Posts Tagged ‘2009 nobel peace prize.’

Recognized Abroad and Disrespected At Home

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Martti Ahtisaari

Shirin Ebadi

Lech Walesa

Do you know who those three people are and what they have in common?  If so, what I’m about to say probably isn’t for you and/or doesn’t apply to your opinion.  If you don’t know who they are and what they have in common, keep reading.

“during the preceding year [...] shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.”

I would guess that by now those who don’t know who the three people above are have guess that they are past winners of the Nobel peace prize.  If Alfred Nobel had specific criteria for deciding the winner of his award, who are we (Americans) to question whether our leader deserves it?  Most people probably can’t name 5 previous winners, but have a negative opinion about Obama winning it.

President Obama did NOT will this award – Barack H. Obama won this award and since it isn’t decided within our country it has nothing to do with the prejudice and racial climate here in the USA…thank God!

I know what side I’m on and it has nothing to do with race, but everything to do with what is right.  I’m on our white president’s side; you might know who he is.  His name is Barack H. Obama.  Yes, he is as much a white president as he is a black president, but people don’t see it this way.

It is a “one drop” thing.  One drop of black blood makes someone black in America.  I think this is the reason Obama is criticized so much.  I anticipate people will continue to say it is about his politics instead of the color of his skin, but I would say I’m not stupid and just stop it!  Stop trying to push this off as anything other than what it really is: a race issue.  It is resentment for a black man holding the highest office in the land.  But he is only a black man, in America, because his white genes, blood and flesh have been tainted.

I would classify Americans into three broad categories: racists, dreamers and realists.  Racists are self-explanatory and deserve none of my time.  Dreamers think race doesn’t play a part in what goes on in America, they think people play the race card too much, blah blah blah.  Realists look at things realistically – this is the category I want to be part of.

At times almost every category, race and group are wrong/bad/inferior.  I have a real problem when someone says, thinks and acts otherwise.

I bet someone has looked up how they can vote for the Nobel peace prize to prevent this atrocity from happening again.  LOL.