Guest Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Obama Snubs in Oslo Anger Norwegians Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:02 PM By: Dave Eberhart Newly minted Nobel Laureate Barack Obama has stirred up some bad feelings in Oslo, Norway, by opting out of a round of events traditionally attended by the prizewinner — not the least of which is lunch with the King of Norway. According to a report by the U.K.’s Guardian, Obama has scratched off a dinner with the Norwegian Nobel committee, a press conference, a television interview, appearances at a children's event promoting peace, a music concert — as well as a visit to the exhibition that honors him at the Nobel peace center. A local poll found that 44 percent of Norwegians believe it was rude of Obama to nix his scheduled lunch with King Harald, with only 34 percent responding that they believe it was okay. "Of all the things he is cancelling, I think the worst is cancelling the lunch with the king," said Siv Jensen, the leader of the largest party in opposition, the populist Progress party. "This is a central part of our government system. He should respect the monarchy," she said, according to the Guardian report. However, the Norwegian Nobel committee has been somewhat less critical of the perceived breaches in etiquette. "We always knew that there were too many events in the program. Obama has to govern the U.S. and we were told early on that he could not commit to all of them," conceded Geir Lundestad, secretary of the committee. Meanwhile, peace activists opposed to the Afghanistan war held an unscheduled demonstration in honor of the American prize winner. The Nobel peace committee has been under fire for awarding Obama the greatly coveted Peace Prize so early in his tenure as the titular head of the Free World. 2009 Newsmax.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Oplinger Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Almost hate to bing this up...but will the Norwegians get the same hate-label applied to them for this as Obama's dissenters here have been tarred with? Quote "As iron sharpens iron, so also does one man sharpen another" - Proverbs 27:17 "The offense of the cross is that the cross is a confession of human frailty and sin and of inability to do any good thing. To take the cross of Christ means to depend solely on Him for everything, and this is the abasement of all human pride. Men love to fancy themselves independent. But let the cross be preached, let it be made known that in man dwells no good thing and that all must be received as a gift, and straightway someone is offended." Ellet J. Waggoner, The Glad Tidings "Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" - John Wayne "The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated" - Ronald Reagan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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