Nobel Prize for Ron Paul?

[aspiringconstitutionalist]

How would we go about getting Ron Paul a Nobel prize in Peace and/or Economics?

[-lotus-]

i think the nobel committee keeps their own counsel on that. not sure tho

[Texan4Life]

you have to be well connected from what I understand..... think about al gore

[Mahkato]

Perhaps we can get him sainted too! :P

[-lotus-]

Perhaps we can get him sainted too! :P

id settle for just getting his face carved on mt rushmore

[bojo68]

Not all that well connected, people have got it for going to/being in jail. Personally, I think he's much more deserving than many that have gotten them.

[trapfive]

How would we go about getting Ron Paul a Nobel prize in Peace and/or Economics?

I doubt Dr. Paul is "connected " well enough...if at all. I think a better idea would start a prize in his name...the Ron Paul Liberty Award, given annually to an individual who advances the cause of Liberty. Now that could be the start of a useful award!!! What a great way to thank Congressman Paul. Perhaps decades from now my grandchildren will listen to grandpa tell stories of the things he witnessed in 07-08...the re-birth of the revolution and the reclaimation of liberty. Every year I could talk with them about the current Ron Paul Liberty Award winner and let them know what Dr. Paul did for us.

[Alex Libman]

Please don't soil Ron Paul's name by mentioning that vile prize in the same sentence!

(Milton Friedman and a few other exceptions only serve to highlight a strong pro-socialist pattern.)

[OferNave]

You mean the same mother fuckers that gave Kissinger the nobel prize for peace?

I'd rather have them piss in my mouth than give me a nobel prize. What a mark of shame.

[Micah Dardar]

Well, when we do end the fed, Ron Paul will deserve the Nobel Prize for freeing us from slavery!

[itshappening]

The prize awarding ceremony on December 10 is the final result of a long selection process. The rules permit a division of the prize among no more than three laureates. The Norwegian Nobel Committee bases its assessment on nominations that must be postmarked no later than 1 February each year. Later nominations are included in the following year's discussions. In recent years, the Committee has received well over 140 different nominations for the Peace Prize. (The numbers of nominating letters are much higher, since many are for the same candidates.)

New nomination rules, effective from 2003. Compared to the old rules the list of nominators has been slightly expanded.

Any one of the following persons is entitled to submit proposals:

* members of national assemblies and governments;
* members of international courts of law;
* university chancellors; university professors of social science, history, philosophy, law and theology;
* leaders of peace research institutes and institutes of foreign affairs;
* former Nobel Peace Prize laureates;
* board members of organisations that have received the Nobel Peace Prize;
* present and past members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (committee members must present their nomination at the latest at the first committee meeting after February 1);
* former advisers at the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

Observing the rules given in the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, the Committee does not publish the names of candidates.

The Nobel Peace Prize may also be accorded to institutions or associations.

The nominators are strongly requested not to publish their proposals. Proposals should be sent to:

The Norwegian Nobel Committee
Henrik Ibsens gate 51
NO-0255 OSLO
Norway.

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someone should nominate him by Febuary 1st?

[Theocrat]

I love Congressman Paul to death, but I must ask why he should be eligible for receiving a Nobel Prize for just doing his duty as a statesman, true to Constitutional principles and without compromise in his public office.

[InterestedParticipant]

ummm, the Nobel Prize is controlled by the Global Cabal, how do you think Al Gore got it? Don't see Ron being in the running as long as they are in control.

[aspiringconstitutionalist]

I love Congressman Paul to death, but I must ask why he should be eligible for receiving a Nobel Prize for just doing his duty as a statesman, true to Constitutional principles and without compromise in his public office.

Dr. Paul has gone above and beyond his mere duty. His mere "duty" as a Congressman, is just to sit around and vote on bills.

He stood up and took a clear and passionate message of liberty to the country, and has tirelessly fought for our freedoms. Running for President, getting the message of liberty on the top of the New York Times best seller list, starting educational foundations, busting your butt across the country to spread the message at meetings/rallies/media events, and helping more liberty candidates get into office is not mere statesman duty.

My thoughts on getting Dr. Paul a Nobel prize are not so much to make Dr. Paul feel good about what's he done, as much as they are to promote liberty and good economics, a la F. A. Hayek's Nobel prize. It's been really helpful for the past 30 years to be able to say, when debating economics for instance, that the Austrian business cycle theory you're talking about is the same one that Hayek won a Nobel prize for in 1974. It really helps give the message legitimacy in the minds of the people.

[Theocrat]

Dr. Paul has gone above and beyond his mere duty. His mere "duty" as a Congressman, is just to sit around and vote on bills.

He stood up and took a clear and passionate message of liberty to the country, and has tirelessly fought for our freedoms. Running for President, getting the message of liberty on the top of the New York Times best seller list, starting educational foundations, busting your butt across the country to spread the message at meetings/rallies/media events, and helping more liberty candidates get into office is not mere statesman duty.

My thoughts on getting Dr. Paul a Nobel prize are not so much to make Dr. Paul feel good about what's he done, as much as they are to promote liberty and good economics, a la F. A. Hayek's Nobel prize.

Congressman Paul accomplished all of that within the context of the Presidential Primary season. It's not like he just decided to go on a nationwide pilgrimage one day and spread his message of liberty and limited government to all who would listen, at his own expense. No, Dr. Paul had a distinct goal in mind, and that was to win the Presidency, which is a very high honor. I'm truly grateful that he chose to run for President and get his ideas out to the masses unlike anything I've ever seen before.

My point is I think Congressman Paul's efforts do not fit the criteria of independent research or humanitarian necessary to be under the scope for eligibility to receive a Nobel Prize. Perhaps after he retires from office and pursues his message further in a more private fashion, maybe he will have a chance to receive that kind of an award. Until then, Dr. Paul's voting record, hard work, and principled consistency will be a noble prize for all of us supporters to treasure in our hearts and pass on to our children. :)

[Paulitical Correctness]

I think a better idea would start a prize in his name...the Ron Paul Liberty Award, given annually to an individual who advances the cause of Liberty.

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