obama Wins Nobel Prize for Something or Other...

2009 Nobel Peace Prize - The Losers

Out of the record number of 205 nominees for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, here are some of those that lost out to obama's gigantic, magnificent, and boundless record of accomplishments...

Greg Mortenson. Son of a missionary, a former army Medic and mountaineer, he has made it his mission to build schools for girls in places where opium dealers and tribal warlords kill people for trying. His Central Asia Institute has built more than 130 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan — a mission which has, along the way, inspired millions of people to view the protection and education of girls as a key to peace and prosperity and progress.

The Cluster Munitions Coalition. An international civil society movement campaigning against the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions. Cluster munitions are a type of explosive weapon widely stockpiled by more than 80 states. They are documented to have caused significant civilian deaths and injuries and have frequently caused indiscriminate effects both during and after conflicts.

Hu Jia, a human rights activist and an outspoken critic of the Chinese government, who was sentenced last year to a three-and-a-half-year prison term for "inciting subversion of state power."

Wei Jingsheng, who spent 17 years in Chinese prisons for urging reforms of China's communist system. He now lives in the United States.

Costco Plans For Food Distruption?!

Costco offering a 1-year supply of food for $799.00, it does seem that prepping has gone mainstream.

Incidentally, the Shelf Reliance food that they are selling is good stuff!

Costco link.

Good Thing This Was Not a Staged Event!

New York Times Article:

White Coats in the Rose Garden, as Obama Rallies Doctors on Health Overhaul

President Obama makes remarks on the need for health insurance reform with doctors from across the country.Doug Mills/The New York Times President Obama speaking on behalf of a health insurance overhaul with doctors from across the country....
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Washington Post Article:

Obama Rallies Doctors

President Obama gathered doctors at the White House Monday for a pep rally in support of his health care reform plans, which he argued would help them spend more time treating patients and less time filling out forms...
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And here are White House staff passing out the white coats... Good thing this was not one of the those staged "astroturf" events!

White House's botched 'op'
NY Post article link.

Chicago "O"ut in Humiliating First Round IOC Vote

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There has been a growing narrative taking hold about Barack Obama’s presidency in recent weeks: that he is loved by many, but feared by none; that he is full of lofty vision, but is actually achieving nothing with his grandiloquence.

Chicago’s dismal showing today, after Mr Obama’s personal, impassioned last-minute pitch, is a stunning humiliation for this President. It cannot be emphasised enough how this will feed the perception that on the world stage he looks good — but carries no heft.

Mr Obama was greeted — as usual — like a rock star by the IOC delegates in Copenhagen — then humiliated by them. Perception is reality. A narrow defeat for Chicago would have been acceptable — but the sheer scale of the defeat was a bombshell, and is a major blow for Mr Obama at a time when questions are being asked about his style of governance.

Times Online story link.

Library Chairs That Follow You Around...

They use an RFID card (Radio-frequency ID) to identify and follow. Once you leave the library checkout line, they return to the wall to dock and charge.

Want to Know What Pissing Away $70 Million Sounds Like?

From Daley plaza, Chicago.

Ssssssssssssilence....

Power and Danger of Iconography