Presidents and Terrorists and Al Gore, Oh My!

President Barack H. Obama was awarded the "coveted" Nobel Peace Prize last week. He was chose as the recipient of the award back in February of this year, less than a month in his occupation of the White House. There's been a large public outcry over the President's deservedness of the award. But the question begs to be asked: "Is the Nobel Prize an honorable award?"

After Yassir Arafat was awarded the Prize in 1994, not only could the legitimacy of the award be debated, but totally disregarded. Maybe he was a "reformed" terrorist, but he was responsible for the inflammation of Palestinian hatred of Israel. His Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and Fatah Party were responsible for violent acts of terrorism against the Israeli state.

Then there was a man from Plains, everybody's favorite anti-Semite: Jimmy Carter. I guess the argument could be made that he is an advocate of peace. He singlehandedly destroyed the American military in an attempt to appease the Soviets with the SALT treaties. He was partly responsible for helping Egypt steal land from Israel with the Camp David Accords. But his legacy for appeasing Islamofascists and doing everything in his power to undermine Israel and the entire Jewish race should be what we remember him for.

Then there is Mr. Al Gore who was award the Prize for his work involving environmental change. He was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for being a pompous airhead, flying around the world droning on for the sole purpose of making money and listening to himself speak. How he has spread fraternity and peace among the nations is beyond me.

Back to the President. Many have falsely compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler. That is a gross misrepresentation. No, Mr. Obama is the new Neville Chamberlain. There is a reason that Neville Chamberlain was never awarded a NPP. His appeasement of Hitler was a grand act of peace. Do I need to remind you of how that turned out? Obama is trying to appease Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a man who shares many of the same traits as Hitler. It is admirable to strive for peace, but when it empowers men whose intention is to commit atrocities, it should not be condoned.

On an ironic note, I do find it amusing that they awarded Obama the Prize despite his plan to increase troop deployment in Afghanistan.

The De-Exclamation of the "E!" Channel

Hey, E! Channel, stop telling me what movies I love. I hated the first Bring It On. The 5,000 sequels really haven't helped its cause. The fact that Hayden Pane-something-or-other is in the movie causes further hatred of the film.

I'm sure that some 14 year old finds Bring It On: Stuck-Up White Girl Befriends Racially Prejudiced Minorities (long title, huh?) to be entertaining. Granted, I'm not E!'s primary demographic when it comes to this programming. But couldn't they have stepped up the quality a little bit? Isn't there a Reese Witherspoon movie or Meg Ryan '90s rom-com that they can air instead?

My beef with E! can be related to my distaste for TBS's "Very Funny" slogan that I've mentioned before. I'm sick of these television channels dictating to me what is funny or what I should love. Any credibility that these channels had before has been destroyed by their lack of taste.