# Clueless Idiots: The Nobel Committee **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175 "2009-10-09T10:53:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/161 "2009-10-09T21:55:52Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Obama himself is unaware of his own efforts toward diplomacy??šŸ˜• > > But yes, I do include ā€œnot paying attentionā€ as an option for some people. Bleah. šŸ˜› Clearly, you are claiming that the _award_ makes sense _because_ of Obamaā€™s efforts towards diplomacy, and those who disagree are partisans (or ā€œnot paying attentionā€). Iā€™m saying that the award comes as a surprise to plenty of people who, well aware of Obamaā€™s ā€œeffortsā€, in no way believe these amount to anything like what ought to be awarded by the Nobel; and indeed, Obama himself allegedly (and quite properly) shares this view. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/162 "2009-10-09T22:03:02Z")
This has been a lot of fun. If I were one of the secret liberal Jewish cabal in charge of Hollywood, Iā€™d totally be setting it up today that Barack Obama wins best director at next yearā€™s Oscars. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/163 "2009-10-09T22:05:03Z")
Go away. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/164 "2009-10-09T22:11:20Z")
Ahh, bupā€™s OK. Heā€™s just kidding. Plus, he liked my book. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/165 "2009-10-09T22:32:26Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > If sheā€™d won, I wouldnā€™t piss on it. Short of a couple of reliable dipshits answering the siren call, I donā€™t think weā€™re seeing _pissing on_ so much as bemusement. Iā€™d love to see Obama win the prize, a few years down the road when his peacemongering credentials are firmly established. Instead, it feels like they gave him the ā€œBest Spiritā€ award reserved for scholastic washouts to make their parents feel less guilty. If itā€™s an advance on his future proficiency, I guess I can understand that. But it sure seems like a white elephant of a gift right now, considering how it plays into exactly the sort of ā€œSt. Obamaā€ bullshit that agitates the idiopunditocracy and makes it _more_ difficult for him to effect meaningful change. Iā€™ve nothing personally against a good potshot at Bush, but letā€™s ensure that our foot isnā€™t positioned squarely behind his empty pumpkin, shall we? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/166 "2009-10-09T22:32:35Z")
Oh come on **elucidator**! It would be freakin hilarious! ā€œAnd the award for best director goes toā€¦ā€ (rustle envelope, pulls card out) ā€œItā€™sā€¦ Barack Hussein Obama!ā€ Forā€¦ A film he is going to do sometime in the future!" ā€œAnd for awesomeness!ā€ \ ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/167 "2009-10-09T22:34:17Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Short of a couple of reliable dipshits answering the siren call, I donā€™t think weā€™re seeing _pissing on_ so much as bemusement. I am seeing copious pissing. The previous post is my cite. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/168 "2009-10-09T22:35:43Z")
Lighten up, Francis. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/169 "2009-10-09T22:36:52Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > I lead a quiet life and donā€™t bother anyone. I can haz a Nobel Peaze Prize? No. I actually believe LOLCATS references should be punishable by death. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/170 "2009-10-09T22:52:12Z")
> [@Michael\_Ellis](#): > > No. I actually believe LOLCATS references should be punishable by death. Shut up or Iā€™ll take away your bukkit. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/171 "2009-10-09T23:11:45Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > I am seeing copious pissing. The previous post is my cite. I say, I say, it was a joke son, a joke. A funny. Work with me here. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/172 "2009-10-09T23:27:04Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > A bunch of soggy-diapered toddlers in perpetual tantrum. The boomers wonā€™t like that! Theyā€™re still youngā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/173 "2009-10-09T23:34:54Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Lighten up, Francis. Hey, Iā€™m the one that can let a good guy win a prize without punching the walls and wailing about the injustice of it all. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/174 "2009-10-09T23:44:40Z")
Obamaā€™s going to donate the 1.2 million Nobel prize to charity. How will the folks on the extreme left/right use this one to smear him? ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/175 "2009-10-09T23:47:47Z")
I was surprised about the award going to Obama, but I think the cited reasoning behind it is fairly sound. Consider me mollified. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/176 "2009-10-09T23:54:06Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Obamaā€™s going to donate the 1.2 million Nobel prize to charity. How will the folks on the extreme left/right use this one to smear him? I was just coming in here to say that I feel sorry for whatever charity he picks. Chances are some pasty white kids are going to show up there dressed as a pimp and ho with a camera in a lapel flower any day now. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/177 "2009-10-09T23:55:16Z")
For some (lunatics) this is going to be the absolute, definitive proof that Obama is the Antichrist. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/178 "2009-10-09T23:59:41Z")
I was surprised by it, but I was not offended or upset by it. Mainly because good things happening to good people doesnā€™t get my panties in a bunch. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/179 "2009-10-10T01:03:43Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > I was surprised by it, but I was not offended or upset by it. Mainly because good things happening to good people doesnā€™t get my panties in a bunch. Straw chafing your knuckles yet? I have a homemade salve youā€™re gonna love. I make it myself! ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175/180 "2009-10-10T01:15:27Z")
I also think that they made a hash of the physics prize. What the fuck do charge coupled devices and fiber optics have to do with each other. Nothing they have nothing to do with each other. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clueless-idiots-the-nobel-committee/513175.md?page=10)