Exclusive! Obama’s Amazon Gift List for Gordon Brown!
by Andrew Leigh
People are still buzzing about Barack Obama’s apparent “dis” of Gordon Brown last week, when the British prime minister paid his first official visit to the new president at the White House.
Brown presented Obama with the following gifts:
• An ornamental desk pen holder made from the oak timbers of Victorian anti-slaver HMS Gannet. (Which reportedly delighted Obama, who placed it on his Oval Office desk.)
• The framed commission for the Gannet’s sister ship, the HMS Resolute; the historic Oval Office desk was a gift from Queen Victoria, carved with wood salvaged from the Resolute.
• A first-edition set of the seven-volume classic biography of Winston Churchill by Sir Martin Gilbert. (You may recall the minor foofaraw that broke out when Obama returned a Churchill bust that Britain gave the White House in the wake of 9/11.)
So, what did Brown receive in return?
Would you believe, a boxed set of DVDs?
Well, you should, because that’s what Obama gave him — 25 classic American movies on DVD that one probably could have rummaged from the Best Buy bargain bins for under $100. (At press time, I was unable to confirm the rumor that Michelle Obama threw in a pair of Snuggies.)
Didn’t Obama promise greater multilateralism and “smarter” diplomacy? That exchange seems more unilateral than the Iraq War. They say Tony Blair was Bush’s “poodle.” I shudder to think what this makes Gordon Brown.
Do I sense sabotage at work within Obama’s ranks? If I’m not mistaken, the State Department is in charge of diplomatic protocol. And who’s in charge of the State Department?
Oh, right.
In an exclusive, Big Hollywood obtained a copy of the Amazon gift receipt from an anonymous source (*cough* Hillary *cough*). Below is a facsimile of the receipt which includes personalized comments by the gift-giver.
AMAZON.COM PRIME MEMBER
IN THIS SHIPMENT
- Item
Lions for Lambs
In the Valley of Elah
Redacted
I love a good war movie, don’t you?
Little Big Man
Dances With Wolves
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Gotta love a rip-roaring Western, too!
JFK
Wall Street
Salvador
I learned more about history and finance from Oliver Stone than from all my professors at Columbia!
Bowling for Columbine
Fahrenheit 911
Sicko
Michelle and I love documentaries! Especially when they’re true!
The Constant Gardener
Michael Clayton
Sweeney Todd
Anytime I start feeling a little sympathy for business people, I fire up one of these reality checks!
Pineapple Express
Undercover Brother
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
I like a good comedy, especially one you can relate to!
An Inconvenient Truth
More great comedy! Al Gore really comes alive in this one!
Being There
An inexperienced duffer in a nice suit spouts some banal lines about change and unity and becomes a political leader. Truly inspiring!
Syriana
I promised Michelle I’d keep down the number of documentaries, but this one will really open your eyes about what’s happening in the Middle East!
Overlooked classic from 1933. During the Depression, a president assumes dictatorial powers and imposes a socialist agenda. Like “Rahmbo” always says, never let a crisis go to waste! 
Just to prove I’ve got nothing against you Brits! And guess what, Gordo? I’m text buddies with both leading ladies.
The Democratic Process: Saul Alinsky and His Legacy
Narrated by Alec Baldwin! Full of “great” “community”-”organizing” “tips” (wink wink) that will unite the country in a giant bear hug of bipartisan love. Example: viciously attack and scapegoat Rush Limbaugh, coordinating it through the lapdog press. Can’t you feel the love? But hey, you don’t get him in England. Well, then, any popular far-right talk show host will do. You don’t have any of those? Not even someone slightly right of center? Forgetaboutit! You’re a shoo-in! I might take some of these DVDs back! (Just kidding!)
Dead Man Talking: How to Use a TelePrompter Properly
An absolute life-saver! Thankfully, nobody showed this one to McCain. Of course, he’d probably still be trying to figure out how to “rewind” the DVD!
P.S. Don’t share that last one with Bobby Jindal!
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I think I'll tell people I'm a Canadian for the next four years. This is truly mortifying.
Could have been worse, he could have given him "V for Vendetta". What a joke and an embarrassment. You should follow this up with the report over the weekend that stated the Administration's excuse for this pitiful display of diplomacy was that Obama was suffering from exhaustion.
Impressive, Hey you sent your boys to die for us in the mid east and so, I got you something special.
Call you next week. What a dweeb!
I don't know why Obama didn't include The Patriot, and John Adams (the miniseries) – he could shore up our alliance with England by reminding Mr. Brown of our mutual history. Maybe he is saving this for his meeeting with the Queen.
I don't know why Obama didn't include The Patriot, and John Adams (the miniseries) – he could shore up our alliance with England by reminding Mr. Brown of our mutual history. Maybe he is saving this for his meeting with the Queen.
This was nothing compared to the gift he gave the Prime Minister of Iran: National Intelligence Council Charles "Chas" Freeman.
Oh my God! A collection of movies and Marine One helicopter toys for his children? My, what a tremendous gaffe by Obama. That's almost as bad as committing war crimes, torturing people, getting 4000 brave young men killed, and causing the needless deaths of 300,000 innocent Iraqi women and children. Is this really the best you guys can come up with?
How about the musical 1776 with William Daniels?
"We're waiting for the egg to hatch.."
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The only explanation that I've seen that makes sense comes from the blogger Baldilocks. She says it's an intended snub, and it's about Kenya:
http://www.luoamerican.com/baldilocks/2009/03/ven...
This means one or possibly two things: Obama is allowing personal matters interfere with foreign relations, and/or he's initiating a new policy with Britain that demotes their status as our best ally. I think it's both.
Here's my comment (it's a cartoon I drew.)
http://www.rightnation.us/forums/index.php?autoco...
You could join the growing number of people who "didn't vote for Obama". Six months after Lyndon Johnson was elected in 1964, you couldn't find anyone who actually voted for him.
Numbnuts, you really should come up with more than a made up number of 300,000. You mean the volunteer soldiers who knew they were signing up to join the armed forces? You mean the 4,000 who took down a brutal dictator who used to torture children in front of their parents (all I've met say they believe in the mission and hate the media)?
As for war crimes, I don't cry one bit if anyone in the Muslim world gets caught in the crossfire, sorry. Call me barbaric but guess what genius…people who profess they are people of faith while sawing peoples heads off don't get one lick of sympathy from me.
Also, maybe you should ask yourself how far would you go if you knew someone had the knowledge that your children would be killed and they weren't talking. Sorry, I'd make sure I'd bite each of their fingers off until they talked. Again, my proof that you are a moron, and that alone is a point even you can't argue. Now take Mr. Penn's c**k out of your a$$ and get back to work.
You forgot to mention that those DVDs are Zone 1. In Europe, they can only play Zone 2 DVDs (if of course they don't have a multizone dvd player but isn't that illegal?).
Hey Simkatu! They'll be filling up the punch bowl in five minutes, I thought you might like to get in line early.
Best of luck,
JD…………….
I think the point is that when a foreign dignitary from one of our biggest allies in the world makes his first official visit to the new President, it is not advisable to go to the "movie bin" in Wal-Mart for the gifts. Especially considering what Brown gave to Obama, which were mane orders of magnitude better and more appropriate.
Not gonna bother to comment about the rest of your post, which is proof positive that you are infected and in the final stages of BDS. I advise you to seek medical treatment immediately.
My father and I have thought that for years! They got the red state/blue state thing completely backwards. Thank you!
needless to say, Mr Brown already knows more about US history than the clueless one…
Briscoe I think you are right. I think he was letting Mr. Brown know that it will not be "business as usual" with our traditional allies and that we are charting a new coarse with Russia, Iran, North Korea and The Palestinian Authority.
Oh my God! A liberal who only cares about brown people and our "brave young men" when it fits their political propaganda!
Seriously, that card has been played for 40 years. You guys didn't care about the prospect of Iraqis being slaughtered by Baathists and foreign insurgents due to a premature American withdrawal that you supported, and you don't care that almost every U.S. related conflict in the past 20 years has involved the U.S. defending or liberating muslims from regimes who brutalized them.
To reiterate: You guys do not care.
To get back to the topic that you're trying to dodge: Is the left capable of applying the same microscope to Obama that you applied to Bush? So far, it's obvious that you're not.
"Oh my God!" A liberal who only cares about brown people and our "brave young men" when it fits their political propaganda!
Seriously, that card has been played for 40 years. You guys didn't care about the prospect of Iraqis being slaughtered by Baathists and foreign insurgents due to a premature American withdrawal that you supported, and you don't care that almost every U.S. related conflict in the past 20 years has involved the U.S. defending or liberating muslims from regimes who brutalized them.
To reiterate: You guys do not care.
To get back to the topic that you're trying to dodge: Is the left capable of applying the same microscope to Obama that you applied to Bush? So far, it's obvious that you're not.
Yes, and preventing a terriorist attack on American shores for the last eight years and freeing two countries from tyranny
The Democratic party hasn't always been the party of socialism.
I'm surprised President Obama didn't regift him one of the Inaugural commemorative plates. Or coins. Or any of the other items hawked on TV for $19.95 at every commercial break. The kind of stuff you'll sell at your next garage sale.
http://the100mostannoyingthings.blogspot.com/
I admire Barry's obvious attempt to cut costs everywhere – especially here in the diplomatic arena. Hillary's easy button to Russia, and a puny collection of DVD's to the Brits was certainly a step in the right direction. But I think they should upgrade the gift list a little – how about a shamwow, and a prize pack of the collective items from the Ron Popeil collection. What leader worth his/her salt wouldn't value a pocket fisherman? Or the joys of a vegomatic? Think of all the goodwill after Putin pops in a beaver in the Showtime rotisserie. Now that's diplomacy
A more appropriate choice would have been Kind Ralph.
A more appropriate choice would have been King Ralph.
Say…Didn't the Brits love Obama? Ironic, no?
Deadman Talking. Classic.
I'm glad to see being out of power for much of the last decade has not only radicalized the Democrats beyond sensibility, but driven them to the DVD in bins in search of renewing lost hopes of diplomacy, even ones that need not be renewed.
DVD diplomacy does have its upside. We can offer copies of Independence Day to the Taliban, just tell them it's a secret documentary on weapons on Edwards Air Force Base. We could send them a truckload of Meryl Streep flicks, but then that would just re-affirm their belief in the whole honor killing thing.
I'm sure the Russians haven't had enough of Red Dawn or WarGames by now.
But hey, a DVD faux pas is nothing compared to the millions who suffered in all those fake, I mean, secret prisons or had to live in air conditioning at Gitmo. If anyone wants to get in a Republican vs. Democrat debate on body counts post 1960, I'm more than happy to bring up Pol Pot, Vietnam or just the sheer ineptitude and managerial misconduct of Somalia.
That's true. It used to be the party of slavery…
After Obama gave his cronies their billions in gifts, and with the late night partying at taxpayer expense, and with him flying all over the country at millions of dollars each flight, there probably isn't much money left to buy a DECENT gift for someone not in Obama's circle.
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I had a friend from Germany who utterly worshiped Obama because (and this is literally what he told me) Bush made German gas expensive… He was studying to get his doctorate. It makes you wonder if everyone is just on crazy pills and we missed the free trial.
This website may help you understand the importance of our diplomatic gift giving.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/tokens_and_treas...
Obama should have "regifted" the Churchill bust.
Of course they did. The Red/Blue thing was an MSM creation. We could hardly expect it to be correct.
What a class act. He and Michelle. The only good that will come of this is at least Europeans will be insulted and realize he's not the "elegant" Savior they once thought he was.
While this was bad on Obama's part it could have been worse.
I'm not a liberal. I'm a conservative and by that I mean a real conservative, not a Republican.
The United States intervention in Nicaragua was deemed a war crime by the world court. Under the direction of Reagan, the US committed terrorist acts that killed tens of thousands of innnocent people in Nicaragua. The U.S. was ordered to stop its aggression there. They refused. After it was over, the U.S. was ordered to pay billions in reparations for their war crimes, and they refused.
And things weren't much different under Democratic presidents either.
Democracy is all fine and good as long as the people choose the leader that is most profitable to US corporations. If they don't then God help them, because they will feel our wrath. It's certainly not about freeing people from brutal dictators, otherwise we would have invaded Sudan a long time ago.
my brother pointed that out to me- thought it was a commie plot at the time- I think those losers just think 'blue' is cool 'caused they focus grouped it…
no, it's just a sign of his callous disregard for others despite his populist rhetoric… by the by, how much IS arugula nowadays? that was one of his concerns…
no self professed 'conservative' would cite the World Court as evidence of anything other than leftist tomfoolery… this person either doesn't know what conservatism is or is being knowingly disingenuous…
one suspects the latter. We are not in Darfur because it is not in A) our hemisphere, and B) not in our national interest…
Right, because Republicans don't fly all over country.
I seem to recall Mr. Bush out scrubbing brush every other weekend in Crawford, Texas. Was that an illusion? Or don't all presidents travel frequently?
You have really got to be kidding that this is the best you can come up. He flies on Air Force One?
You want him to hop on a bus or hitchhike?
What about those "brown skinned" people who recieved millions of US dollars of AIDS assistance in Africa un the Bush Administration?
good point… they are also on the PAL system, so these might not play anywhere…
More correct is "with us" in the Middle East. And still, PBHO did this. To the citizens, (oops, subjects) of the UK: I am so SORRY we allowed this no-brained dust mote to become the President of the US..
I saw something on the History Channel recently that the Dems were red during the first Reagan election but the colors were flip-flopped after that. I never understood why either. Red seems way more appropriate for the Dems.
The MSM INTENTIONALLY reversed the red vs. blue colors to avoid even greater reference to (red) socialism. This was a conscious, deliberate decision. Prior, the colors rotated, and white went in for independents (Perot).
The same thing is happening here for Al Franken voters.
I understand not wanting to spend money in this economic climate, but I'm sure they could have found MANY American artisans who would've gladly donated works as gifts just for the publicity.
Hear, hear!
or a copy of "The Patriot"
And his "man sack".
and the KKK
yellow would be a better color
PATTON
Michelle Obama. I've seen that 'look' in her eyes in the movies. Chuckie in, "Child's Play."
I want him to keep flying. The more he flies, the bigger carbon footprint, the warmer the earth gets…its freezing here in the midwest.
(Yawn)
Wasn't Bush the 43rd. President?
As crappy an area the Middle East is, I wouldn't mind a nuclear enema to get it cleaned up, as long as its our nukes.
Yes, I said it. I said it. It had to be said. And I'll say it again; the Middle East peaked with mathematics. Its time to clean out and cauterize that festering wound. I'd let Israel pick some of the targets, too, so they had decent property to move into when their economy grows.
Dear Prime Minister;
Please excuse Barry for giving you such a cheap, insulting gift. He was very tired, and could not do his homework.
Sincerely,
Michelle
19.95 writer X??? No, Obama's Secret International Santa has a limit of ten dollars.
A box of Snuggies and Sham-Wows would have been a better gift.
And if its SO important, why isn't the main powers, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Iran, etc. running around ululating, "the sky is falling!"
Because they give a rats' backside less than I do, and I want the whole flippin' crazy Middle East bunch off the fracking planet!
Bravo! Exactly! Well done!
My father-in-law is a General and he had to go to a conference recently. While he walking out of the hotel a biker-chick walked up to him, shook his hand and said thank you for your service General. For what it's worth, I think you should just nuke 'em all and let God sort it out. My in-laws got a kick out that.
I realize this is just an oversight on Amazon's part
but I believe "Shaft" (1971) & (2000) editions were on that list as an inside joke by the Bamster….
AJ Simkatu –
Good Grace – 1:17 p.m. edt – late in your talking points????
OMG!
ROFLMAO!
(I'm surprised PBHO wouldn't ask him to hold the door open for the staff and set the table)
The worst part is Obama said "Send these me by diplomatic courier when you're done with them, I never saw the end of To Kill a Mockingbird."
L4L – holy cow! Double Whammy (ugh, not to be Billy Blythe, a.k.a. Wm. Jefferson Clinton, but I feel your pain) – Bamster & Frankenster – you are welcome to relocate to the sunny south; especially Georgia. We have some squishyishy senators but a few thousand calls and they listen to the citizens of GA…plus the college football is better, imho.
I remember the same thing happening after a while in the Carter years. By the time Chris Matthews had written the "Malaise" speech, and everyone saw Carter in his cardigan turning down the heat, no one wanted to admit they had voted for him, we in the South were so mortified, we tried to pretend we weren't native Georgians (unfortunately, we couldn't hide the corn pone in our speech!LOL).
L4L – very nicely done! Yellow Belly Cowards are certainly a much better color for them!
"Yongoro" – The Shell may belong to Great Britian; but The Eagle inside belongs to US – superb!
Ironic, yes. Chinese curse…"May you get EXACTLY what you want…"
Note to America: Change will be delivered as promised but it will take a little under four years longer than anticipated.
"Heartbreak Ridge"
"This is an AK-47, the preferred weapon of your enemies; and it makes a distinct sound when fired, so remember it."…Gunny Highway
First time I saw the movie, the AK popped off, and I dove for the floor while looking for muzzle flashes…too damn funny…NOW!
Absolutely. Once again, Obama's lack of experience in international diplomacy is glaring. Anyone who has had any executive experience would understand the importance of diplomatic gift giving. Heck, he's from Hawaii, maybe he could have picked up a few grass skirts and coconut bras to give as gifts!
Give him a chance, he's got 46 months to go to really screw up…
Hey, don't knock the "Flobie"! I actually know people who used them.
No, no. I'm sorry, you can't advocate the nuking of millions of innocent people to get the percentage of bad people. I'm conservative, think that area is as dangerous and screwed up as any one, but that makes no sense.
According to what I read, there was someone in the State Dept. who told one of the UK papers that they were in charge of arranging the gift, and that he didn't see what the big deal was, as Britian was no different from all the other countries that we host, and there was no reason to give a gift that was any different than the one given. I wonder if that is true, and surely these people realize that they are our most valued partner, and that they actually sent soldiers to war?
My parents were both anti-FDR Republicans. Being a good rebellious teenager, I became a precinct worker for John Kennedy. Kennedy was a tax-cutter who was the head of a party that was anti-Communist, socially moderate, willing to use military force when necessary, and believers in the American role as leader of the free world. I was young, so I had no reason to know that his youth and inexperience as an executive could result in some major disasters (sound familiar?). But in the long view, I am not convinced I made the wrong choice. Today's Democratic Party would be unrecognizable to John Kennedy, and that includes his underwater motorist brother Teddy. It's certainly unrecognizable to me, which is why I'm a Republican today. Oddly, it took Bill Clinton to push me into the conservative wing of the party.
I love bringing up to my lib friends how JFK was a supply-sider and Cold Warrior. It's amazing how far his family has drifted. It's taking them towards irrelevance.
Oh no! I would never seriously say we should nuke the Middle East. I think the "nuke 'em" comments are more in the nature of venting some frustration. It's easy to say aw, nuke 'em all and be done with it. but it should never be taken seriously. My father-in-law isn't the 'nuke 'em all' type, he just thought the fact that the woman had the guts to say that to him was funny.
"no self professed 'conservative' would cite the World Court as evidence of anything other than leftist tomfoolery… this person either doesn't know what conservatism is or is being knowingly disingenuous… " Thank you for beating me to it – dcase – you were much more 'kind' to the troll and much more succinct!
Kiddies, you're not heeding my advice. Don't feed the trolls! They'll go back into their caves and search out another site where they can get reasonable people to froth at the mouth.
Andrew Leigh is pulling a fast one folks. This is meant to be funny not actually true. However, the fact that Obama and his wife choose this as a gift shows how classless and unprepared this couple is to be the represented leader of our country.
He should have included "Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein." Think "Obama and Biden Meet Bin Laden." They'll win, but only because their actions are so nonsensical that the monster gets confused and destroys himself.
I had that exact same thought!!
Someone can make a million dollars if they can come up with a way to remove Obama bumper stickers off cars. I bet you didn't see many "Carter" stickers after 1978 or so.
I think they're already there. With Teddy's sad future exit, there will be no Kennedys of national prominence.
So first, Kenya conquers us and now they want us to invade Britain? Hey, I'm for invading Britain as much as the next guy, but I don't like our Kenyan overlords picking our fights for us!
Don't worry about it, from what I read, they won't have any electricity in a few years… so no one will be able to watch it.
That's funny!
Throw in a couple Snoop Dogg cd's and you've got a real nice diplomatic gift basket…
Huzzah! Imperialist dogs on the march! Let's give the wankers what for! And when we win, everyone, drive your cars on the right side!
LOL!
I get it. It's part of the redistribution of gifts. We've got to spread the gifts around, it’s good for everybody.
75% off at Walgreens. I checked.
*snicker*
Lol!
No, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman have real jobs to go to.
Yeah, I see the frustration. The situation may someday come to a head where there is a world war or something like that. But perhaps before that our Western creeping culture might do them in, or the Democracy advocates may succeed But I accept your nuanced responses. I just didn't agree with the blanket statement. All men being endowed by their creator and all that…
*snicker, snicker*
"Aw, Mom, I was having fun!"
Parents. No matter how right, they're still a buzzkill….
The new saying within the administration " I got (the knife in) your back". Biden was the one that suggested the ill fated "reset/overcharged" button.
And cost OH SO MUCH MORE…
Don't forget a pack of smokes.
Hey, I just had a thought! (first today) Can we have our cousins across the sea send Gordon Ramsey over to the WH for charm lessons with the PBHO and senior staff?
Oh, don't believe it — they're like weeds spreading out to other states, and they're all publicity hounds. We haven't seen the last of them — unfortunately.
well said…
I think they also overlooked "Bring It On 5: The New Cheerocrasy" (with Kirsten Dunst as Nancy Pelosi), explaining the way cool government changes to the American youth. Might be helpful on the other side of the pond too.
Their track record hasn't been very good lately. I hope you're wrong, but you may very well be right.
I know. Ain't it a drag? I will tell you, though, that the nonsense they were posting today was so bad that I almost ignored my own advice. Had to stop myself three times from falling into the trap.
The only movie I have seen is Dances with Wolves( loved it ,seen it 8 times). … I want to see Pineapple Express. Nothing else on the list is of any interest to me. I would have wanted an American Classic review to include, Citizen Cain, Blazing Saddles, Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Forrest Gump, The Searchers, Robin Hood with Errol Flynn, Robin Hood" Prince of Tights " , High Noon, 12 Angy Men, The Alamo, Duck Soup, It happened one night, the Oxbow incident, the deer hunter, any and all of Shirley Temple and Fred Astaire movies, .. This shows Mr. O does not even know "American Movies" , much less the classics, either in the arts, history or the science of movies.
I've been trying to convince the wife that Texas would be a lot better…no luck so far.
I already have the tool for it. It's like a big eraser that you hook up to an airhose. I'll be taking orders shortly.
Hehhehheh! Thats funny. The thing about Bikers, they are very patriotic. Good salt of the earth types.
I paid my way through college by working as a waitress and the bikers were my favorite customers. They were always respectful and tipped very well.
I thought Obama was supposed to be the most brilliant, most cultured, most sophisticated president that we have the honor of being led by (sarcasm)! This is the most un-brilliant, un-cultured, un-sophisticated gift ever. This story is old and I'm still laughing out loud about it. And every day I continue to revel in the utter silence that has overcome my uber-liberal friends.
When I'm elected to office, my first law will be one requiring people to remove campaign stickers, posters, yard signs, etc from display. Regardless of candidate.
Still is. See Wikipedia's entry for "West Virginia Senators"
TBD – Herschel Walker brought back "Proud to be a Georgian" after 4 years of having to claim one was from Alabama . Good Grace the 70s sucked!
Bush was the first Head of State to call what was happening in the Sudan 'genocide'. Apparently that pissed off the UN. However, having school girls getting acid in their face for going to school doesn't seem to get their ire up.
You miss the point of the gifts, not only does your president NOT KNOW what is appropriate, NOT ONE SINGLE STAFF MEMBER KNEW EITHER! So much for the reconstituted Clinton staff running things.
Didn't even think about that. C-l-a-s-s-y.
You think Brown has a "Billy the talking Bass?"
"It's sucking my will to live!"
Europeans love American cigarrettes.
Europeans love American cigarrettes. And blue jeans. Obama shouldv'e thrown in some Levi's.
If you make everyone remove their bumper stickers, how are the hippies going to hold their cars together?
Just be thankful you didn't work near a government office. When I worked for the government, we would go to lunch once a month as a group. I have never seen such a group of cheapskates. Many of them would count their money to the penny before tossing into the pot. Other would say, "a dollar per person" no matter what the bill was. After the first one of these meals, I started giving my own tip separately.
Rustoleum will be tax-deductible.
Holy cow, that's a great point! I'll bet none of these Obama stooges thought of that.
Sounds like we're putting together a WWII care package — stockings, chocolate bars, cigarettes, etc.
I feel so embarrassed by this. I feel we owe the Brits a sincere apology. They aren't even classic cinema. It's humiliating to the max. We are going to be apologizing a lot for the next four years.
Somehow, this reminds me of Operation Christmas Child from Samaritan Ministries. Obama needs Operation Diplomacy. People can send him stuff, he can keep it in Bob's U-Stor-It (Locally owned!) and dole out the goods when the dignitaries show up. Guaranteed to have a more personal touch than what just happened.
UN = Useless Nonsense
Well this is why a lot of us are neocons (poor term, but y'know what I mean).
We have three choices:
1. Fortress America (the paleocon idea)
2. Straighten them out.
3. Wipe them out.
The last choice is not a choice: Surrender.
I favor a combo of 1 and 2 with the clear understanding that if an American city gets nuked, an Arab country gets wiped out.
And since I think killing a billion people is not a choice I want to make, and that a pure Fortress strategy would be about as effective as the Maginot Line, I'm forced to make #2 part of my strategy.
Obama's going to be apologizing. I didn't commit any faux pas. (fauxes pas? faux pases? how do you pluralize french idioms?)
Remember all those tongue baths the British media gave candidate Obama? Remember those Brit comedians and rockers using every awards show and comedy spot as an opportunity to lecture us about electing him? Well now he's in the Oval Office, and they have no room to whine.
What makes this tactless "gift" even more crass is the fact that Gordon Brown reportedly has serious vision problems, and may actually be going blind. The difference between Dumb and Stupid is that Stupid doesn't even feel the need to know any better.
True. Democrat states used to be red states. The MSM changed it during the 80's.
Well done you, wag-a-muffin!
As silly as the gifts were I just hope this reinforces how deluded the rest of the world was in supporting him. The most your getting from the US are some movies you've probably already have seen or weren't worth watching in the first place.
What's next from the White House "Gift Cards." Sorry we couldn't think of anything nice to get you so we'll give you something so you can go buy your own gift. I hope you have Home Depot or the Olive Garden in your country. Get ready to turn the other cheek world 'cause your about to get slapped multiple times by Obama.
I would like to say thank you to our allies around the world who have helped to fight terrorism even though it seems unpopular to do so. I guess we now know what rebuilding relations with other nations is going to look like.
That's why the White House should have done the right thing and just given them a "Gift Card."
Hippies have cars? I though they biked everywhere now.
WHAT?!! No " Heaven's Gate", Mr. and Mrs. President? Your actions are a slap in the face to one of our closest allies. Can you be so completely inept and ungracious or are you and your minions just complete diplomatic tyros?__I am embarrassed for you!!
G@d, you're a liberal tool. You are so completely indictrinated by Obama's dazzle that you can't even discern the most basic errors that he commits. Yeah, let's see what happens when he alienates our close friends over the pond for the last time.
If that's the case and I believe that may be right, then we are in bigger do-do than I feared with this idealogue!
Um, Nathan, do you know my cheeseball father-in-law who does this practice of buying CRAP and then giving it as "thoughtful gestures" {his words not mine} to potential clients?
Yeah, my POS papa-in-law maxed out to Bamster – go figure.
Suzie,
Speaking of no-talent Kirsten and Speaker Botoxi; how about Bamster and Manchelle's version of "Eternal Sunshine of the Useless Mind."
Not to be to tacky with potential gifts but, A six pack of Schlitz Malt Liquor tall boys, a Pit Bull, gold caps for his and her front teeth, chitlin’s and turnip greens ready to heat, rolls of balled tassels for window garnishment for 10 Downing, full catalog of, “Def Jams Gangster Rap,” six inch finger nails for Mrs. Brown, all Blacula movies on VHS, a bill for the cost of the Revolution, War of 1812, and WWI & II. etc… etc…
hilarious, although perhaps it should go more along the lines, "we intended to give you cheap and insulting gifts because I have never been proud of this country or her allies and now I have the opportunity to show how little I care for you as an ally."
Where the DVDs at least Region 2? Or did Obama give Brown a bunch of DVDs that will only work on an American DVD player?
the brits refused admittance to Geert Wilders, and are busy rolling out red carpet to Hezbolah dude….britain gone
"Gift cards" to the Olive Garden!! LOL!!!
agreed
The Red/Blue state business came from 2000. With that election most of the networks were following the pattern of incumbent party in Blue and challenging party in in Red. Gore was the incumbent party, Bush the challenging party. The whole FL business made the colors stick. Then with 2004 most of the networks stayed with the color scheme.
No doubt!
Actually, I'm only half kidding. From what I've read, they don't enough electrical capacity to meet their expected demand and, at the same time, they're shutting down coal and nuclear plants. Looks like it's going to be back to the middle ages for merry Old England!
Zing! Good one. Even though it's not actually relevant to today, it's still fun to bring up to my liberal friends. They're also not aware of Robert Byrd's past. I only bring it up after they've been drinking, since it reduces the odds of their head exploding.
What a disgrace! Let's compare what Mugabe gets when he shows up. Break out the dashikis!
The UK press is abuzz with this- not an apparent, but actual 'dis'… not only did they do a DVD rummage sale (one wonders if it was the AFI top 100 list they used) but for the Brown children Michelle had a staffer run down to the White House gift shop to get a couple of toy Marine One helicopters… the arrogance of the 'kiss my ring… Next?'
attitude of these people is nothing short of astounding. Then again, we Chicagoans watched this clueless left wing
synchophant gestate in the cesspool of Cook County entitlement politics for some time, so we're not too surprised.
Obama, Wright, Emanuel, Ayers… if I wear a Cubs hat to a road game will I be A) thought to be 'one of them',
B) be verbally abused, or C) be safe? Will I have to remind people that he's a White Sox fan? just to avoid a sound thrashing? It is not good to be a 'red' guy in a blue state, anyway. And one more question. Why are Conservatives
Red and liberals Blue? Shouldn't it be the other way, with our leftist comrades the red ones? Inquiring minds need to know…
Did I see "Dumb & Dumber" on the DVD list??
When you say "brutal dictator who used to torture children in front of their parents", you forgot to mention that he did this all with US support and aid. The slaughter of the Kurds happened while we were supporting this brutal dictator. We continued to support this "brutal dictator" long after he committed his most atrocious crimes, which they undoubtably were. Donald Rumsfeld even went all the way to Iraq and shook this "brutal dictator's" hand after he used the weapons we sold him to kill his own people.
And the death toll has been listed as anywhere from 600,000 (as of July, 2006 published in The Lancet) to as low as 150,000 as published by the WHO.
And if you honestly think the GW Bush gave one hoot about "brown-skinned" people, then you are quite deluded.
Where was Mr. Bush when there was a brutal dictator in Sudan that was actually committing genocide at the time?
"Class? We don't need no stinkin' class."
Appalling.
It appears that the Protocol Office is now being run by drunk frat boys. Maybe we should be glad that no one slipped "Girls Gone Wild" in the package as a joke. The gift itself is joke enough.
interesting revisionist one sided take on history… Iran was, and still is our natural adversary in the MidEast… the only support to Iraq was some Elint stuff, battlefield dispositions mostly. Mr Kissinger himself at the time said "I wish both could lose"… about 50 million people have been freed from ideological and religious slavery in theater. Freedom has it's costs- and it's rewards. It also seems Mr Bush cared deeply about 'brown skinned people' (who is the dope anyway?) when he dispersed billions to sub-Saharan Africa. He's pretty much of a hero there. Not Che'. Not Fidel. George W. Freakin' Bush….
Lord save us from nitwittery like this…
This is very sad that our President would not be able to have his "highly qualified" staff figure out there is a way to treat another Head of State when they visit to discuss World Affairs.
I guess from a Chicago political point of view, you expect people to bring you "Gifts".
Obama proves he's half-white trash ps at least it wasnt a "Flobie"
"I'm a conservative and by that I mean a real conservative, not a Republican."
And I'm RuPaul.
So the Sandinistas were just minding their own business, flying kites, then BAM! Reagan crashed the party.
And seriously, the "world court"? Will Green Lantern and Wonder Woman be on the judges panel?
Its more than just frustration, underling. I know there are bag guys, and I know they suppress the good people. But at what point do we say, "Why? Why should we send our sons and daughters to fight and die? Israel has been dealing with this from day one. We tell them not to sort it all out, they lose more people every year. Where do we draw the line and say, "We have had enough, straighten up and act human, or we empty the place out and give it to the democracies." To me, if I'm not actually standing on that line, I am definitely over it.
But should we cut and run? No, they get even further out of control. So, here's the deal with me. Since it seems we can't run, and we shouldn't keep bleeding our best for the status quo, it leaves me option 3…remove the threat by any necessary means.
Please, if anyone has a better idea, I'm all ears…
You're still here simkatu?
(snore)
More of the same, he is sending a copy of Red Dawn to the Russians.
I sent the below letter to the Republican National Committee and my Republican senator. I suggest you all do the same. It didn't do me any good to send it to my senator, Arlen Spector, since he is now what I call a rupublicrat, but please send the idea to your Federal officials and whoever you think will help spread the word.
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I think it was disgraceful of Obama to do what he did to Tony Blair. Maybe he thinks Mr. Blair was one reason the Iraq war ended sooner than Obama wanted. I know Obama wanted to get the credit for ending the war. Now he can't.
I think the Republican members of Congress should get together to give Mr. Blair and his sons decent gifts. They should be sent with an apology. I suggest asking President Bush what would be appropriate. We can't allow Obama to get away with this!!!!!
I know I'm preaching to the choir… but, DANG! Can you imagine the browbeating that President Bush would have received if he had done this! Holy crap! David Letterman would have dedicated three consecutive offerings of his Top 10 list to such a gaffe.
Top 10 Gifts Ideas Rejected by The Obama Administration
10. A commemorative 50 Year anniversary Barbie Doll.
9. Front-row tickets to an M.C. Hammer revival concert.
8. A box of glow-in-the-dark crayons, and a Watchmen coloring book.
7. A signed and framed photograph of the entire Walton's family.
6. … (I dunno… somebody help me out here… this sort of humor ain't my strong suit)
Anyway… just unbelievable. And, from a "news worthy" stand point… If President Bush was supposedly so dumb, and his gaffes were so mockable… how much more mockable should be these gaffes from such an urbane, sophisticate as President Obama, the man who would heal the planet, and stop the seas from rising… the man who would restore America to its honorable place in this world. ARGH!!!!!!
(Thanks for listening. I feel better.)
How do you screw up a summit with Great Britain? Isn't that pretty much impossible? That doesn't bode well for our future diplomatic efforts.
Yep. If Bush had done this, the headline on the NY Times would be: "Idiot Outrages Closest Allies".
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That's it too, though I can't say yet what his plans are for Iran and North Korea. Neither of them want Obama's olive branch until they can figure out how to exploit it like they did with President Clinton.
Other than Kenya, I think a lot of it has to do with Britain's imperialist past. In academia, they indoctrinate the hell out of students about Western imperialism. It's a favorite topic among professors. Chilling the relationship with Britain is a first step to show the world how sorry we are for exporting our culture and success.
I lived in Nicaragua. I can show you the mass graves filled with bodies of people killed by the Sandinistas.
Was Iran-Contra illegal? Yes. Bad? No.
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And, they don't work in DVD players in Britain – different format. I'm putting in the mail this morning an apology addressed to the British Embassy in D.C. Our president has no grace, nor common courtesy-for that I'm embarrassed and ashamed.
I think it shows an amazing political naivete. He honestly believes his global image. If he placates and says "I'm sorry", all of the ills and hates of the world will disappear and peace will reign. He thought that Iran supported his candidacy because they had just been waiting for someone to talk to them sweetly and they would stop their aggressive behavior. Even I recognized that Iran saw Obama's weakness as a placator and would (and are) exploit (ing) it.
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I didn't see that William Ayres documentary on this list, are you sure this is the real Amazon list?
Isn't it ironic that the first black president is selling his whole country into slavery?
I took your idea and went one better. I am writing a letter to the US ambassador in London apologizing for our president. The address is "Special Consular Services" ( SCSLondon@state.gov ). I didn't find one for the ambassador.
You just made me realize that the only countries Obama wants to be friends with seem to be dictatorships. My guess is he is jealous of them and hopes to be a dictator some day himself. That seems to be the way he is going.
He actually paid for half of my college education. Easiest scholarship application I ever filled out. "Name: ______ Are you registerd with the Selective Service? (y/n)" I think there was something about a gpa, but it was a one page application, no essays. I don't much care for the man, but his money's green as anyone else's.
lol
England agreeing with France? I'm pretty sure that would cause "climate change" in Hell.
The movie My Fellow Americans has some great lines. The best one though:
Don't fall into the trap! Democrats are full of crap!
Is that kind of like the monkeys chained to Gibralter for Great Britain? No Kennedys in the Senate, will be the end to America.
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Hey Andrew, we all get a copy of these with the Stimulus Package, right? Woohoo! If
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is even close to as good as the White Castle movie, I'm happy!
Simtaku, you are a total idiot, or better yet, a useful idiot of the left. You are not conservative you are a liar! Nicely put US Intervention in C.A. You conveniently forget the US was there because of the Cuban/Russian intervention through out Central and South America at the time! You don't hear about it because the MSM, the UN and the Democrats could care less about THIER atrocities! I personally witnessed the leftist guerrillas atrocities in Central America! My 13 year old neighbor an his father were gunned down by guerrillas with AK-47s. Guess what? They were innocent civilians and just like them there were thousands of families who suffered. The corrumpt Latin American governments were not good guys by any means but I guess liberals like you preffer communist dictartors? I spit in your face and wipe my rear end with any documents the World Court can issue, they are a joke and so are you!
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It is true US corporations are the main decider on how things run here. And that's why this is an f-n great country! It actually can lead to some terrible things, but it's still the best system. The fact that a large number of diverse producing entities…each representing 1000's of workers and whole towns is what has the influence. It's like saying the best at whatever they do make the rules. If there was one corporate cabal it would be bad, but it isn't. It's hundreds of competing entities, Enron vs. coal companies, Ford vs. GM all built from the ground up. That's as good as it gets. Only when the government actually merges with them do they get extra unwarranted power and that's the sad result of leftist policies like you probably want simkatu. (And don't kid us, you are a leftist which is fine just be honest)
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