Obama is on every frontpage these days, Moore changing his mind, American politicians who mean he ruins his career, Obama’s wife interfere, right wing, left wing – everyone have an opinion.
My personal opinion is that he deserves somekind of prize for just saying that the American army should allow gay people again.
Many think that the Nobel Prize has lost its value, some even mean that next years winner probably will be a Miss Universe/World contestant. Some think it should be possible to withdraw awards, like Arafat or Wiesel – who fought for peoples rights and against racism. But later he fought for the Iraqi war leading to thousands of innocent dying.
Today the Norwegian newspapers write about the Nobel Prize Committee decision and how many of them who were against the decision. 3 of 5 in the Committee was against it. Most likely it was the nuclear downgrading that convinced them.
The newspaper-readers have voted, now its time for the Øblog-readers to vote:
Loading ...I’ve split the vote in two, one for my Norwegian readers and one for the international ones.
This is how the Norwegians vote:
Bør Obama gi fra seg prisen?
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oyvind Reply:
October 11th, 2009 at 22:25
Of course I’ve read your blog, I think a lot of people feel the same way you do and you have lots of people here in Norway who agree with you. I’m glad you haven’t ditched Entrecard yet btw.
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