Oldog/Newtrick:
I have come to think of the world's most prestigious awards like a Nobel Prize or an Olympic Gold Medal or even an Oscar as something that is bestowed on a person for ACHIEVEMENT.
Like, your Olympic swimmer, Michael Phelps. They didn't give him those gold medals because he SAID he was gonna swim faster than anyone else. They gave him those gold medals because he swam faster than anyone else. I'm not a world class athlete, but I'm going to venture a guess and say that it takes more blood, sweat and tears to actually do the deed, rather than just to proclaim you're gonna do it.
And, if Obama can bring home a Nobel just for what he says he's gonna do, why can't you win a Nobel for not actually saying what you're gonna do. Like, for example, maybe they shoulda given this year's Nobel Peace Prize to the Israeli Air Force cuz everyone knows them Hebes are probably gonna take out Iran's plutonium enrichment facilities, and that'll avoid a major conflict in the future. But, they're not actually SAYING they're gonna do it. They're just not saying they're not gonna do it. Where am I wrong here? Why can't you win a Nobel Peace Prize for blowing up your enemy's weapons making capability? That's clearly one way to avoid a war.
But, I look on the bright side. If they gave the Peace Prize to Barak Obama this year for all that he did to promote world peace, then there's a good chance I'm still in the running for 2010.