October 2, 2008

Ugly non-Americans

Here's something to dish up with your Freedom Fries:

Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the United States is too insular and ignorant to compete with Europe when it comes to great writing.
The comments were not quite as concisely insulting as the lead suggests, but they were quite as dismissive and arrogant in a more expansive and detailed manner. Full article here.

Posted by David on October 2, 2008 10:50 AM

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*shrug*

The Nobel Prize has ceased to be of value in any event due to their current political hijinks. I stopped taking them seriously when they awarded a science prize to Al Gore. :P

Posted by: Small Pink Mouse on October 24, 2008 5:35 PM
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