Nobel Peace Prize Jury Faces Formal Inquiry

by Jaybird on February 11, 2012

Read the story here. Here’s the paragraph that would make clicking through worthwhile, if you’re still undecided:

If the Stockholm County Administrative Board, which supervises foundations in Sweden’s capital, finds that prize founder Alfred Nobel’s will is not being honored, it has the authority to suspend award decisions going back three years — though that would be unlikely and unprecedented, said Mikael Wiman, a legal expert working for the county.

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1 Christopher Carr February 12, 2012 at 12:41 am

Apparently the Nobel Peace Prize is actually more about the promotion of peace than creating peace: here’s my colleague Joseph Cox on the matter: http://www.theinductive.com/blog/why-obama-deserved-his-nobel-prize.html

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2 Jaybird February 12, 2012 at 1:21 am

I am pretty sure that my response to Obama winning the Peace Prize at the time was a variant of “HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA cough cough cough wheeze HA HA HA HA HA”.

I don’t think my opinion on it has changed much.

Has Joseph Cox changed his opinion, do you think?

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3 Christopher Carr February 12, 2012 at 1:37 am

I’m not sure, but I’ll send him this link and see if he comments.

My reaction at the time was similar to yours with a bit more wtf, but I must admit reading my co-blogger’s post changed my mind.

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4 Scott February 12, 2012 at 12:59 pm

Please, Barry got the prize just b/c he wasn’t Bush and nothing more. Has Barry really lived up to the hype? I think not.

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5 Christopher Carr February 12, 2012 at 4:22 pm

I completely agree with you. And that’s what the Nobel Prize is for.

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6 Tod Kelly February 12, 2012 at 4:59 pm

In the same spirit, I have decided to file action an against the Grammys.

Despite their declared mission to “to recognize outstanding achievement,” they constantly give awards to people that produce dreck.  Kenny G, Debbie Boone, and Captain and Tennille have all been honored as top talents in the music industry.  In 1977 they declared Starlight Vocal Band (Afternoon Delight) the recording industry’s Best New Artist, over Elvis Costello.

This simply cannot be allowed to stand.

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7 Jaybird February 12, 2012 at 6:22 pm

Now imagine if you were on the board that made sure that Allison Grammy’s will was being carried out properly…

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8 Christopher Carr February 13, 2012 at 11:44 am

The Grammys are the musical equivalent of the airhead popular kids from the proverbial trope-laden high school film who do nothing all day but copy and praise and slobber all over each other and pretend the smart and interesting kids don’t exist. I mean, did you see this!?!? (That video’s probably blocked by now.)

And who the hell is actually buying Maroon 5 and Katy Perry albums? Does anyone actually listen to this music, or is this just what producers think we should be listening to? (Anyone here read Hitmen, btw, about how producers basically killed rock as a mainstream force in music after Pink Floyd refused to play ball?)

If these guys can’t win for Best Song, the Grammys just aren’t worth taking seriously.

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9 Kim February 13, 2012 at 11:24 am

Wikileaks still nominated? Find it more likely that Wikileaks is the cause of this than Obama.

The times, they are a changin…

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