For those who can stand the pain, except for a bunch of er's, ah's, I's and Me's, the article contains the speech the Big Wee Wee will read off of his teleprompter later today.
Posted on 12/10/2009 5:23:40 AM PST by Zakeet
The text of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, delivered Thursday in Oslo, Norway, as provided by the White House:
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:
I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations — that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.
And yet I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated. In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage. Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize — Schweitzer and King; Marshall and Mandela — my accomplishments are slight. And then there are the men and women around the world who have been jailed and beaten in the pursuit of justice; those who toil in humanitarian organizations to relieve suffering; the unrecognized millions whose quiet acts of courage and compassion inspire even the most hardened of cynics. I cannot argue with those who find these men and women — some known, some obscure to all but those they help — to be far more deserving of this honor than I.
But perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that I am the Commander-in-Chief of a nation in the midst of two wars. One of these wars is winding down. The other is a conflict that America did not seek ...
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For those who can stand the pain, except for a bunch of er's, ah's, I's and Me's, the article contains the speech the Big Wee Wee will read off of his teleprompter later today.
I don’t listen to or read anything he says. I’ve heard maybe 100 words out of that Marxist mouth and that was enough.
Anyone want to count the “I’s” and “me’s” and yell DRINK! everytime he pats his own back?
what a world, what a world....
It was another one of his typical America sucks speeches...
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mp3 interview Tom Fife...the first time i heard of...
In fact, I do not bring any solutions. All I have to offer are words...just words.
Is it just me, or did Obamas Nobel speech, sound an awful lot like he just ripped off large parts of the *conservatives* world view? nog completely..like when he sure made it sound like he was saying people of faith, were “immoral”.
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I wonder if he has yet defined, or discovered WHO THE ENEMY IS?
Just to make sure he emits at least a few smart sounding words, he always throws in several quotes from statesmen, politicians, and other luminaries from the past. How can we possibly find fault with him when he is citing JFK, King, or Churchill.
He totally ignored Iraq and their struggle for freedom, while calling for freedom for the people of Iran and the rest of the world.
But, like I said, his first 45 minutes he sounded realistic about war being necessary and that there are people in the world that need to be killed. That 45 minute section of his speech sounded like something Dick Cheney could have delivered.
I know this, the Euros only clapped twice during the whole 2 hours. They were in shock hearing Obama saying that killing is necessary, as was I...
For a brief 45 minutes of the speech, we actually had a President with balls! (Never thought I'd say that).
You are right. First off, I do not believe for two seconds that baraq wrote it. He probably did write the parts that made him say things in the first person (because he thinks he is the first person), like: "I reserve the right to defend my country." I can't think of another president who would have said it that way. However, he campaigned on the premise that we can no longer go around the world and tell others what we expect of them; then he went around the world to tell them just that. Holy wars are wrong, tribal wars are wrong, dictatorships are wrong, deprivation is wrong. Yeah, sounds pretty much like good ol' American exceptionalism to me (while of course denying that it is).
The only way I can stand to listen to him is when Rush speeds up his voice.
You and I listened to different speeches.
The drivel that emits from the Kenyan Clown is always a silly mixture of ignorance, arrogance, and narcissism, but I find this address particularly jarring.
Our grandchildren will one day ask us what the HELL were we thinking when we(them) voted Pres. Obama into office....
....Kinda like when I ask my parents what the hell were they thinking when they voted for Jimmy Carter....
However, one would hope that before giving the speech, he would have read it and agreed with the sentiments contained therein, regardless of who wrote it.
I was surprised to hear defense of the use of force in justified situations. I was surprised to hear support for America in sending her boys to war in defense of freedom around the world.
Unless he later disavows the ideals contained in this speech, the Marxist lemmings that hang on his every, messianic word, have now been instructed by their idol that, indeed, sometimes war is necessary, and that America enters war not for colonialism or imperialism, but for the defense of freedom.
I will have to read the transcript to back up what I heard, but given what I did hear, over all, I liked the speech.
No we didn't. He spoke for 45 minutes about the necessity of war. You're ears are just deaf.
Among other things (some good, some bad) he basically says the UN prevented WWIII.
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