Bush and Blair nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

[DFLer4edu]

Two of the architects of the Iraq war, United States President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, are among nominees for the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.

Other nominees are varied and include: Pope John Paul II; the European Union to mark its expansion to include former East bloc states; the Salvation Army; former Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler; former Czech president Vaclav Havel; former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic; and Chinese dissidents.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1035353.htm

April fools!







P.S. Except for it isn't April 1st and sadly I'm not joking. :(

[waterman]

1. Oh, I get it ... maybe you can be nominated for wrecking any chance

of peace the world was ever hoping for. OK, maybe I just wasn't clear on the rules.

[dmkinsey]

3. Huh

OK, so their names were placed in nomination by a single member of the Norwegian Parliament. Not necessarily overwhelming acclamation.
Never the less I'm about to HURL!!

[DFLer4edu]

9. No,

I think he only nominated Bush and Blair

[DFLer4edu]

4. I understand Bush being nominated

because he was nominated by a member of the Norwegian Parliament, but who the hell nominated Hitler? I guess shooting himself was a move in the name of peace, but other than that, I fail to get it. Here is who can nominate a canidate.

http://www.nobel.no/eng_com_nom.html

[mlawson]

8. Norwegian parliament?? Maybe Quisling has a grandson in it??

[kid_nz]

2. Speechless.

Dumbfounded. Shocked. Appalled. Horrified. Disgusted. Disoriented.

Did it actually SAY "George W Bush"? Maybe they were talking about bushes... You know, like plant life?

Seriously. This HAS to be a possibility or I'm gonna need some help expanding my list of adjectives in the first sentence...

[tigereye]

5. that is truly astonishing

[tigereye]

6. welcome to DU kid nz

[kid_nz]

13. Thanks, but...

...please tell me this isn't one of the signs of the apocolypse.

I just bought a plane ticket to Australia, and I'd really like the chance to use it...

[DFLer4edu]

14. I thought it might be a sign of apocolypse!

I've been ranting all day, but in the end I diecided this is short of a sign of apocolypse.

[DFLer4edu]

7. Not a joke!

I am actually the type of person who would tell a joke like this, but it's not a joke.

[DrBlix]

10. NJothing but PR looks good in print

Both were nominated in 2002 by a right wing Noreigian........they missed the deadline for 2003....again a right wing Norweigian put their names up 2004. No matter they haven't a chance in hell it's the ole smoke and mirrors game again. Maybe 2005 the third time will be the charm. It's the laughing stock of the world that these two warmongers that lied their way into an unnecessary war would even be considered for the "peace prize".
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Gagggggg!

[pansypoo53219]

11. to seend them a message

the nobel is gonna have to go to Clinton.

[DFLer4edu]

12. Sorry

I know you're joking, but no! Is he up for it?

[Generic Other]

15. Yet more proof of Bush's similarity to Hitler?

What the hell is going on in Norway? Have they been eating bad lutefisk? Wait! What am I talking about! All lutefisk is bad.