The Downfall of Icons
October 12th 2007 10:22
There was a time, not that many years ago, when the names UN and Nobel had some meaning. The UN was looked up to as the international savior in times of strife and war. If a country had a problem too big for them to handle alone, they called the UN and like the knights of old, it arrived to save the day. Under Kofi Annan, of course, a multitude of chinks began to appear in the UN armor. Their lack of concern for real emergencies while spending millions to refurbish their own buildings, their inability to resolve actual problems, their support of terrorism (by doing nothing to stop it), all these things and more made the UN an international laughing stock. And a pricey one, at that. They are now reduced to a very expensive and foolish debating society, incapable of action.
Wining a Nobel Prize for Anything used to be an honored achievement. It's stature was reduced when Jimmy Carter recieved his award. Sadly, I, like most people thought it was just a little treat for a man whose entire life had been mediocre. His presidency was pathetic, to say the least. It seemed like the well-meaning Nobel Committee was simply making nice (and had no one else to give the Award to that year!) The Nobel Committee has now joined the ranks of the UN as a ptitful shadow of it's former self.
Al Gore being given the Peace Prize is tantamount to giving Kim Jong Il or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a Humanitarian Award! Next, they'll be giving out their formerly valuable Prizes to cats for using their litter boxes! No, wait, if the cat uses his litter box, he has at least earned recognition for doing something right, huh?
Wining a Nobel Prize for Anything used to be an honored achievement. It's stature was reduced when Jimmy Carter recieved his award. Sadly, I, like most people thought it was just a little treat for a man whose entire life had been mediocre. His presidency was pathetic, to say the least. It seemed like the well-meaning Nobel Committee was simply making nice (and had no one else to give the Award to that year!) The Nobel Committee has now joined the ranks of the UN as a ptitful shadow of it's former self.
Al Gore being given the Peace Prize is tantamount to giving Kim Jong Il or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a Humanitarian Award! Next, they'll be giving out their formerly valuable Prizes to cats for using their litter boxes! No, wait, if the cat uses his litter box, he has at least earned recognition for doing something right, huh?
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Comment by S.L. Bradish
I was embarrassed by Pres. Bush giving Gore congratulations. It was the polite thing to do, I suppose, but it made him look foolish, nonetheless.
Comment by Jim Stillman
There are those already who are saying the Academy Award and Nobel prize are illegitimate and that Gore should return both.
And there are those who believe all sorts of absurdities. As Calvin Trillin noted:
God made us all. Pow! Just like that.
It could be worse. We still don't know
How many think the Earth is flat.
Comment by S.L. Bradish
If Dick Cheney made the public ass of himself that Gore has over his non-existant Glo-bull (dookey) his wife would probably have him committed.
I don't always agree with the President, either, Jim. When he tries to please the libs/dems and doesn't follow his principles, I get annoyed with him. The amnesty garbage leaps to mind. He knows it's a stupid idea, but lets the left shove him in their direction. It seems that he sometimes actually believes them when they offer an "olive branch" if he'll just let them get away with more destructive plans for the country. They let him down every time, of course. His basic decency and intergrity keep him from seeing the phonies for what they are.