On Peace and prizes being given away.

So Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace prize. Why? Because he has put in extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The results of such efforts being Iran still pursuing a nuclear weapon, the war worsening in America and China rising ominously in influence. And of course, the refusal to meet the Dalai Lama even though the atrocities in Tibet are intensifying by the day.

But now there will be much thinking done and I will not be surprised if I suddenly see a meeting scheduled with His Holiness and the President himself. After all, the President is now a Nobel winner. And maybe now he will realize that His Holiness himself has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace and that he is a rather accomplished world leader.

Do I blame Obama for this? No. I would like to think that he is too much of a gentleman to have begged for this. But I think it is definitely too early to bestow such an honorable award on a President, who is a great orator but has not even completed one year in the Presidential office and has not really “done” anything as yet. He has barely gotten started on trying to clean up an ounce of the mess the last revered leader of USA left the world in.

Do I think Obama should politely turn the prize down? Ideally, yes. But then there is a very fine balance of power that requires to be maintained in the world right now.

Am I taking Obama’s side? No. I do find his speeches very inspiring but I am not his worshipper. I absolutely do not support his not meeting the Dalai Lama and his reluctant attitude towards Tibet. But I would say this. Having watched American politics and the role of the same in the world, I am trying to look at the broader picture of the existing power relations. And Obama would be subjected to ruthless condemnation for each one of his policies back in the United States. And I honestly believe that he would not have wanted to subject himself and his agenda to such harsh criticism by the Republicans.

So, yes. Much talking will happen on what he should have done and what he could have avoided. I think I have exciting columns to look forward to in the New York Times.

P.S. And since the prizes are being distributed generously, I would like one too. I can do much work towards world peace with all that cash. Oh. And feel very fancy and important to have my name on that list.

There really was NO need to make a mockery out of the Nobel Peace prize. Agreed?

Fox News!

I am disgusted with Bill O’ Reilly. No correction, I am disgusted with the whole bunch of reporters at Fox News.

When Sarah Palin, yes the small town Governor turned celebrity, was introduced as the running mate of John McCain in the Republican National Convention, any person with minimum sensibility understood she was dumb. The beauty queen and pageant winner but dumb nevertheless. However, some other people begged to differ. They asserted over and over again how McCain had made an exceptional choice. They covered for Sarah Palin and lied to save her from the criticisms. They defended her when she messed up the “Bush doctrine” explanation in the Charles Gibson interview and tried bluffing her way through the Katie Couric interview. They wrote vicious speeches for her, transformed her into a showgirl by giving her a $150,000 wardrobe. All this, she enjoyed immensely. She loved the cameras, the cameras loved her back, she smiled and waived at everyone, flaunted her legs in skirt suits and showed off her prized family at every campaign. She is from Wasilla, some very obscure town in Alaska! Alaska, gawd! So when you offer her the possibility of the vice presidential office on a silver platter, why will she not jump at it? But then, if you support her, lie for her, back her up at every step of the way how come on November 5, you trash her? You, Fox TV Network, send an investigator and hire people inside the McCain campaign to dig up the dirt about Sarah Palin. I am no fan of hers, but this disgusts me. In the guise of endorsing a candidate and a campaign, Fox News has taken advantage of her loss, squarely put the blame on her small town shoulders and has sent her off packing as quite the loser to her tiny town of Wasilla.

Pathetic. Bill O’Reilly and the rest of the bunch! I wonder where your conviction lies, that is if you have one at all.