Friday, October 9, 2009

Is it really a "call to action"?

President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize; he called this a "call to action." What I question now is if it's really a "call to action"? Or he will just blow up the whole thing? He remarks that he wants to restore peace in “the Middle East, the threat from nuclear weapons, global warming, and the battles against poverty, disease, and injustice.” It all sounds amazing. But will that really happen? In the past years I’ve heard the same thing over and over again from past presidents. Nothing really changed. I still hear about the war in Iraq, injustice, diseases and mainly about poverty. The war keeps going on. Injustice is everywhere. Diseases keep spreading, and the economy is awful. Prices are going up like the gas on a shaken soda. Poor people are still at the bottom trying to survive. Where is the change Obama promised? I personally think it’s all a cover up. All presidents say the same thing, and maybe Obama is right about thinking he doesn’t “deserve to be in the company" of previous winners, like civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and two previous sitting presidents, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. They really made a change widely. I will believe Obama deserves to receive the Nobel Peace Prize until I see a real change!

1 comment:

Vanessa_09 said...

I totally agree with the author. Her opinion is very much like mine. The humor in the piece made it way more interesting to read. I like how she compares the hightailing of prices of things to the inflation of the gas on a shaken soda. The facts she uses to prove her view all make perfect sense and can be proved to be true. Overall, the writer and I think very much alike on this topic, and that makes one feel good. Thanks. Also just note that some grammar mistakes are present.