President Obama wins Nobel peace prize...?

I thought it was an error when I read the news this morning that our 44th President became only the 3rd standing President to win the Nobel Peace prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." It was not over general dislike or overall disapproval of the current administration that I was surprised, but rather lack of evidence to suggest that he has in fact done what the Nobel committee said he had who cast the votes to win him the award. I was, however, impressed with how President Barack Obama down played his unusual winning of the Nobel peace prize. He himself knows that he is undeserving, but of course, who expects him to turn it down along with its 1.4 million that comes with the medal. President Obama said, "I will accept the award as a call to action". He said this, because he knows he hasn't done anything to merit such a prestigious award, and he needs to be busy in following through. Not to minimize our Presidents' past accomplishments as a politician and 8 year Senator but he himself also said:

"I do not deserve to be in the company of so many transformative figures that have been honored by this prize."

Here is the thing that is troubling me, that President Obama was chosen for this award just two weeks after he was elected into office. That fact is left out of many articles I have sourced. This unprecedented nomination is similar to a participation trophy for the losing team at a middle school soccer game. Imagine a valedictorian receiving a degree from a college that he or she never attended. You're all winners! Let's celebrate change! Celebrate mediocrity! Its obvious this was because of his massive popularity than his policy, at home and abroad.

The relevance that he won the prize is entirely depending on how you look at the credibility of the Nobel Peace Prize where it stands in 2009. It's interesting to compare the winners of the prize (judge for yourself) in this decade as opposed to previous decades. The only 2 standing presidents to win the prize before President Obama are Woodrow Wilson, and Teddy Roosevelt (thanks for that income tax). Let's also not forget other notables that have won the prize, which include, Yassur Arafat, the Egyptian-born Palestinian, (seriously, do the words Peace Prize mesh well with the Palestinian Liberation Front?) the earth-saving senator Al Gore, and the anti-Semitic, racial instigator Jimmy Carter. The Nobel committee, comprised of 205 members this year have obviously not considered accomplishments and qualifications, but political correctness. The efforts of Bill Clinton and George Bush Sr. have raised over 1 billion in world aid, and we give these types of awards to the afore mentioned men? That's about par for the course.