Congratulations, Mr. President

James 3:16
"for where envy and self-seeking exist,
confusion and every evil things are there."

What's with all the controversy over President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize?

Three members of the five-member Nobel panel that award President Obama the 2009 Peace prize defended their choice to the Associated Press, saying they expected the surprise and criticism. "We simply disagree that he has done nothing," committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said. "He got the prize for what he has done." Jagland named Obama’s work to improve relations between the West and the Muslim world, and also decision to scale back the anti-missile shield in Eastern Europe. "All these things have contributed to—I wouldn't say a safer world—but a world with less tension," Jagland said.

In a recent online commentary titled "A Prize to Far", Christopher Buckley deemed to write a letter directed to the Nobel Panel from the president. The mock reply includes such gems as:

...I feel that were I to accept the award, it would ultimately debase the coinage of the medal.

...we are still in the first quarter of this game, and to accept this award would be to declare a kind of victory, and that, in my view, would be be inappropriate, presumptuous, and tempting karma.

So, to the Nobel committee I say, in all humility, hold the gold and check back with me in say three years.

Meantime, takk fir mal. Or as we say in America, “Thanks, but no thanks.”

My take on Buckley's letter? Didn't like it and didn't agree with the premise which in a nut shell says 'catch me later".

I guess I agree with Daily Beast blogger Walter Russell Mead..."What's Wrong With Winning?"

...Yes, he's got more words than deeds to his credit. But President Obama's Nobel is a reminder of America's unparalleled power to set the world’s agenda.

And really, this peace prize is more than a compliment to President Obama. At a time when the talking heads and the pundits worldwide are obsessed with the precipitous decline of American power, this award testifies to the extraordinary and unparalleled power of the United States to set the world’s agenda.
It is true that President Obama has received the prize more for his words (which are many) than for his deeds (which, so far, are still few). But that only underlines the degree to which the words of an American president have the power to shape events—especially compared to the competition...

All this is good, and it’s also good that the Nobel win wipes out the Olympic loss. Last week, everyone was writing off Obama’s vaunted international popularity. He was toast, past his sell-by date, jumping the shark. Now he’s back; Oslo returns what Copenhagen took. Good for him, good for us.

All I can say is Congratulations, Mr. President. I'm proud of all you've accomplished in the first nine months of your presidency. I know you'll continue to do great things, so don't sweat the small stuff.

Psalm 27:14
Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait , I say, on the Lord."