Woah

[heidi]

They just awarded Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize.

Has it ever been given to a head of state within 9 months of his or her taking office?

Oh, the right wingers' heads will explode! Can't wait to see how this is covered. Were there any rumors of this beforehand? And is a nobel better than bringing Olympics to Chicago?

(and since I'm being political, kudos to both Florida's senators for voting for Franken's bill that would strip govt contracts from companies that require binding arbitration for employees who are sexually assaulted at work. The 30 republicans who voted against it? I have no words for their vile-ness.)

(btw, still have not seen Show. I had a sleepless kid from 915 thru 230 am last night. No spoilers, please - except I know who the Guest Star was.)

Comments

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

Are we like the only people awake squeeing about this?! :D

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's amazing.

What did they base it on?

Edit: Oops, sorry. That should of course have been a reply to pinkfinty's post and not your comment. Sorry about that *embarrassed smiley*

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

It seems a strong component was switching US foreign policy from WE WILL BOMB YOU to Hi! Let's talk about stuff!

[kiwiria.livejournal.com]

I was just talking to Lars about it. Part of us think it was perhaps a bit too soon to say, the other part thinks that any president who isn't GWB is an improvement on the chances for world peace ;)

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

any president who isn't GWB is an improvement on the chances for world peace ;)

This.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

Ditto. He gave most the rest of the planet a chance to sigh in relief, and Hawaii and Kenya (and that one town in Japan) a big reason to celebrate in a way they've never done before. It's the potential, not the specific achievements.

Rachel Maddow did a great 11 minutes on this, as soon as I find the transcript for the video-impaired I'll post it.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

I think we're the only people *awake* this early....

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I was awakened early and wanted to go back to sleep and checked my email and saw the CNN alert and it was almost impossible to go to sleep after that!

SQUEE!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Us, and the insomniacs on the West Coast. And had people in Hawaii even gone to bed yet? I am thrilled that the Honolulu paper may actually manage to get it on the morning's front page. It's early enough out there.

Ooooh, I cannot wait to listen to Stephanie Miller and Ed Schultz today!

Re: SQUEE!

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

Can you imagine what the drug-addled gasbag will have to say? I predict major bloviation.

Re: SQUEE!

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

I misread that as Stephenie Meyer and was like WHUT? LOL need coffee.