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AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY Monday, October 12, 2009


I cannot believe that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize.

For one thing, he hasn't done anything remotely peaceful that makes him deserving of the prize. He hasn't done anything that sets him apart from others. He hasn't closed Guantanamo bay. He hasn't brought North Korea back into the six party nuclear talks. He hasn't solved the problem in Iraq, or the problem in Afghanistan, or the going-to-be-problem in Pakistan.

And so, the million dollar question is, What has Obama done to deserve this prize?

I believe that the warming ties between North Korea and the rest of the world was not a result of Obama's fantastic negotiating skills and peaceful wotchamacallits. Perhaps it's just because Kim Jung Il saw the Bush era ending, and decided, whoever the next president will be, oh heck, I'll just give 'im a ring and tell 'im to get our talks fixed up again. Maybe I'll even kidnap two journalists and release them as a sign of goodwill. I'll pop over to the border now.

Of course, he didn't really think like that. But anyway, the point is that I don't think Obama had anything to do with warming ties. He just happened to be at the right place at the right time.

And his healthcare reform stuff has brought more violence to the world than it has peace. Violence in America, anyway. All your marched protests and stuff are things of the 1960-70 Vietnam war area. It hasn't been seen for ages.

Guantanamo bay? Despite all his big promises, he hasn't done anything. Because after he made his promises, Obama realised that once he closed it, he had nowhere to put the convicts. Is that dumb, or is that dumb?

Perhaps the only things he's done are allowing Cuban relatives in the States and in Cuba to see each other again, and talk with Myanmar. Or maybe Myanmar's just following North Korea's lead. Oh swell, look, another reclusive country's talking with the US. Maybe we should do that too. Yeah, that's wot. Sentence Aung San Suu Kyi to a nice long house arrest ('cause of an American, ain't that ironic?) and wait for some high level bloke to come talk to us, just like Billy Clinton did with NK.

Whatever it is, I'm not convinced that Barack Obama has done enough to deserve the prize.

It should have gone to me.

~Today in history~
1942: Japanese ships retreat after their defeat in the Battle of Cape Esperance with the Japanese commander, Aritomo Gotō dying from wounds suffered in the battle and two Japanese destroyers sunk by Allied air attack.

~Quote of the day~
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
Benjamin Disraeli. Bet you don't know 'im.

~Useless fact of the day~

Over 2500 left-handed people are killed each year because they used products made for right-handed people.


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-Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
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-You can't say civilization isn't advancing; in every war they kill you in a new way.
-War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
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-If you are going through hell...keep going.
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