[AGL] he loves Obama

[Frances Morey]

In good conscience I had to express my convictions to the Nobel Committee.
Dear Nobel Peace Prize Committee
"Please consider rescinding the 2009 Nobel Peace Laureate Award given to Barack Obama of the United States. He had done nothing to earn this award at the time, used the occasion of the Award presentation ceremony to deliver a speech justifying military violence as a way of asserting national authority, and then boosted the use of murderous drone aircraft as weapons of terror, leading to many deaths of noncombatants in the Middle East. His actions have degraded the value of the award and the hypocrisy of letting him keep it, in view of his subsequent actions, makes it imperative that it be rescinded. Otherwise, future recipients may view the award as a license to engage in the similar heinous sanguinary activity. Letting Mr. Obama keep his award is to make the Nobel Peace Prize Committee an accessory to war crimes. 
A few days ago I signed a petition urging the Nobel committee to award a Nobel Peace Prize to Brad Manning. The entire world was so full of hope when Obama was elected. The Nobel committee were hardly the only people to be deceived. I voted for Obama, contributed money, and volunteered for him. A lot of us did, and in good faith. And I had thought that I was too experienced and savvy to be fooled again. Imagine what a powerful statement it would be if Bradley Manning were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It may be one of the few concrete things that we can do to help him. 
Best, 

Frances Morey"

I admit that I cut and pasted the plea to the Nobel Committee from an issue of Reader Supported News about our drone attacks that have killed thousands of civilians. I confess that it was not my original writing but I agree with all the sentiments expressed in the statement. I believe it's eveb worse than their awarding the prize to Henry Kissinger.
Best, 
Frances





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>http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000001621191&playerType=embed 

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>i love the president and the infrastructure is so impressive

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>this is the NYTimes pulling out all the stops to get Obama re-elected. in the guise of a documentary

>about the actual process of getting the president in and out of New York by 747, it gives enough glimpses

>of Obama close up to see how calm and competent-looking he is.

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