I’m Stumped and Baffled and Some Other Stuff
Today I learned that Donald J. Trump was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
Yeah, the same Donald Trump who has insulted every race other than OWL (Old White Loser). Yeah, the same Donald Trump who instructs his followers to commit acts of violence against people at his rallies who disagree with him.
Peace Prize. Damn.
Verdelia says she’s never been nominated and she’s a lot more peaceful than Donald Trump. Well, except for that time she shot her second husband. In her defense, he was asking for it. I mean, there’s only so much dirty tee-shirt on the couch belching that a woman can endure. And it wasn’t like she didn’t warn him every day for two weeks. She did. He didn’t. Shame on ’em.
So, I looked up how this happens.
But a nomination and a prize are not the same. The Nobel committees invite thousands of people every year to nominate peace prize recipients. Hundreds of candidates normally reach the desk of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Okay that makes me feel a little better. Hell, I don’t suspect any of my friends know the address of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which explains why I have been inadvertently snubbed for this award.
But here’s what baffles me. The article goes on to say …
… and previous nominees have included Russian President Vladimir Putin, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, and U2 singer Bono.
Okay, so get irony. I mean it’s kinda funny to compare Donald Trump to Putin and Stalin. But Bono? What the dickens did Bono ever do to get compared to Putin, Stalin, and worst of all – Donald Trump? Best I know, Bono is a nice person.
That just baffles me.
I bet Bono is pissed-off, Honey. Hell, Verdelia is pissed off and she doesn’t even know who Bono is.
Thanks to Bryan for the head up.
With The Donald’s ego, he probably nominated himself.
1Don’t forget that somebody nominated Jerry Lewis for the Peace Prize several years ago.
He didn’t win.
2I’m with Mike, or else Trump paid somebody to nominate him.
Bono has raised money for good causes. There are those who really don’t like him, but I think classing him with murderers like Putin and mass murderers like Stalin is a bit of a stretch.
3Vox???! was seriously expecting the link to take us to The Onion.
Mike, I dunno if Das Donnie nominated himself. He has a huuuuuuuge staff of peeps to do his chit.
4And when the committee opened the letter of nomination, they all said, “uff-da” and went out for some aquavit to forget.
5Someone nominate Trump for Noble* Piss Prize.
First person to pee on him, wins the prize.
*Not affiliated with Nobel Prize Committee
6I’d like to give Rick’s contest a -shot-. Hahahahahahahaha!
7I’m with you Debbo! I’ll be competing in the long distance event.
8Debbo, I’m with you and Rick, unless Donnie is on fire. In an emergency sometimes the best response is no response.
9He told Palin, “Obama got the Nobel, why not me?” Then he handed her a check, got her drunk, had her sign the application and made a gopher deliver it to Fed Ex.
10@TWMDBSI
I just got out of an afternoon and evening’s worth of soul withering work meetings with few breaks. And here I find that that yall are planning fun times in my absence. /Sniff /Sniff. The only way this can be made up to me is if I get to pee on the Donald first. 🙂 Ahhh. Good times!
11Susan, I hate to have to burst your bubble, but Sonny Bono wasn’t such a terrific fellow. His tenure as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives combined the fecklessness of Louie Gohmert with the ego of El Combover.
I was living in his district when he died. He died because he skied into a tree. Wham! at thirty miles an hour smack into a few hundred board-feet of unsawed lumber can ruin your whole day. It certainly ruined his.
The consensus among my neighbors was that it was a well-earned death. As members of the U.S. House of Reps goes, I can attest by personal knowledge that he was considerably less well regarded among his constituents than most. Some of my neighbors told me that until then, they were reluctant to move out of the district because they wouldn’t be able to vote against him anymore. It was a sentiment I shared.
12Scott – it’s the other Bono. To be honest I’d forgotten, I’d forgotten about that Bono.
13They’d better be careful. If Trump wins the prize he’ll want to put his name on it.
14Verdelia reminds me of the song in musical “Chicago” “He had it coming” “He ran into my knife. Ten times he ran into my knife!”
15Well this was hypocritical and a terrible mockery of the Nobel prizes.
16I wonder if he nominated himself?
Anyway to find out who nominated The Rump?
Diane, anyone who would do that has probably already left town and changed his name and maybe events sex!
17Thank FSM the decision is made outside the US.
18Had to laugh at the mix-up/confusion of the “Bono” boys.
Sonny Bo[long O] No[long O] as opposed to …
Bo [bah] No [long O]
The latter Bono has done a lot of good works. The former Bono did Cher.
Those that have suggested that Donald the Great nominated himself probably hit the nail on the head! Maybe his hair nominated him!! Hmmmm … it does seem to have a life of its own!!
19Oh, I thought Scott was being sarcastic about Sonny Bono, either way it’s hilarious.
20Is there any doubt that The Donald or one of his paid lackeys did it? The Narcissist Prize is more like it.
I’d nominate Verdelia if she promised to wear her leopard print yoga pants to the presentation ceremony. Those stuffy old coots need to lighten up a bit.
21I think they meant the Piece (of crap) prize.
22The peaceful glow was gone for me once they gave the Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger, whose major contributions to world diplomacy include extending the carnage in Vietnam, facilitating mass murder in East Timor, and complicity in the overthrow of the Allende government in Chile and subsequent murders. Given that example, Ted Cruz is a more likely nominee even than The Donald.
23Hey, we could all as a group nominate you, Juanita Jean. Who’s gonna keep count and what’s the deadline and who do we send it to (like street address) and do we gotta pay anything to do it? I bet you gotta get some of those fancy stamps from some other not-American country…..
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