Wait..How does a WAR MONGER get nominated for a Nobel PEACE Prize?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20070201/pl_usnw/landmark_legal_foundation_nominates_rush_limbaugh_for2007_nobel_peace_prize

"Rush Limbaugh is the foremost advocate for freedom and democracy in the world today," explained Levin. "Everyday he gives voice to the values of democratic governance, individual opportunity and the just, equal application of the rule of law -- and it is fitting that the Nobel Committee recognize the power of these ideals to build a truly peaceful world for future generations."
HUH!?

[donco6]

1. NEWS FLASH - Rush thinks bombing civvies is A-OK!

Jeez. Yeah, let's give the guy a medal.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. Yeah...

And I think I heard him criticize Gore for having a few extra pounds today. WTF? He is the last one to criticize anyone for having a few extra pounds, the lard ass!
Duckie

[donco6]

10. And that's just the fat between his ears.

What an odious, repugnant man.

[IndyOp]

2. It is my understanding that anyone can be nominated for a Nobel -

A member of my department in Berkeley was nominated year and year after year by one weird guy who had rights to nominate. It only takes one...

:(

[Eric J in MN]

16. The Rush Limbaugh nomination is from a group which DOESN'T...

...have the power to nominate.

It's like if I announced I'm nominating Sam Seder for a Nobel.

[IndyOp]

25. The array of people who can nominate for a Nobel is really broad...

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.

From Wiki page on Nobel - here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize#Nominations

[IndyOp]

27. 1,000's of univerity profs, scientists, congressmembers are asked to submit names each year...

Each year the respective Nobel Committees send individual invitations to thousands of members of academies, university professors, scientists from numerous countries, previous Nobel Laureates, members of parliamentary assemblies and others, asking them to submit candidates for the Nobel Prizes for the coming year. These nominators are chosen in such a way that as many countries and universities as possible are represented over time.

From the Nobel site on Nomination: http://nobelprize.org/nomination/

[IndyOp]

31. Apparently I am qualified to submit a name for the Nobel Peace Prize -

I just haven't been asked yet. Also note that members of government, if invited get to nominate. So if the kooky group has one person who has been invited to submit a name, the Nomination could be legitimate. Idiotic, but legit.

The right to submit proposals for the Nobel Peace Prize, based on the principle of competence and universality, shall by statute be enjoyed by:
1. Members of national assemblies and governments of states;
2. Members of international courts;
3. University rectors; professors of social sciences, history, philosophy, law and theology; directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes;
4. Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize;
5. Board members of organizations who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize;
6. Active and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (proposals by members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after February 1) and
7. Former advisers appointed by the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

:hi:

[Eric J in MN]

33. But it only really counts if they ask you to nominate. NT

NT

[Greeby]

3. I'm sure ridiculous noms like this are made every year

As to the question. Well, they did give one to Henry "The Lizard King" Kissinger :eyes:

[YellowRubberDuckie]

5. How can Rush get nominated?

Do they really think he's gonna win? He's up against GORE.
Duckie

[Eric J in MN]

24. It's bogus. The group has no power to nominate for a Nobel. NT

NT

[NoPasaran]

6. Ask Henry Kissinger!

[sam sarrha]

26. there is a standing warrant from the Hague waiting for Killinger to leave the USA

[IndyOp]

32. Are U Series! Really? A standing warrant for Killinger? Wow! (n/t)

[sam sarrha]

34. it is what i heard.. from his BS in Chile and Argentina.. maybe just some contractors after him

[opihimoimoi]

7. The Landmark guys are CONSERVATIVES...they nom'd one of their own...big deal

Rush is a COWARD who got a sore ASS that kept him from serving when called upon for the Nam deal...

He is a descipable voice in America....Too many of our boys died because of him and other assholes....

[IndyOp]

8. Previous Nobel Peace Prize nominees: Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini

So there is precedent for a Limbaugh nomination!

From Wiki:

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. 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

[Xipe Totec]

9. The Boston Strangler was Honored by the Texas Legislature

How different is that? :shrug:

http://www.snopes.com/legal/desalvo.asp

[Phrogman]

11. Alfred Nobel was the inventor of dynamite....

e0m

[YellowRubberDuckie]

12. Yes, but he hated the fact that he invented it.

He realized that what he had invented was going to kill people, and he felt guilty.
Duckie

[Xipe Totec]

14. And lost some fingers

when he discovered tri-ammonium chloride.


:nuke:

[Toucano]

13. War is Peace.

Hadn't you heard?

Also, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength.

[charlie]

15. PR whores

They have no standing to nominate for the prize.

Any one of the following persons is entitled to submit proposals:

* members of national assemblies and governments;
* members of international courts of law;
* university chancellors; university professors of social science, history, philosophy, law and theology;
* leaders of peace research institutes and institutes of foreign affairs;
* former Nobel Peace Prize laureates;
* board members of organisations that have received the Nobel Peace Prize;
* present and past members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (committee members must present their nomination at the latest at the first committee meeting after February 1);
* former advisers at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

Observing the rules given in the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, the Committee does not publish the names of candidates.

The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or associations.

The nominators are strongly requested not to publish their proposals.

http://nobelpeaceprize.org/eng_com_nom.html

[Bleacher Creature]

17. I'm going to go ahead and debunk this one.

Look at the way the process is described on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_peace_prize#Nominations

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

<SNIP>

Gore was nominated by a Norwegian lawmaker (see below) -- so he's eligible. OxyRush was nominated by some no-named talk radio host, so I'm betting he's not an "official" nominee.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/01/gore.nobel.ap/index.html?eref=rss_politics

[Eric J in MN]

18. That is a press release from the group, not a newspaper article.

That group has no power to nominate people for a Nobel.

It's like if I were to say I'm nominating "Air America Radio's" Sam Seder for a Nobel.

[Janice325]

19. Double "HUH?"

WTF??? Is this for real?????

[Eric J in MN]

22. No. It's like if I wrote that I nominate Sam Seder.

That group has no power to nominate for a Nobel, and neither do I.

[musette_sf]

20. when wankers like Mark LeVIN

(not LEvin which might make him sound, um, "intellectual elite" or something) is the nominator.

LeVIN is on local Hate Radio in my area at the same time as Mike Malloy, so I sometimes tune in during the commercials. last night i assume his nasal rantings must have been his outrage at President Gore winning the Academy Award. something about "treehuggers".

if you take this "nomination" as satire you'll feel better. PS, we all know Lush Rumballs and LeVIN will never, ever, EVER be nominated for an Academy Award. you actually have to QUALIFY (at least nominally) to be nominated.

[opihimoimoi]

21. I wonder why some deluded Pub didn't nom the Shrub??? Gatta be a reason....

jus askin.....

[Sapere aude]

23. That's like a gang of rapists naming another rapist a defender of women's rights.

[politicat]

28. Because getting nominated for the prize is not that hard.

Up to 199 people a year get nominated, and nomination is pretty easy - to quote wikipedia: 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.

Since Kissinger got a prize, he gets to influence the various institutes he sits on, and they can nominate. And here are the Nobel regulations:

Any one of the following persons is entitled to submit proposals:
members of national assemblies and governments;
members of international courts of law;
university chancellors; university professors of social science, history, philosophy, law and theology;
leaders of peace research institutes and institutes of foreign affairs;
former Nobel Peace Prize laureates;
board members of organisations that have received the Nobel Peace Prize;
present and past members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (committee members must present their nomination at the latest at the first committee meeting after February 1);
former advisers at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

So... Tom Delay could nominate. So could Strom Thurmond. The current chancellor of Bob Jones University can. So can the Scaife foundations, etc.

It ain't all that hard to get nominated. It just doesn't mean crap.

[Kelly Rupert]

29. He wasn't really nominated.

It was a "non-solicited nomination," meaning it was exactly as valid as if I were to nominate my dog. Just a PR stunt.

[Buzz Clik]

30. They can nominate all they want...

When Pigboy gets it, it's because we have skipped over into a parallel, evil universe.

[lpbk2713]

35. Easy. Krazy Katie Harris was in charge of the nominating committee.

Remember Harris handing out those 'Vote for Rush' circulars at the SOTU Dog n Pony show?

(Harris played the part of the dog)