This Week in the Mercury
Friday, October 9, 2009
News Two Acceptances
Posted by Matt Davis on Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:06 PM
"This is not how I expected to wake up this morning..." "...and then Sasha added, plus we have a three day weekend coming up." Barack Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize, October 9 2009.
"I'm mindful that only yesterday in Birmingham Alabama, our children crying out for brotherhood were met with fire hoses, snarling dogs and death," Martin Luther King, junior, accepts the same prize, December 10, 1964. Full speech here.
1
Hey Matt,
It's not quite fair to put those two speeches together, is it? After all, Obama's speech was only his announcement that he accepted. He'll probably be making a big acceptance speech when he goes to Oslo in December.
Cheers,
Montag2k
It's not quite fair to put those two speeches together, is it? After all, Obama's speech was only his announcement that he accepted. He'll probably be making a big acceptance speech when he goes to Oslo in December.
Cheers,
Montag2k
2
Sorry, I didn't realize he was going to Oslo. Perhaps he should read MLK's speech before flying out there and think about whether he really does want to accept the prize, after all?
3
The Prize for Peace is awarded in the great room of Oslo's Town Hall, with Edvard Munch's "Frieze of Life" surrounding.
Go see it sometime.
Go see it sometime.
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