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hahahahaha Finally!
Nobel peace prize jury under investigation - Yahoo! News
TL;DR
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize officials were facing a formal inquiry over accusations they have drifted away from the prize's original selection criteria by choosing such winners as President Barack Obama, as the nomination deadline for the 2012 awards closed Wednesday.
The investigation comes after persistent complaints by a Norwegian peace researcher that the original purpose of the prize was to diminish the role of military power in international relations.
If the Stockholm County Administrative Board, which supervises foundations in Sweden's capital, finds that prize founder Alfred Nobel's will is not being honored, it has the authority to suspend award decisions going back three years —
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I really hope Obama gets his revoked. I don't know about other recent candidates, but they apparently are just as undeserving.
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Gandhi never even GOT one... how can we trust them?
Oh yeah, and Lise Meitner was screwed over by a couple of freakin' CHEMISTS who got credit (although she DID get an element, so I guess that makes up for it, somewhat.)
The Nobel Prize committee is almost as awful as the "Academies" of Motion Picture, Television, Stage, and Music. It's just people giving other people awards for things that those other people think were good things. And lots of times, they choose very stupidly.