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Friday, October 09, 2009
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize (Seriously)
Not quite as critical as Glenn Greenwald (good link to Democracy Now!, including Tariq Ali's comments), but sort of on board with the "uh ... what" reaction. The prize can be somewhat aspirational and symbolic, but it's a bit too much at this vantage point. Cf. the years Carter and Gore spent on their causes before they won their prizes.