Do you remember when . . .

the Nobel Peace Prize meant something?

Do you remember when it was awarded for actual accomplishments?

Alas, no more.  This year's prize has been awarded to Barack Obama (link here) whose list of actual accomplishments as president includes . . . well . . . we'll have to get back to you on that.

Whatever credibility the Nobel Prize committee had left after presenting the 2007 Peace Prize to Al Gore is now up in smoke (sorry for the carbon footprint).