| Friday, June 30, 2006 |
| Free Prose Friday |
1. If you haven't already visited the site, look at the photo that was recently posted at Magic Bean Buyer. Beware: You'll fall out of your chair laughing.
2. I have great ideas but no capital.
3. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the U.S. and winner of the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize -- back when that meant something -- spoke these words that are still true today: In the battle of life, it is not the critic who counts; nor the one who points out how the strong person stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better.
The credit belongs to the person who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; who does actually strive to do deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotion, spends oneself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at worst, if he or she fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those timid spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. I've just placed him in the top-five of my favorite historic figures.
4. Here's an idea: Joe Napalm's 1st Annual Up in Smoke Cigar Repartee. It would be an invitation-only gathering of Christian men and women interested in networking and sharing a premium cigar. Of course, I would emcee the event. I need a logo, though... |
posted by Joe Napalm @ 11:04 AM   |
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SO when exactly did the Peace Prize stop meaning something?
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For me (No, I'm not a relativist. I just haven't researched it in depth), the Nobel Peace Prize lost its luster in 1990 when Gorbachev was awarded it. And then look at some of the winners since then: Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan.
I believe the Peace Prize should be awarded on merit. Mother Teresa deserved it. MLK, Jr., deserved it. But Arafat? C'mon!
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Ah, so if I understand correctly, the trigger was the Committee's move to "send messages" with it (i.e., give it to Arafat to prod along the peace process, whether or not it's actually succeeding - not to mention his own inauspicious past).
I dunno about not thinking Gorbachev made it lose luster; a strong argument can be made for Arafat, but the Gorbie certainly was a key figure in preventing a huge conflagration when the USSR came tumbling down.
But as long as you're not hating on Lech it's cool. ;)
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SO when exactly did the Peace Prize stop meaning something?