Obama and the prize

[dmano]

These people are way more deserving than him

• [/*]American Greg Mortenson, "nominated by six members of the U.S. Congress for his Asian school building charity
  Vietnamese religious leader Thich Quang Do, put forward when a campaign recruited lawmakers to nominate him."
  
• [/*]American musician Pete Seeger
  
• [/*]Colombia Senator Piedad Cordoba, thought to be the favorite before Obama was announced as the winner, heads Colombians For Peace and risked her life trying to end the conflict between Farc and the government.
  
• [/*]Sima Samar, an Afghani doctor, human rights activist and chairwoman of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, who has spoken out against sharia law and was forced to resign from the Karzai administration after speaking out for women's rights.
  
• [/*]Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai
  
• [/*]Thich Quang Do, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and leading human rights advocate in that country. He has also been nominated previously.
  
• [/*]Denis Mukwege, a Congo doctor who helps rape victims.
  
• [/*]Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a "philosophy professor in Islamic faith at Jordan University. ... In 2005, he brought prominent Islamic scholars together to work out a 'theological counter-attack' against terrorism, and he is regularly praised for his ability to emphasis similarities between East and West."
  
• [/*]Wei Jingsheng, thought of as the father of Chinese democracy, was jailed for 18 years for protesting Mao's China after leaving his position as a member of the Red Guard. He's been nominated seven other times.
  
• [/*]Congolese rights advocate Justine Masika Bihamba
  
• [/*]Mordechai Vanunu, an 80s-era Israeli nuclear whistle-blower. He "asked to be removed from a list of nominees for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize" ... "My main reason for this is that I cannot be part of a list of laureates that includes Simon Peres." Vanunu says Peres is responsible for his kidnapping and jailing in Israel for treason.