi   Dec-10-09 10:44 PM   #165 
  - He's meeting with the king, having a "royal visit"  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:18 AM   #32 
     - Oh, so what's all the complaining about, then? nt  Deep13   Dec-10-09 10:21 AM   #38 
        - I guess there is usually 3 days worth of stuff to do, Concerts as guest of honor, etc etc  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:26 AM   #47 
  - +1 n/t  malaise   Dec-10-09 10:04 AM   #10 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-10-09 10:08 AM   #20 
  - nonsense  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 10:54 AM   #64 
  - +1  HuckleB   Dec-10-09 11:27 AM   #90 
  - So how come Chuckie Todd  malaise   Dec-10-09 10:03 AM   #8 
  - But they are meeting.  SIMPLYB1980   Dec-10-09 10:05 AM   #12 
  - "Obama has to govern the US"  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:08 AM   #19 
  - Me too. No need to be rude,  SIMPLYB1980   Dec-10-09 10:10 AM   #21 
  - no lunch but meeting with the King that's fair enough.  bdamomma   Dec-10-09 10:23 AM   #44 
  - Is this trip considered 'state business'?  Gidney N Cloyd   Dec-10-09 10:05 AM   #13 
  - I would expect that my president would pay his respects to a head of state  CTyankee   Dec-10-09 10:23 AM   #43 
  - Need to get back to Copenhagen and the US, I guess  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:07 AM   #16 
  - The flight from Oslo to Copenhagen is less than an hour n/t  FreeState   Dec-10-09 10:18 PM   #161 
  - They only feel that way because they're racist  JonQ   Dec-10-09 10:07 AM   #17 
  - Yeah!!  Deep13   Dec-10-09 10:17 AM   #30 
  - Oh, shut up! You just want Sarah Palin to be President.  racaulk   Dec-10-09 10:07 AM   #18 
  - Maybe just likes seeing the words "INCENSED" and "OBAMA" in the same sentence.  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:15 AM   #27 
  - when i worship at my obama altar i like to burn incense  dionysus   Dec-10-09 10:18 AM   #31 
     - I hear the Obama gods respond best to "Campfire Memories" incense  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:20 AM   #36 
  - At least she'd protect us from witch craft.  Deep13   Dec-10-09 10:19 AM   #34 
     - BURN HER!!!  racaulk   Dec-10-09 10:21 AM   #39 
        - Those teabaggers turn quickly, don't they.  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:27 AM   #48 
  - How do they feel about him escalating war while accepting an award for peace?  Romulox   Dec-10-09 10:14 AM   #26 
  - Nobel committee was aware of his campaign promises when they made the award  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:16 AM   #29 
  - +100  SIMPLYB1980   Dec-10-09 10:21 AM   #37 
  - As I said in another thread, that's *check* and *mate*, Nobel Committee. nt  Romulox   Dec-10-09 10:21 AM   #40 
  - whoa, you just showed the nobal committee all right!!  dionysus   Dec-10-09 10:55 AM   #66 
  - Then they made a mistake and can't claim ignorance as a defense  JonQ   Dec-10-09 10:24 AM   #45 
  - Yeah. Wait till they get a load of the escalation carnage!  JVS   Dec-10-09 10:51 AM   #62 
  - That's bizarre. Why would he do (all) that? Is the U.S. telling the world to fuck off, like Bushco?  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 10:19 AM   #33 
  - Help me, I really don't understand the impulse to ascribe the WORST POSSIBLE MOTIVES  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 10:23 AM   #42 
     - .  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 10:29 AM   #50 
        - so rational explanations make you puke? do you have an ulcer or something?  dionysus   Dec-10-09 10:39 AM   #54 
        - Both these replies make no sense. Yes, that's sickening. All the bravado for a buncha  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 10:48 AM   #58 
           - gimme a break, like you really give a shit if obama has lunch with the norwegian king or anything  dionysus   Dec-10-09 10:51 AM   #61 
              - actually  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 10:56 AM   #71 
        - LOL I thought DU was a discussion board, not a Vomiting Smilie Emoticon "chat room"  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 12:04 PM   #102 
           - There's no discussion going on in here.  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 12:06 PM   #104 
              - You said it. And damn the Norwegians for being senstive & damn the Brits for reporting it.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 01:30 PM   #114 
                 - Tradition. Who needs it?  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 01:40 PM   #125 
  - Get used to it.  roody   Dec-10-09 10:30 AM   #51 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-10-09 10:40 AM   #55 
  - Maybe they should listen to the Nobel Prize Committee.  ieoeja   Dec-10-09 10:35 AM   #52 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-10-09 12:43 PM   #110 
     - LOL  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 01:25 PM   #113 
     - ---  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 03:14 PM   #140 
        - Why in the world would the mods have deleted that?  ieoeja   Dec-11-09 12:41 PM   #166 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-10-09 10:42 AM   #56 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-10-09 10:44 AM   #57 
  - Don't undermine yourself.  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 10:50 AM   #59 
     - I don't have to explain anything......  FrenchieCat   Dec-10-09 10:54 AM   #65 
     - No you don't  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 11:01 AM   #74 
     - Careful, she will say you are calling Obama a janitor.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 01:31 PM   #116 
     - 'folks here are so busy shitting on our President' hahaha...damn sensitive Norwegians.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 01:31 PM   #115 
     - I don't think a currently-sitting President has three days to devote to being feted.  TwilightGardener   Dec-10-09 10:55 AM   #70 
        - A reasonable point. Perhaps a few more events could be fit into the day?  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 11:08 AM   #80 
           - He has somewhere he has to be. He's probably the busiest person in the world.  TwilightGardener   Dec-10-09 11:12 AM   #84 
              - Yeah, whatever dude. The Norsks'll get over it. Big whoop.  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 11:35 AM   #92 
                 - Must...find...fault... somewhere, somehow...  TwilightGardener   Dec-10-09 11:41 AM   #95 
                    - and then there are those  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 11:58 AM   #99 
  - Meh, Obama is in a tough spot here.  AndrewP   Dec-10-09 10:51 AM   #60 
  - No "meh" about it. It is called protocol.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 01:32 PM   #117 
     - Meh  AndrewP   Dec-10-09 01:49 PM   #127 
        - Simple.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 06:33 PM   #150 
  - He wants out because the longer he's over there basking in the light of the "peace prize"  whatchamacallit   Dec-10-09 10:51 AM   #63 
  - He actually just gave an entire speech on that topic......  FrenchieCat   Dec-10-09 10:55 AM   #68 
     - Ah... another good speech... Well that changes everything!  whatchamacallit   Dec-10-09 11:17 AM   #85 
        - If you didn't bother to listen,  FrenchieCat   Dec-10-09 11:26 AM   #88 
           - Well, If doing something in the service of peace = more war  whatchamacallit   Dec-10-09 11:35 AM   #91 
              - No one person is perfect, as humanity is not perfect.......  FrenchieCat   Dec-10-09 11:51 AM   #97 
                 - Wow Frenchie, interesting perspective there  whatchamacallit   Dec-10-09 01:10 PM   #112 
  - I read he's the first sitting president who's won and actually showed up to accept  ErinBerin84   Dec-10-09 10:55 AM   #67 
  - Shame maybe?  VMI Dem   Dec-10-09 10:55 AM   #69 
  - Could someone please tell me why we're not even capable of discussing this at all  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 10:58 AM   #72 
  - your idea of a good thread would for us all to join hands and declare how awful obama is.  dionysus   Dec-10-09 11:01 AM   #73 
     - Nonsense  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 11:02 AM   #75 
        - roffle.  dionysus   Dec-10-09 11:03 AM   #77 
  - I really couldn't care less. Good for Obama, he has more important things to be doing. n/t  Unvanguard   Dec-10-09 11:02 AM   #76 
  - Screw the Norwegians, eh? Collect your million $ and begone.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 01:33 PM   #118 
  - There used to be an office of protocol that at one time that advised Presidents  Cleita   Dec-10-09 11:04 AM   #78 
  - We can't afford one, and after all of the mistakes that the U.S. has made  FrenchieCat   Dec-10-09 11:07 AM   #79 
  - Nobody is damning Obama. He can't, by himself, maneuver through the world  Cleita   Dec-10-09 11:26 AM   #89 
     - Pluease.......  FrenchieCat   Dec-10-09 11:56 AM   #98 
        - FrenchieCat.  Cleita   Dec-10-09 01:03 PM   #111 
           - All my posts indicate that Obama is an imperfect person,  FrenchieCat   Dec-10-09 01:47 PM   #126 
  - Nah, skip that. He just needs a drive up window to pull up in the Beast and grab the statue  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 11:09 AM   #82 
  - blah blah blah...i want lunch with Obama too!  spanone   Dec-10-09 11:09 AM   #83 
  - How ridiculous are you, posting bullshit tears in teacup news?  FrenchieCat   Dec-10-09 11:19 AM   #86 
  - You don't see how one-note your accusations seem, either  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 11:37 AM   #93 
  - I'm in a thread filled with one note superficial unrealistic accusations about  FrenchieCat   Dec-10-09 11:58 AM   #100 
     - not entirely  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 12:08 PM   #105 
  - PWND!  SIMPLYB1980   Dec-10-09 12:03 PM   #101 
  - Hardly.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 01:34 PM   #121 
  - Oh good on another Ignore!  SIMPLYB1980   Dec-10-09 01:37 PM   #124 
     - Self portrait?  Forkboy   Dec-10-09 04:33 PM   #149 
  - 2006 just called.  spoony   Dec-10-09 10:30 PM   #164 
  - WOW the King looks OVERJOYED to see Obama. Must be the Norwegian facial expression for "incensed"  emulatorloo   Dec-10-09 12:10 PM   #107 
  - get some psychological help. You really need it.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 01:33 PM   #119 
  - jeez, what a ridiculous post.  inna   Dec-10-09 02:44 PM   #136 
  - That king is so fugging incensed  malaise   Dec-10-09 03:16 PM   #141 
  - Right??! If he looked any happier to see the Pres, he'd have a damn ice cream cake in his hands!  Number23   Dec-10-09 09:13 PM   #157 
  - Your anger is way out of proportion to the post  spoony   Dec-10-09 10:28 PM   #163 
  - no courtesy  katkat   Dec-10-09 11:22 AM   #87 
  - That's right  hileeopnyn8d   Dec-10-09 02:35 PM   #135 
     - get a grip  katkat   Dec-10-09 03:06 PM   #137 
        - Capricia Penavic Marshall  katkat   Dec-10-09 03:58 PM   #142 
  - That Nobel Peace Prize committee didn't know who they were dealing with!  marshall   Dec-10-09 11:41 AM   #96 
  - Hey the Norwegians are "incensed"! Isn't that enough?  omega minimo   Dec-10-09 12:09 PM   #106 
  - Did he refuse the million dollar prize too? You know, just to flip Norway off?  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 01:36 PM   #123 
  - He is attending the dinner n/t  malaise   Dec-10-09 12:05 PM   #103 
  - Why are people posting material from a notorious right wing source like The Guardian?  QC   Dec-10-09 01:34 PM   #120 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Dec-10-09 01:35 PM   #122 
  - The Guardian is not right wing at all  malaise   Dec-10-09 01:49 PM   #128 
  - I'm being sarcastic is all.  QC   Dec-10-09 02:10 PM   #132 
     - It may be the Guardian  hileeopnyn8d   Dec-10-09 02:26 PM   #134 
     - Peace  malaise   Dec-10-09 03:13 PM   #138 
  - Maybe you're thinking The Telegraph?...  inna   Dec-10-09 01:58 PM   #130 
     - See above. ;-)  QC   Dec-10-09 02:10 PM   #133 
  - interesting...  inna   Dec-10-09 01:56 PM   #129 
  - Well, he does have a day job  gratuitous   Dec-10-09 03:13 PM   #139 
  - he is kind of busy  jtylerpittman   Dec-10-09 04:02 PM   #143 
  - He's got too much on his plate for partying  treestar   Dec-10-09 04:02 PM   #144 
  - Or For Helping Gays!  Toasterlad   Dec-10-09 04:25 PM   #145 
  - Given the Fact That He Certainly Doesn't DESERVE the Prize...  Toasterlad   Dec-10-09 04:26 PM   #146 
  - That doesn't sound very peaceful...  Deja Q   Dec-10-09 04:28 PM   #147 
  - People would be mad at Obama if he shopped at BJ's over  CBR   Dec-10-09 04:31 PM   #148 
  - Yes, so maligned and misunderstood.  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 06:34 PM   #151 
  - When the corporate masters pull the yo-yo back in that means its time to go!  BeHereNow   Dec-10-09 07:35 PM   #153 
  - He should not respect a friggin monarchy!  usregimechange   Dec-10-09 07:47 PM   #154 
  - Then he should return the check :)  Bluebear   Dec-10-09 09:01 PM   #156 
  - Skoal!  Major Hogwash   Dec-10-09 09:41 PM   #159 
  - The other Guardian article on the visit.  HuckleB   Dec-11-09 12:43 PM   #167 
  - I imagine it is uncomfortable.  mmonk   Dec-11-09 12:46 PM   #168 
  - don't know how to behave. /nt  dusmcj   Dec-11-09 01:08 PM   #169 
  - How ridiculous. He's busy!  goldcanyonaz   Dec-11-09 01:10 PM   #170 
 

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