October 15, 2006
NYC Letter: Deserving Loser
SHEEHAN CLAIMS SHE'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FINALIST
AUSTIN October 12, 2006 (KVUE News) - Cindy Sheehan was at BookPeople on Lamar & 6th Street signing autographs for her new book entitled "Peace Mom". ... Sheehan also announced at the signing that she's a finalist for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Overcoming a tendency to award the Nobel Peace Prize to nominees who do nothing (1988 United Nations Peace-keeping Forces, 1994 Yasser Arafat, 2001 United Nations, 2002 Jimmy Carter, 2005 IAEA and Director General Mohamed ElBaradei), this year the Nobel committee awarded the prize to someone who has done much by doing little.
MUHAMMAD YUNUS WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
October 14, 2006 (The Age) - 'Banker to the poor' has been awarded the Noberl Peace Prize. The Bangladeshi economist has become the winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, beating off competition from 191 candidates. Muhammed Yunus was awarded the prize in acknowledgement of his work to lift millions of people out of poverty. His bank, which was founded in 1976, helped fellow countrymen to set up their own businesses.
That Cindy Sheehan thought herself a finalist, even by slack Nobel standards, is laughable. That she should announce herself as such is the sort of self-admiring arrogance we have come to expect from a mother who has exploited the death of her son for her own notoriety.
The not-too-bright not-too-deep Sheehan is a stunt-person for the anti-war left, which is not the same thing as being an advocate for peace. Ms. Sheehan's stunt is to show up somewhere clutching a picture of her KIA son, Casey, and then talk about herself. That her son volunteered, re-upped, volunteered for the relief force assignment in which he was killed, and believed in America's mission in Iraq, are not themes in Ms. Sheehan's script. Ms. Sheehan keeps it simple, Cindy Sheehan is about Cindy Sheehan.
Ms. Sheehan, of course, has her supporters. They fly her around the world, they arrange her appointments calendar, supervise her ice cream-and-latte fasts, and mark-up her scripts. She is their tool. And while she is useful she is used. And when she is used up or fails to play to script, she will be tossed.
We do not believe in Ms. Sheehan's public grieving. We do not believe Ms. Sheehan believes in it either. We do not believe Ms. Sheehan deserving of a Nobel. We do not believe that Ms. Sheehan believed herself deserving either. But belief and fantasy, ah, dear skimmer, those are two very different things.
Posted by Damian at October 15, 2006 02:30 AMI read elsewhere that nominees are kept secret for 50 years, so barring a leaker, she couldn't know. This is her insane little world talking.
Posted by: Jay at October 15, 2006 03:34 AMJay,
Jimmy Carter probably blabbed. From Bloomberg:
Nominations for the peace prize are kept secret by the Oslo- based Nobel committee, though some candidates are made known by the nominators. Of the 191 nominees for this year's award, 168 were for individuals and the rest for organizations.Former winners, parliaments and governments, university chancellors and leaders of peace research institutes can propose candidates. Researchers familiar with the nomination process make annual predictions of the nominees and their chances of success.
Well, for a brief moment it all looked so bright for Ms. Sheehan. A book signing. A Nobel prize. Noko nukes. Yes everything was falling into place.
Regards,
DGB
Of course, the Physics, Chemistry, Mathmatics, and Economics Nobel prizes went to stupid Americans. At least the peace prize went to someone who is alleviating a little suffering and not milking the taxpayers for millions, and not to a self-deluding old broad.
Posted by: interventor at October 17, 2006 07:03 PM
