Let's take an honest look at our president. We shall consider, from election to inauguration, all the way to the nomination deadline. So, if this seems like it'll stretch your memory, go on and whip out some old news articles or some footage if your memory could use some refreshing. Also, I think it's a good idea if you have this open in a tab somewhere. [link] Take a gander through there, will you?

Obama was elected in November and Inaugurated in January. Now, the man couldn't do much while Bush was still around, so there isn't much to influence a Nobel Peace Prize committee going down at this point. Right? Wrong. There is one outstanding thing he accomplished: being elected the first black president of the United States.

Before you scream RACIST just listen. If you take off your politically correct goggles and look with honest eyes you'll see it. He really is a colored man, and he was elected president, and this is a milestone, a revolutionary achievement. It was called such by people all over the world. Remember Tokyo?

So, in this time span, from election to inauguration, Barack Obama did a lot of being black. It doesn't matter if you think he's not FULL BLACK. The point is, it's a milestone, whatever shade of black he may be, and if he had resigned five minutes after becoming president we would remember him secondly as the president who didn't even stay in office for an hour, but we would remember him foremost as our first black president.

Unfortunately, he did not resign after five minutes of being in office. You know it's true, though. Hell, even if he were to resign right now, our grandchildren's grandchildren would easily remember the name 'Barack Obama', simply because he was the first Black President after a long line of crusty old white men. You know that's true, too.

Alright, one more thing before I get back to my point. Did you ever once, before hearing about this, think to yourself "Man, that Obama...he sure is accomplishing a lot in the area of peacemaking...look at all these results. I bet he should get something for this. OH, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!" Did you? No. I didn't think so. Don't change your tune now, just because he has it.

He doesn't deserve it. Not yet. In my eyes, he doesn't deserve it because he accepted it without EARNING it. It is not an encouragement prize, no, that's bullshit. The Nobel is a prize for OUTSTANDING EXCELLENCE. You wouldn't tack a golden star on a kid's brand new piece of white notebook paper because he MIGHT write a good essay. No, no, no. You wait until that little bastard writes the best essay that you may ever see in generations, and then you give him a cake made with gold stars.

Alright, now, back to the point. The nominations had to be sent in February. Twelve days after Obama was in office. What exactly did he do in these twelve days that earned him a place among timeless giants in history?

...Well, he was the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. He didn't do anything outstanding besides being that.

Honestly. Compare all he did within this timeframe, measure it against our past presidents that didn't get the award, measure it against the Giants that actually deserved the award, and then ask yourself honestly- what made him so special as to deserve this award? What did he do to supposedly "inspire international cooperation"? He was black. He was black, and that supposedly shows the rest of the world that we're not racist yahoos.

That's the milestone. That's the ONLY remarkable, revolutionary thing. Honestly. It really is Because He's Black. Even if you don't agree, even if you love Obama, try justifying this award. Try it. You will not get far.

So, now that I've said that, I'd like to say that only a truly arrogant man would have done nothing comparable to the other laureates and still accept the award. I suspect that the entire Nobel Peace Prize committee was either had guns pointed at their heads when they 'unanimously' voted for the man who had not done anything yet over any other deserving candidate who actually ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING...or, more likely, they were having money tucked into their wallets when they made the decision.

Barack Obama SHOULD have refused the Prize until he had accomplished enough to be placed on the same level as those greater laureates and not drag the dignity of the award through the dirt. He should have said thank you, refused it, and then gone out and EARNED IT, even if he didn't have it and even if he never got it again. It's supposedly his passion, right? His calling in life? His JOB? He should have walked away from the Nobel when he knew he was not worthy, when we ALL knew he was not worthy.

I would have had to respect him for that. It would have shown that he was an honest man who would not take something for nothing. Unfortunately, this man is not our president. What we have for president is a man who does not care that this award is propaganda (or is responsible for the propaganda) and he does not care that he is damaging the reputation of the award by accepting it before he's earned it.

Honestly, most people ask 'Why did he get the award?' and I think, if you TRULY DESERVED such an award, nobody would have to ask what you did to deserve it. It should go without saying.

Did anyone question why Gandhi got the Peace Prize? No. Did anyone question Nelson Mandela? No. Did anyone question Mother Teresa, who worked thirty years in poverty before she was ever acknowledged for her deeds? No.

This man, this man who dropped a deep bow at the waist for Arabs but refused to so much as bend a knee for the Queen of England, this man who returned the gift of a handcrafted pen made from the wood of slave ships with a box set of DVDs, this man who accepts sleazy awards and wishes he could talk with the moving characteristics of Martin Luther King Jr. is our president and I am not proud of that.

So, who's up for Canada?

Note: Jaz is definitely not racist.