Bradley Manning and Julian Assange Both Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

[Frosty1]

I hope this is true

The Nobel Peace Prize nominees for 2011 recognize a number of activists, among them Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, Wael Ghonim, Tunisian blogger Lina Ben Mhenni, and Egyptian Israa Abdel Fattah together with the April 6 Youth Movement.

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/145977/bradley-manning-and-julian-assange-both-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/#1

[robertpaulsen]

1. Seems true from the Reuters link

Among the known nominees this year are WikiLeaks and its leader Julian Assange, Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim, Afghan human rights advocate Sima Samar, the European Union and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl.

Also among the nominees are Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya Sardinas, Russian rights group Memorial and its founder Svetlana Gannushkina, Bradley Manning, who allegedly leaked secret U.S. cables to WikiLeaks, and Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/09/27/uk-norway-nobel-idUKTRE78Q51T20110927

[tblue]

2. WOW! That must mean it's REAL!!!!

Good for them! The world sees what's going on even if most Americans don't.

[Frosty1]

7. You are so right!

:party:

[TheWraith]

8. No, actually. You don't get "nominated" for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Anyone can send a suggestion to the Nobel committee and call it a "nomination." George W. Bush was "nominated" for the Peace Prize. So was Rush Limbaugh. Being nominated means nothing, as it's simply a statement that somebody thought you should be, not a statement of merit approved by the Nobel committee.

[yellerpup]

3. Yay!

That ought to chap some Cheney ass! :woohoo:

[gateley]

4. K&R! nt

[FiveGoodMen]

5. Which would be terrific if we hadn't seen how utterly meaningless that prize is.

[Frosty1]

6. Speak for yourself Five

[mod mom]

9. Yeah our President received his award & promptly ended all our wars.

:sarcasm:

[FiveGoodMen]

10. Always do!

[Gman]

11. So was Rush Limbaugh once

That's all it means.

[Frosty1]

12. Source?

[Gman]

13. Google it.

It was all over DU here a few years ago.

[Frosty1]

14. LOL

:rofl:

[SidDithers]

15. LOL...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2021257&mesg_id=2021331

:rofl:

Sid

[SidDithers]

16. Anyone can be nominated...nt

Sid

[NYC Liberal]

17. The Nobel Committee has nothing to do with these nominations.

There is a very large pool of eligible people (that includes any university professor of history, political science, philosophy, law and theology or university president) who can submit a "nomination."