Let's Sing Kumbaya!!!

Well, I don't know about you but I have had a much more peaceful weekend knowing that our very own President Barack Hussein Obama (mmm, mmm, mmm) has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to bring peace to the world and bring us closer to being a global community!
What's that you say? What did he do to get this award? Well, let me tell you! Hmmmm, now there's......hmmm, just give me a minute as I find the stuff he did to warrant this Nobel Peace Prize......(rummaging through mountains of paperwork and documents....)....just give me another minute......well, ok, you got me! I guess I can't find ANYTHING he's done that would justify this award!!! Hey, wait a minute...he's done a LOT of talking on TV shows.....! Does that count???
Well, like Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institute writes in the Oct 8, 2009 Honolulu Advertiser, the US may be more liked around the world, but not more respected! So is being "more liked" all it takes to win this prize now? If so, then the Nobel Peace Prize is worthless! What we have here in actuality is a person who has chosen to apologize for the "sins" of the United States (instead of pointing out all the "good" the US does), has emboldened our enemies and made our country less safe!
To back this up, I offer the following. First and foremost, the President of this country should be an outright patriot and as such has no business "apologizing" continuously to every nation in the world! While we may not be a perfect country in every way, we are the shining city on the hill, the greatest advocate for peace, liberty, freedom and the pursuit of happiness that the world has ever known. Why is it that millions (both legally and illegally) flock to our country every year? Is it because we are such a bad country with really bad people? Absolutely not! It's because this is the greatest country on the face of the planet and we offer freedoms, opportunity and justice on a scale unheard of in other countries! So why does our "elected leader" see it as his place to apologize for us? In addition, I challenge ANYONE to show me a country that has never made mistakes or wronged someone else! You can't......so again, why are we so bad???
Keep in mind also the following: that while our President has been "making nice with the other countries", the dictators in those countries have become emboldened to take actions that were never taken while George W. Bush was in office. Start with North Korea which has fired test missiles (short and long range) this past summer and again just today. Iran has thumbed their nose at Obama's peace-keeping friendliness while continuing to build their nuclear sites and openly state that they are all for the non-existence of Israel. You didn't see this during the Bush Administration!!! In addition, while trying to "talk" to other nations such as Cuba and Venezuela, Castro and Chavez continue to praise Obama for the great job he's doing while continuing to buy arms from Russia. Special envoys were sent to Syria but while they too praise the job Obama is doing, they don't stop funding terrorist groups! And then who could forget Obama's stellar decision to stop the missile defense plans in Eastern Europe, which puts Eastern Europe in potential harm's way with Russia. But Russia continues to send weapons to countries that simply don't like us! And all this got Obama the Peace Prize!!!!!! I guess it's safe to say that effectiveness has nothing to do with deserving this honor! And shouldn't we be at least a little concerned when dictators/leaders like Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Ahmahdinajad (however you spell that....) and Vladimir Putin praise our own President for the job he's doing? But hey, at least we feel safer don't we???