Descent from profundity to absurdity

I used to give great weight to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize. In my mind, the winner of the prize was someone of great substance, character and someone that had made great contributions to the cause of peace. But I've raised my eyebrows at some of the more recent recipients (Jimmy Carter and Yasser Arafat come to mind, albeit for entirely different reasons).

But one scratches his or her head at the possible trajectory of the award's stature should recent Prize nominee Cindy Sheehan become this year's recipient.

There's just nothing else to say.