European Union wins the Nobel PEACE Prize

Excellent article in the NY Times, it is really sickening when the Nobel committee is used for petty politics.

Thorbjorn Jagland, a former Norwegian prime minister from the Labor Party who is chairman of the Nobel committee, championed Norway’s last drive for European Union membership, in 1994, but voters rejected the idea. He faced criticism on Friday that he was engaging in politics by honoring the bloc.

“The award is being steered by domestic political motives,” Audun Lysbakken, leader of the Socialist Left Party, said in a statement.
The Socialist Left Party, which often attacks European Union policies, even suggested that Mr. Jagland exploited the sick leave of a Socialist Left committee member, who had suffered a stroke and was therefore not able to argue against the selection. The five-member committee is appointed by Norway’s Parliament to reflect roughly the political makeup of the legislature, currently ruled by a center-left coalition dominated by Labor and which includes the Socialist Left.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/13/w...over-nobel-prize-for-european-union.html?_r=0
 
Yea, no shit. Kissinger, Begin, Arrafat. All people with gross amounts of blood on their hands. Then you have the facetious. Barack Obama essentially won the Nobel Peace prize for not being George W. Bush. Though I certainly do understand and appreciate the sentiment, after all having the nuclear arsenol of the US in the hands of W did scare the hell out of any sane person, still I thought the idea was you actually had to do something yourself to earn the prize. Apparently not.
 
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