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Did Nobel Winner Obama forget about Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders?

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 14:09

This just in! President Obama is generously donating his Nobel Peace Prize award money to a bunch of charitable organizations. Hooray! Congrats to the following orgs: Fisher House ($250,000), Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund ($200,000), College Summit ($125,000), Posse Foundation ($125,000), United Negro College Fund ($125,000), Hispanic Scholarship Fund ($125,000), Appalachian Leadership & Education Foundation ($125,000), American Indian College Fund ($125,000).


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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to American, Conservatives Go Crazy With Rage

Fri, 10/09/2009 - 20:20


Today President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to create diplomacy throughout the world. While many individuals question the award, only three groups outright objected to it: the Taliban, claiming he has done nothing to pursue peace in Afghanistan; Hamas, because the American government still does not recognize the nation of Palestine; and American Conservatives, because he is President Obama.


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Obama's Just a Peaceful Guy

Fri, 10/09/2009 - 17:44

Cross-posted: Reappropriate

As President Obama tells his supporters in an email:

This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I’d been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.


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Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Means Alot To Asian Americans, If We All Want It

Fri, 10/09/2009 - 15:54

Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize has the potential to be the lit torch to brighten and forge a path forward and not another political stick for partisan "Punch and Judy" theatre.
 


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