Posts Tagged ‘Barack Hussein Obama’

Are Ee Es Pee Ee See Tee

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

A quick recap here:

When dealing with the heads of state of one of our oldest and most valuable allies, Great Britain, the Obamas give Prime Minister Brown a collection of DVD movies that are in the wrong video format (PAL instead of NTSC) and have the wrong DVD copy-protection region code. They give the Queen an iPod — loaded with videos of Special Moments in Barack’s Presidential career.

In the, ahem, crowning moment, Michelle touched the Queen — and it is a gross violation of protocol to touch the Queen. It is, simply, Not Done — not even by her own subjects.

Several commentators on the left have expressed disdain on righty-tighty offense at this maneuver. “She’s just another person,” they sniff. “We real Americans don’t go around respecting no royalty none, no sir ree sir.”

Well, while I think that respecting the personal space of a, you know, national sovereign is not out of line, I think we can all agree that it is not necessary for American citizens, to bow or curtsy before the Queen, given that we fought a war over this point back in, oh, let me see, 1776. In fact, we have a long tradition of not even dipping our flag before the flag of the host country at the Olympics. We certainly don’t bow before royalty or nobility of any stripe.

Oh, really?

Really?

How about when President Hussein visits the royal house of one of the most oppressive nations on Earth, a nation which, if it were not floating on oil, we would treat as malignantly hostile? (And should treat as hostile anyway.)
BRITAIN G20 PALACE
Via American Thinker, which has video of this disgusting national abasement, showing that it is absolutely a bow, and a deep one (at about 0:53), plus links to Miss Manners and the Queen’s own website.

That’s right, Mr. and Mrs. American Royals. Spurn our allies, and suck the goat-pokers of our enemies. You putzes.

Journalistic Plausibility

Sunday, November 9th, 2008

jim Treacher:

I heard Carl Cameron once answered his hotel room door in a full Wonder Woman costume

I’m not sayin’ it’s true, I’m not sayin’ it’s not. That’s just what I heard. And no, I won’t tell you who said it. Under the new standard of journalism, it’s plausible until proven otherwise. And I get to decide what constitutes proof.

Better get out in front of this one, Carl!

[My link, for those of you wondering what the hell this is about.]
Jim, if Carl wants to run around hotels in her Wonder Woman costume, that’s entirely her business, as long as she doesn’t start lassoing other guests.

Meanwhile, here’s the story I want tracked down:

Been hearing unattributable talk that to deflect from Obama’s inability to deliver on his promises, or do much of anything with the economy, Democrats will divert attention the old fashioned way. Moscow Trials. The machinery is supposedly in motion to drag the entire Bush administration before congressional inquisitions. If you think there’s raw feelings now between the Obama left and constitutional Americans, you ain’t seen nothing yet. It also looks like Democrats Dodd, Frank, et al, will escape scrutiny for their major role in the subprime disaster. Sweet being a Democrat these days. eh wot?

As one of Roger’s commenters says, “Thats the step that will end liberal democracy. When going out of power leads to personal jail time or execution – no one will go out of power freely.”

Spread this one far and wide. Demand President-Elect Hussein prove it wrong.

I mean, it’s not any worse than the charge that President Chimpy personally ordered airliners flown into the World Trade Center as a kind of Reichstag Fire maneuver, is it?

Moreover, if BO is even remotely thinking of this, maybe airing it out will kill the idea, like, oh, say, exposing his entire Transition “Platform”, the one where he proposes mandatory servitude for all teenagers, made it fall down the memory hole.

(No, no, that last is absolutely true. People have screen shots.

(That’s going to have to be the rule for reporting on Obama’s Presidency. Save screenshots and local copies, because whenever he’s caught out telling the truth about what he wants to do, the official copies will disappear. )