Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

I found it pretty shocking today to read that President Obama had won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

I like Obama, don’t get me wrong, but should he really have won the Peace Prize? Granted, he did not start the two wars that America is currently involved in, but he is now commander in chief, and not sure how someone leading two different wars could win the prize.

I think its more of an attempt to give him more credibility in future attempts at reaching out to the Muslim world and put a curb on nuclear expansion, and in that case I guess it makes sense to give him the prize, but whether or not he has done anything to merit the prize at this point is debatable at best, in my opinion at least.

What do you think? Should Obama have won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize?

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Grateful Dead reunion tour 2009

OK, so admitedly I am a little late in writing about this, but earlier this week the remaining members of the Grateful Dead announced that they are going to reform for a 19 day tour across America starting in April with a performance at the Greensboro Coliseum on April 12th. Since the death of lead front man Jerry Garcia, the members, when they have played together have just gone under the name “The Dead”.

Joining the original members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann will be Gov’t Mule / Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes along with keyboardist Jeff Chimenti.

While the remaining Grateful Dead members have struggled to keep personal and artistic differences under control since the death of frontman Jerry Garcia in 1995, guitarist Bob Weir said that they have a “mind meld” going and look forward to bringing life back into the old material, as well as busting out new bags of tricks.

According to bassist Phil Lesh: “We’ve got some unfinished music,” Lesh clarifies. “We’re all still evolving in our own ways. You can always improve your playing. Let’s see what kind of a goulash we can make out of it. Besides,” he adds, “I just got two new electric basses.”

The tour comes following the group gathering earlier this year for an Obama benefit concert at the Warfield Theater.

Here is a list of all 19 of the Dead’s upcoming tour dates:

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Former Secretary of State states Palin not up to the job

Lawrence Eagleburger, who was Secretary of State under George H Bush, has been a pretty vocal supporter of the struggling McCain campaign, but as to his thoughts on McCain’s Vice President selection, Sarah Palin … well, Eagleburger doesn’t seem too optomistic about her ability to run the country.

When asked yesterday if he thoughtPalin’s had the ability to take over as President should something happen to McCain, Eagleburger stated that obvious with three simple words… “Of course not.”

But surely Eagleburger thinks that Palin would be able to learn and grow into a position where she would be able to lead the country in these tough times. Not so fast! Let’s see what he had to say about the possibility of her taking over control:

“Give her some time in the office and I think the answer would be, she will be adequate. I can’t say that she would be a genius in the job”

Not that big of a deal I guess… afterall, America has managed to survive the last 8 years with a less than genius mind at the controls!

As of today, polls are showing Obama is probably going to win by a pretty sizable margin… depending on what polls you look at, it seems like political analysts are thinking he will win by an ectoral vote of 338 to 178… but you never know how elections in America are going to turn out. Should be interesting to see!

Sarah Palin

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Obama tells McCain… “It’s on!”

Just when I thought we were about to see Obama whip up on McCain in tomorrow’s night first Presidential debate, it looks as though there is a good chance that McCain is going to decide not to attend the much anticipated confrontation.

While the official word from the McCain camp is that McCain is going to be ceasing all campaigning in hopes of helping Washington pass an economic package aimed at halting the economic slide the country is experiencing, many are questioning his true reasons behind trying to back out of the debate… mainly the fact that his campaign is slipping and Obama is picking up steam.

Everyone can have their own opinion, and I am not here to try to convince you that McCain is scared of Obama, but come on now McCain… you can accomplish both tasks here. Go back to Washington and do your part to help convince Republicans to come to a deal with the Democrats on the plan, and still find 90 minutes to go and sit down with Obama for the whipping that is coming to you.

I must say, I have to give at least a small percentage of possibility to the fact that McCain may have the country’s best intentions here, but the move he made to get in front of Obama on the situation I believe speaks volumes for what sort of politician we are dealing with. Both candidates talked yesterday and decided that they would make a joint statement on the situation, but then McCain went ahead and made his own public statement while Obama was on a plane. Nice move McCain… good to see you have a little of the strong Republican morals running through your veins.

While McCain is going with the idea that there will be no debate if Congress can not agree on a plan, Obama is going under the impression that the debate is on, only time will tell if we get to see these two men duke it out on Friday night.

Also, McCain, why not let your Vice President candidate Palin take the stage for you, if you want us to believe that this woman is capable of running the country if something happens to you, then let her get up there and talk. Personally, I wouldn’t recommend this, since Obama will run circles around her, but isn’t the whole point of picking such a seasoned running mate as Palin that she would be able to step up to the plate when times are tough? Those times are now buddy, let’s see what she has to offer.

OK, enough Republican bashing… let’s just hope that the debate goes on, and we can actually hear from both sides there thoughts on the current situation.

The debate was not the only public appearance that McCain has decided to back out on. He also decided to ditch David Letterman at the last moment, which prompted close to 10 minutes of McCain bashing on the popular late night show.

Here is the video:

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