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My recent Green Life Reporter hiatus came about as a result of my decision to learn as much about social media as possible since I spend a lot of my time doing it. I ordered around 10 books from Amazon and set to reading in order to lay a real foundation for myself based not only on what social media is all about, but on the history of it, which is brief and shining.
However, I must interrupt my self imposed social media sabbatical to address President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize win. This is not only unxpected but perhaps, premature. To me, its like giving a college student his or her degree in the first year instead of at graduation, after all requisites have been met. The expectations and hopes for the student are high but time is the ultimate judge on how well they will actually do in regards to accomplishing their degree goals.
President Obama is on a roll internationally but does rhetoric somewhat followed by intentions really garner a Nobel Peace Prize?
I did a little online research and here's how Wiki defines the Nobel Peace Prize:
According Alfred Nobel's will, the prize should be awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament,"to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses. Unlike the other Nobel Prizes, which recognize completed scientific or literary accomplishment, the Nobel Peace Prize may be awarded to persons or organizations that are in the process of resolving a conflict or creating peace...
That is the exact process that President Obama is engaging in, but perhaps I'm not alone in thinking I'd like to actually see concrete results of what he intends to accomplish in foreign policy. When you put our President into the fraternity of Nobel Peace Prize laureates like Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mother Theresa and the 14th Dalai Lama, his peace making resume looks a bit, well lacking, to say the least.
The old saying about good intentions plays well here. However, I'm not dissing President Obama for winning, I just wonder why the Nobel Peace Prize committee didn't give others that have brought about actual change based on real results that supreme world recognititon . Don't get me wrong, I want our President to succeed on many fronts. His realm so far is one punctuated by action, hope and optimism. But primarily I want to see something accomplished before I start applauding. At this point, we can all agree that President Obama has put forth many good efforts that need time to nurture into fruition. Will his actions seem as important after the fact of winning a Nobel Peace Prize for good intentions?
Maybe the Committee thinks awarding President Obama will help stimulate further action. Either way, let's see President Obama actually make good on some of his promises. Then let's throw a party for a job well done instead of throwing a pre-party for a job that if it were done, could be well done.
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