I kid you not.

Obama had quite a whirlwind day Thursday – he signed the Nobel guest book, huddled with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, met with King Harald V and Queen Sonja, and delivered an acceptance speech after he was formally presented with the prize. He also joined the king and queen at an evening banquet.

But he skipped out on several other activities, including lunch with the king, a news conference at Oslo’s Grand Hotel, CNN’s traditional interview with the prize winner and a “Save the Children” benefit concert, where organizers replaced him with an Obama cardboard cutout. Obama also won’t be around for Friday’s Nobel Concert.

Why? Apparently because he’s busy preparing for Copenhagen, where a bunch of people who travel around the world in private jets, and travel around town in limousines, will determine the best way to spend our money in pursuit of saving the world from carbon emissions.

Rather than attending the “Save the Children” benefit concert, luncheon with the Norwegian king, and traditional news conferences and interviews. He’s skipping benefit concerts and diplomatic traditions to hang with a bunch of hypocritical alarmists in Denmark. Obviously the man has his priorities in order.

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You’ve got to give the Norwegians credit. They’ve got some comedic genius. Here in the states we probably would’ve gotten a written statement read by someone from the organization. In Norway they place a life-size picture in your place.