I half-expected to run in like a tornado and find this thread full of Obama-praising robots who's **** I must **** up. I'm pleasantly surprised.
Yeah, it's absolutely ridiculous. The Nobel Council doesn't stand for anything any more. Although when you look into it Hitler and Stalin were nominated for the peace prize too, maybe they were never that reputable.
You weren't wondering, you were stating.I was merely wondering, I don't know that much about them.
You were drawing a conclusion (stating your final opinion on the matter) based on the information stated in your post. Throwing the word "maybe" in doesn't change the intent of what was said.Maybe:
possibly: by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there ...
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Also, the voting was supposedly done in Febuary, two months into his term.Folks, folks...This may clear up some of the confusion.
The criteria for the 2009 Nobel Peace prize is:
1) Is not George Bush
2) Is not related to George Bush
3) Does not support George Bush
Actually, it doesn't when used in the above manner. Example:Actually, it does. When someone says "Maybe tommorow it'll be sunny", obviously they don't mean "Tomorrow will be sunny". They mean "There is a chance that tomorrow will be sunny". I was merely stating something I had considered, and didn't expect to be judged for it.
And it's not like Hitler or Stalin were that much better than our current politicians, there were plenty of people that saw through them, just as there are today.