looking back and thinking about all the great people who sacrificed and worked so hard in their lives to earn such a prize as the Nobel it honestly makes me ill to think that their work means so little to the new panel. 2 weeks after taking office was the maximum date that Obama could have been submitted to the panel for the prize NOT 8 months later when he got the prize. I've nothing against Obama and want to see my president do great things for my country. I do not think though he should have accepted this prize so soon after gaining office when no real great deeds have been done besides talk and spending ALLOT of our money.