Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1975:
* 2007: Former Vice President
AL Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for efforts to educate about the effects of man-made climate change.
* 2006: Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, the Bangladeshi bank he founded.
* 2005: Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt, and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
* 2004: Wangari Maathai, Kenya.
* 2003: Shirin Ebadi, Iran.
* 2002: Jimmy Carter, United States.
* 2001: U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
* 2000: Kim Dae-jung, South Korea.
* 1999: Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders).
* 1998: David Trimble and John Hume, Northern Ireland.
* 1997: Jody Williams and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, United States.
* 1996: Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta, East Timor.
* 1995: Joseph Rotblat, Britain, and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.
* 1994: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat; Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, Israel.
* 1993: Nelson Mandela and F.W.
DE Klerk, South Africa.
* 1992: Rigoberta Menchu, Guatemala.
* 1991: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar (also known as Burma).
* 1990: Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Union.
* 1989: The Dalai Lama, Tibet.
* 1988: The U.N. Peacekeeping Forces.
* 1987: Oscar Arias Sanchez, Costa Rica.
* 1986: Elie Wiesel, United States.
* 1985: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, United States.
* 1984: Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South Africa.
* 1983: Lech Walesa, Poland.
* 1982: Alva Myrdal, Sweden; Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexico.
* 1981: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or UNHCR.
* 1980: Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Argentina.
* 1979: Mother Teresa, India.
* 1978: Anwar Sadat, Egypt; Menachem Begin, Israel.
* 1977: Amnesty International, Britain.
* 1976: Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, Northern Ireland.
* 1975: Andrei Sakharov, Soviet Union.
it's a FAMILY. There are two little girls who were promised a puppy a long time ago by their parents -- win or lose -- after the election to reward them for tolerating the rigors of the campaign for such a long time.
One of the daughters is allergic, so that limits the breeds from which they can choose, and he said their first preference was to get a shelter dog, "a mutt like me," but because of the allergy, they might not be able to do that.
They're a normal family, and I think they're a beautiful family. Why would any other family in the United States give a pet to their children? Hopefully, the puppy's personality will match President-Elect Obama's and be even tempered and friendly, as opposed to the current White House canine that, unfortunately, reflects its owner's personality and bit a reporter the other day.
I personally believe this man has the capacity to be the best President in United States history. All he needs is a chance, but when people get so petty as to criticize his decision to give his daughters a PUPPY, then it's clear that some people simply won't ever give him a chance, and that's so, so sad.
Honestly....I'd agree to this just to shut you people up because I'm so sick to death of hearing about gay rights and poor gay people.....blah blah blah. Once again....I guess the Bible thumpers that you hate so much will do the compromising and once again give up something of ours to make you happy. Feel better now?
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