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To: Sub-Driver
Didn’t Jimmy Carter get the Nobel Peace Prize within the last two years? I am pretty sure he did, and it was nothing but a slap in President Bush’s face for going to war in Iraq/Afghanistan.
13 posted on 10/11/2007 10:17:34 AM PDT by Preachin' (Enoch's testimony was that he pleased God: Why are we still here?)
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To: Preachin'
Maybe Jimm-uh is about to announce his 2008 Presidential candidacy!
25 posted on 10/11/2007 10:26:30 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Preachin'
Maybe Jimm-uh is about to announce his 2008 Presidential candidacy!
41 posted on 10/11/2007 10:37:49 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Preachin'
According to Wikipedia, it was 2002...

1993 Nelson Mandela Frederik Willem de Klerk South Africa "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa"

1994 Yasser Arafat (ياسر عرفات) Shimon Peres (שמעון פרס) Yitzhak Rabin (יצחק רבין) Palestinian Authority Israel Israel "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East"

1995 Joseph Rotblat Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs United Kingdom Canada "for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms"

1996 Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo Jose Ramos-Horta East Timor "for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor"

1997 International Campaign to Ban Landmines Jody Williams United States "for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines"

1998 John Hume David Trimble Ireland United Kingdom "Awarded for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland"

1999 Medecins Sans Frontieres Switzerland "in recognition of the organization's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents"

2000 Kim Dae Jung (김대중) South Korea "for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular"

2001 United Nations Kofi Annan United Nations Ghana "for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world"

2002 Jimmy Carter United States "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development"

2003 Shirin Ebadi (شيرين عبادي) Iran "for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children."

2004 Wangari Maathai Kenya "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace"

2005 International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei (محمد البرادعي) Egypt "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way"

2006 Muhammad Yunus Grameen Bank Bangladesh "for advancing economic and social opportunities for the poor, especially women, through their pioneering microcredit work"

2007 To be announced on October 12, 2007

89 posted on 10/11/2007 12:33:36 PM PDT by Teacher317
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