Let's face it, he's been in office for only nine months and his body of work is far from complete. Not only that, but he has been charged to bring an end to wars which have sapped the country both emotionally and economically. Having said all of that, the ambivalence (and believe me, that is more on the progressive side than conservatives - I just don't believe its possible for them to hate him any more than they do), is shocking!

How about the idea that there is something to be proud that the Nobel committee actually thinks that the goal of bringing peace to a world that is war torn, poverty riddled and talking more about the number of nuclear weapons a nation can have versus how to actually live without them, is laudatory? How about the idea that in looking at world leaders across the globe Obama has been considered worthy of the award by those who actually give the award? And how about the idea that it is particularly strange that there are those who believe that supporting war is more patriotic than supporting the nation's leader when a Nobel prize committee looks to encourage our nation's leader to bring peace?

The facts are that there is something seriously wrong with cheering the president for failing to persuade the world to give award this country the Olympic Games and 'booing' (either figuratively or literally) when that same president wins the Nobel Peace prize! Is there something wrong with some of us in this country or what?!

When opponents of the president's policy cry about how unfair it is to brand them as hateful because they carry signs that depict him as Hitler, or the menacing Joker. Or when they whine about how terrible it is that calls for harm to come to him, or refer to him as a Nazi or socialist are their 'rights' as Americans and that to refer to that as 'hate speech' is over reacting and 'reverse racism'' - then we have to ask, what category is vilifying the president for winning the Nobel Peace Prize fall under?

How about if we looked at this as encouragement to - I don't know - bring peace wherever America's global footprint?

How about remembering the words of another president, "The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker." That was Richard Nixon, by the way. The Republican president who never won a... oh never mind, you get the picture.