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   Perhaps no decision to date more clearly defines an award for words over substance than the remarkable decision to award President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize.  The question that begs to be asked is “For What?”  He was sworn in for President two months before the selection process began, so he did more for peace in two months than anyone else in the world?  I am not saying that with time his efforts might warrant such recognition, not at all.  I am just saying not yet.  Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Teddy Roosevelt are the only two other sitting Presidents to be awarded the prize.  Does anyone really put Obama in the same category yet?  I certainly hope not.   Can’t it at least be fairly said that the jury is still out?

   Conflicts with North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, Israel and the Palestinians are all issues on the verge of explosion, despite the President’s efforts.  None are anywhere near being resolved.  If they were, the award would have been given on merit.  Given the current status of things, as a local talk show host observed, “Shouldn’t his teleprompter gotten recognised too?”