Letter writer Lowell Greenbaum seems to be intellectually challenged with his fantasy of why President Obama was given -- not earned -- the Nobel Peace Prize ("Obama richly deserving of Peace Prize," Oct. 15).

However, let`s be clear on one thing: I don`t blame the president for this -- just the morons from Norway on the selection committee.

Here are some of the other nominees that were beaten out by Obama:

- Simar Samar, who is a women`s rights activist in Afghanistan who kept her schools and clinics open during the most repressive days of the Taliban regime -- at huge personal risk .

- Dr. Denis Mukwege, who founded and is the head of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. His life was/is dedicated to helping Congolese women and girls who were/are victums of gang rape and sexual violence.

- Hu Jia from China, who was sentenced last year to three years-plus in a Communist Chinese prison for "inciting subversion of state power." He is a human rights activists and an outspoken critic of the Communist Chinese government.

- Handicap International and the Cluster Munition Coalition, which according to published accounts are "widely recognized for their consistently serious efforts to clean up cluster bombs, also known as land mines. Innocent civilians are regularly killed worldwide because the unseen bombs explode when stepped on."

But the winner is Obama, for his hope-and-change thingy. With the likes of Jimmy Carter, etc., being awarded the "prize," and now being used for a political agenda, it has lost any semblance of something to be taken seriously anymore -- and that is really sad.