o'noble - Path To The 'Peace Prize', In 12 Day's!

From: thy Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009

... still scratching our heads over what he did to win the peace prize.

Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize last week.  Over the last decade the only requirement to win the prize was that the nominee had to be critical of George W. Bush (see Al Gore, Mohamed ElBaradei and Jimmy Carter).

President Obama has broken new ground here.  Nominations to win the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ended February 1.  The President took office only 12 days earlier on January 20.

Let's take a look at the President's first 12 days in office from his publicized schedule to see what he did to deserve a Nobel Peace Prize:

January 20: Went to a parade.  Partied.

January 21: Asked bureaucrats to re-write guidelines for information requests.  Held an "open house" party at the White House.

January 22:  Signed Executive Orders:  Executive Branch workers to take ethics pledge; Re-affirmed Army Field Manuel Techniques for Interrogations; Expressed desire to close Gitmo (how's that working out?);

January 23:  Ordered the release of federal funding to pay for abortions in foreign countries.  Lunch with Joe Biden; met with Tim Geithner.

January 24: Budget meeting with economic team.

January 25:  Skipped church.

January 26:  Gave speech about jobs and energy.  Met with Hillary Clinton.  Attended Geithner swearing in ceremony.

January 27:  Met with Republicans.  Spoke at a clock tower in Ohio.

January 28:  Economic meetings in the morning, met with Defense secretary in the afternoon.        

January 29:  Signed Ledbetter Bill overturning US Supreme Court decision on lawsuits over wages.  Party in the State Room.  Met with Biden.

January 30:  Met economic advisors.  Gave speech on Middle Class Working Families Task Force.  Met with senior enlisted military officials.

January 31: Took the day off.

February 1:  Skipped church.  Threw a Super Bowl party.

So there you have it.  The short path to the Nobel Peace Prize:  Party, go to meetings, skip church, abort some fetuses, party some more.

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