Fresh off a star-studded salute in Madison Square Garden for his 90th birthday, Pete Seeger is at the head of yet another movement. Though this time he's not leading it, but being honored by it, as there is now a push to get Seeger the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sure, it may seem a bit strange that a folk musician would be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, as those awards are typically reserved for major world leaders who have made some sort of break-through in international negotiations, or some other such major geo-political move. Seeger, on the other hand, has "merely" inspired countless people with his music and rabble-rousing politics, but if one really wanted to, it wouldn't be too hard to come up with an argument as to why that's as least as important as most of the major events leading to others receiving the award.
And while I understand that he's a pretty big long shot, you've got to admit he's a bit more deserving than Teddy Roosevelt and Al Gore, both of whom presided over multiple non-peaceful bombings and raids in their time in the White House...
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