Just a few corrections...the Peace prize is voted on by a Committee selected by Norwegian parliament...so there is possibly some political overtones here. Certainly, they not only had the small amount of time that Pres. Obama was in office but the long period of time between his announcement of running for office and when he was elected.

This prize was awarded out of the blue for the Pres. Instead of bashing him as often and everywhere that is possible...maybe, for the world's sake, we should say Congrats! and do well! It seems that there is sour grapes continually by those who oppose his positions and therefore lets gripe at anything.

There is difficulty in many of the things which Obama faces, such as Gitmo...It is too bad that both sides of this conflict could back down, but the last that I heard, that has not happened. It would be nice to duck our heads in the ground and believe everything will be all right, but it'll just end with our asses being blown off...!

The best we can do is to support the democratic processes in other nations and to do what Obama has done, which is to see that we are in a mult-power world and therefore international cooperation is necessary. Obama has proceeded to do that early. Much different then the conservatives did when they were in power here.

As for those who are toiling away in those forgotten places doing wonderful work. We are so thankful that you are there. This particular prize typically is given to much higher profile individuals and groups for political aims, but that does not reduce the work done by these courageous folks.

So hurray for the President and we can't wait what will happen in the future with you!

Astro taking things in stride...