is now officially a meaningless award.

http://nobelprize.org/

It's been that way since they awarded it to Yassir Arafat and Al Gore, though maybe, MAYBE it was justified going to Jimmy Carter, time will tell on that one. Still, with those three as recipients, I just can't take the Nobel Prize seriously.

Just how much can it mean when nothing was done to achieve it!!

Oh no, it makes sense for the leader of large fighting force at war to get!!!

roger

Its apparent to me that they hand these out like flyers in a mall parking lot.

Well I guess I wasn't at the mall THAT day!

If he watches college football maybe he'll win the Heisman.......Doak Walker ?.....Rhodes scholar? ....Butkiss ?

You can vote for him here as a write in. I've added him a few hundred times. You can vote as often as you like.

http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/contests/theheismanvote/2009/

They must be pulling his name because it doesn't show up in the list. The guy at the bottom only has 5 votes.

Bummer. I would love to see him get it to make a mockery of him. Well deserved!!

Sorry, I'm late to the party... I was in the John giving birth to another Obama action figure.

Here's the fine print on the Heisman / Espn web site:

"* Only those candidates with a legitimate chance of winning the Heisman Trophy in the view of ESPN and Nissan will be added to the leaderboard."

as always, another entertaining post Wayne

I think that line is new I don't remember seeing it originally. Oh well we made a CHANGE!

The Noble Peace prize has always had a socialistic undertone. Now they have removed all doubt!!!