# obama wins nobel peace prize....what is the sound of a right-wing head exploding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 9, 2009, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172 "2009-10-09T09:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/421 "2009-10-11T21:15:27Z")
It’s a bad joke. That said, Obama didn’t nominate himself. What’s he supposed to do, say no? I’m no fani of his and he really hasn’t done much of anything to warrant this or really much of any of the praise he receives. Still, he just has to accept and move on. It wasn’t like he was lobbying for it. Give a cool speech, donate the money to charity and move on I say. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/422 "2009-10-12T19:51:40Z")
[This headline](http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-fails-to-win-nobel-prize-in-economics-2009-10-12) cracked me up. Just thought I’d share it. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/423 "2009-10-12T20:05:39Z")
PLOOM! FLISHHHHHHH dolp dolp dolp ---
**Author:** ![Anduril](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Anduril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduril)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/424 "2009-10-12T20:58:37Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > You can be a “liberal” and \*still \*get your talking points from the Right-wing outlets. One does not necessarily preclude the other. You’re right. Not that it matters. I don’t get my talking points from Right-Wing outlets. For some strange reason, I seem to prefer posting my own thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/425 "2009-10-12T23:41:55Z")
You’re probably addicted to the wild enthusiasm with which they are greeted. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/426 "2009-10-13T00:45:19Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > [This headline](http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-fails-to-win-nobel-prize-in-economics-2009-10-12) cracked me up. Just thought I’d share it. It would crack you up. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/427 "2009-10-13T01:32:07Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > It would crack you up. Yeah, funny things crack me up. So, you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/428 "2009-10-13T01:34:38Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Yeah, funny things crack me up. So, you’re right. He probably should have won that one. the peace prize remains to be seen whether he merits it. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/429 "2009-10-13T01:41:41Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > He probably should have won that one. the peace prize remains to be seen whether he merits it. If it remains to be seen, he doesn’t deserve it yet. And having him be _more_ deserving of winning another prize is hardly a reasonable metric. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/430 "2009-10-13T02:09:08Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > having him be _more_ deserving of winning another prize is hardly a reasonable metric. I got your reasonable metric, right here: [They Threw Flowers In Baghdad (For Obama)](http://www.peachpundit.com/2008/07/23/they-threw-flowers-in-baghdad-for-obama/) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/431 "2009-10-13T02:22:31Z")
Did you read the comments section? You don’t realize how good we got it here on the boards until you see how the riff-raff go about things. However, at the end there is the finest example of a thermonuclear slap-down as ever I’ve seen! Screwed, blued, and tatooed. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/432 "2009-10-13T02:56:17Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > I got your reasonable metric, right here: > > [They Threw Flowers In Baghdad (For Obama)](http://www.peachpundit.com/2008/07/23/they-threw-flowers-in-baghdad-for-obama/) > > 😉 They were rooting for a fellow Muslim, good for them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/433 "2009-10-13T03:05:04Z")
The Military and State Department is full of Muslim’s?? Who knew??? -XT ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/434 "2009-10-13T07:03:02Z")
Actually the last time I drank the Obama Kool Aid, a huge Obama-shaped pitcher of Kool Aid came crashing through my living room, exclaiming **"OH YEAH!!!"** Fucked up my parent’s couch and drywall. What an asshole. Next time, I’m going with Hawaiian Punch. Wait… ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/435 "2009-10-13T13:10:20Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > … And I guess if we take their silence to mean that they do want help (or the few that manage to get out of hancuffs of their culture, religion, etc) … This one really bothers me. To justify the Iraq fiasco by suggesting that we were somehow morally duty bound to rescue the Iraqi people from \*their own culture and/or religion \*displays an arrogance, an insensitivity, and an extreme version of ethnocentricism that I thought was (today at least) reserved for those few people who bear the name Cheney. Frightening, really. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/436 "2009-10-13T13:40:11Z")
> [@Anduril](#): > > You’re right. Not that it matters. I don’t get my talking points from Right-Wing outlets. For some strange reason, I seem to prefer posting my own thoughts. That’s what they _want_ you to think. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/437 "2009-10-13T14:25:54Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > The reason so many have been killed is because the rest of the world sat on its ass. If we put 1 million troops, or 2 million, made up of all the nations of the world and they all contributed to the rebuilding effort no where near the amount of people would have been killed and Iraq wouldn’t be the shithole it is today. But we all want ‘peace’ which essentially means that we don’t give a rats ass on how the other poor bugger has to live as long as we don’t have to do anything. I am spluttering away here. I really don’t know how to even begin to respond to a post of such blatant, open minded pig stupidity. You lit the house on fire, and now when it stands burning its the fault of “everyone else” because they don’t send enough firemen to fight it for you? Even when they begged you not to play with matches, they pleaded with you to throw away the lighter, they even took away all the flamable liquids from you they could - they did everything to stop you bar locking you into a straight jacket its still their fault for not doing enough. Just where exactly do you get your ideas, and can I please subscribe to your newsletter? Our office needs some good comedy to read from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/438 "2009-10-13T14:56:07Z")
> [@Anduril](#): > > Juxtapose Obama’s winning the Nobel peace prize and the recent SNL parody and you could see why for a lot of people, it crystallized the idea that even when he hasn’t accomplished anything, his fans will always adore him. This is not unique to Obama. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/439 "2009-10-13T15:23:00Z")
[The idea of Obama](http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/10/13/tomo/) strikes again! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172/440 "2009-10-13T16:49:37Z")
I don’t think he should have won it. We are in 2 wars and he is discussing escalation in Afghanistan. That just does not seem very peaceful to me. We never discuss the contractors he already has in Afghanistan. He still is paying tons to the Blackwaters to wreak havoc and terrify the populace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172.md?page=23)