Where’s Mine?
Oct 9, 2009 Political
Well, it’s official now- everybody DOES get a trophy for showing up, or in this case, reading from a prompter- which I confess, I did not know was a skill set needed to promote Peace, or whatever the hell people in Oslo are giving the Nobel to Hussein for these days.
It damn sure isn’t for any accomplishment, that’s for sure- the man has done nothing but apologize- is there an award for that? There must be, because he hasn’t fixed the economy, hasn’t “Capped and Traded”, he sure hasn’t “stimulated” me, nor fixed healthcare.
I know- it must be that enormously successful trip to Copenhagen to bid on the Olympics- no, wait– it would have to be the complete and utter failure of that trip, combined with the multi- million dollar price tag and ginormous carbon footprint he generated in his abject failure. Or perhaps it is the award for perception.
Rather than recognizing concrete achievement, the 2009 prize appeared intended to support initiatives that have yet to bear fruit: reducing the world stock of nuclear arms, easing American conflicts with Muslim nations and strengthening the U.S. role in combating climate change.
“Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future,” Thorbjoern Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Committee said. “In the past year Obama has been a key person for important initiatives in the U.N. for nuclear disarmament and to set a completely new agenda for the Muslim world and East-West relations.”
He added that the committee endorsed “Obama’s appeal that ‘Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.'”
news.yahoo.com
Ohhhhhh- it is the Nobel prize for “Appeal”– not accomplishments-I guess that makes a twisted bit of sense in this “looking Glass” world we now live in, where even the nerd, the last kid chosen for the team, the one you know will do nothing for you, but seems nice enough, gets the trophy too. As a matter of fact, gets the trophy over those who truly deserve it, just to show how open- minded we all are- how sweet- but while this might pump up the wounded ego of a spoiled brat with no accomplishments, it really does nothing in the real world but cheapen the Nobel Awards even more than I thought possible- and after they gave one to Al Gore, even I did not think it could sink even lower.
But Yes, It Could.
The committee chairman said after awarding the 2002 prize to former Democratic President Jimmy Carter, for his mediation in international conflicts, that it should be seen as a “kick in the leg” to the Bush administration‘s hard line in the buildup to the Iraq war.
Five years later, the committee honored Bush’s adversary in the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore, for his campaign to raise awareness about global warming.
The Nobel committee received a record 205 nominations for this year’s prize though it was not immediately apparent who nominated Obama.
“The exciting and important thing about this prize is that it’s given too someone … who has the power to contribute to peace,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said.
news.yahoo.com
Hussein hasn’t done anything, much less contributed to “peace”- this committee’s agenda has always been to poke a finger in Bush’s eye- first, the commie Carter, then the incompetent Gore, and now Pinocchio on a string.
Here’s a guy who has rolled over more than a yellow cur dog with fleas, submitting to everyone this side of Belgium, and giving away any advantage we might have had- a perfect fit for the europeans.
They should call it what it really is- The Nobel Prize for Americans We Can Safely Feel Contempt For– You notice they are all liberal, socialist, marxist cowards. It’s real easy to feel contempt for these people and those who award them faux medals.
The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize and shocked Nobel observers because Obama took office less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline. Obama’s name had been mentioned in speculation before the award but many Nobel watchers believed it was too early to award the president.
Speculation had focused on Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a Colombian senator and a Chinese dissident, along with an Afghan woman’s rights activist.
The Nobel committee praised Obama’s creation of “a new climate in international politics” and said he had returned multilateral diplomacy and institutions like the U.N. to the center of the world stage. The plaudit appeared to be a slap at President George W. Bush from a committee that harshly criticized Obama’s predecessor for resorting to largely unilateral military action in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
news.yahoo.com
Yeah- as in everything socialist, it’s all about that good old “Bush Derangement Syndrome”– all the european nations are still miffed about all the money they lost smuggling things to Saddam- especially the French and Germans, who are the leading members of the “Your a’ peein’ “ Union. So I guess its understandable- I can hardly wait to p*ss them off again. Then I’ll know we are on the right path.
We’ll get there, and once again marginalize the liberal loons that beset us.
What goes around comes around.
And don’t accept any faux prizes.
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This is Dangerous
Aug 18, 2009 Political
In Oakland, California there is a restaurant, a pizza place really, that has embraced organic foods. This is not a new thing for California, which would probably be the first and foremost organic leader in the United States, and I personally have no quarrel with organic anything- the less chemicals the better.
But not all life is benign, or to be embraced- and just because it is organic, it can still kill you. This could very well be the case here.
Reporting from Oakland – When the chickens arrived, clucking and pecking, in the rush of Saturday dinner hour — Witch, Bootsy and five layers to be named later — they transformed Pizzaiolo restaurant into the latest outpost on food’s frontier.
Many urban eateries boast their own kitchen gardens, with mizuna and Mr. Stripey heirloom tomatoes sprouting on rooftops and busy street medians. Some farms even host top-flight dining rooms, where next season’s prosciutto snuffles placidly nearby.
latimes.com
But not chickens- that is supposed to be a health concern, what with avian flu, and a whole host of other nasty viruses and bacilli that can be transmitted from birds to humans. I know this because I re- hab wild birds, and have done so for over ten years. The amount of diseases are legion, and range from uncomfortable digestive upsets to really life threatening bacteria, which is why we, as rehabbers, are not allowed to give tours of our facilities when there are young children present. Its a common sense thing- like precautionary medicine- you know,washing your hands, keeping things clean.
In a restaurant the whole cross- contamination thing becomes more difficult when chickens are kept out back.
Just off Pizzaiolo’s back patio is a brand-new, custom-built chicken coop. Eggs laid there in the morning will top pizzas by nightfall. Diners will be able to wander over, Barolo in hand, to commune with the creatures that might contribute to their dinner.
The Chez Panisse graduate and his small flock of exotic fowl — breeds like Buff Laced Polish and Exchequer Leghorn, some with crests like Sunday go-to-meeting hats, others that lay chocolate-brown eggs — are more than just the epicurean avant-garde.
Oakland is undergoing something of an urban chicken renaissance, and Pizzaiolo is a leading indicator.
latimes.com
Fancy chickens do not equate to less nasty poop- and that is where the problem lies in this case. Logic and common sense safety rules are being ignored in the quest to prove just how organic one can be in the “Eden” that is California nowadays.
I know that the restaurant business is competitive, but this is ridiculous- an off- site facility would have been better, and probably been able to do this in a more productive way, but this is California. I bet they get rid of the chickens after the first bout with some of the really nasty common bacteria that thrive in bird poop.
They can think of the impending lawsuit as a learning experience.
If, that is, they are smart. I am not sure that is the case here.
It is a meaningful token in a restaurant that makes a point of telling diners where their food comes from. One recent menu offered “Star Route Farm garden lettuces,” “buttermilk-fried Hoffman Farm chicken” and “Bellwether Farms ricotta ravioli with wild nettles.” The health department issue is a little murkier. Chickens are welcome in Oakland as long as they are 20 feet from houses, churches or schools, says Megan Webb, director of Oakland Animal Services. But they are not allowed at hotels, apartments or restaurants.
The folks at Pizzaiolo — like many urban homesteaders — tend to have an “ask forgiveness, not permission” attitude. Hallowell says he would fight to keep his flock, if it came to that.
But he doesn’t think it will. “Alameda County is really liberal,” he notes, happily. “You can grow 70 pot plants. Why not chickens?”
latimes.com
Because, dude, pot plants do not carry deadly bacteria that can kill you, and California is not known for common sense.
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