Russell Twyce

Alfred Nobel would be Ashamed of the Nobel Prize Committee

The (not so noble) Nobel Committee said it gave the prize to Obama for his “efforts to strengthen international diplomacy,” his “vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons” and for inspiring hope and creating “a new climate in international politics.”

But a behind the scenes quote sums it up better: “If we give Obama the prize, then he might reward Scandinavia with some of his multi-billion dollar bail out money.”

“Who, Obama? So fast? Too fast,” said the winner of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, Lech Walesa, “he hasn’t had the time to do anything yet.”

“It’s never too soon to make a grab at the big pile of cash that Obama is stealing from the future.” A Nobel Foundation official muttered under his breath in response. “We don’t have to worry because the pro-corruption media will spin this blatantly political patronage prize award as an enlightened choice and people will be too stupid to object or think about it for themselves.

What kind of political / economic brownie points could the Nobel Foundation have gotten from giving the the Prize to the long-dead Winston Churchill – who was famous for his war efforts anyways. In the ‘Peace’ category, Neville Chamberlain might’ve been a better selection than Churchill anyways.

In light of Obama’s receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, I’m thinking that perhaps, it should be renamed to the Nobel Foundation’s ‘Piece-of-the-Action’ Prize.