Obama's Nobel [Ap]Pea[s]e Prize?

The whole "story" about Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is fascinating to me. Sour grapes (here) might explain some of my feelings upon hearing the news, but really it is more of plain ol' disbelief. I think even honest Liberals would admit they couldn't believe the news when they heard it.

And it has led to an interesting car conversation with my 10-year-old. When I told her the news, and my take on it (the award was based on what Obama had promised to do) she really impressed me by referring to a joke she had told me about a year ago (aren't young minds impressive?). Here's the joke.

But what prompted this post was something from Jay Nordlinger at The Corner on National Review Online providing some interesting back story about the Nobel Prize:

I’ve read some commentary that the Nobel Committee has handed Obama a “poisoned chalice,” because now his freedom of action will be constrained: How can he take military action, when necessary — or persevere in war, when necessary — while holding the title of “peace laureate”? As it happens, this issue arose in Norway, about Norway, long ago. Let me explain.

Continue reading about the Nobel Prize's poison chalice history here.