Why Obama Should Turn Down the Nobel Prize - Barack Obama - Gawker

"Why Obama Should Turn Down the Nobel Prize"

Hey, I can't defend Obama's selection as this year's laureate, but he is actually more deserving than many previous winners. Remember this is an award that has been given to those noted hippie peaceniks Yassir Arafat and Hammerin' Hank Kissinger. Compared to those guys, Obama has actually contributed passively to peace - by not bombing the shit out of anyone.

Having said that, I'll add that Obama could use a high-profile refusal as a means to raise the standard of the prize from the current depth to which it has fallen. In fact, the irony is that the act of refusing the prize would be the greatest thing he could do to actually merit the prize, since it would very publicly force the committee to consider giving future prizes to those who actually make some significant contribution to peace!