Obama Beats Out Homer Simpson for Nobel Peace Prize

The Simpsons star Homer Simpson didn't try to mask his disappointment at being edged out for the Nobel Peace Prize by U.S. President Barack Obama. "That's what you get for working at a nuclear power plant," groused Homer as he watched Obama on television, accepting bouquets of flowers and giant fig leaf arrangements from adoring media zombies and world leaders across the globe. "A working class guy gets no respect," Homer sighed, and then resolved to someday get even with the president. "OK, if that's how he wants it, than we'll see him in 2012!" declared Homer. "If a guy like him can win the Nobel Prize after a week and a half on the job, then I sure as hell can become the next president! After all, who would you rather have as leader of the free world, a guy who won some sissy Nobel Peace Prize or an under-educated blue collar guy like me who can still figure out that you can't give 40 million more people health insurance without raising a ton of taxes or taking away insurance from others..."