1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005

Over the years, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Oslo has trended toward awarding the prize more to people who advocate a liberal political philosophy than to people who work for actual peace on earth. This trend is demonstrated nicely by this year's twist in the way of conducting business, apparently resulting from complaints that the award has historically been awarded primarily to men. Since the inception of the prize in 1901, only 12 women have received it. Consequently, this year's prize will be awarded to a person selected from 1,000 female nominees and "nearly 200 other nominees" who are presumed to be men.

The skewing of the process by giving one group of people preferential consideration to achieve gender equality is an affirmative action program. As such and as with any affirmative action program, one has to wonder whether this year's Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded based first on merit or first on the shape of the nominee's skin. Also, it would seem reasonable to assume that, at some point in the future, other non-merit based criteria such as skin color or sexual orientation will be included in the mix of factors considered when picking a winner.

Interestingly, a review of a sampling of the nominees' bios indicates that many of the nominated women are noteworthy for their radical feminist ideology or their socialist advocacy, both of which seem more adept at creating conflict than fostering peace. Many nominees who advocate socialist wealth distribution apparently see themselves acting in concert with the myth and legend of Robin Hood, failing to realize that, first and foremost, Robin Hood was a thief. Typically, if the first act in a series of eventualities is theft, attitudes take on a less-than-peaceful demeanor.

Nevertheless, the Gender Diversity Nobel Peace Prize could have been predicted by simply reviewing recent recipients of the award. The committee in Oslo used the prize to showcase its strong leftist political agenda in the Anti-American Bumper-Sticker Nobel Peace Prize given to former president Jimmy Carter and the Earth-Is-My-Mother Nobel Peace Prize given to Kenyan tree-planter Wangari Maathai. So, the Gender Diversity Nobel Peace Prize simply follows as another marquee on the street leading to the Nobel Prize Committee's desired goal of global socialism.

In conclusion, the Nobel Peace Prize has degenerated into a high-profile object used largely for leftist political activism and, with more than a five to one advantage in total nominees, only a foolish gambler would bet against a woman receiving this year's prize.