Episode 23. I was awakened by the news of Obama’s Peace Prize this morning and for a few seconds I thought I had finally managed to visit an alternate universe. Sadly that wasn’t the case.
Fortunately I was able to call an emergency VC to “discuss” the situation.
Join alan, pdb, Unix Jedi, JayG, Robb Allen, Stingray, Labrat and Phlegmmy as we have a collective WTF moment. (With more cameos by Dixie!)
As usual we couldn’t stay on topic and once again it’s almost 3 hours long.
Don’t forget your screwdriver, you’re really gonna need it this time.
It’s Vicious Circle #23.
Also available in the iTunes store (For Free! What a bargain!)
The Nobel Peace Prize became a political football when the committee awarded it to Algore, and now that Obomination has it, it’s entirely meaningless.
Chinese Human Rights Activist Hu Jia – imprisoned for campaigning for human rights in the PRC, not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.
Wei Jingsheng, who spent 17 years in Chinese prisons for urging reforms of China’s communist system. — not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama. (Not to mention the symbolic value of awarding a Chinese dissident on the 20th Anniversary of the Tianenmen Square Massacre.)
Greg Mortenson, founder of the Central Asia Institute has built nearly 80 schools, especially for girls, in remote areas of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan over the past 15 years – not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.
Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a philosophy professor in Jordan who risks his life by advocating interfaith dialogue between Jews and Muslims, also not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.
Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar. She currently leads the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and serves as the U.N. special envoy to Darfur and is apparently also not as worthy as Barack Hussein Obama.
Makes good background noise while grinding spiders and shit in World of Warcraft.
Damn it, Alan ….. I can barely keep up with one every couple of weeks!