George W. Bush has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Let me repeat that for those of you who, like me, had a hard time grasping the internal logic of the statement. United States President George W. Bush, the man who declared war on two countries and a common noun, has been put forth as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. Don't think about that for too long or your head might explode from trying to reconcile the logical paradox.
Can just anyone be nominated? One would think there should be some sort of guidelines, for instance, "nominees for peace prize should not have started a war, ordered military action, or otherwise contributed to a general lack of peace in any region."
Fortunately, according to reports (click here), he pretty much has a snowball's chance of actually receiving the peace prize. Apparently, the Norwegians are probably smarter than that. Yes, the Nobel prizes are given out by the Swedes, but for reasons even the Nobel Peace Prize committee can only speculate upon, Alfred Nobel gave the administrative duties of the Peace prize to the Norwegians.
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