This Nobel Peace Prize reminds me of my conversation in London with a Muslim guy

It was last September when my wife and I traveled to London, Paris, and throughout Italy. We stayed in Hyde Park near Inverness with a street full of ethnic restaurants, full of bustling activity late into the night, and with 2 busy London Underground stations nearby (Queensway and Bayswater).

Anyway, we arrived by plane back to London from Venice and it was late at night by the time we got back to our hotel. We walked a block over to a Persian restaurant where many young middle eastern students were gathered to talk, drink Turkish tea, and smoke. After a bit, 2 guys sat down near us and the older guy who was quite chatty started talking to us. We got onto the topic of Obama and the upcoming election. The guy said Obama was terrific and would change many things about the world's view of America. He also said the radicals would never let it happen and Obama would be assassinated before he could even take office. I told him never fear. Americans were going to do the right thing and bring Obama to power and show what we can truly be. He would truly behave in a way that is humble and yet powerful toward other nations--even our traditional antagonists like Iran, etc.

This is my salute to that unnamed guy I spoke with that night. I consider the Nobel Peace Prize a giant "THANK YOU" from the world to all Americans. That we get what living in a post cold war world looks like. We understand the world is still a bit unipolar but that we will need to change that. We can be a first among equals as we engage with the world community. Our president sets the tone for that and it is one of the many reasons he is deserving of that prize.

after Obabam's election, Tutu's NPP, Mandela's election, and Mandela's NPP.

You guys may have been discussing it here, but I admit I was taking a break from the every day of DU. So to be shocked by this news was so amazingly heart warming.

the fact that it drives those lunatic right wingers even farther over the edge is just iceing on the celebratory cake.

It's the brotherhood thing, and it goes beyond our own little 'hood, doesn't it. Brotherhood is back in style.

Cheney must be poppin' nitro pills like candy today. His portfolio is in peril as peaceful, respectful celebration of life becomes the focus.

to go visit something other than their little corner of the world. not just on some business trip but for the point of seeing for themselves what is really going on out there. it would change the fabric of our country immensely for the better.

and shown a thing or two about how the world really works away from the corn or wheat fields.

their little cancer of the world, before I double-checked.

Let's just overlook the fact that he's escalating two wars; he's a swell guy.

are you vegan? do you only buy from your local roadside vegetable markets? do you recycle 100% of everything? you purists are idealogues just as much as the Taliban or the Christian fundamentalists.

... and pistachios. :party:

Hekate

is what I need.

:hi:

typo

Prize is a worldwide recognition of achievement, not a gold medal in the Olympics!

People around the world see this man as someone working hard, not getting too far too fast, but working hard, and representing ALL human beings on this planet.

Thanks for this thread and your vignette.

when it doesn't fit their agenda? Religious conservatives live every day of their lives supposedly on faith and hope of something better. But when a president inspires hope, people like McCain (and for a time, Hillary) scoff at hope and the power to motivate people to action.

LESS than 5% of the world's population!

We in the USA have such tunnel vision.