Courtesy The Guardian
|
The DVDs won’t play? At least Bush paid the Brits more respect.
The Obamas, Barack and Michelle both, pretty much diplomatically botched the recent visit of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife. Oddly enough, the U.S. Old Media seems uninterested in the story that is a hot topic in England, a story that’s left many Brits a bit miffed.
As the visit of the national leader of our closest ally began, the President informed the Brits that he wouldn’t be attending the joint press conference that was planned to be held once PM Brown’s plane touched down. This threw the visiting delegation into a tizzy leaving them scrambling to explain the sudden change in plans to the folks back home.
For his part, PM Brown gave two symbolic gifts and one that expressed national pride. Brown came bearing a pen holder carved from the timbers of the sister ship of that which gave the wood to create the famous “Resolute Desk,” the desk that has been in America’s charge since 1880. He also gave Obama the framed commission for that famous ship, the HMS Resolute. His third gift was a seven-volume biography of one of England’s greatest leaders, Winston Churchill.
In return, Michelle apparently had a staffer run down to the White House gift shop and grab two toy Marine One helicopter models for the Brown’s boys.
So, what did President Obama give the British PM? 25 movies on DVD. Yeah, that’s it. Brown gives a symbolic gift like the pen holder fashioned from a famous British warship and Obama responds by sending a staffer to WalMart to pick up a few quick movies.
All of this is on top of the snub of the Brits that Obama tossed off immediately upon entering office. One of his first official acts was to summarily return to the Brits the generous gift of the most famous bust of Winston Churchill that has sat in the Oval Office since the attacks on 9/11.
Oh, boy, DVD’s (Region 1) and toy helicopters! I wonder if they were gift wrapped. Some of this was earlier reported by John and mentioned on No Agenda. Why did Obama snub the Brits so? And now a few days later, there is still just a hint of this on the “nightly news.” Why not a gift subscription to Netflix?
gumb? WTF?
Anyway, make that Bazooka Bubblegum.
Well the British never tortured Bush’s grandfather either like they did Obama’s!
# 65 Alice said, “Well the British never tortured Bush’s grandfather either like they did Obama’s!”
No, they just warred against Bush’s ancestors. But, some people are sane enough to live in the present… Others, give DVDs as a state gift…
The wood for the pen actually comes from a warship that was used to snuff out the remaining slave trade.
#69, Mr. Cole,
The wood for the pen actually comes from a warship that was used to snuff out the remaining slave trade.
Nope. Slavery is still alive and is profitable in the world. It might not be as prevalent today, but it wasn’t snuffed out either.
# 69 Mr Cole said, “The wood for the pen actually comes from a warship that was used to snuff out the remaining slave trade.”
Interesting but not relevant. Although Obama has used the Af American community to climb the political ladder, he doesn’t share any of that history. Sounds like the P.M. was suckered just like the black community.