I want to puke... Nobel nomination for Bush & Blair (1 Viewer)

[Stuart Little]

http://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/C/20020204/wnobl02041?hub=homeBN&tf=tgam%2Frealtime%2Ffullstory.html&cf=tgam/realtime/config-neutral&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&slug=wnobl02041&date=20020204&archive=RTGAM&site=F

someone please tell me this is satire...

i have a genuinely funny feeling in my stomach...

 

[rothko]

satire it ain't

this has actually been hinted at since last october.

related articles
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,574808,00.html

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2001/0925/breaking43.htm

 

[anonymous coward]

rothko (05 Feb, 2002 03:57 p.m.):
satire it ain't

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/talking_point/newsid_1801000/1801900.stm

 

[Dan]

The Nobel prize already lost its meaning the day David Trimble got one anyway...I mean the guy who was running round a graveyard like a crazed bigot in Drumcree roaring at cops to let a load of drunken louts march and cause havoc and at one time allied himself with Ian Paisley - Hitler without charisma.

 

[Stephen]

nominating Mr Bush in the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagbladet, said their proposal aimed to make the world think about ways of solving conflicts without a tit-for-tat escalation of violence.

Ha ha ha

afghan/american converter.

1 american is worth approx 3.4 afghans

Where do i get the application form for one of these? Or can I just order over the internet?

 

[simp]

Just bear in mind that "[l]ast year, 136 individuals and groups were nominated." and that any member of the legislature can vote... No matter how off-kilter their world-view...
Also bear in mind that Henry Kissinger won this prize in 1973, and that he's currently being indicted for war crimes...
[For more info check out:
http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/05/18/kissinger/
http://www.harpers.org/online/kissinger_forum/?pg=1
or just put 'kissinger war crime' into Google...]

 

[selephonic]

It was some scandinavian prick that nominated them wasn't it.

Probably looking for Visa or else he's just a big John Wayne fan.

 

[Optimus]

On the plus side, a poll on bbc.co.uk revealed that 76% of the public don't think they should win. But the nobel prize is a bit like the Oscars though isn't it? The people who choose aren't exactly the voice of the people...