No Nobel Prize For Betancourt

Desi1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 10, 2008, 03:41:

BMP

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billyb says on Oct 10, 2008, 06:09:

Yes, perhaps, and perhaps by next year she would have also done something to deserve it like Mr. Ahtisaari.

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huskie says on Oct 10, 2008, 06:15:

She does not deserve such an honor, IMHO
cheers

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds-"

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Mongo says on Oct 10, 2008, 06:22:

I think the prize should go to Desi, for having to keep the peace here with all of us terrorists!

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Monita Linda says on Oct 10, 2008, 07:33:

Great! Let's have a beer!

Poor but Preppy ______Colombia: the only risk is wanting to lay.

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 10, 2008, 08:07:

although i am happy she is free and still think she doesn't desrve the nobel price not yet, we wait and see what will happen with her crusade for the released of the rest of the hostages, if she manage the released of them, then i will say go for it ( nobel price)

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ujay says on Oct 10, 2008, 08:34:

That's not right giving it to him ,just because they felt sorry the country has no money ,and the UK has froze all the assets so it can get money back.if hes Nobel then he will give the 1.3 million to help his country's debt.

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rocinante says on Oct 10, 2008, 09:12:

OK, I'll admit my ignorance. What has Ingrid done that would cause her to be considered to be deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize? I'm being honest here - I really don't know.

Or are you just mentioning Betancourt's name in the title to keep this in Friendly Talkzone?

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Not that the US president actually runs the US." Feb 5, 2008

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Desi1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 10, 2008, 09:23:

I agree that Ingrid may not have had enough merits (yet) for peace keeping to deserve the Prize. Why Ingrid? She was one of the three top candidates for the Prize.

Ahtisaari has worked long and hard for peace, with some spectacular success (Namibia, Aceh), some disappointments (Kosovo) and is involved in a peace plan for Irak at this time.

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Oct 10, 2008, 09:26:

This lady says shes FRENCH one day, whiles shes living there and then says shes COLOMBIAN when she visits Colombia.

I love Laura Acuna & Jessica Cediel! lol

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corporalgator (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 10, 2008, 09:27:

ujay says on Oct 10, 2008, 09:33:

yes and if you visit iran ,just say your muslin,its the way it goes ,

im a mexican next week

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romy says on Oct 10, 2008, 09:41:

Wasn't Uribe in consideration?
http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/colombias-president-alvaro-uribe...

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La_Huella says on Oct 10, 2008, 09:42:

I don't care what she calls herself, by her actions she's a pretty poor Colombian. Most Colombians sincerely hope she stays away. She is not wanted here.

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vicshere says on Oct 10, 2008, 09:47:

No Nobel Prize For Betancourt

now that's a joke.

why in the world would she even deserve it for getting herself kidnapped.....yupper .... lets open a new nobel prize for kidnapped morons
the problem would be that there would be too many to hand out

listo

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Monita Linda says on Oct 10, 2008, 10:01:

I finally totally agree with you, Vicshere.

Poor but Preppy ______Colombia: the only risk is wanting to lay.

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vicshere says on Oct 10, 2008, 10:08:

woohoooo
i have a supporter

listo

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Oct 10, 2008, 10:30:

Where is the Moderator or Webmaster, I wish you could "QUOTE" here... so you could see who is responding to what? I dont think it would be hard or costly.. does anybody know?

I love Laura Acuna & Jessica Cediel! lol

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 10, 2008, 10:32:

Vic, With puchas like that, you can use all the support you can get ;)

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pobrecito says on Oct 10, 2008, 10:33:

"Wasn't Uribe in consideration?"

Romy, what a joke if Uribe shared the prize with GWB and Putin !

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Desi1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 10, 2008, 10:49:

The original purpose of Nobel Peace prize was to award persons who have struggled to maintain PEACE, to put an end to WARS, negotiate sustainable agreements between WARRING factions. Neither Uribe nor GWB or Putin qualify; they are all men of war.

Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist and inventor (he invented the dynamite). When he found out that his discovery was going to be used for killing other human beings instead of just peaceful purposes, he willed all his enormous fortune to his foundation to deal out these awards, not just in science, economy and literature, but also to promote peace in the world.

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La_Huella says on Oct 10, 2008, 10:51:

Right. And under those qualifications, Ingrid is pretty far from qualifying. Actually, she's far from qualifying to tie her own shoes by the looks of it.

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rocinante says on Oct 10, 2008, 11:28:

"Where is the Moderator or Webmaster, I wish you could "QUOTE" here... so you could see who is responding to what? I dont think it would be hard or costly.. does anybody know?"


Peter please allow us "italic", "BOLD" and "blockquote" tags please. You already have a filter and allow Embed and IMG - just remmeber to and add closing tags of all three of those automatically to the ends of every single post - right where you write out the "funny helpful" in order to stop whole threads from being bold, etc...

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Not that the US president actually runs the US." Feb 5, 2008

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PBHjon says on Oct 10, 2008, 22:43:

here is the poor man's method of quoting: quotation marks combined with copy and paste. let me demonstrate this sophisticated technique:

"Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist"

Look at me, I'm quoting Desi1 right now!!!!!!!

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Desi1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 11, 2008, 00:59:

You can develop this sophisticated technique even further and say: "Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist" (Desi1)

Now there can't be any doubt about who said what.

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rocinante says on Oct 11, 2008, 07:05:

We have been doing that and people are still confused. Miami Mike is even using ============ to seperate the quote from the comment and he even includes that timestamp stuff and readers here still think he wrote everything.

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Not that the US president actually runs the US." Feb 5, 2008

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