I know I've advocated myself as something of a non-political person, or rather, one who keeps politics at arm's reach, but it recently came to my attention that our current president was recently selected to recieve the Nobel Peace Prize for his work. I have to admit, I'm pleasantly surprised.

Of course, I know that as soon as  cigarskunk gets wind of this, he'll have something that is supposed to be witty about the fact that Obama is getting any kind of award at all. Which should be fun if CS does, as I can then gleefully rip apart his arguments for the fallacious mess they are.

Otherwise though, I'm quite proud of the President. Only two other US Presidents have ever received the Nobel Prize, and to add a third should be a welcome morale boost, not only for the US, but for the global community. I mean really, if a group of impartial foreign judges decide that our president is worth giving such a prestigious award to, then he has to be doing SOMETHING right.