Monday, October 12, 2009
Barack Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
For the achievement of giving the world "hope for a better future," President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. What do you think?
Peter Kearns,
Systems Analyst
"Oh, to be honored among such towering presidents as Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter."
Esther Park,
Unemployed
"Watch out, Nobel Committee—you're about to get the ACORN treatment."
Doug Glennon,
Field Service Engineer
"It still doesn't live up to the time George W. Bush caught a seven-and-a-half-pound perch in his own private lake. Seven and a half pounds!"
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