On the trip back to Auckland, we had the radio on and I heard something that I did so hope was a joke but then I got here and BBC News verified it.
BARACK OBAMA GETTING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE?!?!?!?!?!?!
Is this for real? Well yes, apparently, it is. I'm livid. Truly. What the hell do the Nobel Prize committee think they're even beginning to play at?! He's done nothing, nothing to warrant any prize, let alone peace prize. Actually, he could win a prize for bullshit rhetoric - he's brilliant at that.
I'm astounded at this decision. It's not even like the Nobel Committee has to do anything for political gain. Isn't the prize ceremony in Sweden?! That's basically a politically neutral country!
Frankly, I think it makes a mockery of what was, up until yesterday, an awesome recognition of some amazing people, like Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Theresa, Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi (a personal heroine of mine) and, of course, Nelson Mandela. And Barack Obama even begins to deserve to be on this list? I am flabbergasted. Yes, really.
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