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10 Good Things About a Not So Bad Year

Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. December 27, 2011.

People the world over becoming empowered and emboldened simply by watching each other -- that became the hallmark of the year.

I Volunteered For Obama in 2008, But His Support of Landmines Is the Last Straw

Clancy Sigal, Comment Is Free. December 24, 2009.

Obama's cruel and pointless refusal to ban child-killing landmines was my personal breaking point against the candidate I worked hard to elect.

Obama's Af-Pak War is Not Just Deadly and Counterproductive: It's Illegal

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. December 23, 2009.

Some 30 percent of all U.S. deaths in Afghanistan have occurred during Obama's presidency. His escalation of that war is not what the Nobel committee envisioned.

Bill Moyers: We Have a Nobel Peace President Who Won't Ban Land Mines

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, Bill Moyers Journal. December 11, 2009.

The Nobel Committee said Obama won the prize for his respect of international law and his efforts at disarmament, yet he won't even sign on to end a barbaric weapon.

"Shock'n Y'all" Country Singer Toby Keith to Perform at Nobel Peace Concert

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. December 10, 2009.

This is the man whose artistic response to 9/11 was to pen a revenge anthem that included the lyric, "we'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way."

Obama Invokes 'Just War' as Nobel Chairman Compares Him to MLK

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. December 10, 2009.

President Obama accepts his Nobel Peace Prize by calling Afghanistan a "just war." The Nobel chairman claims "Dr. King's dream has come true." What?

Obama Accepts Nobel Peace Prize With a Pro-War Speech

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. December 10, 2009.

Obama spoke of "the world as it is" and insisted that "war is sometimes necessary" -- but generalities do nothing to mitigate the horrors of war being endured by others.

Not Satire: Obama to Invoke Aghanistan in His Nobel Speech

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. December 9, 2009.

The president plans to speak about war during his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo on Thursday. Perfect.

The Nobel Peace Prize Isn't About Peace: It's a Way for Westerners to Pat Ourselves on the Back and Change Nothing

Matt Taibbi, True/Slant. October 13, 2009.

We ebb toward war until we run out of bullets. Then we ebb the other way, and give ourselves an award for doing so.

Michael Moore Debates Himself Over Obama Winning the Nobel Peace Prize

Michael Moore, AlterNet. October 9, 2009.

Moore originally wrote that Obama had to "earn" his Nobel, but his wife pushed him to reflect on his knee-jerk response.

Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize: Now He Must Earn It

Richard Kim, The Nation. October 9, 2009.

It's as if the Nobel Committee gave Obama the award for behaving like a normal American president, instead of like a clueless corrupt cowboy.

The National Review: Trashing Nobel Prize Winners Since 1965

Oliver Willis, October 16, 2007.

Oliver Willis: Is it any wonder that the same publication that argued so strongly against Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King now attacks Al Gore?

Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Melissa McEwan, October 12, 2007.

Melissa McEwan: Gore winning the Nobel Prize feels like a vindication, not just for him, but for me, and scientists and nerds and wonks everywhere.