Bush (and Blair) nominated? Now that’s pit-worthy.
Of course, 165 people were nominated this year. Somehow I doubt that Bush was shortlisted.
There are two accepted ways to make reparations for such heinous crimes. You can either make regular posts of exceeding quality and wit for our general amusement for at least a year, or you can take the quick route and buy an indulgence at Cecil’s House o’ Values, which will help to fund our campaign of international terrori… um… ignorance eradication.
Who are we kidding? You’ll never leave. Welcome aboard.
My posts will most certainly exceed something, whether it’s quality will be a judgment reserved for a later time. I do, however, already own all of TSD books and have been reading them for approx. 15 years.
Thanks for all the welcomes.
And now that it is 5am, I should probably head to sleep.
Anyone can be nominated for a Nobel prize. All you have to do basically is have someone submit your name through the formal process. It’s something that would look pretty good on a resume: 2003 - nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
You can’t just get anybody to nominate you. Well, you can, but their letter will be tossed and it won’t count as a formal nomination. Previous NPP winners can nominate people, as can members of national legislatures, and some other groups I can’t remember right now.
Of course, if you’re President or Prime Minister and can’t get some member of your national legislature to nominate you if you ask them to, you’ve got serious problems. (Bush’n’Blair, for the record, were nominated by a Norwegian MP.)
The big question is, does an Iranian winner make invasion of Iran more or less likely? Because it obviously proves they need to improve their human rights, but at the same time, it proves that Moslems can be in favor of human rights and democracy without getting murdered in their sleep by their evil governments.
Damn that Bush, always stealing my limelight. I worked my ass off trying not to win the Nobel Peace Prize, but no-o-o, he’s got to go and not win it for himself!
You really should try to rein in your rather misguided hatred, Ruadh.
Where exactly do you find fault in Trimbles’ efforts prior to him and John Hume being given the award in 1998?
My hatred is quite well guided, thank you very much.
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[1] His OO membership
[2] His association with/ defence of loyalist extremists linked to sectarian assassinations (Billy Abernethy etc)
[3] Drumcree 1995. Enough fucking said.
[4] The fact (suspected at the time but proved with hindsight) that his self-preservation instincts were, and remain, stronger than his interest in peace.
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