WTF?

[suela_602]

I was excited to read about some of the Nobel Prizes this week.  Not only was I thrilled to see that the chemistry prize was for some freaking sweet biochemistry, but, of the nine laureates given awards in chemistry, medicine, and physics, three of them are women.  That's huge.  And the woman who shares the chemistry prize is the first woman to be

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[anonymous]

Sue,
The whole Obama-wins-Peace-Prize thing is even more ridiculous when you consider the fact that all nominations for this year's awards had to be turned in sometime in February. Meaning that Obama was nominated after being the President for less than a month.

[suela_602]

Now that you mention it, I do remember reading that. That does make it that much more ridiculous. It also makes me wonder if these awards are truly "honors" anymore. It's like being back in high school, the members of the "in crowd" are the ones who get nominated for everything.

This is exactly why I was on the fence for so long during the election last year. I didn't like the "Obama-mania" that was going on. People were so excited and thought the world was going to change immediately when he was elected. Alexis, if you're reading, it makes me think back to your "Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket?" statement.

[starshine_rain6]

Indeed - and it saddens me that I'm starting to get used to the handbasket.

It also saddens me that the people who give out the Nobel Peace Prize seem to toss them out as some sort of Pavlovian response to how they think American politics should be - Carter, Gore, now Obama... I'm not saying that Obama will never live up to people's hopes for him, but it is troubling that he got nominated for/won the thing when he had barely taken office. If my students tell me "I'm going to study really hard for the next test, see? Look at all my notes!" I'm not going to respond with "Awesome! You get an A for your good intentions!" Sheesh.