steven n fettig's Jitterin' Thoughts

    Well, I actually got some sleep. 12 hours to be exact - well, at least close to that. It has been quite some time since I have actually been able to sleep solid for that long. Most of the time it is 6 or 7 hours and then I'm awake.
    Anyway, I decided to check out the Frankfurter Allgemeine (a German newspaper) - www.faz.de - and see what the latest news is in Germany and who happens to be on the front page? Jimmy Carter.
    What do I think of Pres. Carter winning the peace prize? Not much. I can't imagine that there weren't better candidates out there and I cannot agree with giving someone like Carter a peace prize for "attempts" at winning peace and not actually attaining it. I think the peace prize should be awarded to those who have definitively succeeded in bringing greater peace to our world. Carter has not and will not as long as he continues to go against US foreign policy. I am not saying that I agree with US foreign policy all the time, but the fact is that one would do better for peace in the world (specifically relating to Carter and his position in the US) by tyring to influence internal decisions and the process by which those decisions are made. It is ridiculous in my mind that we give a person an award for the "feel good" idea well-intentioned actions and yet not those who have actually done something that has had a real effect.
    This is yet another example of our society being more interested in the looks of a person than the actual actions and effects of those actions.