The Perfect Nobel Prize for our Times

In thinking more about Obama's Nobel Prize, is it possible to find anything more perfect for the world in which we live? It's a fantastic, concrete example of getting something you haven't earned. Obama supporter Ruth Marcus from the Washington Post had this gem buried in her blog post on the award:

This turns the award into something like pee-wee soccer: everybody wins for trying.

That's close, but it places the blame at the wrong feet. Instead, I suggest that the award is totally fitting for the Western World in the year 2009. It's benefits without costs, rewards without effort. It's Health Care and Stimuloids and Gay Marriage and everything else that we insist on having because we want it and, by George, have the ability to borrow to pay for it in one sense or another.

Bingo.