The Nobel---the Mirror has two faces

The nation is shocked, SHOCKED, that our president Obama has been granted the
Nobel prize for peace. The right wing pundits and zealots will need life support
to retain their limited version of sanity in order to survive this international recognition of a president thay consider illegitimate and who they are determined to destroy without regard to the damage to our nation.

Our mirror has two faces: the image we have of ourselves, and the one the rest
of the world has of us. Our's is clouded by a fog of racism and partisanship, conceit about our "dominant" position in the world, and an illusion that every aspect of our existence is superior. The world sees us as a giant that was a light onto the nations, but which lost its way and can no longer serve as an example to emulate. They see Obama as an explorer who is seeking a new and more effective way to solve world problems by respecting and joining the rest of the world in the task.
The Nobel prize represents an acknowledgement of the direction he is taking and encouragement that he will continue in the face of the Luddites who cannot accept
change.

Whether Obama succeeds in setting America on a new course is very much in doubt, particularly because the status quo interests are powerful and control a substantial
portion of the media. They have used scare words and false scenarios to bamboozle a
gullible public to resist change, even though their present state of affairs is a failure in many respects.