Congratulations to Our President-Day 51

Happy Friday. I hope you have an extra-ordinary day. I hope this day is filled with love and happiness, peace and joy.

This is a wonderful day, early this morning around 5:00a.m.,, for some unknown reason, I had awaken, and I grabbed my cell phone. I checked my messages. I received news that our president, Barack Obama, had been selected to received the Noble Peace prize.

Congratulations to our president. But what is the Noble Peace Prize and why was he selected to receive it?

Noble Peace Prize-According to the Wiki, "The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish, Danish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."[1] Alfred Nobel's will stated that the prize should be awarded by a committee of five people elected by the Norwegian Parliament. Norway and Sweden were at that time still in union, and with Sweden responsible for all foreign policy, Nobel felt that the prize might be less subject to political corruption if awarded by Norway. The Peace Prize is presented annually in Oslo, in the presence of the king, on December 10 (the anniversary of Nobel's death), and is the only Nobel Prize not presented in Stockholm. "In Oslo, the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee presents the Nobel Peace Prize in the presence of the King of Norway. Under the eyes of a watching world, the Nobel Laureate receives three things: a diploma, a medal and a document confirming the prize amount."[citation needed] The Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony is held at the Oslo City Hall, followed the next day by the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, which is broadcast to more than 450 million households in over 150 countries around the world".

So according to the aforementioned, our president was selected because he has done, or is expected to do, according to the selection committee, either the most or best work for the fraternity between nations. He must have displayed to the world that he is working for the promotion of world peace, through a joint effort. Wow. President Obama did all of this in just a mere nine months?

I believe he has achieved somethings and he is working toward others. President Obama is clearly promoting unity and encourages the nations of the world to work together. He only recently stood before the United Nations, and explained that once the world was upset with America because we tried to command peace, using unilateral force. But president Obama stood before th nations to request their assistance, to work toward world peace.

I am so proud of our president. We have a leader that the world has acknowledged his leadership through fraternity. Now of course we have people "fighting him inside our own borders". However keep in mind that everyone in our Congress is not good. There are many that promote laudable objections but their genuine objections are no more noble than former Iraq leader, Saddam Hussein's were for his country.

We should all rejoice in this selection of our president receiving such a prestigious award. I must share with you a true story. Prior to the election of President Barack Obama, I was in a store standing in line, and there was an elderly white lady behind me. She must have been about 75-80 years old. I looked at her and smiled, she look at me and told me that she was voting for Barack Obama. She said to me" I sure hope he wins, or I do not know what I would do". This country has been destroyed and it is time for change".

I was shocked that this older lady, who had probably known of times when Blacks were not permitted to eat in certain places. Now this Black man, albeit, half Black, was running for the presidency of these United States. I did not know how to respond to her. I told her that I would probably want to interview her later for a story that I wanted to write. I asked for her telephone and she gladly obliged. After this elderly white lady left the store, I thought to myself...."what a changing world".

It should make every man and woman of the world understand that "intelligence" and "leadership" have absolutely nothing to do with the color of ones skin. But everything with what is between the ears, meaning your brain power. The more you study, the more you know, the less you study, the less you know. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to figure this out.

It just makes me very sad to know that more people do not realize this, and we have so many Black illiterates. When "they" do not have to be illiterates. I know that I have deviated from my original intent. This is a congratulatory blog, not a blog on education. But my heart is for education, and when I see otherwise, I am saddened and dismayed.

But returning to the subject at hand, congratulations to our President Barack Obama. You ...Mr. President, make us all look good.

Have a great weekend, and please do not forget to read.


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