The Nobel Peace Prize: A Lot of Hatin’ Going On

Is it healthy to have those veins in your neck and forehead popping out like that? I’m not sure I get all the outrage and the need to lash out like this. From one perspective it is an honor of the highest order. From that perspective’s polar opposite it is a ridiculous joke for sissy liberals and ignorant humanitarians. Such is our perpetual state of conflict. I suppose it is life. Could the core of outrage be centered on the unnerving possibility that the liberal/humanitarian movement’s time has come?

There has been an avalanche of news articles and statements  regarding President Obama receiving the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.  All this LOVE is exhausting me. It seems there are many ego’s very upset and spiteful in regard to the power granted the eloquent, charismatic,  black diplomat with his message of hope, peace, and reducing the strangle hold of the power elite, while emphasizing the need to recognize humanity in the formula. Lots of compartmental criticism of his efforts in cleaning up the bevy of catastrophic political/economic cesspools left for him to deal with. But most of all all, this hatin’ showed  an ignorance or indifference to the fact that it is the effort and the movement toward positive or away from negative that, in reality, is all that can be done in matters of war, state and economy much of the time. He is the president of one country not a dictator with supreme power. As a physical culturist and proponent of health and wellness of the collective body-heart-mind-soul, my concern is how this negative energy is health depleting. I’m thinking it may have had a much more beneficial impact on their health if some of those doing the hatin’ had meditated, eaten a healthy meal, got in a light workout and, MAYBE, read the statement from the Nobel Peace Prize committee before spewing their venom.

There were some very uplifting, objective, intellectual thought behind these statements from some of President Obama’s greatest fans:

The Peace Prize Is Damaged Goods…Unlike President Obama, the prize is not only about hope…

Shockingly Glenn Beck felt Obama didn’t deserve the prize. He felt all the love shared by the Tea Party protesters was much more worthy of the distinguished award.

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RedState’s Erick Erickson, showed the strength of his belief in the equality of all men regardless of race, religion or creed. Showing incredible insight, he theorized President Obama must have been selected to meet an “affirmative action quota.” Erickson wrote in the highly original, on-line love journal, redstate.com, ”I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for it.”

“Something has happened here that we all agree with the Taliban and Iran about and that is he doesn’t deserve the award.” — Rush Limbaugh

“Obama will be kicked out in 2012.” This forecast was based on the fact that the Soviet Union collapsed a year after Mikhail Gorbachev won a Nobel Peace Prize – Bill Kristol

You have to really give these brother’s of humanity their props here. They have brought great clarity to the thinly veiled racism and hate mongering that drives their cause and the movement they support. All stories have different versions. Some less dramatic, polite, long time proponents of peace, humanity and faith had a different take on the Nobel committee’s selection:

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a former winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, speaking on Obama’s Nobel selection, stated, ”It is an award that speaks to the promise of President Obama’s message of hope.”

The Dalai Lama, the 1989 winner of  the Nobel Peace Prize, applauded the decision of the Nobel Peace Prize committee. He praised Obama for his efforts in creating a nuclear weapon free world and his “approach towards resolving international conflict through the wisdom and power of dialogue.” He added, “The committee has rightly noted your efforts toward a world without nuclear weapons and your constructive role in environmental protection.”

Former Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, said Obama has already provided outstanding leadership on nuclear non-proliferation. ”He has shown an unshakable commitment to diplomacy, mutual respect and dialogue as the best means of resolving conflicts,” ElBaradei said.