How's Your Burger, Mr. Prime Minister?

Obama Shows No (Weight) Class in Meeting with Foreign Heads of State

Read the subtitles. Our allies aren't fooled.

See how many times the Bamboozler-in-Chief condescendingly refers to smaller countries as "punching above their weight". One time might be an off the cuff remark, but to repeatedly make the same condescending, even mildly insulting boxing comparison shows either a complete lack of imagination on the part of Obama and his speech writers, or the fact that there is no teleprompter in these Oval Office meetings, and trite, near meaningless phrases are all he can muster.

A little lesson in logic and language...not every nation can be our "closest" ally. They can be among our closest allies, but every nation cannot be the closest. Sounds a lot like empty flattery and pandering to me. Kinda reminds me of some lounge lizard Lothario, whispering to every woman in the room that she's the prettiest one there, hoping none of the other ladies can hear him.

To use another boxing metaphor, Obama has proven himself to be a flyweight in international affairs. Time for him to throw in the towel.

H/T Mind Numbed Robot, American Digest

Cross posted at LCR, Say Anything.

The Hand of Friendship

Mark Steyn points out one of the more troubling idiosyncrasies of the current resident of the White House. I had remembered each instance individually, but hadn't really put together the pattern until Steyn laid them out side by side:

Visiting France, he declined to dine with the Sarkozys. Visiting Norway, he declined to dine with the king at a banquet thrown explicitly in Obama’s honor. The other day, the president declined to dine with Netanyahu even though the Israeli prime minister was his guest in the White House at the time. The British prime minister, five times rebuffed in his attempt to book a date, had to make do with a perfunctory walk ’n’ talk through the kitchens of the U.N. Obama’s shtick as a candidate was that he was the guy who’d talk to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

Anyone, anytime, anywhere? Anyone but our allies it seems! What is it about Obama that he will not sit down and simply break bread with the heads of state of our allies? Does he feel that he is too good for them? Or can't he see that whatever personal animosity he might have for them or personal aversion to dining in public, is not serving the best interest of the United States? I'm sure that if he asked, his hosts would prepare a halal meal! /sarcasm

Update: The frequency of Obama's refusing to dine with heads of state reminded me of a quote from Ian Fleming:

Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.

Note to Barack: These men are our friends!

Ron Paul on Iranian Diplomacy

The following is not an endorsement of Dr. Paul or his views. His domestic policies notwithstanding, his opinions on diplomacy do not represent the opinions of this blog.


(What Obama knew and when he knew it @ 1:31)


Remember how Obama was "Shocked. Shocked!!" to hear about Iran's second nuclear facility at Qom just after his "Rosy Scenario Let's All Hold Hands and Lay Down Our Nukes" speech at the UN? Iran doesn't need even a single nuclear facility to produce peaceful domestic energy, much less a second one.

According to Dr. Paul, the US has known about this "secret" facility since 2006 and Obama was briefed on it personally in November of last year, after the election. (See video @ 1:31)

Overlooking Paul's views on "neocons" and plots against Iranian diplomacy, it is interesting that rather than to rally the nations of the UN to deal with the real and growing nuclear problem in Iran, Obama chose to focus on an imaginary world without nukes, where we all presumably sit around the campfire and sing Kum-bay-yah! And he certainly knew about what Iran was doing well in advance of his speech!

Hat tip Blonde Sagacity
Cross posted at Say Anything

Someone Get This Man a Teleprompter!

Did I do that?

Barack Obama wrote a letter to Jacques Chirac, telling him he was looking forward to working with him for the next four years, according to French paper Le Figaro.

Could he really be so clueless and self absorbed not to know that Nicolas Sarkozy is President of France and has been since May of 2007? What a maroon!

To quote a great man: We are so screwed!

Hat tip Gateway Pundit
Cross posted at Say Anything

Amateur Hour at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue continues unabated. Remember that "train wreck" we talked about a few days back? It looks like full steam ahead!

Amateur Hour at the White House Continues

This whole flap about the utter classlessness of the Obamas in their new role as heads of state is somewhat troubling. When Prime Minister Gordon's wife picked out expensive outfits for the Obama girls from one of Britain's trendiest shops, Michelle responded with a couple of toy Air Force One helicopters for the Brown boys. (Probably available downstairs at the gift shop!)
Worse yet, when PM Brown carefully picked out a one of a kind gift for the Oval Office laden with great historic significance and value, Obama responded with a set of DVD movies, available in any Wal-Mart, that not everyone is sure will even play on the PM's player, due to regional differences in DVDs overseas!

Add to this the slight, intentional or not, from returning the bust of Churchill on loan to us since 9/11, and refusing the offer to keep it, plus the "Not tonight, I have a headache", er, "I'm just too darned overwhelmed by everything" comment he gave in blowing off a scheduled press conference with one of our oldest and closest allies, seems to indicate that amateur hour continues unabated in the Obama White House.

Could this be retaliation by Obama for the meanness of Simon Cowell? Did Simon diss one of Barack's favorites on Idol???

More and more, Barry and Michelle's Excellent Adventure puts me in mind of another family challenged by the change in their social status:



Let's just hope their series is canceled after the first season!

Gifts That Keep on Giving

Since Obama magnanimously gave British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a DVD collection, what might the Obamas give to the Queen were she to visit? I'm thinking...chia Obama!


The perfect gift for everyone!

BTW, had he wanted to personalize his choice in movies, he should have picked something slightly more autobiographical...like "The Rookie"! Heh.