Was Bono unavailable? http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/oct/09/defending-bono-tory-conference-slot
--Deb Thinking U2's publicists really missed a golden opportunity to pay off the Claw... --- On Fri, 10/9/09, kbrab...@aol.com <kbrab...@aol.com> wrote: > From: kbrab...@aol.com <kbrab...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize > To: wnndl@googlegroups.com > Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 4:16 AM > > Now, there is no one who's a bigger fan of Obama > than I am, but even I have to admit that the committee must > have been drunk during the deliberations. Has his > administration started to put into place actions which I > think will help secure peace? Yes. Has any of it > come to fuition yet? No. > > > > > > Love him all you want, but results are still > important. > > > > > > And so it goes, > > > > > > Kevin Brabant (but, can't blame him for this, > given he had nothing to do with getting this prize) > > > kbrab...@aol.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: gregsta...@comcast.net > > To: wnndl@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 6:16 am > > Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize > > > > > > > I guess gone are the days when > you actually have to accomplish something... > > It would be one thing if Obama had brokered peace between > the Israelis and > Palestineans or signed an international treaty that reduced > nuclear arms, but > last time I looked that hadn't happened yet. > > This is embarassing for the Committee and will continue its > slide into > irrelevance. > > Greg > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <kgbar...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 05:21:37 > To: <wnndl@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [BREAKING] Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize > > > The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 > > The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel > Peace Prize for > 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his > extraordinary > efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and > cooperation between > peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to > Obama's vision of > and work for a world without nuclear weapons. > > Obama has as President created a new climate in > international politics. > Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, > with emphasis on the > role that the United Nations and other international > institutions can play. > Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for > resolving even > the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a > world free from > nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms > control > negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is > now playing a more > constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges > the world is > confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be > strengthened. > > Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama > captured the > world's attention and given its people hope for a > better future. His > diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to > lead the world > must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are > shared by the > majority of the world's population. > > For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to > stimulate > precisely that international policy and those attitudes for > which Obama is > now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee > endorses Obama's appeal > that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share > of responsibility for > a global response to global challenges." > > Oslo, October 9, 2009 > > > Regards, > > KGB > > ----- > Kevin G. Barkes > Email: kgbar...@yahoo.com > KGB Report: > http://www.kgbreport.com > Commentwear by KGB: > http://www.commentwear.com > National Temperature Index: > http://nationaltemperatureindex.com > DCL Dialogue on line: > http://www.dcldialogue.com > Random Quotations Generator: > http://www.goodquotations.com > Over 13,000 searchable quotations. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
