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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

Well, I guess they do not share in this win.

Just as the 49% that voted against Bush do not share the blame for his inept blunders.

So, everyone except those people who don't vote shares the blame for the invasion of Iraq, the Patriot Act, etc, etc?

Considering Congress was tripping over themselves to agree with both, and many other things as well.

Its not as simple as saying 'hey you voted for Obama, if he screws this up, I can blame you.' Or, 'hey you voted for Bush, I blame you for the Iraq War.'

When BOTH Democrats AND Republicans are to blame for just about everything. And as an extension, according to you at least, the people who voted from them are to blame as well.

I suppose they are, in a certain way. Every democracy gets the government it deserves. And the American people really don't seem to care enough that they would actually NOT vote for someone that has for years been screwing over the country.

Oh, and...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- In a decision as shocking as Friday's surprise peace prize win, President Obama failed to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Monday.

While few observers think Obama has done anything for world peace in the nearly nine months he's been in office, the same clearly can't be said for economics.

The president has worked tirelessly since even before his inauguration to wrest control of the U.S. economy from failed free markets, and the evil CEOs who profit from them, and to turn it over to wise, fair and benevolent bureaucrats.

From his $787 billion stimulus package, to the cap-and-trade bill, to the seizures of General Motors and Chrysler, to the undead health-care "reform" act, Obama has dominated the U.S., and therefore the global, economy as few figures have in recent years.

Yet the Nobel panel chose instead to award the prize to two obscure academics -- Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson -- one noted for her work on managing collective resources, and the other for his work on transaction costs.

Other surprise losers include celebrity noneconomist and filmmaker Michael Moore; U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner; and Larry Summers, head of the U.S. national economic council.

It is unclear whether the president will now refuse his peace prize in protest against the obvious slight to his real achievements this year.

-- Tom Bemis, assistant managing editor

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oba...ics-2009-10-12