Obama: SLN and Nobel in One Week

Last Saturday I watched Saturday Night Live with my teenage son. I was sort of shocked to see a skit where Obama sits in the White House Oval Office and essential denies doing anything wrong because in fact he has done nothing - that was the focus of the humor, how little he has accomplished in office so far.  As an Obama supporter I was taken aback, but also I realized that maybe there was some truth in the skit, as there always seem to be on SNL.  I was disappointed in myself for not being "ready" for the blast he got, for not being more aware of what hasn't been done maybe.  I haven't been following domestic issues in part because I got tired of the prolonged health care debate.  Poor excuse I know. So my task now is to be more aware and objective.

On to the "good news" (at least for me!) - Obama has been selected for the Nobel Peace Prize.  I lived in Alfred Nobel's house in Oslo as a teenager in the '70's.  It was a beautiful home and  as the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in Oslo every year I was privileged to even attended the event when Henry Kissenger was awarded the prize. I feel a deep connection to the prize and it's meaning. The consideration of the hope and inspiration Obama has given the world is what is being considered here I believe, not that he has ended a war or significantly effected change in the form of peace in a given country.  I do think he deserves it because, like Martin Luther King, he symbolizes hope and change. I just hope he continues to really effect change so that SLN doesn't have material for the next 3 years.  We shall see.