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shocker1
10-13-2006, 12:02 AM
04:52 PM CDT on Thursday, October 12, 2006
AUSTIN -- The president's most vocal critic against the war in Iraq was in the Capitol City Wednesday night.
Cindy Sheehan was at BookPeople on Lamar & 6th Street signing autographs for her new book entitled “Peace Mom”.
Sheehan’s son, Casey Sheehan died while on patrol in Iraq on April 4 , 2005.
“Whether you agree with it or not I think we should all be reading books by the families of people who’ve loss their sons and daughters in this war,” said Turk Pipkin who was buying one of Sheehan’s books.
His mother bought a house in Crawford where she and her supporters often protests near President George Bush’s ranch.
“What I really hope to do with it is to inspire people to do what they can to make the world a better place and to let them know that one person really can make a difference,” Cindy Sheehan.
Sheehan also announced at the signing that she’s a finalist for a Nobel Peace Prize.
http://www.khou.com/news/state/stories/061012_ro_sheehannobel.30a71715.html
This would not surprise me at all.
williamoforange
10-13-2006, 12:46 AM
**** Cindy Sheehan
James
10-13-2006, 12:54 AM
Pfft. The Nobel Peace Prize lost all credibility in 1994.
shocker1
10-13-2006, 01:13 AM
Pfft. The Nobel Peace Prize lost all credibility in 1994.
If that is when the ole peanut farmer won it then I agree. He is from Georgia even. He should have stuck with peanuts. Besides politics though he is a good hearted man but he has become very senile in his old age.
chuckster
10-13-2006, 01:13 AM
Didn't Arafat win the peace prize once or twice? She's in good company.
signatory
10-13-2006, 01:47 AM
Didn't Arafat win the peace prize once or twice? She's in good company.

He shared it with Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin.

"for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East"

Totally in line with the purpose of the prize.

"to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".

In 1973 Kissinger and Tho shared it for a peace deal. In 1978 Sadat and Begin shared the prize for reaching a peace deal Egypt-Israel. In 1993 Mandela and De Klerk...

So what exactly is the problem? Angels don't win.
charliepage
10-13-2006, 02:32 AM
If she wins it the credibility left is gone. Arafat winning it is a stretch, Sheehan saying she has dreamed of murdering Bush and the other wacky things she says, very said if she is even a finalist the credibility of the Nobel peace prize is out the door.
PrivatePyle
10-13-2006, 02:37 AM
If Arafat won it then I think Kim Yong should get it.
chuckster
10-13-2006, 02:54 AM
If Arafat won it then I think Kim Yong should get it.


Why not? There has been peace in North Korea since 1953.
Paul in Saudi2
10-13-2006, 03:31 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize has 'finalists?' How did she got to the finals? Maybe a field goal in the last period in the semi-finals against the Canadian peacekeeping forces?
P18
10-13-2006, 03:32 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize 2006 (http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/)
Jaeger07
10-13-2006, 03:37 AM
Whatever you yankees say... one thing is for sure:

It's not going to George W. Bush p-)
Macs.
10-13-2006, 03:58 AM
"Finalist" ?

As far as I know there are no "finalists" only nominees, and its not that hard to get nominated.

Nominations for the Prize may be made by a broad array of qualified individuals, including former recipients, members of national assemblies and congresses, university professors, international judges, and special advisors to the Prize Committee. In some years as many as 199 nominations have been received. The Committee keeps the nominations secret and asks that nominators do the same.

Over time many individuals have become known as "Nobel Peace Prize Nominees", but this designation has no official standing [2]. Nominations from 1901 to 1951, however, have been released in a database. When the past nominations were released it was discovered that Adolf Hitler was nominated in 1939, though the nomination was retracted in February of the same year. Other infamous nominees included Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize#Nominations
NegativeCreep47
10-13-2006, 04:20 AM
"Adolf Hitler was nominated in 1939, though the nomination was retracted in February of the same year. Other infamous nominees included Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini." rofl
Geezah
10-13-2006, 10:37 AM
Hey, Tookie Williams was nominated, like 3 times so it must cooooool.
XShipRider
10-13-2006, 12:33 PM
Sheehan also announced at the signing that she’s a finalist for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Who else but this woman, an obvious media 'ho', would announce
their own finalist standing for a Nobel? 'Ho' may be a bit rough,
'useful idiot' would be much better. The media used her then
more or less dumped her.

If she wins the Nobel loses what little respect I had left for it.
It's nothing more than a political statement with a cash award.
Geezah
10-13-2006, 12:37 PM
If she wins the Nobel loses what little respect I had left for it.
It's nothing more than a political statement with a cash award.

She did not win, a guy from Bangladesh won.